Corn Stalks Picked Up Over Ploesti Raid Recount
Dallas veterans recount a daring Ploesti raid led by Capt. John Young of Dallas and Col. John Kane. The B 24 Liberator flew low through smoke and flames, evading anti air fire as corn stalks clogged bomb bays during the mission. Relay details include a near hit on horses and a crash landing after dumping munitions and gear. In Bonham, Texas, Farm labor offices organize school staffed labor registries to aid harvests.
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Dallas
Ploesti
Romania
John Young
Young
John R
Killer) Kane
Shreveport
Col. Kane
Tot's Dirndl Pattern and Sizing Notice
Cute dirndl style frock pattern 4353 for children sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with sweetheart neck puff sleeves and cap sleeves. Fabric estimates 13 4 yards or 17 8 yards 35 inch fabric. send sixteen cents in coins and address details to obtain pattern and Foundation 4745 adjust patterns to measurements.
Yank Pincer Snaps On Vella Lavella
Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific announced the capture of Vella Lavella Island in a 50 mile over-water advance northwest of New Georgia. The move netted 350 prisoners and extended the pincers toward Rabaul, Bougainville, and Kolombangara, with unopposed landing and Capt. Ferdinand P. Mueller leading one company.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Vella Lavella
New Georgia
Japan Rabaul
New Britain
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Bougainville
Ferdiinand P. Mueller
Wichita
Kans
After Sicily What Next
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Italy’s fate hinges on Badoglio and Rome. He notes Milan’s destruction by RAF bombers and the Po line dividing north and south, with Rome still an open city claim. He says peace protests may force action or a German betrayal allowing surrender.
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Milan
Italy
Rome
Turin
Switzerland
Marshal Badoglio
Badoglio
Sicily
Hitler
Courthouse Records and Divorce Filings Highlight Local Actions
Property transfers show C. M. Humphrys to Joe D. Carr and H. R. Lytle to J. E. Shrigley among deeds. District Court lists multiple divorce and name cases including Jim Burke v Fay Burke and Corvinzier v Fry, with several party pairs named.
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C. M. Humphrys
Joe D. Carr
North Highlands
Tarter
H. R. Lytle
J. E. Shrigley
Fw&drr
Howard R. Lytle
Denise Jackerson
Ralph H. Garbutt
Hazel M. Groves
ENSA Furnishes 137000 Shows In One Year
Britain’s ENSA organization staged 137000 shows in 76000 performances for war workers and service members, with tours ranging from Iceland to Gibraltar. Notable actors and workers, salaries at most 40 dollars weekly, and acts from hospitals to isolated units abroad. Alma Edwards lost a finger in an accident yet carried on with her act.
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London W
Britain
ENSA
Entertainments National Service Association
Basil Dean
Iceland
Gibraltar
Middle East
Orkney Islands
Land's End
London
Alma Edwards
Miss Edwards Sings Amid Wartime Turmoil
In France during the blitz days pianist Emily Benfield of ENA, touring since 1939, faced danger and lost possessions in a bombed city fire. Meanwhile in San Diego Ulysses Grant, 22, descendant of Civil War general, seeks divorce from Josephine Dalton Grant on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Miss Edwards
Emily Benfield
ENA
France
San Diego
Calif
U.P
Ulysses 8. Grant
Cavalry
Josephine Dalton Grant
Chapman Grant
USA
Exotic Mexico cross stitch pattern 666 offered
Pattern 666 features a transfer of 14 motifs from 4% by 7% inches to 2 by 2 inches and a list of materials. Send eleven cents in coins to Amarillo Globe Needlecraft Dept. for pattern 666 at 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY 101. Write clearly pattern number name and address.
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Mexico
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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Bonham
U.R
Fannin County
Tot
Tokyo Radio
Vella Lavella Island
New Georgia Island
Tokyo
Palisades Park
N. J
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Messina
Courthouse Records
Uncle Sam
Taylor St.camarilo
Tolzien
Paramount
Indiana
Division of Public Safety
Ordway-Saunders CO
Amarillo
Polk
Pearl Harbor
America
Commercial Credit Company
Ist
Baltimore
Romantic
Laas Wheler
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