War-Weary Iowan Tired Of Blood Death And Hills
A frontline rifleman from Iowa, a member of the 34th division, recalls endless combat near Cassino Italy. He laments service two years long and seeks rest while praising fellow soldiers and the grit of American units in Tunisia and Italy. He longs to see home and questions why rest is so scarce.
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Hal Boyle
London
Cassino
Iowa
Mediterranean
British Isles
Tunisia
Sidi Bouzid
Italy
Bill
Chuck
France
Meemies
Rangers
War Department
Mexico Plans Practical Use For Highways
Mexico outlines a practical vision for early completion of its Inter-American highway sections to boost political unity and year-round north south connectivity. Highlights include Laredo to Mexico City, Mexico City to Oaxaca, and Mexico City to Acapulco routes with notes on Puebla Jalapa and Vera Cruz corridors. Mexico’s industrial centers Monterrey Torreon and La Laguna region are mentioned.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Laredo
Guatemala
Oaxaca
Puebla
Tehuacan
United States
Mitla
Mexico City-Acapulco
Acapulco
Central Pacific Islands
Mexico City-Vera Cruz
Perote
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Atlantic Gulf Coast
Monterrey
Gulf
Caribbean
Torreon
Burgos Woman Claims 15 Years Without Food or Drink
A Burgos resident asserts she has not eaten or drunk for 15 years, claiming a religious fast and endurance are behind the prolonged deprivation. Medical observers seek verification, while authorities note no public record of such a case.
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Burgos
Spain
Steel Workers Arrested Face Loss Of Deferment
In Boston on June 3, a state selective service official said most of the 136 war workers arrested in the Bethlehem Steel Hingham shipyard fraud scheme face loss of draft deferment. About 125 deferment holders were being sent to local draft boards across Massachusetts. Col. Ralph M. Smith noted renewals would be rare.
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Boston
Bethlehem Steel Company
Hingham
Selective Service
Massachusetts
Ralph M. Smith
Female Officers To Fill Frisco Traffic Posts
San Francisco plans to use women as traffic officers to meet manpower shortages on the police force.
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Frisco
San Francisco
State Opposes Water Treaty With Mexico
Petition to the U S senate protests the Mexican Colorado river water treaty as illegal and disastrous to Arizona homes livelihoods and defense. Arizona water trustee Sidney Kartus says Arizona senators failed to oppose the treaty and Mexico would gain rights to vast water and dam building. State Attorney General Joe Conway plans suit in the U S Supreme Court to challenge the contract and Santa Fe compact.
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Phoenix
U.P
United States Senate
Arizona
Senate
Sidney Kartus
Arizona Water
U. S. Senate
U. S
Kartus
Mexico
Colorado
International Boundary and Water Commission
Arizona Water Trustees
Joe Conway
U. S. Supreme Court
Greek Patriots Ambush Germans at Rest Camp
Greek patriots attacked a German rest camp near Mt Olympus on May 10. In hand to hand fighting 150 Nazis reportedly died, seven Greeks were killed and eight wounded. The Greeks reportedly used knives after exhausting ammunition and seized the remaining troops.
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Cairo
Thessaly
Mt. Olympus
Calavry Horses At Fort To Go On Auction Block
TEMPE June 3. Eighteen mounts five light draft horses and seven mules from Ft Huachuca will go on the auction block at the stockyards here Monday. Ray B Eriest U S treasury representative in charge of the sale notes mechanization affects cavalry training units in Arizona.
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Tempe
U. S. Army
Arizona
Ft. Huachuca
Ray B. Eriest
U. S. Treasury
Bureau Finds Better Socks For Soldiers
The Bureau of Standards reports sock fit matters for comfort and wear rate in the armed forces. A device to measure sock dimensions under load helps assess shrinkage and laundering effects. The Army Q M C places orders for the device.
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Bureau
Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Q.M.C
Army Quartermaster Corps
Bulletin
Yank GIs Turn Nissen Hut To Handy Home Touches
In a remote English camp US soldiers craft homey touches from curtains to flowers. Sgt Frederick J Patton and others sew and decorate while First Sgt Stanley L Ladzinsky and Tech Sgt James C Hampton plan lounge decor. Corp Thomas White plants a flower garden and Sgt Rudy W O'Cana invents carrot pie. Also noted is a U S cheese consumption figure of 484 million pounds annually.
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Nissen
Frederick J. Patton
N. Torreytown
N. Y
England
Sgt. Patton
Patton
Stanley L. Ladzinsky
Philadelphia
United Press
Willie R
Corp
Thomas White
Jamaica
Rudy W. O’cana
Morley
Cal
Winslow Youth Among Wounded From Italy
Pvt. Harvey G. Wilhelm of Winslow Arizona is among 64 battle casualties admitted to McCloskey General Hospital in Temple Texas after a long trip from the Italian front He is a veteran of campaigns in Africa Sicily and Italy and lost his left arm in a train accident near Barjano Italy on March 20 He regrets not being able to join the big push.
Remarkable 98-Year-Old Bangor Woman Excels In Arts
Mrs. Sarah H. Bigelow of Bangor aged 98 is noted as a skilled pianist, needle worker, and taxidermist, and is described as granddaughter of a Bunker Hill drummer in this profile.
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Bangor
Me. U.P
Sarah H. Bigelow
Bunker Hill
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National Unity of Republic
Morelos
Porfirio Diaz
Abraham Lincoln
Benito Juarez
San Pablo Guelatao
Juarez
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Chats
Eefer
Rt Live
Arizonians
Calavry
Verne
Old Pueblo
Schilling
Yank
Nissen Hut
Dudley Ann Harmon
Tidmarsh Engineering Company
Winslow
Tucson
Hemphill-Miller Mfg. Co
East Pennington
Bondez
Bondex
Arizona Lumber & Supply Co
East Seventh St
J. Knox Corbett Lbr. & Howe. Co
Sixth Ave
Seventh St
W. P. Fuller Co
East Congress
the O’malley Lumber Company
North Fourth Ave
Pioneer Paint & Varnish Co
W. Congress
Air Corps
America
AAF
Army
Germany
Japan
RAF
U. S. Army Air Forces
Naval Aviation
Office of Naval Officer Procti
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U. S. Army Recruiting Service
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