Soldier Tells Of Jap Propaganda Efforts On Surrender
Tech. Sgt. Melvin E. Hartwell from Tucson describes Japanese leaflets offered to American troops as claptrap. He reports two propaganda papers urging surrender with threats of death and a mock embrace, noting no soldiers have fallen for the ploy. His brothers serve and recover from war injuries.
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Tech
Melvin E. Hartnel
Tucson
Hartwell
Carl
Tennessee
Fiji Islands
Elmer
Chicago
Young brag wins claim of tougher dandruff daddies
In Scottsbluff Nebraska two boys argued over which father had more dandruff. The younger boy finally claimed victory by betting a million billion trillion dollars that his dad had more dandruff than the other boy’s father.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
George Houston Promoted to Major in Engineers Corps
Capt. George B. Houston former Tucson streets assistant superintendent is promoted to major in the engineers corps at Eighth Service Command HQ in Dallas. He has led the fire prevention branch, served since 1943, and joined the Army in 1942 rising from first lieutenant to captain. He holds degrees from the University of Arizona and a Yale traffic engineering certificate.
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George B. Houston
Tucson
Corps of Engineers
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Maj. Houston
Service Command Engineer Office
Army
Southwest Division Engineers
San Antonio
University of Arizona
Yale University
Missouri counties hire wolf trapper for livestock protection
Three Missouri counties Daviess Caldwell and Harrison join to employ a government wolf trapper to address a wolf menace to livestock. The step aims to curb predation and safeguard farms across the trio.
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Gallatin
Missouri
Daviess
Caldwell
Harrison
Tucson Gunner Earns Second Oak Leaf on Air Medal
Staff Sgt. Larry E. Langers of route five Tucson receives a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on B 17 Fortress missions over Europe. The 28 year old tail gunner has completed eighteen bombing attacks and is cited for courage, coolness and skill reflecting credit on himself and the U S armed forces. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry B Langers and a former Tucson High School graduate who attended the University of Arizona and worked for Langers Floral before enlisting in July 1942.
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Larry E. Langers
Route Five
Tucson
Europe
Langers
United States
Henry B. Langers
Tucson High School
University of Arizona
Tucson Servicemen among local WWII acknowledgments
Local notices honor William H. Bradley on brief leave from Navy service aboard Pacific carriers. John Hamilton Putney receives the Air Medal for Wake Island operations in October 1943. Lt. James P. Panas and Lt. Randolph E. Fishburn noted for overseas duty. Posthumous Purple Heart given to Second Lieut. John Tenney Williams. War Secretary Stimpson letters express sympathy.
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John Tenney Williams
Air Corps
Henry L. Stimson
Tenney Williams
El Conquistador staff member now serves pilots in England
Henry C. Cain, after seven years on the El Conquistador hotel service staff, now tends to fighter pilots at a Thunderbolt training station in England.
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Pic
Henry C. Cain
el Conquistador
England
Ahrens Promoted to First Lieutenant Amid Recovery
Conwall F. Ahrens gains the rank of first lieutenant announced by his mother Mrs Estelle Ahrens of 1117 North Seventh Avenue. He is hospitalized in England recovering from shrapnel injuries to the left shoulder suffered during a demonstration. The Tucsonian is a former university student.
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Conwall F. Ahrens
Estelle Ahrens
North Seventh Avenue
Ahrens
England
St. Ahrens
Saine Completes Combat Training As B-24 Pilot
Lt. Jack D. Saine finished combat duty training in Italy with the 15th Air Force Headquarters. He holds the Air Medal and has been recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross. His wife Marguerite Segrara, living with her parents at 3007 North Country Club, relayed the news.
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Jack D. Saine
Italy
15Th Air Force
Marguerite Segrara
3007
North Country Club
Saine
Corp Valenma Returns to Camp in Indiana After Furlough
Corp Felix M Valenma has returned to camp in Indiana after a family furlough at 1012 South Arizona Avenue. He previously served with the military police in Washington and had spent 18 months in Alaska and Canada.
Seaman 2C Alex Rodriguez Returns to Rhode Island
Alex Rodriguez Seaman 2C released furlough with his wife and heads back to overseas service in Rhode Island. He asks friends to buy war bonds to help him and the crew return home soon.
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Alex Rodriguez
Rhode Island
Alex
Army malaria rate in 1942 among overseas units
The army reported roughly 30 malaria cases per 1000 soldiers in overseas units during 1942, indicating a significant health challenge for service members abroad.
Army Stops Boom In Border Town
Juarez Mexico, Aug 1. One of the biggest border booms collapsed after American Army officials barred soldiers from crossing the border from El Paso. Saloons cafes curio shops formerly thrived on soldiers earnings. Officials named new health traffic and safety directors while border life dwindled and cross-border commerce faded as currency and price shocks hit locals and El Pasoans.
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Juarez
Mex
United States
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Chamber of Commerce
Chavez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Fall of Hengyang Admitted by China
The Chinese high command admitted that Japanese forces have broken into Hengyang and said brisk fighting continued in the city and surrounding areas. The Chinese have been resisting along the rim of the Canton Hankow railway.
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Hengyang
China
Chungking
Canton-Hankow
Battle for Hengyang Tightens as Japanese Press Outer Front
Japanese forces drive to seize Hengyang while Chinese troops contest an outer perimeter. Hengyang, the vital Hunan city, has been a key objective since 1938, its fall seen as a step toward controlling a thousand miles of railway from north to south China.
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Hunan
Canton
Hankow
China
Air Conditioning Plant Power At Capitol Buildings
The Washington air conditioning plant for the Capitol Senate and House offices has a daily refrigerating capacity equal to melting a 50 by 50 foot block of ice or the heat removed by a seven story building in a day.
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Capitol
Senate
House
Washington
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