GI's Generals in Italy Wait for Invasion
Anzio diary notes soldiers and officers on the beachhead eagerly awaiting a second front. Joes trade invasion timing for eggs and humor, while daily life includes battles with artillery in the air and a lack of windows across Anzio Nettuno. Private Henry’s coin toss and a Brooklyn hand laundry add comic relief to the war front.
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Sid Federanzio
Oklahoma
Jerry
Azis
Durante
Anzio
Nettuno
Brussels
London
Jerry Spotters
Eugene Henry
Youngstown
Ohio
Henry
Quartermaster’s
Cpl
Tong Chin
Brooklyn
Red Kinlon
Maspeth
L. L
Arizona April sales taxes rise over 1943 totals
State tax figures show April collections totaling 661 807 81, up 11 354 percent from April 1943 594 331 1 The month’s gain compared to March 1944 was 41 702 32 Distribution shows 198 542 64 to the state, 297 813 97 to counties, and 66 180 88 to incorporated cities and towns.
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Phoenix
Arizona Tax Commission
Oacean
Jeep Driver Bags 17 Jap Prisoners
Pvt. Harshal Peewee Wilson a jeep jockey from Hawthorne California and his jeep Helen captured 17 young Japanese soldiers near Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. He stopped them at dusk, directed them to the airstrip area, kept his Garand ready and escorted them to the command post without incident.
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Don Caswell Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
U.P
Hey
Pvt
Harshal
Peewee) Wilson
Helen
Peewee
Hawthorne
Calif
Helen Krindrick
Los Angeles
Arthur Anderson
41St
Hugh J. Casey
MacArthur
Cyclops
Lake Sentani
Janese
Humboldt Bay
Flying Fortress Unit Returns Without Loss
London May 5 U P The Flying Fortress wing that attacked a German airfield in Holland today returned without loss while escorting Thunderbolts Lightnings and Mustangs downed nine enemy aircraft at the cost of three fighters according to a U S headquarters announcement.
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London
U.P
Flying Fortress
Holland
U. S
Bulgaria Depends Heavily on Farming and Pasture
About four fifths of Bulgaria's population earn their living from farming and grazing on pasture lands, reflecting a rural economy dominated by agriculture.
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Bulgaria
Penicillin Now Available For Civilian Uses
Chicago report states penicillin is now available in limited quantities to civilians. Dr. John McDonnell, head of the civilian penicillin distribution office, says requests are arriving from hospitals nationwide at about 100 daily. The program designates 1,030 hospitals as depots to supply areas across the country.
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Chicago
U.P
John McConnell
War Production Board
Office of
McDonnell
Hspital
The
U. S. Public Health Service
National Research Council
Office of Scientific Research and Development
American Medical Association
Mexican health delegation to attend border conference
The public health ministry named a delegation headed by Dr. Ismael Cosio Villegas to attend a border health conference in El Paso on May 30. The group will then travel to Chicago and New York for further studies.
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Mexico City
Public Health Ministry
Ismael Cosio Villegas
el Paso
Chicago
New York
Manipur Residents Do Not Eat Meat
Report notes that people in Manipur, India, abstain from meat consumption as a cultural practice. No further details provided in the source.
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Manipur
India
Eichelberger Says Japanese Lost Fight in New Guinea
Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger reports at Hollandia that Japanese troops, once willing to stand and fight, fled into the hills after realizing a large American force was closing in. He notes they abandoned weapons and supplies, while displaying a captured light machine gun as a trophy.
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Don Caswell
Hollandia
New Guinea
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Asheville
N. C
Buna
Chile Holds Two-Thirds Of South American Mineral Resources
Chile dominates the continent with about two thirds of its mineral resources, highlighting its leading role in South American mining and resource exports.
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Chile
South America
Bessarabia Compared to New Hampshire and Massachusetts
A brief note compares Bessarabia to the combined size of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, highlighting geographic scale.
Aged Scottish Duke Admits Cane Attack on Town Clerk
In Dunoon Scotland the 72 year old Duke of Argyle pleaded guilty by proxy to striking Inverary town clerk Robert Sutherland Corrigall with a cane during a dispute over health matters. The incident occurred after a heated exchange and threats to throw the clerk into Loch Lyne.
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London
Duke of Argyle
Loch Lyne
Dunoon
Robert Sutherland Corrigall
Inverary
Duke Warned After Outbreakful Incident
The judge issued a warning to the duke after an incident at the room, with the clerk rushing to inform the sheriff and file a complaint. The judge said publicity would serve as punishment.
Convair Group Proposes Plane Servicing Improvements
In San Diego on May 5 United Press reports Consoli dated Vultee flight and service department members led by Russ R. Rogers returned from a 41,000 mile round the world trip with suggestions to improve combat plane servicing. Charles accompanied the group.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vultee
Flight and Service Department
Russ R. Rogers
Convair
Charles
British air mission heads home in four engine Liberator
W Miller, a British air commission representative, and another official completed a trip aboard a four engined Liberator express. They departed from San Diego on March 16.
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W. Miller
British Air Commission
San Diego
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