If Germany Uses Gas We’ll Win in 30 Days
Editor William B. Ziff argues Germany would win by gas in 30 days and that no full invasion will occur this year. Roosevelt and Churchill warn that gas could be used if needed, while Allied forces plan Crete Sardinia Sicily raids and maintain air superiority amid German morale strain.
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Rains Improve Texas Feeds Across State
AUSTIN June 11 U P United Press report says recent rains have materially improved range feeds with prospects good in most areas. Sheep range feeds reached 80 percent of normal a month ago while cattle ranges were 85 percent, per the U S Department of Agriculture.
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U.P
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
De Gaulle Puts Resignation Up
A June 11 report says Gen. Charles De Gaulle offered to resign from the French Committee of National Liberation, with Gen. George Catroux urging him to withdraw. De Gaulle, co chair with Gen. Henri Giraud, reportedly insists on commanding the French army. Rene Pleven prepared to depart for Algiers but flights were full.
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U.P
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
George Catroux
de Gaulle
Committee of Liberation
Algiers
Henri Honore Giraud
Rene Pleven
Planes Zoom Over Channel Fly to North France
Allied war planes roared across the English Channel toward North France this afternoon and returned about an hour later. Observers saw several fighters but many planes were too high to identify.
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English Channel
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Funeral plans for Pfc. Broaddus L. Young
Funeral arrangements are pending for Pfc. Broaddus L. Young of Conway. The 25 year old soldier died of wounds in the Southwest Pacific. He is the first Conway man killed in World War II. Survivors include his parents, two sisters, and a brother. The body arrived in Amarillo from the West Coast and is in the care of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Amarillo
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Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
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War Department
Lyle Young
Leo Berry
Martin Slagle
Bobbie
Judge's Secretary Issues Own Marriage License
In Hays Kansas on June 11 Agnes Terese Ross and Ray Hayes Jr obtained a marriage license after Ross, who had just resigned as Judge Alex Meier's secretary, issued the license herself. The judge commented he knew as much about it as she did.
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Alex Meier
Agnes Terese Ross
Ray Hayes, Jr
Terese
Feeding the Family Was a Cinch in 1820
An old report lists 1820 prices for common foods. Veal and mutton cost 7 cents per pound, butter 15 to 16 cents, eggs 12½ cents a dozen, reflecting Gen. Peter Buell Porter’s 1820 expenditure record now held by Preston Buell Porter of Remington Rand, Inc.
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Buffalo
U.P
Peter Buell Porter
Preston Buell Porter
Remington Rand, Inc
Chinese Score New Gains on Yangtze Front
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces seize Wangchiachang after an all night battle, killing 300 Japanese and capturing the town north east of the Tchang base. Other units reach Yingshan, northwest of Hankow, inflicting heavy street casualties.
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Chaplin Agrees to Pay Birth Expenses in Paternity Case
Charles Chaplin will pay Miss Joan Berry 15800 for medical, legal and other birth expenses while denying paternity. Blood tests will be conducted within four months after birth, with the suit suspended indefinitely. Chaplin has already paid 2500 and will continue weekly payments, plus 1000 at test time, and 5000 to lawyers plus 500 court costs.
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Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charles Chaplin
Miss Berry
Chaplin
Berry
Ickes Presses for Oil Rationing Authority Power Shift
Washington on June 11 reports say Harold L. Ickes seeks control over petroleum product rationing and pricing, potentially eroding OPA's role. Donald M. Nelson may decide soon, with Davis favoring food rationing under his agency and Byrnes possibly drawn into the dispute.
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Harold L. Ickes
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Chester H. Davis
Nelson
Ickes
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
James F. Byrnes
OPA
Office of Defense Transportation
Paul O'Leary
Middlewest
Ninth Air Force Drops 3.5 Million Pounds in May
Cairo report says the United States Ninth Air Force carried out about 200 missions in May dropping 3,500,000 pounds of explosives on Axis installations. The force was commanded by Major Gen. Lewis H. Brereton.
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United States
Ninth Air Force
Lewis H. Brereton
Captured Convicts Given 24 Years
Walter Lemay and C. M. Mershon escaped convicts were each sentenced to 24 years in a Canton Texas court after a two hour trial for six burglary cases. A Groesbeck grand jury indicted them in 16 other cases including burglary robbery and theft. The trio was held in Dallas County jail.
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Walter Lemay
C. M. Mershon
Canton
Texas
Groesbeck
Broesbeck
Lemay
Mershon
Steve Roberts
Nevada
Dallas County
Children’s Brooklyn Accent Surprises British Cook
Morris Barnett, a British merchant ship cook, finally sighted his two children in New York. Bernard, 7, and Myra, 17, were evacuated from London in 1940. He marvels at their Brooklyn accent, which amuses and unsettles him.
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Morris Barnett
New York Harbor
London
Bernard
Myra
Brooklyn
Car Fatalities Show Decline in Texas First Quarter
Texas traffic deaths in the first quarter of 1943 fell 29 percent from 1942, with 267 deaths compared to 378 the year before. Most fatalities occurred on designated highways. Of 1,370 drivers in accidents, 708 were not drinking, 92 were visibly drunk, and 109 had physical defects.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Evangelist Delafield Sets Evening Talk in Big Tent
Evangelist R. B. Delafield continues a series of tent meetings with the topic A Question That God Cannot Answer. The talk is scheduled for 8:30 p m tonight in the Big Tent Studio at West Ninth Avenue and Van Buren Street.
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Big Tent
West Ninth Avenue
van Buren Street
Bronx Zoo shields gorillas from visitors with windows
New York June 11 reports the Bronx Zoo has enclosed the gorilla house with three large windows to prevent the apes from catching colds from the public.
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Bronx
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