Paper clues that set father to wartime duty
Cherished bits of paper trace how George Clay at 40, a private in the Army Air Forces at Brooks Field, is spurred to demand flawless aircraft after a sequence of war-time notices about his son R L Clay. The torn clippings telegrams and letters bind father and son to service and sacrifice.
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Air Forces
United States
March Field
Calif
England
Young Clay
English Channel
R. L. Clay
Tyler
George Clay
Clay
Adjutant General
Tunisia
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Brooks
Washington
Attu Island Supply Dump Reflects Japanese Rations
After Holtz Bay retreat, Allied troops found vast Japanese stores on Attu including rice and oatmeal, canned oranges, potatoes, carrots, onions, salmon, meat balls, dried fruit, soybean cake, kelp, tea, pills, candles, and abundant sake. The text notes soldiers could access large quantities of rations and vitamins amid the occupation.
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Holtz Bay
Attu Island
Attu
Weather Not Affected by Artillery or Bombings Say Scientist
L A Hawkins of General Electric Research Laboratory states heavy rains are not caused by battle artillery or bombing. He argues weather forces dwarf military actions and that rain patterns relate to natural atmospheric conditions, not warfare.
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Schenectady
N. Y
United States
L. A. Hawkins
General Electric Research Laboratory
Supreme Court rules compulsory flag salute illegal in schools
The court declared state mandates forcing students to salute the flag unconstitutional, overruling a 1940 ruling and citing free mind principles. It also struck down a Mississippi law banning certain patriotic literature, stressing individual conscience in matters of opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
West Virginia Board of Education
Jehovah's Witnesses
Felix Frankfurter
Owen J. Roberts
Stanley Reed
Frankfurter
Mississippi
United States
Divorce suit citation for Clifteen Hanson against E W Hanson
Citation orders E W Hanson to appear by 10 A M on Monday July 19 1943 before the District Court in Sherman Grayson County Texas for a divorce petition filed June 7 1943. Plaintiff claims cruel treatment and abandonment following marriage June 8 1942. Publication citation issued June 7 1943. Clerk S V Earnest. Deputy Nancy Drake. 4T-July 1.
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State OF
Texas
E. W. Hanson
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Clifteen Hanson
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
State Fire Insurance Department
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Freddy
Mary
Hitler
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