Leaflet Raid Marks Anglo American Push Over France
British RAF dropped American leaflets over unoccupied France at night, promising restoration of occupied French possessions after the war. The raid accompanied anti aircraft fire as Laval Petain and Nazi officials discussed the Algerian clash and French Somaliland fate amid tension with Britain. Several French ships and planes reportedly damaged. one British plane shot down. A London columnist linked Sunday drink ban to a protracted grouse season.
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Vichy
France
Roosevelt
Royal Air Force
United States
United Nations
Britain
Algeria
Pierre Laval
Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
Laval
Otto Abetz
Georges Scapini
Berlin
Aden
USO Ball at Buffalo Lake Promises Gala Night
Tickets for the USO Army and Navy Ball at Buffalo Lake Saturday night from 9:30 are being printed gratis by Bruce Autry. Admission is $1 with all proceeds going to the USO drive. Jim Golding donated the venue and Phil Phillips with his 10 piece orchestra will entertain. Navy will show sound motion pictures of combat service. Master of ceremonies will be Mason King and Buddy Harris. Tickets available at the Service Men's Civic Center Amarillo Hotel or by calling 8513. Early reservations urged.
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USO Army and Navy
Buffalo Lake
Bruce Autry
Victory Command and Service Men's Civic Center
USO
Command and Center
Jim Golding
Phil Phillips
Internal Revenue Department
Mason King
The
Globe News
Buddy Harris
United States Navy
WRR
Dallas
Navy
Lake Management
Service Men's Civic Center
Amarillo Hotel
Lake
L. K. Patton
Rent Control Action Slated Near Deadline
Federal rent control measures likely by June 1 aimed at clarifying early Johannesburg history. Records stored in Pretoria government buildings cannot be released to historians until Christmas, 1950 under current law.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria
Son of FDR Selected for Marine Major
Captain James Roosevelt, 34, eldest son of the President, is chosen for temporary promotion to major in the Marine Corps. He is on active duty at the San Diego base, part of a list naming 310 captains promoted and noting 11 officers as prisoners of war. Elliott Roosevelt recently became a major in the Army Air Forces.
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Washington
UPR
James Roosevelt
Marine Corps Headquarters
Young Roosevelt
Marine Corps
San Diego
Roosevelt Brothers
Elliott
Army Air Forces
Franklin, Jr
Navy
John
James
Baptists Plan Rehabilitation for Postwar World
SAN ANTONIO May 20 The Baptists of the South pledged to seize the postwar world with renewed fundraising and personnel for rehabilitation. The 87th annual convention urged continued Christian mission amid global turmoil with leaders stressing unity and decisive action to meet wartime and postwar needs.
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San Antonio
Baptists
South
Pennsylvania Parties Vote for Governor in Primary
Unofficial returns show Edward Martin defeats James J. Davis for Republican gubernatorial nomination while F. Clair Ross draws Democratic backing over Ralph H. Smith. In another race, Grant Furlong defeats incumbent Charles I. Paddis for renomination, and Daniel K. Hoch wins over Guy L. Moser for a fall ballot slot.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Pew-Grundy Organization
U.S
James J. Davis
F. Clair Ross
David L. Lawrence
Democratic State Committee
U. S
Joseph Guffey
Ralph H. Smith
Pittsburgh
Luther Hart
Charles I. Paddis
House
Grant Furlong
Washington- Allegheny Counties
Faddis
Guy L. Moser
Reading
Daniel K. Hoch
Plans to Eliminate WPA Public Works Projects
Fort Worth May 20 The Federal Works Agency under Brig. Gen. Fleming orders drastic curtailment of all nonessential public works to conserve materials for war production. Regional engineer George F. Harley notes 382 projects across Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Arkansas and New Mexico may be cut or redirected. A survey will decide which to stop reduce or finish with minimal resources. Washington May 2 A report urges importing farm workers from Mexico to ease wartime labor shortages for agriculture, to be presented to the War Manpower Commission per Senator Wheeler.
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Fort Worth
George F. Harley
Federal Works Agency
Philip B. Fleming
FWA
Harley
Army, Navy Or Maritime Commission
War Production Board
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Washington
Mexico
War Manpower Commission
Wheeler
Montana
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Optometrist
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Tommy
Tommy Bird
Lora Gholston
Zelma Turner
American Beatty
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Coty
Rogers & Gallet
Hudnut
Woodbury
Max Factor
Roger Barbara Gould
Tampax, LL
Pinkham's
Putnam's Dye
Forhan
Sherks
Hinds
Kotex
Joseph G. F. P
Barbara Gould
Doining
Taylor
Ft. Ie
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance CO
Amarillo
H. V. Robertson & CO
Accountants & Auditors
Oliver Estle
Bldg
Fdr
Paul A. Brown
Galveston, Tex
H. H. Hargrove
Waco
Tex
Convention
Social Service Commission
Pes
Pat M. Neff
Baylor University
America
Woodrow Wilson
Commission
Christian Brothers
C. FE. Maddry
Richmond
Foreign Mission Board
Dr. Maddry
Northern Baptists
George W. Truett
Baptist World Alliance
Leave
Pantex
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Proble
Penney's
Mirra
Towncraft
Ballerina
Dad
Reg
U. S. Pat
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