Giraud Predicts Key Tunisia Turn Invasion Window
General Henri Monore Giraud foresees May as the month of decisive Allied victory in Tunisia with Axis defenses broken. He adds that the war’s end in 1944 hinges on Allied invasion of Western Europe, while weather, ground and new offensives shape the timetable.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Henri Monore Giraud
Tunisia
English Channel
Hitler
Balkans
Italy
Giraud
Europe
Britain
Cadets Found Dead In Plane Wreckage
Three San Marcos Field navigation cadets were found dead in wreckage west of Blanco Texas after a weeklong search. Pilot Second Lt. Robert A. Gibson survived with injuries and is recovering at a hospital. Victims named include Frederick Swift Charles Taylor Jr and John Zaic Jr.
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San Marcos
Blanco
Tex
Robert A. Gibson
J. E. Everett
the Navigation School
Frederick Swift
Philadelphia
Charles T. Taylor, Jr
Oil City
John R. Zaic, Jr
Cleveland
Gibson
Roy E. Gibson
Junction City
Kan
Brush
Blanco Hospital
Navigation School
Radio Schedule for KGNC with NBC Daytime Lineup
The station KGNC runs 5000 watts daytime 1000 watts night with a dense morning block from 6:00 featuring The Sky Pilot and Rise N Shine through News by Air, NBC programs, and music segments. Afternoon and early evening include soap operas such as Ma Perkins and Pepper Young's Family, plus The Guiding Light and Front Page Farrell segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGNC
Kemenwar
The
Sky Pilot
Farm
Rise 'N Shine
the Trading Post
Reveille
NBC
Jerry Sears
the O'Neils
Vic and Sade
David Harum
Bob Hamilton
Ethel Smith
Victory Ads
Charles Baum
Eddie and
Frances
the O'Neills
News
Battle of Wits
Air
Winstop Dunzit
Marvote
the Guiding Light
March of Mercy
Wes Izzard
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young's
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Portia
Life
Just Plain Bill
Front Page Farrell
Tinsta Gam
Rationing Roundup and Railway Line Sale
Ration details list red, blue, and stamp validity through May 31 or beyond. New Books issued when needed. applications by mail carriers from May 20. Sugar, coffee and shoe stamps with specific through dates. tires and gasoline rations adjusted. Rio Grande & Eagle Pass railway line from Laredo to Dolores sold for 125000 to H B Zachry Co. of Laredo. line once hauled coal now vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Dolores
H. B. Zachry Co
Dark Jungle Quicksilver Mines Hidden by Quiche Tribe
In the mountain range the Quiche guard a mine secret said to hold quicksilver ore. Renaldo notes the surface is not scratched and the deposits lie hidden. Barry recalls the wartime shift in mining interest as quicksilver becomes vital for radios and tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renaldo
States
Matthews
Barry
FASTEETH Powder Helps Dentures Stay Firm
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Mystery deepens in Quiche country plantation trek
Allison and Renaldo plan a risky inland journey to access a mine in Quiche country. A trusted guide and interpreter will be arranged, with dawn departure to stay under jungle cover before the sun climbs. A note to the chief may grant an interview, but success seems unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Renaldo
Quiche
Barry
Allison
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Vanes
Amarillo Field
KFC
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Johnson Family
Lone Ranger
B. Taa
TSN
Raymond Gram
Harry Horlick
Orch
Blue
Texas Wranglers
del Rio
Daily War Journal
Central Baptist Church
Texas
Jim Robertson
Club of the Air
Bing Crosby
U. S. Army Band
Cedric Foster
the Adolphus Orchestra
Morton Downey
Len Salvo
Timala
Vais van
Escorts
Betty
the Sea Hound
Superman
Phillip Keyne-Gordon
Charlotte Deeble
Jack Armstrong
Captain Midnight
Spain
Blue Network
Raymond Paige
Orchestra
KFDA
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Co
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver-Eakle Bidg
Naldo
Senorita
Old Line Capital
Thomson-King CO
Polk
Sanitone
Ke Ayaldy Om
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