Orangeville Soldier Key Pacific War Reporter
Sgt. John Garland Smith of Orangeville homeward bound after over four years in the Army. A former Gainesville Daily Register reporter, he led the 40th Infantry Division public relations office in frontline coverage from Hawaii to Luzon and Negros, earning the title hometown newshound for his vivid dispatches and radio work.
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John Garland Smith
40Th Infantry Division
Smith
Joe Smith
Orangeville
Whitewright
40Th Division
Hawaiian Islands
Army
Gainesville
Yank
Stars and Stripes
Outfit
Hilo
Ippines
Zambales
Clark Field
Manila
Santo Tomas
Panay
Visayan
Negros
Philippines
40Th
Pacific
Dick Hartford
Hartford, Conn
Bible Questions Answered by the Voice Prophecy International
A Bible broadcast offers Q A on Italy in the Bible four times Acts 10:1 Acts 18:2 27:1 Hebrews 13 24 and on various topics. It cites Exodus Galatians 5 22 23 2 Corinthians 7 10 Proverbs 28 13 Matthew 24 14 and 2 Peter 1 5 8 to address repentance Holy Spirit growth and end times.
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Italy
Heaven
Occupation Forces Lead Unpleasant Lives in Germany
A correspondent describes American soldiers in occupied Germany facing constant destruction and haunting remnants of war. Cities reduced to skeletal ruins, pervasive smells of death, and the psychological burden of being destroyers linger long after combat ends, shaping the soldiers’ daily reality.
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Germany
Address change notice for Sun readers
We inform subscribers that misaddressed Sun newspapers are returned for 2 cents each. Over months this costs money, so readers should notify us of any address changes immediately and even warn a week in advance to avoid missing copies and save two cents per misdirected issue.
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The
Sun
Uncle Sam
Navy reports 701 vessels lost in World War II
The U S Navy's final World War II death toll lists 701 ships with 157 frontline fighting vessels. Losses include two battleships Arizona and Oklahoma, five aircraft carriers, seven heavy cruisers, seventy-one destroyers, fifty-two submarines, and numerous auxiliaries and support craft.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy
Arizona
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Coast Guard
President Calvin Coolidge’s 500-Word U S History
The passage notes Coolidge writing a concise history of the United States in five hundred words. It frames the president as reflecting on national progress, governance, and the republic’s shaping events within a compact narrative. It emphasizes restraint and moral framing of national affairs.
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Calvin Coolidge
United States
Tender of Bridge Waits 35 Years For Boat to Pass
SHREVEPORT La Just in case a boat should come along the Red River Edward Jesse Wart is available to raise the Illinois Central Railway drawbridge Wart has waited 35 years and still no boats He last opened the Red River bridge in 1910 and still keeps the machinery ready Wart has worked for the company about 60 years as he recalls
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Shreveport
Red River
Edward Jesse Wart
Illinois Central Railway
Wart
Definitions and quips from Outlook Magazine
A collection of satirical definitions ranging from dictatorship to crank. The piece contrasts terms with ironic explanations and adds a cartoonish gag about an electric bath and an uncle drawn at Sing Sing.
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Outlook Magazine
Doc
Sing Sing
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Orangeville Boy
Rabaul
New Britain
Cape Hoskins
Lingayan Gulf
Luzon
Phil
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Gomer May
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Voice “Prophecy International Bible Broadcaster
Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
U.S. Navy
R. P. Childress
Bath
Montgomery
Denison
West Main
Underwriters Laboratory
Community Public Service Company
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