American Reinforcements Arriving in Australia at Remarkable Rate
General Blamey reported large scale troop movements into Australia as Gen MacArthur’s ground forces are now widely distributed across the continent. Curtin commented on Tojo’s boasts, while Allied air losses rose to over 200 Allied and American crews since MacArthur’s six week command. MacArthur’s dispatch notes air combat with 15 Zero fighters and multiple enemy and Allied losses.
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Melbourne
Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Blamey
United States
John Curtin
Hideki Tojo
New Guinea
Port Moresby
MacArthur
Youths Use Flanking Move Around Car Fail to Fool Officer
Off duty Patrolman Carl Burke chased two youths in a late night flanking maneuver around a middle car on Third avenue. James Fagan 18 of 1700 Sixth avenue SE and Gordon Myers of Van Horne were charged with reckless driving. Fagan fined 25 dollars plus costs and surrendered license for 40 days. Myers to appear in court Friday.
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Carl Burke
Burke
Fifth
Tenth Street
Third Avenue
James Fagan
Sixth Avenue
Gordon Myers
van Horne
Fagan
Myers
British Bomb Sicily Second Night in Row
Italian high command said Messina was bombed for the second night in succession on Wednesday. British planes damaged several houses in Messina with no civilian casualties. Bombs were dropped near Catania and Syracuse with no major damage or loss of life. Five raiders were shot down. A Fascist plane torpedoed an armed enemy vessel of 2 000 tons in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Rome
Messina
High Command
Catania
Ami Syracuse
Sicily
Mediterranean
Notice to Defendant in Williams divorce modification
The district court in Linn County Iowa is informed that Clara Williams file an application to modify a January 16 1942 divorce decree to grant custody of minor Laverne Gail Williams. A hearing is set for June 30 1942 at 9 00 am in Cedar Rapids Iowa. failure to appear may lead to orders as the court sees fit. Attorney for Plaintiff is A Pahey.
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Deother
Clara
District Court of Iowa
Linn County Lhce
E. Williams
Lawrence W. Williams
Clara Williams
W. O. Gray
District Court
Linn County
Iowa
Nam
Laverne Gail Williams
Cedar Rapids
Pahey
Fifty-three Men Leave Linn Board No 3 for Induction
Fifty-three selectees left Cedar Rapids by bus for army induction, the largest group yet called by Linn County Board No. 3. The May total reaches 89 with two days of May activity. The list includes Alfred R. Knapp Mt. Vernon and Calvin Pratt Walker among others from Cedar Rapids, Marion, Center Point, Fairfax, Springville, and nearby towns.
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Linn County Board No. 3
Cedar Rapids
Draft Board No. 2
West Side
of the Legion
Cedar Ra
Ene
Alfred R. Knapp
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Calvin A. Pratt
Walker
Norman C. Drews
Central City
Wilfred Arli
Franklin W. Burkhart
First Street
Kenneth K. Holubar
C Avenue
Leo E. Klima
Center Point
David C. Edwards
Thurley G. Mullinex
Shellsburg
LaMoine Driscoll
Coggon
Ronald M. Kalous
Richard C. Mercer
Springville
Jack E. McKeehan
Marion
Donald A. Witousek
Ragweed feeds game as hay fever grows
Scattered mentions list names Hayes Palo Clarence D James Walker Willard Stoneking Mr. Vernon Raymond R Randolph Lisbon. Ragweed, a traditional hay fever cause, provides food for quail and pheasants.
Canadian Official and Puzzle Clues Overview
The excerpt lists crossword style clues with numeric positions and answers, mentioning a Canadian official, music notes, verbs like discontinue and accomplish, arrest phrases, and a set of vertical and horizontal entries including places like New Hampshire and terms such as blood money and embellishment, hinting at a themed puzzle page section.
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New Hampshire
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Ase Nara Emery
Wight
Linn
Yenus Cé
Jane
Meteju
Mateju Tailors
Third Street
Joe F. Mateju
of the UN
Gert Felons Eia
Ian
Dre Ter
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Life Sy As
Sem
Absorbine Jr
Second Street
S. E
Lydia Pinkham
Kentucky CI
Union Leade
Velvet
Edgeworth
Bond Street
Durham Tobacco
DR. Lyon
Lex
Bette 100
Fliorida
San Alto
Prince Albert
Battle Creek
Miles Nervine
William’s
Stringer
Andy Roberson
Woods
Segoe
Fuschia
Phillips
Magnesia
Eastman
Maxwell House Coffee
Sanit
NAPK
May
Amet
Phillip’s
Louis Philippe
Urana
Fletcher Castoria
M. A
Glapp’s Baby Foods
Johnson
DeWitt
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