Britain Seeks More Planes for Daylight Bombing Effort
An RAF commentator said USAAF daylight raids in May dovetailed with British night bombing and call for more American bombers. May 19 Flensburg May 14 Kiel May 15 Bordeaux raids boosted a May peak of 7,500 tons on Dortmund Essen Duisburg Wuppertal, signaling growing attrition in the air war and upcoming RAF tactics.
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Wuppertal
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P-40 Warhawks Attack Italian Seaplane Base at Stagnone Island
An American P-40 squadron swarmed Stagnone Island off Sicily, destroying 12 seaplanes and damaging six, while four harbor vessels and several craft burned. One P-40 was shot down after strafing central island buildings amid flak.
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Algeria
Stagnone Island
Sicily
Italy
Directors Oppose Toll Road Proposal In State Meeting
Chamber of Commerce directors voted at noon to oppose a proposed super toll road urged by Representative Hare of South Carolina. They backed Highway 287 as part of the Alvan route from Great Falls to Cape Horn during a Amarrillo Hotel gathering.
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South Carolina
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Great Falls
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Amarillo Hotel
Russian Front Holds Against German Counterattacks Near Smolensk
The report describes heavy fighting in the Caucasus with Germans pressed to a narrow coastal strip from Novorossiysk to the Kerch Strait. Moscow and Berlin exchanged claims of Red Army thrusts and German counterattacks, with notes on Velizh near Smolensk. Double-deck dining cars are being adopted on many railways.
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Moscow
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Jeffersons party includes military, industry leaders and officials
The group features Forrestal noting a shortage of destroyers and escorts while in attendance are Lt. Col. Larry MacPhail former Brooklyn Dodgers GM and Patterson aide Rear Admiral Mills Capt. Gingrich Bruce Brown Col. Bradley Dewey Stanley deJ Osborne and Arthur Kroeger among others.
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Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn National League Baseball Club
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E. W. Mills
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Navy Department
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Bruce K. Brown
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Bradley Dewey
Stanley Dej. Osborne
Jeffers
Arthur F. Kroeger
French Navy Leader under House Arrest After Christmas Eve Seizure
The commander was under house arrest for a year and a half following the 1941 Christmas Eve seizure of St Pierre and Miquelon. Giraud, who banned the Cross of Lorraine, named Muselier deputy though Muselier says De Gaulle appropriated the symbol without credit.
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Giraud
Keeps Family Records Intact With Her Job
Emma Stark Motzer joins New York Central maintenance at Union State yards. Daughter of Engine 999 fireman James Stark, she is part of an Albany group of 11 women hired for depot yard work and reflects a family tradition in railroading while contributing during the wartime effort.
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N. Y
U.P
New York Central Railroad
Emma Stark Motzer
the Central
Starks
New York Central
Union State Yards
Market Report of Midwest Hogs Cattle and Chicago Livestock
Markets show livestock trading with Kansas City bids softer on hogs and cattle with mixed demand. Chicago hogs range $13.50 to $14.35, cattle mostly $14.50 to $16.50, and vealers $14 to $15 per hundredweight amid varying load results and activity.
Fighting Units Welded Into Coherent American Army in Africa
With the campaign in Tunisia nearing a decisive close, American divisions learned to act as coordinated units. The first infantry division, once split, proved effective at El Guettar and Gafsa, while the first armored division helped break the Nazi army. Aircraft, tanks, artillery and infantry now operate in concert, turning boldness into tempered battlefield craft.
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AEF
Tunisia
Faid Pass
el Guettar
Gafsa
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Mexico Uses Balloons To Forecast Weather
Mexican meteorologists send radio-equipped balloons into the stratosphere to improve weather prediction. A new balloon station opened at Mazatlan naval base, joining the Tacubaya observatory near Mexico City as the republics other similar facility. Balloons transmit data automatically at altitude.
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Mexico
U.P
Naval Base
Pacific
Republic
Tacubaya Observatory
Mexico City
Sheep Market Report Shows Slow Trade On Fat Lambs
Late Monday fat lambs traded slowly with declines from Tuesday noted. No. 1 skins quoted at 13.75 to 15.25 for clipped fed western lambs around 112 lbs. Prices for two doubles clipped feeding lambs around 12.50 to yard traders. Sheep remain scarce as market/ui narrows demand.
Postoffice Receipts Climb in May
Amarillo postoffice receipts rise with May totals at 47494.01 dollars versus 34275.45 dollars for the same period last year.
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Amarillo
Fish Hatcheries Hire Women for First Time in Minnesota
In Minnesota the state fish hatcheries will employ women for the first time. Norman Moe, superintendent, will use women on pike stripping crews to replace men serving in the armed forces or working in war plants during the pike run. 125 skilled fish culturists are typically employed to strip eggs for hatcheries.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
Minnesota
Norman Moe
Department of Conversation
War brief reports Italian targets and British bombing raid
Casualties totaled eight killed and 33 injured from strikes on Italian mainland cities Portico Paola and Palermo and Mersala in Sicily. In northern Europe the RAF bombers stayed idle after a week of attacks while German night raiders hit an east Anglian town causing ten deaths. Berlin cited Margate as the Berlin target on the southeast coast. On the Russian front both Berlin and Moscow reported heavy fighting.
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Paola
Palermo
Mersala
Sicily
Europe
RAF
England
Berlin
Margate
Moscow
Lavoptik Eye Relief Promises Quick Soothing
Lavoptik offers relief for burning inflammation sore eyes tiredness and itching from irritants with a cooling refreshing effect. The product claims 25 years of success and a money back guarantee praised by thousands with an eye cup included and available at druggists.
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