British Staged Odd Burma Comeback
In World War II Burma, British forces clawed back from Rangoon and halted Japanese advances. Gen Joseph Stilwell and Allied engineers built the Ledo road to China while Chindits and air resupply disrupted Japanese lines. Mandalay fell and Rangoon was secured as Shanghai and Singapore awaited Allied momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. White
Burma
Pacific
Rangoon
Southeast Asia
India
Middle East
Joseph T. Stilwell
Assam
Stilwell
Ledo
Arakan
10Th
Yunan
China
Manipur
Mandalay
Singapore
Lady Cures Gas with Erb-Help Says Relief Found
A Winchester ad claims a woman recovered from chronic gas bloating headaches and constipation after taking Erb-Help. The pill supposedly cleanses bowels and clears fat from the stomach. It urges others with gas and constipation to try Erb-Help sold at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Holland Emerges As Losing Winner Of Europe's War
Amsterdam and Utrecht reporters recall five years of German occupation in Holland. Bombed plants, shortages, and a black market coexist with German soldiers and beleaguered Dutch families. The piece contrasts Dutch hardship with visible wartime German prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Europe
Protestant faith spans Arctic post to China aid
Private Berman E. Smith serves as engineering clerk and Sunday Bible instructor at a snowbound Arctic airfield. Methodist Church growth reported at 846,129 members with thousands of parishes and churches. Other items note missionary honor for Edwin Merton McBrier, Shosuki Nitta’s return to Santa Ana church, and Old Home Church Sunday promoted by Rev. Brown.
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Berman E. Smith
Canover
N. C
Hudson
Charles A. Davis
Smith
America
Albert C. Hoover
Chicago
Methodist Church
Hoover
Associated Boards For Christian Colleges
China
Board of Missions of the Methodist Church
International Y. M. C. A
Edwin Merton McBrier
Montclair
N. J
Frank W. Woolworth
McBrier
Lockport
N. Y
Buffalo
Detroit
Santa Ana
Calif
Shosuki Nitta
First Methodist Church
Poston
Ariz
J. N. Ashley
William A. Brown
Cave Junction
Oregon
Philippines
Argentina
Kansas
Grand Avenue Methodist Church
Kansas City
Migrant Worker Ministry Expands Across Key States
The ministry aims to aid 85 000 seasonal workers from Mexico Jamaica the Bahamas and the Barbadoes plus 200 000 Spanish speaking Americans 68 000 American Negroes and about 250 000 other migrants. It offers church services Sunday schools Bible classes nurseries recreation language study counselling and home making run by 274 ministers community workers and teachers with Texas California Arizona Oregon Washington Michigan New York and New Jersey as principal states for migrant farm labor.
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Igious
Mexico
Jamaica
Bahamas
Barbadoes
Texas
California
Arizona
Oregon
Washington
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Local Social Notes From Mt Pleasant Virginia
Mt Pleasant Virginia July 31 families and friends gather for visits as Agnes Rosenberger stays with Etta Lamp. Martha Calvin visits Shepherdstown and Miss Mildred Racey visits Washington. Cpl Woodrow Ferry on a 30 day furlough visits his parents. Jeanette Racey completes Madison College course and returns home with sister Martha Racey to visit Edenton North Carolina. Pearl Cochran visits Martinsburg with Rev L C Messish and wife.
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MT. Pleasant
Agnes Rosenberger
Etta Lamp
Martha Calvin
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Mildred Racey
Washington
R. M. Racey
Cpl
Woodrow Ferry
John Perry
Jeanette Racey
Madison College
Raymond Racey
Miss Racey
Martha Racey
Edenton
N. C
Pearl Cochran
L. C. Messish
Martinsburg
Age Of Battle Scarred GI Said 14 In Victory Return
Taunton Massachusetts dispatch reports Pvt. Robert Kelso of Houston Texas, a battle scarred veteran with the Purple Heart and two battle stars, aboard the SS Claymont Victory docked in Boston. He claimed he is 14 turning 15 in September and said he enlisted by disguising his age to join the army after attending a Houston Draft Board July 28 1944. The piece notes his nickname Junior and that he was bayonetted in Germany and hospitalized six weeks. He spoke of Gloria the girl he loves and his desire to remain in the service or return to high school if discharged.
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Taunton
Mass
Texas
Boston
Robert Kelso
Emmanuel St
Houston
France
Germany
Sayng
Junior
Kelso
Opperhoven
Gloria
New Braunfels
Bob
San Jacinto High School
Fort Sam Houston
Troy Sherman
Do daddy longlegs have bones
The daddy longlegs are arthropods with jointed legs and an external chitin shell. They have virtually no internal supporting structures and cannot have bones.
Randolph-Macon College Raises Funds For 25-Year Plan
Randolph-Macon College in Ashland Virginia expands its assets after a 25 year pause and launches phase two of a 2.5 million dollar campaign. The goal is 300,000 by June 1 with earlier million raised through the Crusade for Christ program. Local committees span Lynchburg Roanoke Danville Norfolk Winchester and Richmond led by J Rives Worsham and a team of doctors and civic leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Randolph-Macon College
J. Rives Worsham
Norfolk
Crusade For Christ
Methodist Church
Lynchburg
A. A. Kern
Roanoke
James P. Woods
Danville
E. Budge Kent
Thomas PF. Carroll
Winchester
Ormandel
James Mullen
M. P. Rucker
Richmond
Walter C. Gunn
W. B. Roper
W. W. Peele
D. I. Bryan
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Front Royal
Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun
Goodyear
SHELL
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S. Braddock Street
Dalvari
William F. Boni
Utrecht
Eee
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Second Army
Amsterdam
Hague
Prince Bernard
Hamburg
Lubeck
Jy W.w.reid
Hugh O. Isbell
Springfield
Peter
Rome
Rubicon
Caesar
Home Missions Council of North America
Florida
Alberta
College
C.E. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Utd
Front Royalers
American Viscose
Corporation America
Virginia
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