Night photo reconnaissance aids invasion effort
Night aerial reconnaissance supports Allied strategy in France using 8,000 watt lamps and large flash bombs to illuminate targets. Lt. Edward Lentscher led the first night mission on June 5 from Britain, capturing German defenses as the invasion began. Lt. Col. Gillespie, Lt. McClendon, and Lt. Williams are among the crew cited for their roles in this night operations push.
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Franklin Banker
U. S
France
Ninth Air Force
Army
Edward Lentscher
Milwaukee
Britain
French
Harold Edgerton
Massachus Institute of Technology
Italy
Edgerton
Col
Gillespie
Savannah
Orlando
Fla
Sarrbrucken
William McClendon
Franklin
John E. Williams
Danville
Cooper, June Horne Wed in Wilshire Church Honeymoon
Jackie Cooper 22 and actress June Horne 24 wed at Wilshire Methodist Church with Rev. Willsie Martin officiating. The couple begins a honeymoon with no location disclosed. Cooper will soon report to the Great Lakes naval training station as an apprentice seaman.
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Cooper
Los Angeles
Jackie Cooper
June Horne
Wilshire Methodist Church
Willsie Martin
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Boswell Wounded in Action in Germany
War Department informs the wife of Capt Charley Boswell former Alabama halfback of 1937 1938 that he has been seriously wounded in Germany Boswell entered the Army before Pearl Harbor and rose to captain during World War II.
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Grid Star
Birmingham
War Department
Charley Boswell
University of Alabama
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Boswell
Wolf in Manners Cloak In The Inn Chapter
Peter and I enter an inn after an inquest and discuss Conrad's will, motives, and money. Maud Chivery arrives quietly, sparking tension as the bartender confirms drinks and prepares brandies.
Maud Chivery Hints at Riches From Jewels Plan
Maud Chivery tells Peter she expects money from Conrad via jewels to be moved “Spanish” truckloads. In a Baliford bar scene, a nickel gag from a slot machine leads to quiet talk of a church jewels heist and future wealth as they part at the Brent place corner.
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Peter
Huber
John
Baliford
Chivery
Nugent
Brent
Drue
Soper
Alexia
Conrad
Craig
Maud
Nicky Senour
Maud Chivery
Claud
Brent Place
Army signpainter Liberto Vilarino tops Normandy sign tally
In Germany on December 4, Liberto Vilarino a Los Angeles signpainter who served as an Army artillery signmaker painted 17 000 signs in Normandy and 3 700 in one day. His best selling sign features a shapely female figure captioned Slow Curves. Fellow troops joke about helmet art while a Bronx Doughboy sleeps with his helmet. Nazi SS troops retain elite status even in death as medics recover only SS bodies after a battle.
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Germany
Liberto Vilarino
Putney Road
Los Angeles
Calif
France
Slapout
Vilarino
Normandy
Sergeant Henry Johnson Counterattacked During Battle
It was during a heavy enemy counterattack that Sgt. Henry Johnson of 816 Park Street showed notable actions in the engagement.
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Henry Johnson
Park St
Soldier Johnson Repels German General in Ashboro
In Ashboro North Carolina a German officer challenged an American soldier. Johnson of the 2nd Infantry Division answered with accurate machinegun fire ending the confrontation.
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Ashboro
N. C
Johnson
Soldier Sligar Smells Out Hidden Germans
With the Second Infantry Division in the Seigfried Line, Pfc. James Sligar of Far ragut Iowa used keen senses to spot two Germans amid cigar smoke. He advanced, forced surrender of two machine gunners who had been overlooked by his squad, potentially saving his unit from annihilation.
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Seigfried Line
Pfc
James Sligar
Farragut
Iowa
Sligar
Nazi Supermen Propaganda Battles with American Soldiers
A Vivian Louisiana platoon leader and a Michigan sergeant share wartime misperceptions and humor amid frontline duties. A German officer in olive drab misidentified as a POW jokes about uniforms. A German soldier surrenders after stealing an overcoat. Pvt. Fred G. Torres’s hatred of buzzbombs links to his violet face.
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William T. Maxwell
Vivian
Maxwell
Germany
Edward F. Perry
Munsing
Mich
Bub
Perry
Pvt
Fred G. Torres
Violet Face
Hitler
Tankman
World Peace Group Urged for International Security
Chicago reports Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urges a world peace organization backed by force if needed. He argues the US must take leading role in global relations and that a pact among peace loving nations could ensure lasting peace without force if all nations renounce selfish aims and puppet governments.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
O’neal
Federation
World Security Organization
Lieutenant Green Survives Bomb Blast And Grenade Mix Up
In an underground shelter a flying bomb hit nearby and ink spilled over Lt. Robert M. Green’s face. He later guided a frightened private with a grenade, the pin pulled, to toss it away as two blasts followed the exchange a verbal second echoing longer than the physical explosion.
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Torrés
Green
Poom and Boarn Adopt Policy To Rebuild Nations
Gene Ahern notes plan to allow defeated nations to restore their economies. Nations would mend policies to join the fraternity of free countries as honored members.
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Fraternity of Free Nations
Spies Executed in Rome By Allied Courts
Eight Italian spies aged 20 to 27 were executed after conviction by Allied military courts. The statement outlined German spy schools in occupied Italy and their tactics including rewards threats and propaganda to recruit operatives.
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Rome
Italy
Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference planned
London officials said arrangements are under way for a new meeting among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. No plans were announced for a trilateral foreign ministers conference.
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London
Foreign Office
The Road to Berlin Paths Distances Briefed
The report lists distances on multiple fronts. Western front measures 301 miles from near Duren, Eastern front 304 miles north of Warsaw, Hungarian front 420 miles from near Budapest, and Italian front 551 miles north of Ravenna.
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Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Budapest
Ravenna
Youth Rally Planned In Village By Salvation Army Leaders
A Salvation Army youth rally is planned in the village on Wednesday at Captain Harlan Cleveland presiding. The Dixie division youth secretary, based in Atlanta, will speak to city youth from Salvation organizations. Special music and singing are planned with delegations from the South Decatur church and the Boys' Club attending. Public invitation issued.
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Salvation Army
Harlan Cleveland
Dixie Division
Atlanta
the Salvation
Captain Cleveland
South Decatur
Boys’ Club
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