Rangers in Hawaii Learn How to Kill
U S Ranger and Combat School Hawaii trains selected officers in jungle infiltration and night combat. Lt Col Francois D Eliseu oversees an authentic mock jungle, with mortars rockets and flamethrowers, to prepare troops for jungle warfare against the Japanese. Observers say the program is comprehensive and its influence extends across the Pacific.
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Hawaii
Clinton Green
U. S. Ranger and Combat School
INS
Francois D’eliseu
D'Eliscu
Pacific Field
D’eliseu
Pacific
Cutbacks Bring Job Problems Across Industries
The article warns that wartime cutbacks and reconversion will multiply manpower problems beyond wartime shortages. It cites aluminum plants where 20 percent pay cuts and 40 percent capacity reductions loom, unions agreeing to shorter weeks, layoffs following, and uncertain readjustments as workers seek new jobs or face unemployment in other sectors.
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Lit
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Valley Falls News Roundup From Hoosac Valley
Falley Falls Jacob Film of Troy mourns his mother’s death. Mrs Archibald McClure is confined at home with grip. Bert Edwards hosted a sleighride party Monday for Hoosac Valley Central School faculty. The Valley Falls Free Library annual meeting is set for Wednesday evening January 19 at the library. Mrs James Harrington has returned home after visiting her husband Lieut James T Harrington in South Carolina.
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Jacob Film
Troy
Archibald McClure
Bert Edwards
Hoosac Valley Central School
Valley Falls Free Library
James Harrington
James T. Harrington
South Carolina
Various Local Notices Highlight Military Views and Civic Events
Whitehall Lieut Samuel Frandino visits relatives here and January Civic League meeting is postponed. Local service members Nocito brothers Lacasse Waldron Field McLoughlin and Mulholland residents discuss awards and visits. Skeenesboro Lodge G B E S installation of officers was announced.
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Samuel Frandino
Army
Civic League
Joseph Nocito
Navy and
Corp
Thomas Nocito
Anthony Woocito
West Street
Louis Lacasse
Marines
George Lacasse
Skene Street
St. Julian's Creek
Kenneth Waldron
Coast Artillery
Doorethy Waldron
School Street
United States
North Atlantic
Camp McCoy
Wis
William E. Field
18Th Infantry
England
Earl Field
Queen Street
Sergeant Field
Court McLoughlin
Catholic Daughters of America
New Arlington Hotel
Anne Mulholland
Thomas McCarthy
Glens Falls
Skeenesboro Lodge
G. BE. S
Installation of officers at Ma scenie Temple ceremony
The Ma scenie Temple held a Monday evening installation with a banquet for 87 attendees. Outgoing matron Mrs Helen Fisher gave a farewell address, and officers were installed by James L Maloney of Fort Edward. Elective officers included Mrs Frances Toben matron and Otto Rehm patron among others. Appointive officers and gifts to outgoing officers were noted, alongside unrelated items about a double barreled cannon in Athens and moss used in various products.
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Mascenie Temple
Helen Fisher
James L. Maloney
Fort Edward
Washington- Warren
Frances Toben
Otto Rehm
Florence Austin
Betty Foster
Hilda Beckwith
Pearl Shaw
Josephine Martin
Gilbert Islands Seizure Seen as Unified Service Victory
International News Service dispatch from Tarawa reports the Gilbert Islands seizure by United States forces as a standout act of cooperation among Army Navy Marine Corps Air Forces and Coast Guard across branches. Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner commended the joint effort promising a glorious victory. Navy roles included escorting transports and screening the invasion area as part of an amphibious operation.
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Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Ibert Islands
United States
Army
Navy
Bothrines
Ces
Maid Coast Guard
Admi Richmond Kelly Turner
Admiral Turner
Des
Makin and Tarawa Operations Outlined By Services
The document outlines Allied plans for the Gilbert Islands campaign. The Navy and Marines aim to seize Makin in the Northern Gilberts and attack Tarawa with carrier and land based air support. The Coast Guard will crew transport vessels and establish beachhead stations. The Army will support bombing runs and push inland to secure the island.
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Coast Guard
Navy
Makin
Gilberts
Tarawa
Island battle aims near Tarawa and Abemama
The report details Allied plans to defend beaches of Terays and seize Bit Itu Isle to capture Abemama, an island about 106 miles south of Tarawa, as part of ongoing Pacific operations.
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Terays
Bititu Isle
Abemama
Tarawa
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