Allied Air Power Shatters Axis at Guadalcanal and German Bases
Reported battles detail a major Japanese air assault over Guadalcanal repelled by American fighters with 45 Japanese planes and 32 bombers shot down. Simultaneously, U S heavy bombers over Wilhelmshaven Kiel and Bremen claimed numerous German fighters, illustrating growing Allied air superiority shared with the RAF and the Red Air Force as German fronts strain under Allied pressure.
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Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Ashi
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Kiel
Bremen
RAF
Red Air Force
Luftwaffe
United States
Hitler
Russia
China
Stimson
Mediterranean
Britain
Archibald Sinclair
West
West Virginia spring forest fire losses reported
State forester R Bowen told fire control personnel that this spring’s forest fire loss in West Virginia was about one third of last year’s. Suppression costs reached $21,000 for 936 fires burning 63,222 acres, versus last year’s 1,610 fires costing $62,000. Six district foresters and 19 wardens attended a two day meeting to discuss control plans.
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Parkersburg
W. Boom
West Virginia
Bowen
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Kroger’s Embassy
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WAR Labor Board
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