June 5, 2015

Oroville Mercury Register
February 23, 1944
Ring Sisters’ Engagement To Army Men Told
Sgt. Burns And Cpl. Hughes Grooms Elect
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Ring of Oroville have announced the engagement of their daughter, Helen, to Sgt. Chester Burns of the Army Air Corps, and of their daughter, Melba, to Cpl. Richard Hughes of the U.S. Army. The two sisters are graduates of Oroville High School. Both were active in Student affairs. Helen attended Yuba Junior College where she held the office of secretary, and later that of president, of the Associated Women Students. Since school, the sisters have worked at the candy store operated by their father. No immediate plans have been made for the weddings. Burns is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Burns of San Jose. Several years ago he was stationed in Oroville with Company H. 53rd Infantry. He and his fiancée met then. During the past year and a half Burns was in the Alaska Service Command. He recently returned to the United States on furlough before transferring to the air corps. Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hughes, has been serving for the past two years in Australia and New Guinea. He is a graduate of Oroville schools and was a member of the Oroville Olives baseball team. Prior to his military service, he was employed by the California Forestry Service.

Oroville Mercury Register
February 23, 1944
An advertisement:
“She’d like to call home tonight. Those Long Distance calls mean a lot to her and the folks. Will you help them get through quicker by not using Long Distance from 7 to 10 P.M.? Those night-time hours are about the only time many service men and women have to call.
Buy War Bonds for Victory”

Oroville Mercury Register
February 23, 1944
Two Grandsons Write Rose Ruff After Kwajalein
Mrs. Rose Ruff received letters Monday from her grandsons Pvt. Hal and S/Sgt. Marvin Dunham informing her that they had come through the battle of Kwajalein safely. They did not mention their brother, Mervel, twin of Marvin. The three have been together since their entry into military service three years ago. They are members of the 184th Infantry division. Mrs. Ruff said she believed the two boys had assumed that Marvin had also written. Hal, a machine gunner, wrote that he had supported the front line landing. Both soldiers wrote that they were feeling fine but were always hungry after eating rations.

Oroville Mercury Register
February 23, 1944
Axis Gold Loot Brothers Allies
Washington-(U.P.)- The latest Allied economic offensive against the Germans- designed to preserve for the rightful owners nearly $1,000,000,000 in gold looted by the Nazis – today posed a difficult problem for neutral nations still trading with Germany. The formal statement made plain that the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union henceforth must be fully satisfied that any gold for sale by a neutral is not the result “of the acquisition of gold directly or indirectly from the Axis powers.” The Nazis have been selling to neutrals the gold they looted from the occupied and plundered countries, thus providing the Axis with an important source of foreign exchange and enabling it to obtain much needed imports.
(Stu - These countries that did this should have been punished severely after the War. Why were they not. They were well known, some went on to be not nice to America.)

Oroville Mercury Register
February 23, 1944
An Advertisement:
“Sock The Axis-Buy A Bond And get a free ticket to the BIG BOND DANCE at Robinson’s Corner Saturday, February 12. A receipt showing purchase of bond, between Feb. 6-12, 1944, will get you in free to the dance subject to the 10cent fed. Tax. Regular admission price to those not having bond receipts. Dancing 9 P.M. to 2 A.M.”

Stu’s Notes:
There were a lot of weddings toward the end of WWII and after. What did they create, Baby Boomers, three that I know are Lynn and her sisters. Guess what these Baby Boomers are now turning 65, isn’t Social Security wonderful, Thank you President Roosevelt and others. Oh, I forgot my three sisters’ whoops not Peggy but Kathy and Betty are also Baby Boomers. Sadly we lost Kathy a few years ago. It is hard to believe my baby sister soon can claim Social Security. Don’t tell her I said so, whoops she reads me, maybe Dan can hide the Mercury on Friday.