Rudy Vallee Plans Return To Civilian Life This Summer
Hollywood report confirms Lieut. Rudy Vallee of the coast guard will be placed on the inactive list between July 15 and August 22 after completing a final tour with his non in fine band for the fifth war loan drive. At 43 he says his work in service is finished and may return to movies or civilian life.
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Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
Coast Guard
Frank Sinatra
Navy
Naval Reserve
Maine
Regulations to restore veterans to prewar jobs
U S selective service memos require local boards to aid veterans in returning to their preinduction positions with pay and seniority. Employers must restore veterans, with court redress for noncompliance, and delays may lead to back pay claims.
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Washington
Selective Service
Oith
Kentucky
Vetrans
State Elective Service Headquarters
National Selecte Service
Juice Department
American motorist gets 43 percent of 1941 gasoline use
Washington May 29 The average American motorist now receives only 43 percent as much gasoline as in 1941 and future supply is planned to stay near that level for two years Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K Davies said. He noted U S mileage is down 57 percent from peacetime while England has cut 88 percent.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
England
Liberty Ship Captain Killed After Gun Duel
On a South Pacific island the Liberty ship S S Tom Walsh captain Carl Larsen fired on crew and natives while drunk. An armed Navy guard shot Larsen dead after a brief duel. the crew buried him at sea and notified Washington.
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Wilmington
Cal
U.P
S. S
Tom Walsh
Carl Larsen
New York
San Francisco
South Pacific
Larsen
Navy
Stone
Maritime Commission
Washington
Reunion of Father and Son After Believing Each Other Dead
Spokane resident William H. Merrick welcomes home his son Ross Dennis Merrick who, like his father, thought the other perished in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Both served in the Marines, the son returning by plane from San Francisco, while the father remained in Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
William H. Merrick
Ross Dennis Merrick
Merrick
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
House Group Rebukes Bill for Government Spending
The House Appropriations Committee rebukes government employees for "propagandizing congress" as it reports a 1.104 billion dollar supply bill for independent offices. It trims funding across departments including labor, security, education and Medicare programs, with substantial cuts to vocational education and new allocations for emergency maternity care and nurse training.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Employee Compensation Commission
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
Railroad Retirement Board
War Manpower Commission
Children’s Bureau
Office of Education
Committee On Appropriations
Calling Men Under 26 To Cut Copper Output
WPB vice chairman H Bunker told a House Appropriations Committee that drafting men under 26 would force a substantial copper production cut by July 1. He noted copper production and consumption stayed even in the first quarter and that the Metals Reserve Co. has a few hundred thousand tons on hand but is drawing 170000 tons monthly.
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Washington
P.A H. Bunker
War Production Board
WPB
House Appropriations Committee
Bunker
Metals Reserve Co
Arizona Captain Wins Promotion To Major
John Kevin Dowling of Grand Canyon Arizona has been promoted from captain to major in the war department announcement today.
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Arizona
Washington
John Kevin Dowling
Grand Canyon
Ariz
War Department
Charles Lyon Jr Enters Sea Service Training
Charles W. Lyon Jr age at 515 Ave nida De Palmas has joined the U S maritime service and is now in boat training as an apprentice seaman at the Catalina Island U S M S training station. He is gaining knowledge to deliver victory cargo to fighting fronts.
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Charles W. Lyon, Jr
Avenida de Palmas
U. S. Maritime Service
Catalina Island
U.S.M.S
Charles
Courtright Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
First Lt. James C. Courtright formerly of 1627 East 12th street Tucson is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while flying in the Mediterranean theatre of operations.
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James C. Courtright
East 12Th Street
Tucson
Mediterranean
Air Medal Awarded to First Lt George E Richards
First Lt. George E. Richards of Tucson receives the Air Medal from Lt. Col. Dexter L. Hodge of the Eighth AAF Liberator group. Richards took part in attacks on Frederichshafen Berlin and Bramsche.
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George E. Richards
Air Cadet Brandson Brown Assigned To Tuskegee Field
Cadet Brandson Brown from 133 West Second Street completes primary training and receives assignment to Tuskegee Army Air Field for advanced duties.
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Brandson Brown
West Second Street
Tuskegee Army Airfield
McMakin Graduates From Strother Army Air Field
John B. McMakin son of Mrs. Frankie K McMakin of 739 North Seventh Avenue graduated this week from the Strother Army air field and will receive another assignment soon.
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John B. McMakin
Frankie K. McMakin
North Seventh Avenue
Strother Army Airfield
Nurse officerNorma Ashburn Ordered to Camp White Oregon
Second Lt Norma Ashburn of 314 North Park Avenue Tucson has been commissioned in the U S Army Nurse Corps and ordered to report for active duty at Station Hospital Camp White Oregon.
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Norma Ashburn
North Park Avenue
Tucson
United States Army
Camp White
Oregon
Tucson Youth Receives Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Wings
William R. Brewer Jr. has received his wings and a commission as second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. He is the son of Mrs. Carrie Jane Evans of 2607 East Helen Street, Tucson, and he attended Tucson Senior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Brewer, Jr
Army Air Forces
Lt. Brewer
Carrie Jane Evans
East Helen Street
Tucson
War Department Oil Traps Flies And Germs
The War Department announced an odorless economical oil that traps germs like flypaper, reducing disease in Army camps. Dr Oswald H Robertson says the oil ensnares bacteria and viruses on barracks floors bed linens and blankets. Blanket treatment costs two cents each lasting two months while floor treatments cost six dollars per barracks lasting four months.
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Washington
UPR
War Department
Oswald H. Robertson
Army
Dive Bombers Strike Yanks On Italian Front
On the Valmontone road in Italy May 29 German dive bombers hit a U S convoy. Six planes strafed at low altitude creating chaos as soldiers fled, many wounded or killed, including First Lt George Hogden who reported his platoon wiped out yet the unit regrouped.
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Robert V. Vermillion
Valmontone
Italy
Anzio
George Hogden
Pittsburgh
United States Army
Hogden
Truncated Frontline Advance Moves Ahead
Soldiers push forward along a road after a retreating action on the southern front. Hayden orders the line reformed as Spitfires engage the pursued force, one platoon missing during the maneuver and other companies following in formation.
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Hoyden
Hayden
Naszi's Lili Marlene Tops British Charts
London May 29 British listeners flock to the Nazi capture song Lili Marlene as the latest hit. The tune, long favored by troops, rises rapidly in popularity across the country.
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Naszi’s
Lili Marlene
Britain
London
Eighth Army Soldiers Record Found in Tobruk Pub
Jimmy Phillips, one of Britain's top music men, uncovered a group of eighth army soldiers playing a German broadcast song in a Tobruk captured phonograph pub. He secured the record after months of negotiations with the alien property custodian and published it.
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Eighth Army
Africa
Jimmy Phillips
Britain
Tobruk
Alien Property
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