Small New Carriers Enter Combat Areas in War
Dozens of auxiliary aircraft carriers have reached combat zones or are en route or under construction. Converted from merchant ships or built as Auxiliaries, they provide a triple threat to Axis raiders and can transport and launch planes quickly. The program began with the Long Island after a two year experiment and expanded to many ships including oilers.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Frederick J
Horne
Naval Operations
North Africa
Atlantic
Maritime Commission
Wilbur la Roe, Jr
Independent Association
Brown
la Rue
Pacific Coast
Aines of Brown
Crester C. Davis
Eighth Army Presses Mareth Line as Yanks Hold Tunisian Flank
Allied reports say British Eighth Army inches into Mareth Line fortifications while American forces guard Rommel’s flank near the Tunisian coast. Air forces pound armor and depots at El Hamma and Gabes area as operations shift toward southern Tunisia.
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Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Mareth
el Hamma
Axis
Gabes
Algiers
el Hama
Africa Corps
Tunisia
London
Harold Alexander
Western Desert Air Force
Sousse
Tunisian
RAF Aircraft Strikes Rome Then Returns to Malta
An RAF Intruder from Malta conducted a night raid over Rome strafing trains and signal boxes near Campo Leone and Cisterna before returning. Malta reported an enemy raid alert in response. The pilot noted bright moonlight and hazy conditions as they approached the Tiber and Pontine marshes.
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London
Malta
Rome
Mussolini
Italian High Command
Campo Leone
Cisterna
Naples
Tiber
Pontine
Vichy Regime Reconstructs as Laval Cabinet Resigns
A Paris radio dispatch quoted by The Associated Press says Pierre Laval’s regime in Vichy has been reconstructed with key ministers resigning. Justice minister Joseph Barthelmy, navy secretary Admiral Jean Marie Abria, and air secretary Gen. Jean Princois Jan nekyn left, while many Vichy diplomats in Spain quit to side with Gen. Henri Giraud. Madrid reports note a crisis in Laval’s government and a shift of French officials to the anti Axis camp amid tensions with Berlin.
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Berlin
Pierre Laval
Justice
Navy
Air Force
Joseph Barthelmy
Jean Marie Abria
Jean Princois Jannekyn
Air
Madrid
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Radio France
Algiers
FCC
Lisbon
Legation
Vichy
France
Laval
Pietri
Barcelona
Bilbao
Valencia
Malaga
Ruhr Target of RAF Raid
British bombers over the Ruhr in Germany conducted a major night raid indicating strong RAF activity. The article notes the raid as one of the year's largest in that area, referencing a previous extensive attack on Essen on March 12.
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Ruhr
London
Germany
RAF
Fssen
Weather snapshot for Amarillo and West Texas Saturday
The report notes little temperature change for Saturday across Amarillo and West Texas New Mexico will see scattered showers in the northwest late Saturday afternoon or evening. Temperatures are provided with hourly readings, sunrise at 7:41 and sunset at 6:04 PM.
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Amarililo
Texas
New Mexico
Slick Nazi Subs Still in Gulf
Rear Admiral William Robert Munroe, newly assigned to command the Gulf sea frontier and Seventh Naval District, asserts in New Orleans that German submarines remain active in the Gulf. He notes the area covers 600,000 square miles and cites extensive submarine experience.
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New Orleans
William Robert Munroe
USN
Gulf
Germany
Munroe
Miami
Seventh Naval District
Gulf Sea Frontier
Pacific War Zone
Admiral Munroe
Waco
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
De Gaulle and Giraud Seek Unified French Forces
Gen Charles de Gaulle announced on British radio that he and Gen Henri Giraud will pursue a united French command in North Africa. He urged unity to form one empire, one strength, and one voice for France, calling it the nation’s salvation.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Giraud
de Gaulle
France
Allied Forces Press In As Air Offensive Peaks In Africa
Allied air power delivered the heaviest offensive in Africa to date as American and British ground forces pressed Rommel along the Mareth Line and Dje Bel Derba sectors. Patton’s troops held the road north of a Tunisian pass while mopping up high ground south of Maknassy. Palermo raid damaged ships and harbor. Berlin claims warn the fight will continue with reserves intact.
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Djebel Derba
George S. Patton, Jr
Maknassy
Long Orbata
Palermo
Berlin
Ludwig Sertorius
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Montgomery
Morocco
Mareth Line
George 8. Patton, Jr
Rommel
Fewer British Bombers Hit Tighter German Raids
London reports Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair telling a Narrow meeting that Britain now strikes with fewer larger bombers, comparing May and June raids with three big attacks when medium bombers dominated. He noted tonnage in the raids and argued efficiency with bigger planes.
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London
Germany
Archibald Sinclair
Narrow
Sinclair
Dogged Russians Outflank Nazis Near Smolensk
Russian forces report captures of villages south of Bely and outflanking Germans to cross a river. In Belgorod Donets sector Germans fail to penetrate Russian lines. Kharkov area sees heavy fighting with 42 German tanks destroyed and a battalion of 800 enemy troops wiped out.
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London
Bely
Smolensk
Ukraine
Belgorod
Donets
Chuguev
Kharkov
Army Trucks Dodge Death in Central Tunisia Front
In Central Tunisia US forces repelled a major Axis push toward El Guetaria Pass as supply trucks ran a gauntlet of 88 and 63 mm artillery. Capt. Joseph T. Dawson of Waco Texas reported heavy shelling, jeep returns with two wounded, and dug-in American infantry holding firm despite tank and rifle fire.
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Tunisia
Dijebel Berda
U. S
Cometrol
el Guetaria Pass
Gafsa
Joseph T. Dawson
Waco
Texas
Diebel
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
el- Hamma
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Orbata Range
Sened Station
Orbata
Patton
Packers
Georgia Carroll
Kay Kyser
Velletri
Campagna
Churchill
Britain
Athens
Cairo
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Wickard
J. Davis
Selective Service
Army
War Productions Board
WPB
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Capitol
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Prentiss M. Brown
The
Associated Press
FCA
White House
Davis
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Office of Price Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
North
OPA
American Meat Institute
National Independent Meat Packers Association
Indi
Burma
Southwest Pacific
Russell Stationery Co
Victory Garden Army
America
Amarillo
Victory Gardens
Globe News
Victory Garden
Amarillo Glade
Claire L. Chennault
14Th U. S. Air Force
China
Russia
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