davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
MIR. DURN V BOLNISNICI

MIR. DURN V BOLNISNICI
" University Hospital Sc je
podal obceznani trgovec in akti-
ven drustvenik Mr.. Joseph F.
Durn, 1905 Waterloo Rd. Da-
mes zjutraj Sc je moral podvreci
operaciji in v bolnisnici bo ostal
cd 10 do IL dni. Ia casa bolezni,
DO njegova soproga, Mrs. Mary
Durn, vodila vse posle drustev
in SANSa, it'd, pri katerih je bill
Mr.. Durn aktiven. Zelimo mu, da
bi cim preje okreval in sc zopet
vrnil zdrav v krog svoje druzine
in prijateljev!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06

cd ognjev, XII jih je zanetila
ameriska artilerija, XII brez pre-
stanka bruha ma mesto.
Koeln je navjecje nemsk
mesto v porenski Prusiji in J
normalno stelo 10000 prebi-
valcev. Tu je sedez mogocne in
dustrije, XII je zalagala nemsko
vojsko z municijo in orozjem.
Sedaj Sc civilisti skrivajo v kle-
teh, medtem ko zunaj divjajo
boji, ali pa SO zbezali nazaj v
ozadje ameriskih linij in we'll
seboj toliko svojih posesti, ko-
likor jim je bill mogoce nesti.
Rheinberg in Homberg padla;
Nemci izgubili 100000 MOI
Nemci so pognali v zrak most
v Duesselderfu in tri mostove
" Duisburgu,3 predno je dospela
! tia deveta ameriska armada,
XII je poprej poplavila Rheinberg
in Homberg, kjer Sc nahajajo
veliki premogorovi in rafineri-
je sintetienega Ola.
Kanadska prva armada je II
mill severozapadno cd ruhrske-
ga mesta Wesel zaplenila fer
ry-parnik preko reke Rees, anne
riska deveta armada pa je Ia
plenila nadaljnega pri Orsoy,
pet mill severno cd Homberga.
Sile devete armade so danes
: tudi zaplenile veliko nemskega
vojnega materijala, med dru-
gim II vagonov roketnih bomb.
Glavni stan zavezniskih sill ra-
cuna, da so Nemci v bitki "a
Reno do sedaj izgubili 100000
moz.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
Mestna zbornica neodlotena
glede nabave lahkih busov

Mestna zbornica je snoci gla-
sovala 0 predlogu "a nabavo SO
lahkih busov, katero je stavil
councilman Edward Pucel IL 10.
varde. Glasovanje je izpadlo 16
proti is, ker Sc councilman Ed
ward Kovacic Il %. varde, XII je
Ddsoten il mesta, nj udelezil Sc
je. On je preteklosti stal "a
Puclom in njegova odsotnost je
povzrocila, da je zadeva ostala
ma mrtvi tocki. Upravitelj NEST
mega transitnega sistema, Wal
ter McCarter je nasprotoval ma
havi lahkih busov, rekoc, da
ina mesto ze sedaj narocenih
30 velikih elektricnih busov in
100 drugih busov velikega ii
pa.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
POBIRANJE OBLEKE

Progressive Slovenke, krozek
st. 1 opozarja rojake v collin
woodski naselbini, da SCI vedno
pobirajo stare obleko "a posilja-
tev v stare domovino. Kdor ina
Sc dobro ohranjeno obleko, kate
70 sam vec ne rabi, je prosen, da
jo prinese v Slovenski delavski
dom oh vecerih.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06

