Comrade for Dartboard and Seabee Nonsense in Winfield
A World War II era piece depicts Seabees with a mock darts show in Winfield, listing Bruno Coxswain James H Upton and Navy Lt Edward Mackin as participants. It notes Winfield’s 1947 incorporation, Tommy Thompson as first mayor, and a camp near Okinawa with a bomb shelter.
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Seach
Oxmaws
U—Thera
Winfield
XII
Navy
Bruno
James H. Upton
Wisconsin
Siliwright
Seabee
Guadalcanal
Oxinawa
Chicago
New York
Edward Mackin
Fortieth
Elmhurst
Long Island
N. Y
No L
Defense Workers
James
Tommy Thompson
Okinawa
Yontan Airfield
Thompson
Thompson unit builds a beach hut in wartime Okinawa
Thompson and warrant officers Fre Zuntuer Hoy and Fred Einar convert a foxhole into a large comfortable retreat with bunks furniture and indirect electric light. Thompson calls the area his wartime home away from Winfeld at 812 Avenue C Bayonne New Jersey. A chance reunion with Lt Mackin and Maj Matthew Crosson, once schoolmates from New York, occurred after 23 years in Okinawa.
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Thompson
Fre Zuntuer Hoy
San Francisco
Fred Einar
Los Angeles
Dex
Winfeld
Avenue C
Bayonne
S.J
Hitle
Matty Crosson
New York
West Side
Aid
St. Bernard's
Liberated Yank Air Ace Home from Europe
Lt Col Hubert Zemke, Eighth Air Force ace credited with 30 or more German planes, arrived at LaGuardia Field and flew home to Tampa with his wife Maria after liberation from a German prison camp on May 16. Posthumous Mariners Medal awarded to Blaine Gonya of Plattsburg, next of kin.
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New York
INSI
Hubert C. Zemke
Eighth Air Force
Maria
Tampa
Fla
Zemke
la Guerdia Field
A. T
Europe
Leo Gonga
Fiattsburg
New York State
Gonya
Blaine Gonya
Hamilton Street
Plattsburg
Dismiss 1897 Mot ion in Falk v Milwaukee City
Milwaukee city attorney Howard Van Wyck moved to dismiss the 1897 suit of Frank R. Falk against the city. The motion was under advisement after a long history spanning 53 years, with the case recently dismissed in court.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Howard van Wyck
Frank R. Falk
Los Angeles Resolves Race Tensions Amid Growth
Los Angeles reports say the Negro population, about 150000, doubles from 1930 levels. Despite friction fears, officials praise intelligent handling, housing relocations, and a citywide committee for harmony. A Bronzeville relocation and mixed neighborhoods reduce tensions while plants like Lockheed show fair practices. Housing decay and overcrowding drive condemnation and transfers to projects, improving sanitation and living conditions.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Toj
Edmund W. Cooke
Central Avenue
Cooke
Little Tokyo
Bronzeville
Lockheed Aircraft
Charles L. Senn
World Largest Plane Hercules Near Test at Hughes Plant
Culver City Calif the Hercules the world s biggest airplane as a flying boat built at the Hughes plant has been previewed cost more than 20 million weight 225000 pounds wingspan 320 feet hull 225 feet long engines eight at 3200 horsepower capacity gasoline 90000 gallons sponsor US Defense Plant Corp begun 1943 not ready for tests before next January General Manager Charles W Perelle says no plans to duplicate the monster ship
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Culver City
Cal
Howerd Hughes
Soué
Senators Gab Makes Posies Die in Senate Chamber
Washington report describes Senator Wagner flashing a red dandelion in his lapel while grilling monetary policy. The scene grows chaotic as senators trade jokes and jabs about Bretton Woods and foreign currencies, with Wagner’s flower wilting on the floor.
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Wader Blasie
Bof
Air
Robert F. Wagner
New
Vera
Mace & Speech
Baer
Robert A Tart
Ohio
Horton
K. Wheeler
Mont
Variety
Monty
Ben
Emer Thomas
Okla
Wagner
Charles W. Tobey
Bretton Woods
New Hampshire
Russia
Sen
Kenneth Wherry
Neb
Taft
Alban W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Brien McMahon
Connect
Treasury
U. S. Senate
28 000 Acre Fire Sweeps Oregon Woods
In a vast northwest Oregon blaze, nearly 1,700 men fought to halt the reportedly largest forest fire since 1939. Fire crews from Spokane and Fort Lewis raced through Wilson River country to build lines while flames threatened logging bridges and wildlife.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Wilson River
Spokane
Fort Lewis
Free
Cary
Sre
Pacific Northwest
Dwight Phipps
Selmonberry Sre
Hercules Tank Carrier Concept Described for Military Use
A proposed vehicle would carry a 60-ton tank with full armor and crew or three light tanks and gear. It could transform into a mobile hospital with patients, surgery facilities, doctors and nurses. It would also carry 750 soldiers, with engineers estimating top speeds around 218 miles per hour and cruising speed near 275 miles per hour.
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Hercules
Sulver Bar William J H Dauchy Promoted
William J H Dauchy 25 son of Mr and Mrs William Dauchy of Ford Avenue has been promoted to second lieutenant He was an instructor in naval diving at the Institute He has a brother Lyyp Dauchy who serves on a destroyer escort in the North Atlantic
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Sulver Bar
William JH. Dauchy
Wiliam Dauchy
Ford Avenue
Lew
Lyyp
Dauchy
North Atlantic
Veterans of Haiian Front Reach Manila
A large group of about 4300 American troops arriving in Manila yesterday are veterans of the fighting in Italy. The force is largely composed of Italian theater veterans and necro troops, with about 90 white soldiers who are mostly ordinary men.
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Jens
Europe
Southwest Pacific
Manila
Ialy
Belgians Vote For Regency Amid Leopold Crisis
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies backed placing a regency under Prince Charles to bar Leopold II from reassuming power without parliamentary consent. The vote was six to with several abstentions amid criticisms of Leopold's declarations and prewar fascist ties. Prime Minister Ac Acker led the move, aiming to settle the constitutional question in a broad, formal action.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Lever
St. oWilgeng
Austria
Fis
Rotkher
Prince Chasies
Cision
MeRtaAry
Majoriny
Massacre Report Claims 2000 Filipinos slain in Luzon
The account describes a Japanese assault in eastern Luzon massing casualties among Filipino natives. Officials report looting and widespread destruction, with figures suggesting thousands killed and homes plundered amid the fighting.
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Infante
Lizen
Pilipinos
Eis
Luzon
Taose- Prion
Rocuiks Age
Aleyer
Rave
F. Imtereat
Mountsins
Pinne
Colgnel Manruns
Pittsfield Resident Hurt When Auto Overturns
Marjorie Martin a 27 year old Pittsfield resident was injured when her car overturned on a New York Road near Greenbush. Police reported a fractured shoulder for Martin and that the driver of the other vehicle was not identified.
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Pittsfield
Marjorie Martin
Pittsield
Mase
Peter Homphal
Albany
New York
Bush
Felix Meyers
Richmond
Griver
WEO
Brate Polce
Te Bavaseertasree Uwe
Marta
Bruen Resere Suid Biste
Eas
Greenbush
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