Giraud Says Allied Invasion of France Near
General Henri Giraud told the French broadcast from London that the moment is approaching with clockwork precision as Allied forces prepare. He described France’s future defense as rescue and deliverance with ultra modern equipment and weaponry from the United States and war factories.
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London
France
Henri Giraud
French Committee of National Liberation
Roosevelt
America
Giraud
Churchill
Television Ready After the War
New York July 22 Television may be in every home immediately after the war Ralph R Beal RCA research director said today. Home receiving sets with screens six to 24 inches wide will be available to buyers within the shortest time to convert wartime radio to peace production. Beal noted television receivers will be affordable and programing should proceed without major growing pains due to wartime research and developments.
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New York
Ralph R. Beal
Radio Corporation of America
Beal
French Chieftains Arrive in Brazil
Gen. Henri Paul Jacomy and Col. Serret arrived in Belem Brazil on July 22 as representatives of the French committee of national liberation. Jacomy was named military commander of the French Antilles and French Guiana, with Hoppenot to succeed Admiral Robert as governor of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
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Belem
Brazil
Henri Paul Jacomy
Serret
Algiers
Caribbean
French Committee of National Liberation
Jacomy
French Antilles
French Guiana
Georges Robert
Vichy
Henri-Etienne Hoppenot
Robert
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Antilles
Los Angeles Streetcar Strike Shoots to 24 Hour Halt
Los Angeles Railway Co buses and streetcars will suspend operations for 24 hours starting tomorrow at 3 A M in protest of the War Labor Board's wage review decision. About 3,000 L A Railway workers and 150 Lang Transportation Co. employees in Long Beach will join the strike.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Railway Co
War Labor Board
San Diego
Henry Mann
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway
Moseley Dies. Funeral Arrangements By Blackburn-Shaw
The body of Barney E. Moseley who died at a U S Veterans Hospital in Hines Illinois will arrive in Amarillo today at 1245 p m Funeral services will be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Directors Moseley a guard at the Pantex Ordnance Plant lived at 1606 Taylor Street He is survived by his wife two daughters two brothers and a sister Also included is a historical note about Alphonso I aiding Portuguese independence.
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Barney E. Moseley
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Hines
Ill
Amarillo
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral
Moseley
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Taylor Street
Amarillo Soldiers Help Run Lubbock Air Field
Amarillo men serve as air field mechanics clerks and instructors at Lubbock twin engine base. Pvt Ben W Heathington Pvt James H Griggs Jr and Charles E Stuke work as mechanics and clerks. S/Sgt William B Mays teaches blind flying.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Taylor
Finance Department
Frank M. McLaughlin
Taylor Street
Carl A. Beadle
Canadian River Gas Company
Stephen F. Scott
West Twelfth Avenue
Taylor F. Mays
West
Tenth Avenue
Claude A. Dees
Pvt
Heathington
Pvt. Griggs
J. Horace Griggs
Publishers blame Washington for food shortage says Jenkins
Representative Thomas A. Jenkins cites a survey of 1,000 editors and publishers who attribute the food shortage to mismanagement in Washington. He notes that nine of ten respondents fault bungling, red tape, overbuying and government interference as the cause.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
Jenkins
Congressional Record
War Dog Golden Boy Returns Home With Honor
In Mishawaka Indiana residents embrace Golden Boy the three year old English Setter after seven weeks at Fort Robinson Nebraska. A war department letter says he was too affectionate for training and he is discharged. Local Legion officials consider naming him a canine Legionnaire, the first in the country.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Golden Boy
Army
Fort Robinson
Neb
War Department
Pvt
Wade Parks
Mishawaka Post No. 161
The
American Legion
Dallas firms win 70 hour workweek for women
Four Dallas firms were granted exemptions by State Labor Commissioner John D. Reed allowing women to work up to 70 hours weekly. The exemption cites reduced occupational hazards as the reason for surpassing the 54 hour limit.
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Dallas
U.P
John D. Reed
Cattle and Hog Raisers Rally Against OPA Rules
Dallas July 22 The nation has record cattle and hog herds but stock raisers cannot profit under OPA ceilings says H C Reece president of the Arkansas Cattlemen's Association He plans to organize Texas stockmen to oppose cattle regulations and address West Texas cattlemen The feed situation is dire and many animals cannot be disposed of without huge losses due to the price ceilings.
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Dallas
H. C. Reece
Arkansas Cattlemen's Association
Reece
Texas
OPA
West Texas Tour Leading To Dallas Mass Meeting
A plan outlines a tour of West Texas with a return to Dallas for a mass meeting. The itinerary signals an organized effort to rally supporters and discuss upcoming events or candidacy.
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West Texas
Dallas
Braniff Plans New Military Air Route Amarillo to Denver
The Civil Aeronautics Board granted Braniff Airways a certificate for scheduled service between Amarillo Texas and Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver Colorado. A July 3 1943 notice confirms Army Air Forces approval and plans to launch as soon as radio and operations installations are ready, aiming no later than August 1. The route will serve military logistics while war lasts and civilian travel when peace returns.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Braniff Airways
Amarillo
Texas
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Colorado
Air Transport Command
Army Air Forces
America
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Merchant's Dinner
Polk
Alphonso I
Lisbon
Blackburn-Shaw
Pierce
Mary
Bell Telephone Compa
Lubbock Base
Bureau
Fort Worth
Sarah Koontz
First National Bank
Gulf Coast
Northwest Pacific Coast
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