Jungle training in Caribbean post mirrors Far East jungle warfare
American troops in camouflage and jungle mud drill through beach and river assaults near Buna like campaigns in the Far East. Officers describe flanking, mortar fire, and river crossings as Pvt. Cruz Rodriguez drowns during a bridge-assembly exercise, while aid teams attempt recovery.
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Richard Armstrong
International News Service
Caribbean
Bune
Buna
B. F. Harding
Far East
Amaury M. Gandia
Puerto Rico
Wallace van Hoose
58Th Street
Brooklyn
John P. Brown
N. W. 75Th Street
Miami
Fla
Albert Arrillaga
John H. Kelsey
Pvt
Cruz Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Army Likes Willow Cane and Johnny Deer River
Northwestern Canada on the Alaska Highway corridor becomes a home away from home for American troops. Soldiers buy diamond willow canes from locals and even gain a stake in Johnny Mary Ann Deer River’s ferry business, disrupting Hudson Bay Co. trade and local economy.
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Russell Annabel
Nelson
B. C
Canada
Alaska
Norman Wells
Lieut Kenneth Sutherland
Shelburne Falls
Mass
Man
Arctic
Lieut. E. Pitcher
Winchester
Ind
Hudson Bay's Co
H. C. Meyers
Antonito
Col
Johnny Mary Ann Deer
Johnny
Meyer
Monroe Telephone seeks September fee cancellation
The Monroe Telephone Company requests permission from the State Utilities Commission to cancel all subscriber charges for September. Alleged abnormal profits from heavy toil business linked to a nearby Army camp prompted the action.
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Monroe
N. C
Monroe Telephone Company
State Utilities Commission
Wartime Romance Warns Girls to Protect Themselves
A young girl writes on wartime romance warning women near army camps to avoid gullibility. Do not trust soldiers who withhold back home ties. protect oneself first and avoid romantic illusions. Better to be hard boiled than regret believing a man with undisclosed marriage or engagement.
Child Care Problem Expected to Grow
Congress recessed without action on the Thomas bill for funding war worker child care centers. The Federal Works Agency will expand its program, with a new 50 million Lanham Act appropriation to open hundreds more war nurseries. Regional directors will promptly review financing applications. about 3,300 centers care for 180,000 children so far.
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Congress
House
Federal Works Agency
Philip B. Fleming
Roosevelt
Record of Private Sammy Embry at Guantanamo Bay
The document describes Private Sammy Embry at Guantanamo Bay Cuba as a leatherneck and notes he enlisted in October. His address is listed as Guard House Marine I Corps base and his issued equipment includes a harness and canteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sammy Embry
Marine I Corps
Room Shortage Not for Cuties at Tennessee Campus
The News Sentinel pictured two coeds exiting a Knoxville bus with suitcases on the University of Tennessee campus. Caption notes the pretty girls and others in the same predicament could not find rooms in the booming city. Next day Dean Harriett Greve reported most townspeople had space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
News Sentinel
University of Tennessee
Harriett Greve
University
Almost Loses Teeth in Apple Bobbing Contest
In Memphis Tennessee a contestant named G. M. Baird bit into an apple during an apple bobbing contest and dropped his false teeth. The teeth stuck to the apple while he slid away, and his prize was a galvanized bucket. He later auctioned the bucket for $12, gave the money to the Red Cross, then retrieved his teeth.
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Memphis
Tenn
Red Cross
G. M. Baird
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