O1CIIO pOZuIdVlJclII.
Pet let sem prezivel v Evropi {;
tri leta med gorenjskimi kmeti,
malone dive lett v jetniskem ta-
boru ma Nemskem. Najlepsi dne-
vi SO bill med Gorjanci, kjer nj
ne zvijac in ne zavijanja, kjer
beseda pove isto, kar je v srcu.
Takole bi vam spregovoril danes
start ocak izpod Triglava, moz,,
XII nj nikdar v svojem zivljenju
trgal hlac po solah, &c bi incl
priloznost stopiti pred ameri-
kanske Slovence: Ne modrujte
vec, kot sc spodobi! Domovina
je danes zasuznjena; pribita ma
kriz trpi in krvavi, med tenn ko
Sc vi ma svobodnih tleh prickate
med seboj dostikrat "a oslovsko
senco. ze po zadnji vojni vam je
bilo povedano dosti jasno, da cd
samih nasvetov in modrovanja
sc nihce ne more nasititi. Poslji-
te nam obleke in hrane. VISA po-
itika ameriske Slovenije ne bo
nasitila enega samega lacnega
zelodca in tudi ne pokrila enega
samega nagega telesa. Bodoc-
most, pravi razvoj in resitev ma
sih tezenj zavisi popolnoma in
edinole cd nasega postenega in
preprostega naroda v domovini.
Ko sva bila v zaporu v Begu-
njah z DR.. Milanom Cundrom,
profesorjem medicinske fakulte-
te pa ljubljanski univerzi, je
spregovoril nekoc sledece po-
pomembne besede: mas narod
kot TAX je zdrav, delaven in po-
sten., Kar Sc pa tice njegove in
teligence, je skrajni cas-, da po-
klekne pred ta narod, obzaluje
svoje grehe il preteklosti in tr-
dino sklene delovati v bodocnosti
"a dobrobit svojega naroda. "
MOI je poznal resnicen polozaj
domovine in govoril resnico.
Takoj po razsulu Jugoslavije
Sc je zacul glas Mihajlovica in
njegove uporne vojske po celem
balkansken polotoku. Njegovo
ime je oznanjevalo upanje in re.
sitev Jugoslavije. Nesmrtno je
imelo ostati njegovo ime, da 81
nj naslanjal ma direktive london.
ske Wade, katere namen vsesko'
ii je bill daljevati nacrt veliko
srbske politike. Ia politika, gr
da Cd skrajnih mel, je upropa
stila Jugoslavijo; preje ali slej'
je morala I'll Y franze. Vojna j
samo pospesila ia korak in po
kazala narodu .vso gnilpbo, ko
rupcijo il izkorisc scevanje. Ma Go
renjskem ii bilo nobenega voja
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
R U5I 50 !.
PRED vRATI
5TET TINA
Rdeea vojska zavzela
trdnjavi pred baltisko
luke: unieevanje zajetih
Nemcev Sc nadaljuje

LONDON, torek, g.. mar
ca. - Rusi, katerih krilo je
cvrsto pritrjeno ma obalo
Baltika, so vceraj prodirali
proti Stettinu in zavzeli dive
veliki trdnjavi pred njego-
vimi vrati, namrec Stargard
in Naugard, medtem ko so
druge sovjetske sile ma Sc
verovzhodu udarjale globlje
v dvoje' zepov, kjer Sc ma
haja obkoljenih okrog 20O,-
900 Nemcev.
Rdeca armada je zavzel a
Stargard po ljutem ulicnem bo-
ju, v katerem je pablo 1900
Nemcev, potem pa je udarila
naprej proti Altdammu ma
vzhodnem bregu Odre, XII stoji
nasproti Stettinu in Is mill "a
padno cd Stargarda.
Sovjetska artilerija obstreljuje
predmestja Stettina
Altdamm in drugi kraji, XII OBJ
krozajo Stettin, glavno mesto
Pomeranije in luka "a Berlin,
Sc nahajajo pod ognjem soviet
ske artilerije.
Naugard, 20 mill severno cd
Stargarda, je padel v ruske ro-
Ike, ko je Rdeca vojska pognala
Nemce v 1,800-miljski Yep, kjer
sc sovraznik bori hrbtom oh
Odri, stettinskim zalivom in re-
ko Dievwnow.
Rusi naskakujejo Kolberg
Ruske sile tudi naskakujejo
baltisko mesto Kolberg, IS mill
vzhodno cd Stettina, kjer Sc
vrsi ljuta borba sredi sneznega
viharja. Berlinski radio pravi,
da Sc je sovraznika ustavilo ma
obronkih mesta, v cigar blizini
sc nahaja taborisee ameriskih
vojnih ujetnikov.
23O krajev zavzetih v teku
dneva
Dve ruski armadi pod powell
stvom marsala Zukova in mar
sala Rokosovskega sta tekom
dneva zavzeli 23O trgov in vasi
in povprecno napredovali 10
mill, pravi porocilo il Moskve.
Rusi so vceraj med drugim
zavzeli trdnjavsko mesto Pol
zin, So mill severovzhodno cd
Stargarda, katerega so &c te
marsala zukova tekom ofenzi-
We proti Baltiku popreje pusti-
lie "a. seboj.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
GEN. ROATTA JE ZBEzAL
TEKoM PRocESA RAD1
PoLITIcN1H ZLocINOV

