Seven Bomb Fleets Hit Nazis All Over Europe
Allied daylight bomber raid across four countries involved seven heavy bomber formations from England to the Continent. American and British planes targeted rail yards, oil refineries, air bases, and airfields from France to Romania, with RAF Beaufighters and Mosquitos supporting night attacks and naval strikes on E-boats off Holland.
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Europe
London
European
France
Romania
England
Reich
Cear Bn
4Ne
Meulerranean
Bucharest
Chitila
Ploesti
Karlova
Bulgaria
Saarbrucken
Paris
Laon
Pas-de-Calais
Normandy
Berlin
Russia
Drohobycz
Poland
Italy
Holland
RAF Typhoon
St. Sauveur-Lendelin
Normandy Front
Carentan
RAF
Carter's Little Liver Pills Digestive Aid Ad
An old health quiz style ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills boosting bile flow to aid digestion. It claims natural bile production is about two pints daily and promises faster relief within thirty minutes, urging readers to buy for 25 cents.
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Carter
Flying Fortress pilot Bradley a German prisoner in war
Dalhart June 28 Lt Randell L Bradley 26 a Flying Fortress pilot and brother of Mrs Burton Hamburg is a German prisoner announced by the War Department. He was reported missing April 28 over Continental Europe after his 12th mission his plane reportedly shot down near the mouth of the Seine River France with 10 parachutes seen. Bradley grew up in Dalhart and later lived in Wichita Falls where his mother remains.
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Dalhart
Randell L. Bradley
Burton Hamburg
War Department
Europe
Seine River
France
Bradley
F. A. Bradley
Wichita Falls
Sul Ross State Teachers College
Alpine
Albany
Antigo
Wis
Army Ordnance Demonstrates Weapons to Cadets
Army Ordnance showcased battle weapons to more than 300 cadets in a demonstration. The event highlighted weapon design and handling, reinforcing military training and discipline among attendees.
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Army Ordnance
Mrs. Mattie Dysart Rites to Be Held This Afternoon
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Dysart will take place at Llano Cemetery at 4 p.m. with Dr. R. Thomson of Central Presbyterian officiating. She died recently in Palo Alto, California, and was widow of J. C. Dysart. Her body arrived via Santa Fe and lies in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel. A Kentucky native, she lived in the Panhandle years before moving to California. sister Mrs. J. E. Dysart of Amarillo attends. Pallbearers named.
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Mattie Dysart
Llano
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Panhandle
California
J. E. Dysart
Amarillo
L. D. Heyser
Walter Blackburn
Clyde Damph
W. L. Lyons
Clyde Holtzclaw
R. E. Underwood
Air Medal Awarded and Service Reports From War Fronts
Announcement from Fifth Air Force in New Guinea states Lt. Dale F. Herring receives the Air Medal for meritorious aerial achievement. Other items include Pfc. W. J. Cessna graduating from armorers school at Fort Riley, and Lt. James L. Foster returning to the U.S. after 56 missions in Italy. Also note posthumous Silver Star and Purple Heart to Technician William B. Jinks for rescuing comrades in the Admiralty Islands.
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W. J. Cessna
Carrouzett
Cavalry School
Fort Riley
Kaw
Cessna
Fort Devens
Mass
Fifth Air Force
New Guinea
Dale F. Herring
Walter Herring
Herring
Red Raiders
Memphis
William B. Jinks
Admiralty Islands
Helen Ruth Jinks
Innis P. Swift
Jinks
Stimson
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Cherbourg
Hunsley's House OF Color
E. 6Th Ph
Dumas
Lloyd Reiser
Dumas High School
Plainview
Reiser
United States Military Academy
Ordnance Department
Great Proving Ground
Aberdeen
Maryland
Amarillo Hotel
C. S. Pryor
Gen
Mgr
American Automobile Association
Sayman
Armorers’ School
Miami
Cpl
J. D. Paris
Leo Paris
Southwest Pacific
Leland Ethel
G. C. Ethel
Oklahoma A. & M
Stillwater
Army
Sgt
Lowell Ethel
Honolulu
Oklahoma City
Pacific
Tulia
James L. Foster
W. Foster
United States
Florida
San Antonio
Foster
Alberta Murray
New York
San Diego
Lubbock Army Air Field
Columbia
S. C
Globe-News
Pantex
the Employment Office
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Certain-feed Products Corporation Prime Contractors
Montow
Aery
Montgomery
Ward
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