Human Angles Remain in War Reports by Steinhoff and Lochner
War correspondents recount human moments from early campaigns. Alvin J. Steinhoff describes air operations over Smolensk and the vast parade of German forces while Louis P. Lochner notes Greece’s misery under Metaxas line drives home the toll on defeated soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Steinhoff
Smolensk
Russia
Germany
Baltic
Black Sea
Louis P. Lochner
Greece
Metaxas
Mt. Olympus
Larissa
Athens
Albania
Hitler
Cadet Lieut Ralston Serves as Waco Instructor
Lieut James Ralston son of Mr and Mrs W D Ralston 2216 Bee avenue SE is stationed at the Waco Texas army flying school as an instructor. He visited Cedar Rapids with his parents after flying in from Waco and left for Des Moines then returned to Waco. Ralston has been in the army air corps since March 1941 and was previously at Goodfellow Field San Angelo Texas before this transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ralston
W. D. Ralston
Bee*avenue SE
Waco
Texas
Army Flying School
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Lieut
Ralston
Army Air Corps
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Echoes of Hunger and Flight Among Greek Ex-Soldiers
The narrator recalls desperate scenes where exhausted Greeks scrounged for grass and grain after displacement. They describe sleeping in squalid quarters and pleading to hitch rides on German trucks as they search for scraps from field kitchens. The memory of Greece’s tragedy haunts the speaker.
Allies Breathe Easier on Basis Of Latest News
The column notes a temporary halt to Axis pressure near Alexandria as British reinforcements appear to block a renewed push. It analyzes German claims of a breakthrough in Ukraine and Russian counterattacks around Kursk, Kupyansk, Belgorod, and Kharkov, framing the battle as a grinding attrition with uncertain gains and limited Blitzkrieg effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Russia
Alexandria
Hitler
Ukraine
Don River
Kursk
Kupyansk
Kharkov
Kursk-Belgorod
Volchansk-Kupyansk
Belgorod
Volchansk
Timoshenko
Chugnev
Kursk-Kupyansk
Dnieper
Taganrog
Moscow
U S Flyer Survives Two Day Swim and 18 Day Trek
Corporal Louis Murphy of Bridgeport Connecticut, shot down over Lae New Guinea, survived two days in lifebelts, then endured 18 days of walking naked and starving across 80 miles of jungle. All other crew members died in the water. MERGE 80 miles into jungle trek and 18 days wandering. Murphy’s brutal escape, injuries incl. finger wound, sunburn, thirst, and ultimate reach to Allied base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Melbourne
Australia
Louis Murphy
U. S
Bridgeport
Conn
Murphy
Lae
New Guinea
Mae Wests
To Note 40 Years Of Priesthood
The Right Rev. Msgr. August Vojacek of St. Wenceslaus church marks forty years as a priest. Classmate Rev. Ferdinand Cech from La Crosse, Wisconsin attends. Solemn mass at 8 in the morning. sermon by Father Cech. Banquet at 6 p.m. with about 30 priests. Vojacek ordained in Olomouc Bohemia. with the St. Wenceslaus church 22 years. monsignor since 1939.
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Msgr
August Vojacek
St. Wenceslaus Church
Ferdinand Cech
la Cross
Wis
Vojacek
Father Cech
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Olomouc
Bohemia
St. Wenceslaus
Time Element Inferred By Weeks Or Months
The statement notes that the time element is not precise in days but can be computed only in weeks or months. It emphasizes a coarse granularity suitable for planning and scheduling where exact dates are unavailable.
Dodger Pitcher Curt Davis Delays Umpires with Breakneck Pitches
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Curt Davis keeps umpires on their toes as his pitches bend at the last moment, making calls tough behind the plate in a game setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Nba
Curt Davis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Labor Rally Seeks Unstinting War Output From AFL CIO
Detroit AP Lieut. Gen. Brehon Somervell pledged an unlimited flow of guns tanks and planes at a Fourth of July labor rally with CIO chief Philip Murray and AFL head William Green urging workers to bury differences with management The men warned liberty must be paid for in blood toil and devotion and labor vowed to produce without limit The program was aired on Mutual network An unrelated line notes an average of 36000 eggs laid by herring in a single spawning period.
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Detroit
Brehon B. Somervell
War Department
AFL
CIO
Philip Murray
William Green
Union of the
United States of America
Murray Labor
Green
Mutual Network
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minsk
Vitebsk
Stalin
High Command
Associated Press
Wide World
Europe
The
Gazette
Max Harrelson
Amsterdam
Holland
Kirke L. Simpson
Newman
Baxter Motors, Inc
Second Ave
Sareen Ee
Dik
Werw Penney’s
Ene
Pirlo
Bownstains
SAVE
the Big Shoe Store
Buehler's Star Coffe
Buehler Bros
First Street
Penney’s
Bunte
Deseo Ib
Killian Company
Beienary
Third Avenue SE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Coumans
Third Avenue
Msgr, Yojacek
Somervell
Axis
Pete
Glo Sheen
Killian
ULIP
LO Ren
Montgomery Ward & CO
Second Street
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