RIM, 5. marina. - Gen.
Mario Roatta, biya sef ia
sisticne tajne sluzbe in ma
celnik italijanskega gene
ralnega staba, h' sedi ma
zatozni klopi kot politi6ni
zloCinec, je sno6i zbezal il
bolnisnice, kjer Sc je naha-
jal tekom prOcesa.
(Gen. ROatta je povelje-
val italijanskim okupacij-
skim oblastim v Jugoslavi-
il, in marsaI Tito je ponov-
no zahteval, da ga zavezni-
XII obtozijo zaradi vojnih
zlo6inov v Jugoslaviji. Pro-
ces, XII Sc sedaj vrsi v Rimu,
Sc nanasa lie ma njegOve
pOliticne aktivnosti " TIA
liji.)
Gen. Roatta je izginil liz
bolnisnice kmalu potem, ko
ga je v bolnisnici obiskala
njegova lena, katero SO
oblasti pridrzale v svrho
preiskave. Aretiran .ie bill
tudi n XII italijanski sani-
tejski castnik. Process pro-
ii ROatti Sc DO m e d t e m
nadaljeval " odsOtnosti OBJ
tozenca.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06

Sc kmalu razgreli in vedno vec je
bilo zmerjanja in prerekanja.
Zadnji moski je ogorceno gro.
I'll, da sedaj jih bodo naciji do.
bill po grbi.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06

Ia 30 dni Sc nahaja ma dopu-
stu Cpl. Milan Sosic, sin Mr.. in
Mrs. j. Sosic, 448 E. 157 st. Ma
Pacifiku Sc je nahajal Al mese-
cev, kamor Sc bo zopet vrnil pc
dopustu. Prijatelji so vabljeni,
da ga obiscejo.s
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
REDNA SEA-

Nocoj, oh s. uri Sc vrsi redna
seja podruznice st. Al Szz v ma
vadnih prostorih. clanice so
vablj jene, da se ie gotovo udele-
zijo.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
KakO Sc ObnaSai0
0sv0bojeni Nemci;
obtozbe in z1nerjanje

NEKJE v NEMCIJI, %. feb.
-(ONA).-Vceraj zvecer SO
ameriski tanki vdrli v to mesto,
danes zjutraj pa je prispela pc.
hota. Kraj je ostal popolnoma
neposkodovan, toda ker pehota
nina rada civilistov, XII sc skri-
vajo po hisah in zavratno SIRE
ljajo IL Ease d e, sc je morale
zbrati vse prebivalstvo ma NEST
mem trgu.
Kmalu nato je prispel castnik
zavezniske vojaske Wade in je
nasel vse ljudi do zadnjega otro-
cicka ma trgu. Bila je to prva
slika sedanje Nemcije.
Sto ruskih deklet v nemskem
mestu
Med ljudstvom Sc je nahajalo
preko 100 ruskih deklet, katere
so bile Nemci prignali v suzenj-
stvo, poleg njih pa tudi nekaj
Poljakov, Francozov in Belgij-
cev, ter mnogo Nemcev. Vse tie
skupine so Sc porazdelile vsaka
ma svojo stran.
Prva je spregovorila plavola-
sa lepotica, Rusinja il Rostova.
"Prepozno ste prisli," je dejala,
"vceraj so odvedli vse druge ze-
ne nasega oddelka. Me smo tn,
ker smo Sc poskrile po kleteh."
"Oberinspektor" pravi,, da je
postal nacist iz potrebe
Cd Nemcev .je potem govoril
sivkast in sivo oblecen mozakar,
XII je bill najvisja uradna oseb-
most " mestu-po odhodu zupa-
ma, XII jo je pravocasno pobrisal,
namrec oberinspektor. Rekel je
da ina "a seboj 80 let mestne
sluzbe. .Povedal je, da je ostalo v
m e s tn najmanj 80 odstotkov
prebivalstva in da je mogel
vsakdo ostati, kdor je le hotel.
Trdil je, da je postal nacist le'
ia 1887, ker je bilo to potrebne
"a njegovo sluzbo, toda ida j
brez nacisticnih prepricanj.'
Med ljudstvom je zacelo vreti
slisati je bilo klice, da je ravne
nasprotno resnicen nacist pra
vega kova.
Med TEN je ze stopil napre
drug mozakar, ki je povedal, ds
je petina vsega mesta clanov ma
cisticne stranke in da je tretjin,
Cd teh pobegnila. Dodal ,je, da j
bila tretjina mesta v nacisticn
takozvani 'front.' della sDuhovi d
3
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
Tri ameriske kolone vdrle v
mesto cd severa, zapada in
juga; Nemci bezze preko Rene

