Jungle fighters live and fight on Bougainville Island
Reports by 37th Buckeye Division men describe jungle life in Bougainville. Soldiers endure rain flooded foxholes, mosquito nets, and nightly bombings while keeping humor and camaraderie. A private ignores insignia to aid frontline supplies, and Thanksgiving rations bring rare homey meals.
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Bougainville Island
Solomons
37Th
Buckeye
United States Army
Charley
Bougainville
James G. Smith
Stevenson slams soldiers vote session plan in San Antonio
Gov. Coke Stevenson denounces a group of legislators urging a special session to create a poll tax free vote for soldiers. He calls it a smoke screen and says soldiers he spoke with will pay poll tax. He argues constitutional issues make such privileges unfair.
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San Antonio
Austin
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Chemical turns skin white in study findings
Dr Louis C Schwartz described a chemical that turns skin white at the Medical Society of Pennsylvania meeting. The agent applied to glove-treated hands of leather plant workers proved long lasting on skin, with duration from six months to six years in animal tests.
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Philadelphia
Medical Society of Pennsylvania
Louis C. Schwartz
United States Public Health Service
Schwartz
Twain and a neighbor's books and a missing Marine
A collection of anecdotes about Mark Twain including a book loan tale and a Marine missing in action. It notes Jay Templeton, a casualty list officer, and reflects on morale and the Bureau of Indian Affairs overseeing about 380000 Native Americans in the United States and Alaska.
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Twain
Mark
Jay Templeton
South Pacific
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The
United States
Alaska
Lieutenant governor pushes soldier voting battle in Texas
The lieutenant governor advocates a special session on granting Texas soldiers and sailors voting rights and clashes with Attorney General Sellers and Governor Stevenson. Critics question why not raised in regular session and accuse him of political posturing over a $250000 cost and loyalty to Governor Stevenson.
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Texas
Sellers
Stevenson
Boyce House
Shylock
Coke Stevenson
Marines Casualty Clerk Faces Personal Loss
Washington reports Navy casualty list duties handled by Robert Templeton who informs families of wounded or missing sailors and marines. After 60,000 telegrams since Pearl Harbor, the list published Saturday sadly included his own son's name.
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Washington
Robert Templeton
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Merchant Marine
Templeton
Plane Plant Bell Toll Marks New B 29 Deliveries
A Wichita airplane plant sounds the bell to salute each B 29 bomber delivered to the army. The ongoing war effort sparks a ritual toll as production intensifies and the plant celebrates steady output amid Axis pressure.
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Wichita
Citation for Norval Forrgst estate summons
Citation directs Grayson County authorities to publish for at least ten days in a Grayson County newspaper to summon all interested parties in the estate of Norval Forrgst. The document assigns duty to the sheriff or a constable of Grayson County to fulfill the legal notice.
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State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Norval
Deceased Tyree estate final report filed in Grayson County
L O Gardner as administrator filed the final report on Norval Forrest Tyree deceased in Grayson County Probate Court. The hearing is set for the first Monday after ten days service, at Sherman Court House on the fifth Monday in January 1944, with interested parties invited to appear and contest. The official writ requires return and publisher affidavit. Witness H Grady Thompson, Clerk.
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H. Grady Thompson
Grayson County
Texas
Sherman
A. D
Maude Haddick
Want a New Career with the Army Recruiting Drive
Recruiters offer training for teens and adults in the Western Allied Command era roles. Learn jeep driving teletype operation or air traffic direction with valuable wartime instruction. Get full details at the nearest Army Recruiting Station or write to The Adjutant General in Washington DC.
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U. S. Army
Adjutant General
Munitions Building
Washington, D. C
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Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Mark Twain
San Francisco
WAC
Sherman Farms
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Bldg
Sherman, Texas
K. Wolen
K. Wolens
Denison, Texas
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