Junior Baseball Playoffs Amid Volcano News
The Amarillo Daily News reports junior baseball teams vie for state playoffs as Paricutin volcano near Paricutiro erupts again. Military trucks assist in evacuations while lava breaches rock walls, threatening the town.
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Canyon Soldier Captures 28 Germans Single-Handedly
Washington reports Staff Sergeant Carroll T. O'Donald of Canyon Texas earned the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for lone action on Hill 790 near Cairo Italy. He directed fire from a flank, then charged a house and forced 28 German troops to surrender. His commander Lieutenant Joe Gill of Canyon recounted the engagement.
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Village evacuation plan revealed by Lt Col Gaitan Esparza
Lt Col Jesus Gaitan Esparza said aid would reach the village in two weeks and that the remaining villagers should depart during the day to facilitate the evacuation.
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Fascists Given Boot In Rome Clean Up
Rome reports a wholesale purge of Fascists from public offices as Lt. Col. Charles Poletti announces 3,750 dismissed, 198 arrested, and 500 to 600 more to be arrested. Those under detention include Prince Gabriele D Annunzio Vincenzo Azzolini former governor of the Bank of Italy Baroness Elizabeth Koke Captain Koch a noted WWII reprisals grenadier General Presti and former Inspector General Coletti.
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FDR Plans to Sign Price Control Bill This Week
President Roosevelt said he will approve the price and stabilization acts extension and sign the bill on Saturday to take effect July 1, with an anticipated statement at that time. He noted Congress passed the measure after a compromise amid inflation concerns from officials and others.
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French sabotage diverts German rails Paris to Swiss frontier
A French national committee report states German rail traffic between Paris and the Swiss frontier is diverted through Brussels due to partisan sabotage. It also reports German communications behind the Normandy front were completely disrupted. The second note says plane production weight for this year will exceed 1943 by 26 percent.
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