Hidden Valley Rescue Efforts Reach Isolated Wreck Site
A wartime air crash survivors story from New Guinea reports paratroopers building a glider field 150 miles from Hollandia to rescue a 30 year old WAC, Lt McCollom and Sgt Becker. The trio, safe and in good spirits, await supplies while natives trade salting gifts for aid.
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Ralph Morton Houdidia
Dutch New Guinea
Shangri-La
Hollandia
WAC
Manila
Associated Press
Dean Schedler
Ony
Army
Orange Mountain
Wedding of Gaines at FGH Post Chapel
Miss Lucile Talmadge Gaines daughter of Lt Col and Mrs Thomas R Gaines Anderson South Carolina married Lt Murdock M MacLennan of Fanwood New Jersey in the Post Chapel at Finney General Hospital Thom asville Georgia on Monday June 4 1945. The ceremony featured a green altar garland seven taper candelabra and music by Sergeant John Craft with a duchess lace veil and gardenia bouquet. Attendants included sister Gloria Gaines best man Major Ed Hogan ushers from the Thomasville Air Base and a reception in the Officers Club followed by a receiving line hosted by Lt Col and Mrs Gaines and the bridal party.
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Lucile Talmadge Gaines
Thomas R. Gaines
Anderson
S. C
Murdock M. MacLennan
Fanwood
N. J
Post
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville
Claire de Laine
John Craft
Gloria Gaines
Ed Hogan
Inumasville Army Air Base
Andrew C. Aston
France
Stephenous
Lucile Tallmadge
Thomas R
Carrie Roberts Talmadge
Forsyth
Hilton M. Tyud
Carrollton
W. W. Howard
Louis Strikofka
Jack Brown
Russell Sparks
Thomasville Air Base
Tecamastad
S. Ia. Brown
Browne
Gaines
Tyus
Osca, Roberts
Ebb Duncan
Venice
Columb
Sinking of Army Supply Ship Told by Coast Guard Survivor
A coast guard base report from Mindanao dated May 21 details survivors of a 200-foot army supply ship sunk by a Japanese torpedo boat near Taloma Bay four miles southwest of Davao. Nine teen weary survivors recount the rapid sinking after midnight explosion, with four crew missing and Captain Lieut. George A. Tardif among the survivors.
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Coast Guard
Associated’ Press
Philippines
Philippine
George A. Tardif
Lewiston
Maine
Edward Beil, Jr
Mindanao
31St Army
24Th
Paul Stouterberg
Queens Village
Long Island
N. Y
Frank Ness
Cook
Los Angeles
Calif
Edward P. Coniffe
Louisville
Harry C. Manning
Washington, D. C
Number of Georgia hospitals falls while patient count rises
Georgia hospital census shows 131 registered hospitals last year, down from 184 in 1943, yet total patients reached 386 439, an increase of 32 759 from 1943. Public regard for hospital care is cited as the cause, says health director T. F. Abercrombie, with 3 180 beds added to existing facilities.
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Atlanta
Georgia
American Medical Association
T. F. Abercrombie
Wedding of MacLennan alights in Anderson prior to Pacific duty
The couple wed and honeymooned in Florida before the groom ships overseas to the Pacific. Mrs. MacLennan wore a pink bridal suit with orchid corsage. she is Agnes Scott graduate, while Lt. MacLennan is NYU alumnus. Groom’s family includes Hugh MacLennan of Fanwood NJ and Dr. Henry Moore hosts. Mrs. MacLennan belongs to Anderson Junior Assembly. she is related to Governor Eugene Talmadge and Congressman Paul Brown. The bride stays with her mother in Anderson, the groom to serve overseas.
German Jet Plane Inventor Surrenders Secrets to U S Army
Paris June 8 AP Heinrich Bernard Oelerich a leading German aircraft inventor is in Allied hands and HQ says he offered jet plane secrets and designs to the American Army. He designed the Me 262 and improved Me 109 Me 110 and FW 190 for the Luftwaffe.
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Paris
Heinrich Bernard Oelerich
Supreme Headquarters
Oelerich
U. S
Headquarters
Alexander de Seversky
France
de Seversky
Reichmarshal
Hermann Geering
Luftwaffe
Carl A. Spaatz
U.S
Geermans
Corrected Opening Dates For Tobacco Markets Announced
Danville Virginia June 8 AP Corrected opening dates for bright tobacco markets in the south have been announced by R R Patterson chairman of the sales committee of the tobacco association of the United States.
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Danville, Va
South
R R. Patterson
The
Tobacco Association of the United States
Donalsonville Ball Club Receives New Uniforms
Donalsonville Georgia June 8 merchants cooperated to equip the local baseball club with new uniforms complete from taps to shoes. Each uniform bears the sponsoring merchant name on the back. J I Daniels manages the team.
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Donalsonville
Merchants
J. I. Daniels
Seminole Slaughter Plant Opens in Donalsonville
Donalsonville Georgia June 8 The Seminole Slaughter Pen opens this week with Alfred Kelly's modern abattoir. Entrance room cutting room and sausage area. Weighing room drains waste via a water valley. Main slaughter room traps animals onto a halyard conveyor for dressing. Hides go to sanitation room carcasses to drip room then cutting room. Five shaded pens keep animals until killing.
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Donalsonville
Alfred Kelly
Presbyterians Observe Birthday Anniversary in Donalsonville
In Donalsonville Georgia on June 8 dozens of church members gathered at Clyde Cherry Sr home for the Presbyterians annual birthday anniversary. Rev M C Liddell led a song service and Bible meditation. Nesbit Jenkins Emily Goodwin Maxie Cherry Jane Gibson and David Nixon spoke. The Woman's Auxiliary discussed the Congo mission and a mission offering was collected. Forty members attended sixteen families represented with snacks served afterward.
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Maxie Cherry
Jane Gibson
David Nixon
M. G. Clark
Rule by Imperial Decree Advocated in Japan Crisis
San Francisco June 8 AP reports Domei News Agency, controlled by the government, urged rule of Japan by imperial decree without diet sanction. Premier Suzuki announces new industrial controls including seizure of excess profits to reorganize key industries, especially aircraft. Domei says measures may be forced to cope with possible decisive war and nationalize enterprises.
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San Francisco
Japan
Domei News Agency
Kantaro Suzuki
Domei
Suzuki
Inspiration to World War II servicemen in Athens
Vann Grover, vice president of an Atlanta bank and a World War I veteran, spoke in Athens on June 8 to bolster World War II servicemen who feared the war might end prematurely. He urged courage and resilience amid the ongoing conflict.
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Athens
Vann Grover
Atlanta
Servcemen
Retonga Praised By Atlanta Official In Health Ad
A Fulton County employee, H. L. Bagwell of 995 Bankhead Ave Atlanta Go, touts Retonga for relief from constipation loss of appetite and sleep problems and credits its use with restoring energy and appetite after years of fatigue Manufactured to relieve symptoms of vitamin B-1 deficiency and digestive issues the ad urges Inman Drug Co as a distributor.
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H. L. Bagwell
Bankhead Ave
Atlanta
Fulton County
Retonga
Inman Drug Co
Adv
Buckley recalls Endicott feats before Normandy invasion
Commander John D. Buckley learned of his own dramatic Navy career from newspapers. As commander of the destroyer Endicott he helped secure secret German minefield charts off southern France just hours before D Day, aiding a successful invasion without ship loss. He is temporarily stationed at the Charleston Navy Yard. Cannibalistic fish such as pikes choke on prey too large for their throats.
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Endicott
France
Buckeley
Charleston Navy Yard
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