Odelson Family Twins Into War Service Across World
The Odelson family of 6651 Greenview Chicago sends seven of ten sons into military service since December 1941 with others awaiting calls. Roy a 19 year old Davis Monthan unit truck driver and Pfc Julius a paratrooper wait overseas while brothers Arthur Meyer and Irving Epstein, plus sons-in law Harry Berg and others serve in Australia Italy Texas Miss Camp Shelby and Chicago war plants. The clan reports relatives scattered across the globe as Meyers 27 plans for a call anytime.
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Odelsons
Sam Odelson
Greenview
Chicago
Pfc
Roy
Davis-Monthan Field Quartermaster Unit
Irving Epstein
Odelson
Irving
Ben
Australia
Italy
Julius
Fort Bragg
N. C
Sidney
Texas
Joe
Camp Shelby
Miss
Oscar
Quartermaster Corps
Mrs. Odelson
Meyer
Belle
Camp Gruder
Oklo
Harry Berg
Ida
Chicago West Side
England’s Profane Oath Act of 1745 fines speakers
The Act imposed a sliding scale of penalties for profane oaths against offenders, with higher fines for those of greater rank up to the highest penalties for the offender who ranked above a gentleman.
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England
Trade Barriers Must Be Removed To Keep Peace Permanently
John G. Erhardt, director of U S foreign service, told the Los Angeles Breakfast Club that postwar peace hinges on abolishing trade barriers in totalitarian states. He urged phased government controls during the transition and proposed an international plan to reduce barriers binding all nations to prevent foreign competition stifling.
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Los Angeles
John G. Erhardt
U. S. Foreign Service
Erhardt
Breakfast Club
Foreign Trade Week
U S Armed Forces Help Drive Candy Output in 1942
About twenty percent of the candy and chocolate produced in the United States in 1942 was shipped for consumption by armed forces, both at home and abroad, reflecting wartime demand for troops and defense workers.
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U. S
Maj Wright Decorated At Esler Field For Valor
Maj Ellis W Wright Jr decorated at Esler Field after Fighter Ace service in the Southwest Pacific. He received the Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster plus the Distinguished Flying Cross and a collective ribbon for group citation. He credited with three Zeros shot down in 100 combat missions. He leaves Esterfield for a brief leave to visit his mother.
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New Guinea
Maj
Ellis W. Wright, Jr
States
Esler Field
Adonis Avenue
Miami
Ariz
Wright
Southwest Pacific
United States
Distin
Guished
Ora Bay
New Ginea
U. S
Maj. Wright
Esterfield
Champion hiker at 90 eyes another decade of sport
Charles Poor of Iuswich Massachusetts, a former excursion boat skipper, celebrated his 90th birthday while telling friends he would keep active in sports for at least ten more years. He is known as the town hiking champion and has rarely missed his Thursday bowling league matches.
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Iuswich
Mass
Charles Poor
Warren frees California delegation from pledged support
Governor Earl Warren releases the 50 member California delegation from his pledge to vote for him at the Republican national convention. He asks members not to present or cast ballots for his name and notes the pledge was allowed by California law to ensure a like minded, distinguished representation at the convention.
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Sacramento
Calif
WUP
Earl Warren
California
Favorite Son
Tion
Plane stampedes turkeys in Manchester dies three
A lone flying bomber on a routine flight sent a flock of turkeys into a panic at Manchester. Jacques reported three war casualties among the birds. Twenty eight birds were injured in the stampede, with 25 sustaining injuries.
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Manchester
E. Ng Jacques
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