Marine ace Boyington believed safe on island as natives guard him
Mrs E J Hallenbeck of Okanogan says grapevine reports place Marine ace Major Gregory Boyington on a South Pacific island under guard by natives until he can rejoin his squadron. The veteran, known as Pappy and once leader of the Black Sheep, disappeared during a fighter sweep near Rabaul.
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Mar.gery Boyington
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Ely
South Pacific
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S. Hallenbeck
Hallenbeck
Okanogan
Todd-Pacific
Tayards
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Die Rickenbacker
Joe
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Rabaul
Flying Tigers
China
Solomons
South Pn
Army Air Transport To Be Taken Over By Military This Year
The War Department announced that all Army air transport service within the continental United States will be taken over by the Air Transport Command before year’s end. Overseas contract operations will continue, and the shift is already underway domestically. Increased ATC personnel will enable cargo flights previously handled by contract, as aircraft at airlines have been insufficient for wartime mail and transport needs. In the past five months, 28 aircraft were returned to airlines.
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Army Air Transport Service
Continental
United States
Air Transport Command
War Department
Army
ATC
Department
Captain Robert D. Millar Returns Home on Leave
Captain Robert D. Millar of a field artillery unit is home on leave after serving 22 months overseas in North Africa Sicily and Italy. He enlisted as a reserve officer December 1 1939 and trained at Ft. Bragg. He will report to Ft. Sam Houston for reassignment with his wife Loyce Barringer and daughter Judy at his mother Mrs. G. E. Deal’s home.
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North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Millar
Ft. Bragg
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Tucson
Oregon State College
G. E. Deal
East 15Th Street
County Hospital Costs Rise Per Patient Day
Average cost per patient day at the county hospital is 4 59716 dollars, up from 4 41423 last year due to higher operating costs and more patients. Eleven month utilization sits at 71.27 percent, up from 65.91 percent, with total expenditures 101 804 08 dollars. Ward costs: men and women 4 84182, tuberculosis 3 92612, children 5 87243. Also a stray line notes Java has 225 thunderstorm days annually.
Destruction of Civitavecchia Port by Allied Bombing
In Civitavecchia Italy on June 12 reporter Eleanor Packard describes the port 80 percent destroyed after months as a primary Allied target. Rubble fills streets ships lie in harbor and German railroad guns are found among wreckage noted as the Anzio Express.
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Eleanor Packard
Civitavecchia
Italy
Rome
John Adams Chosen First US Minister to England in 1785
John Adams was appointed as the United States first minister to England in 1785 marking a pivotal step in early diplomatic relations. His assignment followed the new nation’s administrative setup and precedents in foreign affairs.
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John Adams
England
United States
Natives in Iraq Run Ancient Petroleum Refineries
Report notes that local communities in Iraq continue to operate petroleum refineries that trace their origins to systems built over two millennia ago, illustrating long-standing industrial practices in the region.
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Iraq
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