Filipinos Prove Worth In Battle
Near Davao Philippines June 28 The 24th Division in Mindanao sees Filipino troops serving as guards and fighters alongside American doughboys. First Lt Raymond M Sundquist recalls Filipino recruits killing at least 149 Japanese in two weeks, despite poor equipment and food. They favor close range fighting and show keen-sniff detection of snipers and mines.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Davao
Philippines
Eighth Army
Mindanao
Raymond M. Sundquist
Hoquiam
Wash
Sundquist
Roscoe B. Woodruff
Senate approves post office workers pay raise bill
The Senate passed by voice vote a bill granting a pay increase to post office department employees. The measure, now to conference with the House on Senate amendments, provides 20 percent of base pay or $400 yearly, whichever is smaller, with a minimum of $300 annually.
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Washington
Senate
House
Safford Votes For Purchase Of Utility
Safford residents approve city council’s plan to negotiate the purchase of the Arizona General Utilities power plant and distribution system. A second election will decide bond approval after price terms are set, marking the third vote in two years on the utility purchase.
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Safford
Arizona General Utilities
Delegates From Alaska and Hawaii Push for Statehood
Alaska delegate Edward L. Bartlett and Hawaii’s Joseph R. Farrington press for admission as the 49th state. Bartlett’s floor speech precedes a vote on his bill, highlighting the anomaly of nonvoting territorial delegates and broad support for statehood among residents.
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Washington
Edward L. Bartlett
Alaska
Congress
Bartlett
Congress of the
United States
Joseph R. Farrington
Hawaii
Farrington
Hawaiii
Alaskan Affairs Note Mentioned by Washington Row
A Washington group focusing on Alaskan issues shows little interest in the pony problem and related matters, indicating a gap between concern areas and the discussed problems.
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Washington
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House of Representatives
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Hon
Juneau
Anthony J. Dimond
Seattle
Fairbanks
Alaska Tuberculosis Association
Nevada
L Chico
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Walgreen’s
Walgreen
Dr. Scholls
Magnesia
Woodbury
Tan
Walgreen's
Napa
Fife
Canada Dry
Canada
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