Sports Roundup Previewing Army Air Forces Grid Tour and AAF Meeting
AAF football speculation includes an Pacific theater post season tour for the Army Air Forces champion team, possible Dodgers trip, and a Chicago league meeting August 10 11 to propose equal material distribution among seven clubs. Also notes on trainers boxers judges and naval duties plus Red Cross style interservice comic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army Air Forces
Islands
Billy Goodrich
Brooklyn Sport
Billy
Dodgers
Chicago
First Air Force
Personnel Distribution Command
Air Transport Command
Major Shipe returns home on 45 day leave from Asiatic-Pacific duty
Middletown Va July 27 Major Frank Shipe veteran of forty three months overseas returns to his home for a forty five day leave. He has been assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater since December 1941 and took part in Gilbert and Volcano Island campaigns. His last duty on Iwo Jima was as battalion executive of an artillery unit. Lt. Joseph M. Bowers Jr. left for Fort Meade Md and then Camp Gruber Okla. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bowers and their son. Various local residents and relatives are mentioned visiting or traveling to join loved ones stationed at camps or hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Frank Shipe
Gilbert
Volcano Island
Iwo Jima
Joseph M. Bowers, Jr
Fort Meade
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Ft. Meade
Bowers
Joseph 3Rd
Oklahoma
Loring R. Carper
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Claude Carper
Lena Cooper
Tulsa
Okla
Carpers
Patrick H. O'Leary
Sampson, WN
Cerl O'Leary
George Smith
Williams, Va
Blanche Smith
Hillsdale
N. J
James T. Reely
Martha Reely
Philip Good
Jas Fitzpatrick
Washington, D. C
S. E. Good
Evelyne Long
Methodist Conference Orphanage
Camp Quinton
Redress Your Home With Slip Covers
The thrifty home maker can make slip covers to prolong the life of chairs and davenport. They can be used year round and add attractiveness. Government publication Slip Covers for Furniture gives easy instructions and material tips. Send ten cents postpaid to get the booklet today.
Iwo Jima Blood and Glory in Fierce Island Fight
Rear Adm. Harry Hill predicted Iwo Jima would mark a pivotal step in defeating Japan as Marines fought fiercely for 26 bloody days. The battle saw 19,938 American casualties with 4,189 dead as Marines stormed Suribachi and climbed volcanic slopes to raise the flag, facing entrenched Japanese defense and heavy artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Faron
Iwo Jima
Japan
Harry Hill
Reine Wirth
Mustang
Marianas
Iwo
Suribachi
Motoyama Heights
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hugh S. Fulleron, Jr
George Strickler
National Football League
Tule
League
Jimmy Donahue
Rhode Island Racing and Athletic Commission
Pascoag
Jimmy
Donahue
Whitey Bimstein
Abel Cestac
Liis Firpo
Arrenting
Ah-Bell
J.imvy Conzelman
Army
Northwest
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Oercon
Frank
Boiler) Burns
Cambridge High
Min- TV L
New York City
Couchinz
Giants
Frank Liebe
Frank Cope
Eddie Mahan
Harvard
Boston
Mahan
14Th Naval District
Georgce Halas
Bears
Jimmy Conzelman
Pacific
Ruby Custer
Madison
Wase
Wisconsin
A. B
China-Burma-India
Middle Eastern
Bell
Bell Clothes Stores
Winchester
Front Royal
Just Dial
C.E. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Tandom St
Uae
Oan
Ward's
Chen
Niles, Rayon, Leliete
Low
Pian
Buy
MASON
Nalee Lie
Penn
Montgomery Ward
Clifton Northridge Bennett
Queens, N. Y
Communist League
FBI
Brooklyn
N. Y
International
Bobby
Benny Rogers
Ben E. Rpogers
J. P. Bowers
Joseph Bowers
Joseph
Robert Logan
Mars
Norman Wise
Baltimore
Grayden Gochenour
Nancy Lee
Strasburg
Cmory Matthews
B. J. Borkowski
Bristol, Conn
Nannie Miller
Bernice Burdette
Grace Clarke
M. M. Caskie
Calverton
Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau
Eye St. N. E
Washington,d. C
Hottest Rock
Third Marine Division
Holland M. Smith
Marine
Thyer Outdoor Furniture
Michigan
N. Cameron St
Admiral Hill
Cloverdale’s
Cloverdale Spring Co
Newvile, Pa
CBD
Gurdun Company
Cloverdale Specia
Mie Club
Grange Punch
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
Madame Joan
Riverton Bridges
Zils
Loudoun St
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