Wounded Marines, President Roosevelt Meet in Honolulu
In Honolulu on July 29, President Roosevelt visited wounded servicemen from Saipan. He spoke briefly with a marine lieutenant on a hospital stretcher and greeted other patients at Army and naval hospitals, noting hope for recovery as he toured five wards. He observed serious injuries and amputations, including a self-styled “doctor” marine.
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Hickam Field
Saipan
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
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Navy
Marine Corps
147Th General Hospital
St. Louis University
Army Hospital
Aeia Naval Hospital
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Roosevelt
Nazis Claim Bulgarians Help In Ploesti Defense
London broadcast German communique says Bulgarian planes aided German and Romanian fighters in destroying 13 American aircraft that attacked the Ploesti oil region in Romania yesterday.
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Ploesti
London
Romania
German Commmunique
We Face the Future, Convair Tells Workers to Stay On
San Diego Aug 11 Convair officials urged employees to remain on the job as a wartime production squeeze limits schedules despite an 80,000 workforce and 13 divisions across 10 states. The report outlines postwar plans, stressing duty to finish current contracts and outlining flexible production for future aviation needs.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Convair
Army Wounded Count with Returned-to-Duty Figures
The Army reported 62,312 wounded as of April 21, 1944, with 35,597 of them having returned to duty.
Navy planes sink 1900-ton Japanese vessel off Saipan
Aug 11 report states three Avenger torpedo planes located the cargo ship while bomb racks held depth charges for submarine defense. Lt Bruce M Barackman protected the bombers, silencing anti air guns, and depth charges damaged the vessel, blowing its bow and sinking it as destroyers arrived. Ninety-two survivors were noted by the Navy.
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Navy
Saipan
Bruce M. Barackman
Meadville
John Norris Re elected Leader of 10th District Command
John Norris was re elected commander of the 10th district of the American Legion of Arizona and James Peters of Nogales was elected vice commander. The Charles Young post keys were presented to the district. More than 500 attended a Legion supper with entertainment by Ft. Huachuca soldiers. The auxiliary, led by Mrs. John A Ward and secretary Mrs. Sadie Peters, hosted visiting members. Past commander W H Hillward chaired the program committee.
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James Peters
Nogales
Charles Young
Colored Legion Group of
Tucson
Legion Hall
Ft. Huachuca
Farina
Our Gang
Hollywood
Ladies’ Auxiliary
John A. Ward
Sadie Peters
Tenth District
W. H. Hillward
Arizona Marine Killed as Navy Reports Casualty List
Washington August 11. One Arizona Marine was reported killed and three wounded in a Navy department casualty list. The dead are Second Lt. James G. White, husband of Mrs. James G. White of Phoenix. Wounded are Second Lt. Thomas W. Baumgarter of Phoenix, Pfc. William E. Dennis of Globe, and Thomas Edward James, pharmacist's mate third class, of Tempe.
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Arizona
Navy Department
James G. White
Phoenix
Thomas W. Baumgarter
William E. Dennis
Ethel L. Dennis
Globe
Thomas Edward James
Homer James
Tempe
Nothing Known Of Red Papal Proposal Report
A Vatican source said there is no knowledge here of abroad reports that Premier Stalin proposed coordinated postwar actions between the Vatican and Moscow. The claim remains unverified and unconfirmed in Vatican circles.
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Vatican City
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Strategy Trials and Red Advances Threaten East Prussia
The narrative notes Russian pressure along the East Prussian border and a southern flanking push near Tannenberg. It warns that a Red drive could trap the Hit lerite army on sacred soil, threaten Warsaw and the Vistula line, and imperil Berlin if Warsaw and Paris fall simultaneously.
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Tannenberg
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Vistula
Hitler
Reich
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der Fuehrer
University of Arizona Grad Killed On Saipan
Mrs. A B Herring received word from the war department that her husband Private Alvin B Herring 25 a University of Arizona graduate and former junior agronomist at the government experimental station here was killed in action on Saipan June 29 He had been stationed at the local experiment station before the war.
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Sacaton
A. B. Herring
War Department
Pvt
Alvin B. Herring
University of Arizona
Government
Saipan
Germans Shoot Own Officers To Surrender At St Malo
German troops began shooting their own officers to secure surrender as American troops fought through St Malo, with the fortress citadel still resisting at 6 p.m. Col Von Auloch led a battered force, said to be riven by delusions after Stalingrad, while refugees and prisoners described a motley garrison streaming from barricaded streets.
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France
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von Auloch
Stalingrad
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Todt Organization
Wanted: two waitresses in window sign
Boston restaurateur posts a bold window sign seeking two waitresses and promising good references in exchange. The cheeky ad highlights desperation and a humorous take on employment references in a local scene.
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Boston
Boston Restaurateur
Winkelman Damaged by Heavy Rainstorm Flooding Gila River
Winkelman suffered damage from the Gila River flood after 24 hours of rain. Dan Rose notes the river broke over the south bank 12 miles away, inundating houses, corrals, gardens, and farm crops. A muddy two to four foot lake formed in the low area between town.
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Winkelman
Gila
Dan Rose
Coolidge Dam
Rose
Kittleman Wins Hole in One Beats Family at Club
At Greenville Mississippi on the Country Club course Wesley Kittleman tee shot to the green made three Eddie followed with a two to finish par. C W Kittleman, former Northwestern quarterback and four time Mississippi golf champion, answered with a 137 yard drive to ace the hole. No lives or injuries reported near the San Pedro River four miles away.
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Greenville
Miss. U.P
Country Club
Wesley Kittleman
Eddie
C. W. Kittleman
Kittleman
Northwestern University
Mississippi State
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