Engineers Find Ascension Dull Place To Live
Richmond reporters recounts from the 898th engineer aviation company stationed on Ascension Island. Tales include harsh early months living in tents, rationed supplies, letters from home, make-do meals, and the arrival of mail and later luxury items. Captain Kidd marries in a rush before departing.
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Ascension
Mildred Seay
Richmond
898Th Engineer Aviation Company
898Th
Ascension Island
South America
Africa
Special Plane Sends Cook From England To U S Air Base
Army cook Corp Harry G. La motte from Springfield Mass arrives by special plane to serve as chef for the 60 airmen at a Thunderbolt base in France. He had previously cooked for the unit in England and says the men asked the commander to bring him over. He jokes about the mission and hopes for more to cook.
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U. S. Thunderbolt
France
Jane
Corp
Harry G. Lamotte
Springfield
Mass
England
C. O
Airbase Chef Sets Bond Pace at Davis Monthan
Sgt Eugene B Bullock at Davis Monthan field cooks only as a hobby but leads by example by buying 1 000 war bonds and pledging another 2 000 if peers match. The 28 year old former cotton farmer from Epps La saved most pay for bonds, plans to buy a farm after the war, and has spent 12 months in Panama and ten in South America. He has been at the base a year and says he never drinks or smokes, uses most pay for savings, and will likely not cook after the war.
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Eugene B. Bullock
Davis- Monthan
No. 2
Bullock
Sgt
Epps
East Carroll Parish
Panama
South America
Davis-Monthan
Sgt. Bullock
Davis Monthan
Combat Crew
Engebi Island Airfield Named For Army Hero
Washington reports Engebi Island airfield in the Marshalls has been named for Lt. Col. Roy C Wigley of Chandler Aziz, killed January 18 leading an Army bomber squadron in an attack on Jaluit. The field lies on Engebi within Eniwetok atoll.
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Washington
Engebi Island
Marshalls Group
Roy Clark Wigley
Chandler
Aziz
Jaluit
Navy
Wigley
Eniwetok Atoll
Federal Em ployes Plan Convention In Phoenix
The Arizona Federation of Federal Employees announced its biennial convention will be held July 6 at Hotel Adams in Phoenix. The event is organized by the convention committee and aims to bring together federal workers from the region.
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Phoenix
Arizona Federation of Federal Employes
Hotel Adams
Death Ridge on Biak Island claims many lives in dawn assault
At Baldridge ridge on Biak Island 35 Japanese fighters attacked the American positions at dawn while holding the line under Lt Melvin C. McHenry. Heroic actions by Second Lt. William C. Curtright and First Lt. Jessiel Ivey helped repel the assault as the ridge earned the name Death Ridge for the heavy losses. A Japanese mountain gun fired from a nearby ridge as Capt Eveland C. Tompson’s force checked the attack. The unit reportedly killed 60 enemies amid fierce combat and dwindling ammunition.
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Ralph Teatsorth
United Press
Biak Island
Baldridge
Mokmer Airdrome
U. S
Melvin C. McHenry
Hot Springs
Mont
McHenry
Curtright
William C. Curtright
Los Angeles
Jessiel Ivey
Decatur
Miss
Ivey
William F. Glenn
Weed
Calif
Eveland C. Tompson
Tiny
Thomas J. Gildea
Saddle River
N. J
Compton
July 4 Group Meets Tonight At San Carlos
The July 4th program committee held a meeting at 630 PM at the San Carlos cafe to coordinate sub committees for a show likely to surpass last year. A wartime fireworks display includes daylight ground and aerial pieces with Frank Bauer directing new setups at the university field. Admission is by war bonds and stamps with free tickets for bond buyers and stamps for children. a Liberator bomber named for a winner will be drawn from ticket stubs.
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San Carlos Cafe
Frank Bauer
Tucson
Rudy Black
Tucson Fire Department
Earl Biliter
Bauer
Davis-Monthan Field
Jaycees
Consolidated- Vultee
Calcutta Buyers Demand Government Stores to Cut Queues
In Calcutta many shoppers say they buy in black markets because queues in stores are too long. They urge the government to establish its own shops to ease shortages and speed purchases.
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Calcutta
India
Why Not Let Japs Stay On Saipan Isle
Marines on Saipan coastal warning before assault describe dangers from sharks and sea life to leprosy typhus and other fevers. medical officer lists parasites, infections and hazards ashore and at sea as troops prepare. He notes need for precautions and mentions variety of hazards including snakes insects and giant lizards.
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Saipan Isle
Saipan
Mariana Islands
No clear island offer in lecture Q and A
A doctor finishes a lecture and a private asks if the Japanese should have the island. The exchange shows tension over control of the island and the wartime mood.
Potatoes Dried for Cattle Purposes Under War Food Purview
Phoenix report notes 35 carloads or 10,500 sacks of Arizona potatoes from a 3,265 acre crop have been purchased to date by the War Food Administration's procurement division. The move aims to support livestock feeding during wartime conditions.
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Phoenix
Arizona
War Food Administration
Government buys moist potatoes for cattle feed drying program
E. J. Caldwell Jr states a government purchase will dry seven tons of moist potatoes into one ton of dried cattle feed at sun drying lots in Deer Valley near Phoenix and at Eloy and Rittenhouse. The program aims to supply feed through this drying process.
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Sion
E. J. Caldwell, Jr
Deer Valley
Phoenix
Eloy
Rittenhouse
Caldwell
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