Invasion Anxiety Grows as Allied Convoys Move
Axis fears rise as UN convoys totaling 123 ships enter the Mediterranean. Underground reports claim 12,000,000 potential guerillas will strike from the rear. One in ten occupied Europeans allegedly own concealed weapons amid plans for a southern European invasion.
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Tragedy as 7 year old struck and killed by train
A 7 year old, Anthony Viterna, was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad yard train in Lackawanna. India's peacetime army has grown from 175000 to over 1,000,000 without conscription.
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Keys in Cars Made Theft Easy, Boy Declares
Two 16 year old Troy youths Richard Aurelius and Elder Seymour faced grand larceny charges for stealing fifteen autos valued at twenty thousand dollars. Aurelius claimed keys were left in cars and recounted stealing a Plymouth after dining. he said a car recovered in Watervliet had been taken when he left it briefly with the key. He said he had an Army discharge and used his brother’s birth certificate to enlist.
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Troops Retrieve Shovels Lost on Attu Island
From Attu Island in Alaska a note reveals troops recovered eighteen WPA shovels lost when Japanese forces captured Attu. The message to William McDonald in Anchorage, signed by infantry, confirms their return and adds a touch of wartime humor.
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