Gulf Refining plant fire causes massive loss in Tennessee
A large Gulf Refining Co storage complex burned from midnight to dawn destroying about 300000 gallons of gasoline kerosene and fuel oil. Estimated losses ranged from 50000 to 75000 dollars. Fire Chief C M Johnson cited an apparent warehouse explosion and warned that the blaze damaged two ice tanks and a railroad tank car. One fireman injured. several hundred forage drums blew up during the blaze as workers fought the flames.
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Tenn
Gulf Refining Company
A. P. Wright
Gulf Company
C.M. Johnson
Johnson
Correspondents Escape Fire After Bombers Hit Supply Dump
AP Nar Correspondent Rachel Bush from Hollandia and INS correspondent Robert Schaplen narrowly escaped with their lives when a lone Japanese plane bombed a supply dump, starting a fire that damaged their equipment and threatened the reporters.
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Associated Press Nar
Rachel Bush
Hollandia
Robert Schaplen
International News Service
Arrowly
Bank Ransacked at Somerfield Building in Somerset Pa
Police seek owners of the Somerfield bank building after flood control condemnation. The site, sold to a man who removed plumbing and electrical fixtures, was later partially razed by a club for a new clubhouse. Marble slabs disappeared and government salvage rules demanded completion within 30 days.
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Somerset
Somerfield Bank
Soldier telegrams extend furlough at Camp Mackall
A captain allowed a soldier with the most original message to stretch a furlough. Pvt. George DeBritton sent in a line claiming no one sick or dead and having a good time, asking for an extension, answered by the captain: suspense is killing me, hurry back with details.
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Camp Mackall
N. C
George DeBritton
New May Chart of Meats Fats Dairy and Oils
May chart lists prices for meats fats dairy products and oils including shortening margarine butter and salads. Entries cover multiple items with unit prices suitable for grocery buyers in a local market. The list reflects typical food cost naming and ordering used in advertisements.
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Pepe Recenteseseatenssente
Diver
Cnoosc
Big Mountains Of Munitions For Historic Drive
In Britain on May 1 a vast network of invasion supply dumps holds mountains of munitions. American made explosives, bombs, incendiaries, bullets and rockets fill storage bays camouflaged by the countryside. Roads to dumps are hidden and bays fortified with sandbags and brick to shield primers and materials.
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E. D. Ball
Britain
Hitler
Berlin
Not specified in provided text
The passage discusses standardized assembly line principles for munitions, noting identical lot shells display similar performance. It mentions storing shells by identical lot, coordinating artillery and bomb deliveries, and the depot's need to operate day and night to supply fortresses Liberators fighters with bombs and bullets for a projected invasion scenario.
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Atlantic
Britain
Europe
Federal Quizzing Gets On Nerves
Congressman Elliott, a California Democrat, criticized a Department of Agriculture questionnaire in the House, saying the government form asks intrusive details. He cited questions on church affiliations, school function participation, family activities, visiting patterns in 1940 and 1943, and intimate friends, calling the items silly.
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Washington
Elliott
California
House
Department of Agriculture
Army Nurses To Follow In Invaders Path On Continent
The first American onto the Continent after the beachhead will be U S Army nurses. Llyan Emmons of Chicago and Marion Hemmesch of New Rockford ND describe roles in evacuation and Air Evacuation squads. Lessons from Bataan and North Africa updated gear for flying nurses and ground crews for the Big Show. WACs will carry 500 pounds of equipment alongside Army ground personnel.
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Britain
Llyan Emmons
Chicago
Marion L. Hemmesch
New Rockford
N. D
Llyan
Marion
U. S. Army
Bataan
North Africa
Mediterranean
Lilyan
G. I. Joe
Wacss
Public Sale Desirable Small Farm in Frederick County
Public auction will offer a 14 acre farm with dwelling, barn, and outbuildings on a hard surfaced road near Bartonsville, five-eighths mile west of Route 11. Sale at Winchester County Court House on May 27, 1944 at noon. Terms: half cash, balance in two equal bonds due in 1 and 2 years at 6 percent, secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Joseph B. Newlin, Trustee. The vintage note about Chinese buttons follows.
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Lela M. Wedell
George V. Wedell
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Bartonsville
Joseph B. Newlin
Night Snoop Troop Aids US Division In No Man's Land
Daniel De Louce reports on a small US Army reconnaissance unit dubbed the Snoop Troops. Led by Capt John O Connell of Kerry and Macon Georgia, with Irish and Spanish Civil War veterans, they patrol enemy lines at night using binoculars, rubber boots, and sand tables. They fear no man and never abandon a wounded comrade.
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Daniel DE Louce
Anzio
No Man’s Land
Cisterna
Doctor Freud
United States Army
John O'Connell
County Kerry
Macon
de Valera
Cork
Dublin
Dunkirk
Irish Guards
Frank W. Connor, Jr
Ebro River
Silver Spring
Washington and
Lincoln
Spain
University of Wisconsin
Mackenzie
Papineau
Guadaliara
Insigna
Georgia
O’connell
John Kelleher
James Mahoney
New Brunswick
N. J
Gerogia
Eugene Phillips
William B. Guier
Richard Kenyon
Kenyon
Gainesville
University of Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Methodist Home Gains Under Dr Wilson’s Guidance
Rev Dr Herman M Wilson, superintendent of the Methodist Home in Gaithersburg Maryland, travels to Kansas City for General Conference and the National Association of Methodist Homes and Hospitals executive committee meeting. Since 1927 he has led the home through a $100,000 debt payoff, a new wing, a $100,000 reserve fund for annuity bondholders, and an endowment of $105,000 while the eighteenth anniversary is celebrated with 225 residents served and a current family of 82.
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Herman M
Methodist Home
Gaithersburg
Kansas City
Methodist Church
National Association of Methodist Homes and Hospitals
Methodist Homes
United States
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