PARIz 5. marca-Oklopne sle amerske prve
made so danes prodrle vec kot milo globoko Koen in
zasede vec kot petno esa pote ko tr ameriske
kolone udarile prestolco Porena cd severa uga in
pada VISA znamenja kazeo da padec ndustrskega vele
mesta oh Reni nj vec dalec.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-06
|Amerikanci nnajo emo pedlo
Koelna v oblasti; padec bizu
De Gaulle-0va vlada
in odporno gibanje

PARIZ.-(ONA).-F .-Francosko
odporno gibanje je znova posta-
vilo zahteve, da vlada generala
De Gaulle-a nemudoma zacne
delati ma reorganizicaji franco
skega gospodarskega zivljenja,
ne da bi cakala, da sc sestane
ustavodajna skupscina.
Louis saillant, predsednik
zbora narodnega odpora, je izja-
vii nedavno pred celokupno
skupscino pokrajinskih odborov
tega osvobodilnega pokreta, da
program gospodarske reforme
ne SINE cakati, ter da je tudi maj
boljsi porok obnove Francije
ravno teh reformah, XII bodo
omogocile Franciji, da najbolje
pomaga zaveznikom v skupnem
vojnem naporu.
Odporno gibanje zahteva naci-
jonalizacijo
S TEN so stopili odnosaji med
de Gaulle-vo vlado in osvobodil-
MIN pokretom odpore v krizo,
kajti pokret odpore obtozuje
vlado, da ne stori nicesar in da
noce spojiti pokreta vlado.
Vlada pa obtozuje odporni po-
kret, da stremi "a tenn, da posta-
ne drzava v drzavi.
Ma gospodarskem polju SO po-
glavitne zahteve osvobodilnega
pokreta naslednje: Nacionaliza-
cija bank, zavarovalnih druzb,
rudokopov in premogokopov, ter
vseh monopolnih industrij. De
Gaulle je podal naslednji petek
tozadevno izjavo in Sc je bill pri-
pravil "a predlozitev nekoliko
spremenjen nacrt nacionalizaci-
je, XII DO omejil prizadeto indu-
strijo.
Konflikt ma politicnem polju Sc
Ostri
Verjetno je, da DO mnogo ME-
govih nasprotnikov zadovoljnih
tudi S takim spremenjenim pro-
gramom, pod pogojem, da ga bo
takoj zacel izvajati. Ako pa bi
hotel pocakati, da sc sestane
ustavodajna skupscina, bodo ma
stala globoka nasprotstva v po-
liticnem zivljenju Francije.
Poleg gospodarskih vprasanj
Sc pritozuje osvobodilni odporni
pokret tudi radi tega, ker de
Gaulle-ova vlada ne uposteva
dovolj takozvanega konzultativ-
mega sveta, XII zacasno nadome-
Sea parliament. Poleg tega pa je
de Gaulle baje mnenja, da je po-
kret odpora storil, kar je incl
storiti, ter da je zdaj prezivela
institucija, XII bi morala izginiti.
V tenn pa Sc osvobodilni po-
kret ne strinja z MIN, ker je
preprican, da je vazno, da ostane
ma delu, dokler ne DO nova usta-
vodajna skupscina oblikovala
move Francije.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

tons to permit the body of a person who is
not definitely known to be veteran to remain
in veterans lot"
The Newburyport Board of Health agreed
something must be done and voted to open the
grave for re-examination of the body.
Meanwhile police in towns for several miles
around started to check their lists of missing per
sons in attempt TO make positive Identification.
Doherty wants end of the incident. He
wants to live and let live.
Now I am not Superstitious guy" he said.
Il don't think am any more afraid to die than
the next man. But there's limit"
A SOON he got the record straight with the
- police, Doherty left Boston for Togus. where
he once had been fishing guide with his
rowboats and outboard motor craft. There is
soldiers home there and he figured he had earned
a rest for his nerves. He took it,
Police wondered whether they should take
any action against him.
Doherty wasn't particularly concerned so long
as he considered a living being. Chief Mckee
considered the circumstances and decided in the
negative.
You can't arrest a man for impersonating
himself" he said, land Doherty never claimed
he was dead"
Doherty Concurred.
Three times enough for any man to be
dead" he announced solemny.
Nobody said him nay
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

