Nisei Train Yanks to Fight Japs in Pacific Prep
U S Army reports units of Japanese American soldiers will demonstrate uniforms weapons and methods to returning GIs. Nisei teams of 15 including two officers and 13 enlisted men undergo eight week retraining at a Maryland camp focusing on Japanese tactics maps first aid sanitation and combat drills. Swimming and combined arms training feature as preparations for Far East operations.
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Revel
Moore Washington
Europe
Pacific
Maryland
Far East
Camp
Ges
Calif
Eisenhower to Visit U S in June 1945 Schedule
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces will arrive in Washington June 18 from Europe. He plans to visit New York June 19 and Kansas City June 21 before going to Abilene Kansas to his mother's home.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ashington
Europe
War Department
Eisenhower
New York
Tonsas City
Nsas City
Abilene
Kas
Dopey Pup Stays in Sixth Grade at Wellston School
Dopey the collie shepherd mongrel attends London Elementary in Wellston with perfect attendance for years. Owned by J. C. Larkin and family, the dog followed the Larkins through Lincoln, junior high, and into high school age, skipping higher education and continuing to attend daily like a student. The janitor John T. Tow notes Dopey is punctual, arriving at 9 am, sharing lunch scraps, and playing with children after classes.
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ST. Louis
London
Wellston
Dopey
J. C. Larkin
J. C. Jr
Edward
L. M. Larkin
Lincoln
Larkins
L. M
John T. Tow
Decess
Bank Service For GI's Run By Hospital Bank Service For GI's Run By Hospital
At the Army and Navy general hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas a bank and safe deposit service operates for military and civilian patients. Maj. James M. Keating heads the A and N bank with Sgt. R D Parks Jr and Mrs. Lucille Adair assisting. The safe deposit holds war souvenirs including foreign coins cameras coin bracelets and flags.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy General Hospital
James M. Keating
A. & N. Bank and Safe<deposit Service
R. D. Parks, Jr
Lucille Adair
Sgt. Parks
W. B. Worthen Co
Ers
Little Rock
Parks
Tax collections reach 687 thousand in May Arizona
Arizona sales tax collections for May totaled 687262.11 dollars, up 75662.03 from May last year but 29218.65 below April, per the state tax division report.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Hospital Bank Practices Draw Scrutiny Over Cash
The bank facilities and cash deposits total several thousand dollars. Cash is kept on hand at the hospital bank to meet daily withdrawals. Government checks are cashed for patients, and personal checks are accepted for collection in the facility.
Calling Cards Dropped Over Tokyo Are Hot
The chemical warfare service disclosed that B-29 Superfortresses are dropping at least four incendiary bomb types on Japan as research continues. Two bombs spread lava from jellied gasoline and other ingredients, including the 500 pound M-76 goop bomb and the 10 pound M-74 that can project lava up to 25 yards.
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Washington
Chemical Warfare Service
Japan
D Day Anniversary Observed As Allied Holiday
Paris June 4 General Eisenhower announced the first anniversary of the Normandy landings would be observed as a holiday for Allied forces. He urged a brief pause June 6 to pledge renewed energies and keep celebrations quiet to strengthen resolve for the months ahead.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Normandy
Army Promotes Hugh Thompson To Medic Major
Mrs. Hugh C. Thompson of San Clemente learns her husband has been promoted from captain to major while stationed in England. Major Thompson has served overseas about 16 months with a general staff unit. Jose Santos Gill, water tender third class USNR, noted for serving aboard a heavy cruiser bombarding Okinawa, is mentioned with his wife Mrs. Rosie G. Gill of Tucson.
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Hugh C. Thompson
Palomar Drive
San Clemente
Major Thompson
England
Jose Santos Gill
USNR
Rosie G. Gill
West List Street
Tucson
Okinawa
Seabee Edward H. Lorenzen Wounded on Guam
Two months after fighting ceased Edward H. Lorenzen Seabee shipfitter 3C from Tucson was wounded by an enemy sniper on Guam. He had worked under enemy fire and escaped injury during the period of ceasefire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Lorenzen
Seabee Shipfitter 3C
Tucson
Guam
Seabee Lorenzen
Navy Seabee remembers sniper attack at liberated base
A Tucson Navy Seabee recounts being shot by a Japanese sniper while working on a water purification unit at a liberated American base. He is hospitalized at the U S Naval hospital at Santa Margarita ranch in Oceanside and lists 17 West Fifth Street in Tucson as his home.
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Tucson
Navy Seabee
U. S. Naval Hospital
Santa Margarita Ranch
Oceanside
Calif
West Fifth Street
Employee layoffs hit 90000 in Detroit area
Detroit metropolitan area factory layoffs since January 1 totaled 90,000 workers, the board of commerce said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Board of Commerce
Local county fairs approved by ODT keep wartime travel limits
Washington reports rural local and county fairs may proceed if they avoid intercity transport by exhibitors or spectators. Regional and state fairs cannot be held this year as military and essential wartime needs will use all rail and water transport capacity.
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ODT
Washington
America
Office of Defense Transportation
Jewel Of A Fish Yields $75 White Sapphire
Henry Bartlett caught a bullhead in Lyons Falls New York and found a white sapphire inside the fish later valued at 75 dollars.
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Lyons Falls
N. Y
Henry Bartlett
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