Giraud Keeps Dual Role in French Liberation Leadership
Gen Henri Honore Giraud appears to retain his double seat as Co President of the French Committee of National Liberation and commander in chief of the French Army. De Gaulle opposed this but the committee favors keeping Giraud in both posts as crucial events unfold.
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Algiers
Henri Honore Giraud
Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
France
de Gaulle
Georges Catroux
Rene Massigli
Jean Monnet
Andre Phillip
Alphonse Joseph Georges
Rene Plevens
French National Committee
London
Merxiana Heals Rashes From Mexican Heat Powder
An advertisement promotes Merxiana, a powder formerly known as Mexican Heat Powder, to relieve diaper rash and heat rash and soothe itching.
Advancing Chinese Strive Toward Hwajung as U S Air Aid Proves Effective
A Chungking dispatch states American bombers and fighters backed China's central forces on the Western Hupeh front, striking along the Yangtze from Ichang to Shasi, damaging a large boat and hitting a gunboat. Chiang Kai-shek's troops press toward Hwajung, a major Japanese stronghold north of Tungting lake, to ease danger to the Yangtze valley.
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Ican
Hupeh
Chiang Kai-shek
Hwajung
Hunen Province
Ichang
Tungting Lake
Yangtze
Red Airmen Claim Big Air War Against Germany
Moscow dispatches report the Red Air Force downed 752 German planes with Russian losses at 212 from May 30 to June 5. Soviet communiques say bombers struck rear German airdromes near Lishchansk, while Berlin reports raid Gorki and ongoing Donets and Sevsk clashes.
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Red Air Force
London
Lishchansk
Donets River
Berlin
DNB
Gorki
Middle Volga
Donets
Sevsk
Kharkov
Smolensk
Velikie Luki
Velizh
Bombardier Glick's First Mission Ends With Heroic Actions
Lieutenant Howard L. Glick of Galveston aboard a medium bomber over Sicily coped with 75 holes from flak and enemy fire. He damaged two MB-109s and released four bombs that stuck to damaged racks before safely aiding the pilot and preparing for bailout as the aircraft neared its target.
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Harold W. Boyle
Africa
Howard L. Glick
Galveston
Sicily
Glick
Lieut
William R. Kemp
Chicago
Rainbow Sign Of Good Luck For Division Rainbow Sign Of Good Luck For Division
Rainbow Division of World War I inspires a new unit to bear the name activation at Camp Gruber July 14 marks the 25th anniversary of the old outfit’s advance to the Champagne front. Capt Gowdy notes repeated rainbows foretelling missions and General Collins witnesses a rainbow over barracks supporting the omen.
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Edward Curtis
Muskogee
Oklo
Rainbow
Camp Gruber
Champagne Front
Harry Gowdy
Infantry School
Fort Benning
Harry J. Collins
Rainbow Division
Gowdy
Collins
Fort Sill
Jess Barmer
Field Artillery
Roger W. Cutler, Jr
Washington
William J. Donovan
Wild Bill” Donovan
69Th
Old Machines Speed Gunsight Production
Conversion of obsolete friction lapping machines at a Minneapolis war plant boosted gunsight output by 150 percent while cutting required labor by 900 percent. Refurbished by Minneapolis Honeywell technicians, the machines now automatically lap the elevation worm and wheel, raising daily production from 60 units with 10 workers to 150 units.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co
Pilot Brings Bombers In After Five Minute Emergency
After five minutes of managing the emergency landing system, Kemp guided a flak-damaged bomber to a perfect touchdown. Ground crew later found four gasoline tanks punctured, both engines hit, two gas lines severed, and eight hydraulic leaks.
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Kemp
New Training Opens In Bryan For Safer Flying
Army officers predicted the new Bryan flying school will save lives by improving instrument flight training for combat pilots. General Henry Arnold praised the simplified system developed under Col Joseph Duckworth after bomber crashes in a storm. In New York Hunter College hires its first woman elevator operator amid drafts.
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Bryan
Henry H. Arnold
Col
Joseph B. Duckworth
New York
Hunter College
New York City
Little Theater to Display Service Photos
The Little Theater Board plans a display of photographs of boys in service who worked in Little Theater plays. The photos will be shown Tuesday at the Federation Club Rooms. Parents are asked to bring pictures to the club rooms by 8 15 p.m. Tuesday.
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Little Theater Board
Federation Club
Cornell to offer 16 week Russian study program
Cornell University will run an intensive 16 week Russian language program from July 5 to October 23. President Edmund E Day announced the initiative to broaden American understanding of contemporary Russia as wartime and postwar relations demand stronger language skills.
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Cornell Studies
Ithaca
Cornell University
United States
Edmund E. Day
Soviet Russia
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