7 q
me on Boston streets and have told me I'm dead.
I've had people pinch my arms and kick my
shins and disappear. The fact that I'm supposed
TO be dead explains the reason why all these
people run away from 1 just didn't know
| supposed to be dead"
Lieutenant Pettti put in a call for Police
Chief Alfred H. Mckee at North Andover. for
Mckee among those who believed the recov-
cred body was that of Dohcrty. Mckee talked
with Doherty and invited him up TO look at his
own grave. But Mckee was convinced Doherty
alive
Doherty breathed more easily
Il hope folks will stop claiming I'm dead"
he said
For Doherty was nothing like Mimi Macy.
Hc didn't fancy being corpse. Mimi, teen-age
daughter of a Hungarian couple living in Buda-
pest, did.
Mimi left her parents home after quarrel
over their consent for her to marry Lajos Kiss,
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

prevail upon her 10
return home. She
left him but she did
not return TO her
home Immediately.
While she was
missing. police dis
covered the dismem-
bered body of a
woman near a GENE
terry. The head was
not found and there
were few ways of
establishing identifi-
cation. So newSpa-
pers called on rela-
tives Of missing girls
to help the police.
John Macy and his
wife called at head
quarters and told
how Mimi had diSap-
peared two days be
fore. They looked
at the body in the
morgue and Mrs.
Macy identified it.
She knew, she said,
by the fingernails
because she had
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

a gamekeeper on an estate outside the city She
went directly to her sweetheart. who tried TO
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

has written the Selectmen
of Newburyport:
"Our investigation dis
closes that Mr.. Doherty is
still alive and we feel that
il is an injustice TO veter-
ans and veterans organiZa-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

manicured them herself quite recently.
1t wasn't long before police had Kiss ir
custody. He told about Minis visit to him. But
he Steadfasty denied knowing about her death.
An Inspector preparing to grill Kiss
anew when a pretty. dark-haired girl stepped
into his office
I'm Mimi Macy. the diSmembered corpse"
she said. I've come TO tell you / haven't been
cut to pieces at all and that Lajos Kiss is inno-
cent He wouldn't kill me. He loves and
/ love him"
Mimi said she didn't go home because she got
a kick out of seeing her picture in the newspapers.
1T was thrilling" she said, "to read all the
nice things they said about me, though were
actress or somebody else important. l bought
all the papers every day and then / thought I'd
better tell the truth before something terrible
happened to Lajos."
The Budapest police finally got their body
identified. But that problem is still with the
authorities of Newburyport and North Andover.
The Legion post is embarrassed and officer
has written the selectmen
of Newburyport: He Took a Look at
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

Legion there.
That settled II
Doherty went TO
B o ston city
Prison.
I'm the dead
man who came
to life, he told
Lieut. hn r
Petitti.
"TIow'S that ,"
the lieut. { enant
asked him.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

He Took a Look at
the Grave at New.
burypOrt, Mass,
Bearing His Name.
Sorry, He Said. 1t
Wasn't Himself.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
NOIIERTY told
his story.

I'm & o / n &
crazy" he said
For days at a
time people I've
known for a long
time have met
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

offeiolIy Buried Three
Times. Only q Ghost to
His Friends. He Breothes.
Eofs. Walks and ToIks
Like q Mon
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31

Nora Eddington Flynn carries her infant daughter, Deidre Ed diugton Flynn from a plane upon her arrival at Burbank, Calif., from Mexlco City. Her only statement pertaining to possi- ble separation or divorce from screen actor Errol Flynn {Ed. Note: a former Kodiak visitor) was lit came as 8 surprise to me in Mexlco City" Flynn was not at the ar, ort to meet her.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31
NOTICE  Referendum No. 1

To the Voters of the City of Kodiak, Third Division, Terri tory of Alaska:
 NOTICE is hereby given that at the general election to be held in the City Hall on the 3rd day of April, I945, between the hours of 8 am and 7 pm qualified vot CTS will cast ballots for the pur. pose of ratifying or rejecting the provisions of Referendum No. l., the same being an Ordinance granting a franchise to Martha Kostrometinoff, for a period of 20 years, to construct, operate and maintain an electric tele- phone system and lines over and upon the streets, alleys and other public places within the City of Kodiak, Alaska
 An elector desiring to vote at said election must be a citizen of the United States, over the age of 2l years, and must have re- sided i'll the Territory of Alaska for one CD year next preceding the election and six (6) months next preceding the election with in the limits of the City of Kod- iak, and must have the qualifica- tions prescribed by the Act of Congress of March 3, 1927, en- titled: "An Act to Prescribe Ger tain of the Qualifications of Vot- CTS in the Territory of Alaska, and for other Purposes.
 Dated this 18th day of Febru- ary, 1945.
 c. Blankenburg
 City Clerk
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31

