Be Witness To Battle Of Midway Gives Lota 2 Account Of Bitter Action
Ensign George Gay, 25, of Texas, shot down but alive, describes seeing three Jap carriers and the Kaga class ships in the Midway battle from the sea. He escaped in a life raft and was rescued hours after sunrise by a Navy patrol plane. His vivid report details intense anti aircraft fire, carrier explosions, and Japanese ships aflame as American forces struck back.
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Decatur Daily
Midway
Lota
Harbor
Hawaii
Midway Island
Ensign George? Gay
Ad Chester W. Nimitz
Comrine
Pacific
Navy
Gay
Ar- Gay
United States
Strickerr
Texas
Texas A. & M
Interim tire possibility eyed to avert nationwide shortage
Detroit June 9 an emergency or interim tire concept is being studied to keep most U S cars running until government rubber substitutes prove viable. A committee from the war engineering board reports the solution is not near and broad sources of relief are being explored by tire and automotive firms.
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Detroit
America
War Engineering Board
250 Luscious Refrigerator Desserts Featured in New Cookbooklet
The Decatur Daily promotes the 16th of 20 Cook booklets highlighting 250 Luscious Refrigerator Desserts. Recipes include Peach Marshmallow Refrigerator Cake and Chantilly Sponge with fruit, cookies, and whipped cream. The series offers ready desserts for holidays and gatherings.
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Decatur Daily
Grocers Push National Price Policy to Shield Stores
Chicago June 9 The National Retail Grocers Association calls for a mandatory national price policy with ceilings and strong controls on costs including wages and farm commodities. It warns that without relief tens of thousands of grocers may go bankrupt within six months as replacement costs rise and taxes increase. The group cites farm and labor costs as about 85 percent of food costs and argues current controls are ineffective and prices are rising.
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Chicago
National Retail Grocers Association
Scout Troop 11 Holds June 8 1942 Meeting at Central Baptist
Boy Scouts of Troop 11 met Monday night at Central Baptist Church at 7 30 under Senior Patrol Leader Judson Hawthorne. Patrols reviewed duties prepared for the annual Council Camporee with games and patrol corners.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 11
Central Baptist Church
Judson Hawthorne
Flip Timberlake
Pat Patterson
Fred Voehringer
John D Sherrill
W. J. Brown
Timberlake
Camp Westmoreland
Washington AP chief Brian Bell dies at 52
Brian Bell, chief of the Washington bureau of The Associated Press, died at his Arlington Virginia home on June 8 at age 52. He began in Gaffney South Carolina, worked 15 years at The State in Columbia, and joined AP in 1924. He served in AP bureaus in Atlanta New Orleans New York Los Angeles and San Francisco before his Washington assignment.
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Brian Bell
Washington
Associated Press
Arlington
Bell
Gaffney
S.C
Columbia
D. C
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Strategic shifts in the Pacific and potential new offensives
The analysis argues Japan relies on its navy to defend conquests in the Western Pacific after losses postwar. It asserts Midway was to secure a strong point hampering Allied operations and cut Australian supply lines. It predicts possible Japanese raids on the US West Coast and near Russia, while noting both Japan and Russia have limited appetite for full war.
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Japan
Western Pacific
Indonesia
Midway
Hitler
Russia
Australia
India
Siberia
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Amur
Manchukuo
Rationing Extended Aims at Coffee Clothing and Coal
Washington reports official forecast from War Production Board deputy director Joseph L. Wei ner showing likely rationing of coffee tea and cocoa with banana shortages and limited fish due to submarine danger. Clothing rationing unlikely this year but wool may be restricted and more cotton worn. Shoes may be scarce while shoe stock remains high. Travel will be curtailed by power and oil shortages and housing in war areas faces tight controls.
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Washington
America
Joseph L. Weiner
War Production Board Division of Supply
WPB
Canada Releases 72 Million Whitefish Fry Into Lake Erie
The Department of Commerce reports Canada released 72 million whitefish fry into waters at the eastern end of Lake Erie. This transboundary stocking aims to boost fisheries and local livelihoods in the shared lake ecosystem.
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Canada
Lake Erie
Department of Commerce
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