American Reinforcements Arriving in Australia at Remarkable Rate
Gen Sir Thomas Blamey said United States reinforcements were arriving at a remarkable rate and boosting Allied ground forces in Australia. He noted big scale troop movements were complete, MacArthur’s units well distributed, and material production aiding efforts. Curtin vowed Australia would finish Tojo’s games in cricket and war, while Allied air losses and raids were tallied across New Guinea and surrounding waters.
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Melbourne
Sir Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
United States
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Blamey
John Curtin
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Great Britain
MacArthur
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Youths Flank Vehicle Then Face Reckless Driving Charge
Patrolman Carl Burke, off duty, chased two youths after a late night flanking maneuver around a car on Third Avenue SW. James Fagan, 18, drove the middle car and was fined 25 dollars plus costs and had license suspended 40 days. Gordon Myers of Van Horne faces court on 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 a second night with British planes damaging several houses but causing no civilian deaths. Bombs also fell near Catania and Syracuse with no loss of life or major damage. five raiders shot down. A Fascist plane claimed to torpedo an armed 2,000 ton enemy vessel in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Rome
Messina
High Command
Catania
Syracuse
Sicily
Mediterranean
Notice to William Williams for modification of divorce decree
In Linn County Iowa a plaintiff moves to modify a January 16 1842 divorce decree to grant custody of minor Laverne G Williams. The hearing is set June 30 1942 at 9 00 a.m. in Cedar Rapids Court House. failure to appear may lead to orders as the court sees fit. Attorneys Yessler Liddle and Fpahey represent the plaintiff.
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Clara Williams
District Court of
Iowa
Linn_ County
Alice E. Wiliams
Lawrence W. Williams
W. O. Gray
District Court
Linn County
Towa
Laverne Gatt Williams
Cedar Rapids
Yessler, Liddle
Fpahey
Canadian Official Horizon Puzzle Context
The text presents a clipped crossword style list with numbered clues, hints, and partial solutions. It includes references to Canadian officials, geographic abbreviations, chemical symbols, and various generic crossword entries. The fragment resembles a puzzle page with vertical and across clues intermingled.
53 Men From Linn Board No 3 Leave for Army Induction
Fifty-three men, the largest group yet selected by Linn county board No. 3, departed Cedar Rapids by bus for induction. The May total called by the board reached 89 as sixty-two left from board No. 2 the day before. Post commander Dick Jones plans to distribute cigarets to the Thursday group through the Keep 'em Smoking Campaign. The list of 53 include Alfred R. Knapp, Calvin A. Pratt, Norman C. Andrews and others from Mt Vernon, Cedar Rapids, Center Point, Marion, Walker, and neighboring towns.
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Linn County Board No. 3
Cedar Rapids
Draft Board No. 2
West Side
Board No. 3
Hanford
American Legion
Dick Jones
Legion
Jones
Alfred R. Knapp
RFD
Mt Vernon
Calvin A. Pratt
Walker
Norman C. Andrews
Central City
Wilfred A. Kehrli
Coggon
Herman B. Haars
Center Point
George J. Kost
Marion
Charles J. Sellers
Mt. Vernon
Ellsworth Eye
Palo
Clair Oliphant
Raymond J. Culver
Armond E. Downey
Acie R. Grisham
Mechanicsville
Joseph P. Tichy
Ely
Gudmund Olsen
Fairfax
Raymond E. Hoglund
Seventeenth Street
Eugene W. Wood
RFD 2
Franklin W. Burkhart
First Street
Kenneth K. Holubar
C Avenue
Leo E. Klima
David C. Edwards
Thurley G. Mullinex
Shellsburg
LaMoine Driscoll
Ronald M. Kalous
Richard C. Mercer
Springville
Jack E. McKeehan
Donald A. Witousek
Rf.d. 2
Raymond D. Morack
Lester L. Lopata
Louis V. Cerveny
Robert M. Hanna
Elmer E
Local youths and names amid a hay fever note
Willie Willis quotes Jane on acting proper as she claims to be ages apart. The text lists Hayes Palo Clarence D. James Springville and six transfers to other boards including George Mackey Anthony Blankers Donald Kincade Ely Paul Solon Walker Willard Stoncking Mr Vernon and Raymond Randolp Lisbon. Ragweed is noted as a traditional hay fever cause providing food for quail and pheasants.
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Lone Sea
South Ca
Ana
New Hampshire
Royal Society of Literature
Sardinia
Linn Board No
Willie Willis
Jane
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Absorbine Jr
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lydia Pinkham
Bull Durham
Kentucky CI
Edgeworth
Bond Street
Florida
Prince Albert
Tobacco
Battle Creek
Miles Mervin
Phillips
Maxwell House Coffee
Sanit
Hind
Stringer
Andy R
Clubs
WOODS
Revelation
William’s
Johnni Johnson
Valle Te
Fuschia
Wardwood
Seastman
Kodak
Alway
Phillip’s
Louis Philippe
Fletcher Castoria
M.A
Hygeia
Glapp’s Baby Foods
Johnson
Tal
Welch
DeWitt
Mateju Tailors
Third Street SE
Joe F. Mateju
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