Solomon Islands battle reports use guarded tone amid global war
United Press dispatch from Francis McCarty notes uncertainty on Japanese force status near Guadalcanal as battle outcomes remain unclear. A high ranking official warns against declaring a major UN victory while detailing two phases of Japanese activity and renewed pressure on Stalingrad and Rzhev-Vyazma fronts.
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Robert Ghormley
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Luft
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Solomon Islands
United Nations
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Roosevelt hints at meatless day to free ships
President Roosevelt suggested a meatless day could free 30 to 40 cargo ships used for meat imports. He said timing not set as transportation effects are studied and noted potential use for tanks planes and munitions. He also backed flexible farm price and wage stabilization tied to living costs and aligned with Leon Henderson. Cotton futures rose on short covering before profit taking trimmed gains.
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Roosevelt
New Zealand
Austalia
Argentina
Leon Henderson
New Orleans
Chinese forces seize Chuhsien and Lishui airfield
Chinese fighters driving toward Chongqing report capturing the city of Chuhsien and taking the Lishui airfield. They press toward the south gates, signaling a major advance against Japanese positions.
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Chungking
U.R
Chuhsien
Lishui
Chinese Forces Retake Key Airfield in Chekiang Province
Chinese dispatches report forces reentered Chuhsien western Chekiang to recapture the major airfield used for bombing runs against Japan. Lishui and battles near the city were also cited as major gains in the Chinese counteroffensive, with extensive railway areas back under Chinese control. Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria dies at 70 in Vienna. Reuters notes Norwegian fishing fleet requisitioned by Germany in northern Norway. War bond drive urges August completion. Sept drives planned.
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Hollywood Star Hedy Lamarr Offers Kiss For War Bond
Hollywood reports a Chicago businessman offered $25,000 for a single kiss from Hedy Lamarr to buy a war bond. Lamarr and a star caravan head to Chicago for a bond drive, but the Victory Committee values her kiss at a minimum of one million dollars and Lamarr holds for a $100,000 bond.
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U.P
Hollywood Victory Committee
Chicago
Hedy Lamar
Titus Haffa
Haffa
Cary Grant
Charles Binfield
Victory Committee
Miss Lamarr
British Join Sub Patrol Against U Boats in Western Atlantic
The Navy said Royal Air Force coastal command planes and personnel have joined U S and allied aircraft in anti submarine operations in the Western Atlantic. The move is to intensify the war against German U boats and naval officials report progress in the last two months.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Royal Air Force Coastal Command
United States Naval
Army
British Isles
United States
Woman and Cop Play Stop Tag in Spokane Incident
A Spokane patrol officer tags a speeding woman who then chases him. he tears up the ticket and she returns with the officer’s flashlight. he later returns her purse left on his running board as she again pursues him. In Cairo desert activity remains air focused with artillery exchanges. In Brussels a Brussels-Paris express train attack reportedly kills nine Belgian nationals.
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Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas shows warmth and storms
The Amarillo region and West Texas continue warm with fresh winds. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are expected in Pecos Valley and westward with temperatures similar to yesterday. New Mexico also sees scattered thunder showers with similar temperatures to the prior 24 hours. The 24 hour maximum reached 92 and the minimum 69 with noon temperature at 79.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Move to Return Panhandle to Mountain Time
A county Democratic convention passes a resolution urging Congress to restore the Panhandle to Mountain Time. The region has remained on Central Time since 1917, and backers warn war time doubles darkness in mornings and disrupts school schedules.
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Panhandle
Democratic Party
Gene Worley
Congress
Dependent Children's Aid To Be Slashed In Texas
Austin announces a cut in the Texas dependent children's program averaging nine dollars per family next month. This month 19,226 families received an average $20.49, while September projections expect 21,000 families with an $11.50 average. The cap limits annual payments to 1.5 million dollars, with federal matching funds, distributed as monthly installments of 250 thousand dollars.
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Austin
Texas
State Welfare Department
Indian Road Marker On Ethan Allen Highway Reads Local Riddle
Kent Connecticut tale of a highway department marker near the Ethan Allen highway puzzling tourists with an Indian word meaning water from the great hills. The sign reads Naromiyoc know who sunka tankshank Brook.
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Kent
Conn
Highway Department
Ethan Allen Highway
Naromiyoc
Sunka Tankshank
Allied bomb and air action across Europe and Soviet front
United States Flying Fortresses bombed the Meaulie aircraft factory near Albert France with Spitfires in daylight operations. RAF night raids hit Kassel while British pilots struck Gydnia. Soviet counter offenses around Stalingrad regain momentum as Don front fighting tightens. German spearhead threat nears Stalingrad.
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United States
France
Meaulie
Albert
United States Army Air Force
St. Omer
Etretat
Royal Air Force
Kassel
Ruhr
Gydnia
Graf Zeppelin
Developing Action at Milne Bay as Japanese planes fall
A developing action targets Japanese forces at Milne Bay in New Guinea. Reported losses include 15 planes destroyed with possible six more downed, lifting the five day total to 47 planes. Copyrighted war page 4.
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Milne Bay
New Guinea
American Winged Four Horsemen Fly to Fight the Germans
Virgil Pinkley recalls Visalia friends Donald Lambert George Middleton and Bill Arends who formed the Eagle Squadron four horsemen. After Logan was killed Arends fought bravely, later vanished, leaving Lambert and Middleton to honor their fallen mates while continuing to fly together in Britain and France.
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United Press
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Britain
Eagle Squadron
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Calif
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San Joaquin Valley
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Sanger
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George Middleton, Jr
William Allen Arends
Dave Logan
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Ed Lambert
Middleton
C. A. Whitmore
M. M. Maddox
Visalia Times-Delta
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