Tank’s Underview Unpleasant To Go
HAL BOYLE reports from France as American doughboys recount near misses and odd injuries from tank warfare. A Sherman backed into Lt. Shelby D. Scott, knocking him down but leaving him unharmed, while Pvt. Harold Hale had fingernails shaved off by a passing track. Sgt. Jack Lowe narrowly escaped shells and dirt, and a German prisoner expresses shock at the fast American advance. A minor incident shows a German trooper surprised by Allied capture, and aU.S. major’s cigarette danger prompts quick discipline by five privates.
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Hal Boyle
France
Shelby D. Scott
Virginia Beach
Scott
Harold Hale
Phoenixville
Pfe
Henry Urenda
Bracketville
Tex
Hale
Jack Lowe
Beaumont
Lowe
Iceland’s President Plans Three Day US Visit
President Sveinn Bjornsson of Iceland will arrive in Washington next Thursday for a three day official visit as guest of President Roosevelt and the US government. He will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Vilhjalmur Thor. Speculation centers on postwar discussions of U S bases in Iceland.
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Washington
Sveinn Bjornsson
Republic of Iceland
Roosevelt
United States
Bjornsson
Vilhjalmur Thor
Iceland
Convair Tool Deviser Wins Cash and Bond Award
L. C. Bryant, a rancher turned war worker at the Tucson division of Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft, won 55 in cash and a 50 war bond for devising a tool to fasten a new type of lock on oxygen bottles in B 24 bombers. The tool saves an estimated 1,665 man hours annually. Bryant is in the liaison section of production engineering. his wife Mrs. Bryant is a line clerk on a modification line.
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Tucson
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp
W. R. Lawrence
L L. C. Bryant
San Pedro
Catalina Mountains
Bryant
General Motors Export Corp
Europe
Burma
India
Wartime Bricking Up Windows Affects Belfast Schoolchildren
Dr. M. Fulton, senior medical officer for Belfast, reports rising visual and aural defects among pupils due to blocked classroom windows and poorer diets from wartime conditions.
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M. Fulton
Belfast
North Ireland
Water Faucets In Home Gush Oil For 36 Hours
AURORA Illinois August 21 UP Mr and Mrs H C Bivin struck oil in their home when Mrs Bivin drew water to wash dishes oil flowed from every faucet for 36 hours before stopping. Geology professor Clarence R Smith and chemistry head Dr Curtis Singleterry of Aurora College confirmed the oil readings and began tests. The home two miles north of Aurora has a 240 foot well and electric pump and the blast across Fox River may have opened a fissure letting oil enter the water supply.
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Aurora
Til
H. C. Bivin
Bivin
Fox Live
Grady Gammage Named President of Teachers Colleges Group
In Jackson's Mill West Virginia the American Association of Teachers' Colleges elected Grady Gammage of Arizona State Teachers College Tempe as its new president. This marks the group's first election since 1942.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
American Association of Teachers’ Colleges
Grady Gammage
Arizona State Teachers’ College
Tempe
Florence Union High Opens Sept 4 Classes
Florence union high school board fixed September 4 as the opening day. Registrations start at 9 a.m. Parents invited to the opening session. Faculty includes C. W. Caywood as superintendent, Raymond Curry for science mathematics and language, G. Kirkland for shop math and physical education English.
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Florence
Daily Citizen
Florence Union
School Staff and Subject Assignments List
The document lists teachers and their assigned subjects including physical education Louise Duehler home economics Faye Scoggins English and glee club George Knierin vocational agriculture Maxine Cortelyou commerce George Paugh music John Whatley science and athletics Mildred Wiechens secretary and library Evelyn Kirmse social science.
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Louise Duehler
Faye Scoggins
George Knierin
Maxine Cortelyou
George Paugh
John What
Ley
Mildred Wiechens
Evelyn Kirmse
Snails Known to Endure Five-Year Hunger Periods
A report notes research showing certain snail species can survive without food for up to five years. Scientists observe dormancy phases and minimal metabolic activity during prolonged scarcity.
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