Discharged by Army, Grows Into Navy
James Herbert Cole of Tellico Plains Tennessee was accepted by the Navy after prior Army service. He volunteered at 16, earned an honorable discharge when his age was found out, then served with the Washington D C force before joining the Navy as a six foot former football player destined for seafaring duty.
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Tenn
James Herbert Cole
Tellico Plains
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Army
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War Bond Is Kitty To Airfield Cat Involved Purchase
Miss Jan 3. Employees of the Air Service Command at Tom Hangar Jr. believe a cat became the first to buy a War Bond. After a 100 percent individual purchase level, workers voted the bond in the cat’s name but registered under the American Red Cross due to Treasury rules.
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Key Field
Miss
Air Service Command
Tom Hangar, Jr
Department
Tom
Treasury
Tom’s
American Red Cross
Notice of Redemption and Retirement of Byrd Bonds
H F and T Byrd Incorporated announces redemption of all outstanding first deed of trust five percent bonds totaling 100 000 due March 15 1945. Bonds at par plus accrued interest will be paid March 15 1944 at Farmers and Merchants Bank Timberville Virginia. Interest ceases after that date and lien is released upon payment.
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H. F
T. Byrd. Incorporated
Byrd Corporation
T. B. Byrd
R. Gray Williams
Clifford D. Grim
Laird L. Conrad
Circuit Court
Rockingham County
Virginia
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Incorporated
Timberville
Banking House of Farmers and Merchants’ Bank, Incorporated
Russia Opens Decisive War Phase With Wide Front Attack
Soviet winter weather aids a three sector offensive along the 1000 mile line from the Dnieper Bend to the Latvian border. Red Army advances threaten German positions near Kiev and Vitebsk Nevel as the new offensive shifts the war toward a potential second front in France.
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Red
Polotsk
Nevel
Vitebsk
France
Red Army
Stalingrad
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Steppes
Kiev
Thousand Mile Front
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Kiev Bulge
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Wanted clean cotton rags and house keeper in Lincoln Virginia
WANTED At once large clean cotton rags at Star Office. Must be large and clean. Also wanted a working house keeper in a home with other help and a separate apartment. Good wages for right party. Mrs J Stewart Smith Lincoln Va. Phone Purcellville 5925.
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J. Stewart Smith
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Purcellville
Hitler retreat analyzed as strategic withdrawal behind pressure
The author argues Hitler will pull back along a widening front under Red offense and Allied France invasion threat. He notes German retirements across a 700 mile center and predicts a two front focus, while cautioning that retreat under pressure risks collapse despite occasional battlefield gains.
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Fuehrer
Stalingrad
Hitler
France
Luck Supplements Army Pay
An advertising man in New Orleans writes to his lieutenant son in the Mediterranean facing Army pay limits. He urges extra Christmas money if needed as he later receives two large money orders from the son with a note saying I’ve been having a run of luck lately.
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New Orleans
Mediterranean
Repatriated British Soldier Reports War Prisoner Weather
Cpl. Philip Nash, a repatriated British soldier, said German prison guards had shifted in attitude over the last six months and were now saying good morning. Nash spoke from Gosport, Hampshire, on January 3.
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Hampshire
England
Philip Nash
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