This 240 nm German railway gun was captured by the U. S.. sth Army Tn France. The enemy kept such guns in tunnels by day and hauling them out at night to lombard Allied positions.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31
LO-

Doughboys of the fist division inspect a dummy Jap tank just after hey invaded Mindanao is- land in the Philippines at Fam. !. boanga.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31

To the Voters of the City of Kodiak, Third Division, Terri tory of Alaska:
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-07
Duck Mechanics
Finish S, OOOth
Port Repair Job

WITH 486TH AMPHIBIAN
TRUCK COMPANY. France =
Largely responsible for keeping a
large fleet Of amphibian trucks
ferrying high priority war cargo
from Liberty Ships heaving on the
harbor swells 10 shore. a crack
crew OF company maintenance me-
chanics recently completed their
o'OOOth major repair Job.
LED by Technical Sergeant Will
lie Mccain. motor sergeant OF At
lanta. Louisiana. this picked group
OF skilled mechanics work on
round-the-clock schedules. some
times under blackout conditions. TO
insure smooth performance OF the
Ducks. In the critical period OF
Won Rundstedt's December often
sive. when Nszi defeat depended
heavily on additional tons Of sup
Giles rushed by the Ducks toward
the RESISTING American 80 -oes. tho
crew toiled into the small hours Of
the morning with little rest.
In the "rit was TnI. Evans Col
lier. welder. 1874 Palmer avenue,
Detroit. Mich.
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water supply companies t5at have
tapped the Pas.e River and other
small streams for the vital fluid
without which armies cannot func-
ton
Now the l5l9th. a Negro COM
pany. has taken over the JOB. en-
larsed facilities. and is now pro-
viding water for both troops and
civilians until the water supply OF
the big city has been restored.
The l5l9th vas originally acti-
waited a; Camp Maxey. Texas. No.
'venber, 1912. as Company B" OF
The 489ih Water Supply Battalion.
In December o: the same year they
moved 10 Camp Swift, Texas.
Despite harraSSment by japanese
Sn perS, the outfit has had no cas-
ualueS, but has lost many OF its
personnel through sickness and the
inevitable tropical diseases.
They were highly recommended
for bravery and excellence while
on G dGd,canal for their prompt
action on tNo occasions in ex-
ilUEuSh.ns fires al ammunition
dumps hit by enemy bombs a
highly danserouS JOB beyond their
lne OF duty.
The men are representative OF
alroS every state in the Union.
The following men are from De-
troll, S-Sg, William Fullen. 1925
BeaubIen street: It's Edward Trues-
dalS. 1888 East For, street: Pfc.
George W. Reese. 300 East Vernon
Highway, and Pvt. Arthur Reno
Jr.. 46l8 Roosevelt street.
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With Fifteenth Air Force Service Group.
lfaYSergesnf Samuel L. BraneY of ss4s Russell
frof Michigan freghfer Coloed
foon presented the Soldiers Medal for " courage
and outstanding devotion duty in the
in fighting freight yard Italy award
made by Colonel Roland Brnn anding of the
Allied Air Forces Area command-Story by Sgt
debaum: photo by S.-Sgt John J. Boyle.
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q Michigan Men
Start In Naval
Training Course
GREAT LAKES.

GREAT LAKES. II. tSpecial)-
A vigorous period of recruit
training has begun for % Michi-
gan Negro Blueiackets with their
recent arrival at the Us. Naval
Training Center here.
rsThe recruit training period in
cludeS fundamentals OF naval pro-
cedure. mihtAry drill. seamanShip.
and the physical hardening pro-
gram.
THE NEW RECRUITS are: Don
aid Sherrod. 10. Battle Creek; Ed
ward K Barber. 10. Detroit. Will
liam H Brown. 10. Detroit; Alon-
20 B. Griffin. 10. Detroit: Samuel
Hall. Is. Detroit; John w. John
son, 10. Detroit; Benjamin F
Jones. l9. Detroit; Samuel Ken
drlck, 10, Detroit; Bobby L. King.
l9, Detroit; George Smith. 10. De-
troit; Percy Stanton. 10: ferris
Tate, 10, George Washington, 10;
William T. Minis. ID: Walker
Smpkins, %; Freddie L. Lawson.
10: Jessie c Taylor. Is; Amos A.
Williams. 10; James I. Pegues. 10:
Cornelius Myrick. 10: Thurman
Love. lS and Seward l.. Lilliad,
IS, all from Detroit. and John E
Scott. 49, Kalamazoo.