House Delays Action On OPA Price Control Extension
The U S House spent six hours debating price control extension and related amendments delaying a final vote beyond June 30. Proposals cover oil subsidies court sales farm price ceilings and the OPA highest price line with notable votes on Hartley’s line and a 15 day notice amendment.
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Hartley
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Rind
Senate
Hill Joins Bankhead on Cotton Textile Price Control Amendment
Senator Lister Hill joined Senator John H. Bankhead in supporting a price control amendment on readjustment of cotton textile ceilings. The amendment passed the Senate by a 39 to 35 vote.
Bradley summons 82nd and 101st to lead Normandy invasion
Lt General Omar N Bradley orders the 82nd Airborne and the 101st Airborne to spearhead the Allied invasion of Normandy. The 82nd returns to France after World War I service, with two parachute regiments and training across North Africa and Sicily preceding the jump into France.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
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101St
Normandy
France
Geronimo
French Morocco
Fifth Army
Tunisia
Sicily
Gela
Pursuit Across the Ice to a Hidden Island
Colin and Nate track Dove across the Moose Lake region as winter conditions tighten. Dave’s escape plan hinges on a timely air flight, while Rae, Tennant, and the others weigh alliances and patrol duties with Colonel Dowling. The pursuit leads to a clue on a wind swept lake marked by fresh wolf tracks toward an island.
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Nate
Rae
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Dove
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Selkirk
Police Barracks
Rod Selkirk
Dové
Benedict
Dowling
Blair
Tom Gill
King Features Syndicate
Ina
82nd Airborne's Sicily Salerno Feats and Geronimo Cry
The division reformed as infantry and helped capture Trapani on July 23 during Sicily. It marched 150 miles, took 22,000 prisoners, and in Salerno faced heavy German counterattacks. Sgt. Tony Castello of Longmont Colorado, age 26, explains his Apache heritage and the Geronimo cry used during jumps, having made 44 parachute drops and been wounded twice.
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Italy
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Naples
Tony Castello
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Geronimo
Oklahoma
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600 Farmers View Permanent Pastures Near Talucah
About 600 Morgan county farmers and guests attended a fish fry by the County Soil Conservation Association at Talucah on the Tennessee river. The event featured a pasture tour, talks by TVA and state officials, and a catfish meal.
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Morgan County
County Soil Conservation Association
Talucah
Tennessee River
E. P. Thornhill
TVA
W. M. Landers
Knoxville
George Sargent
State War Finance Committee
H. A. Smith
Guntersville- Wheeler
R. M
Reaves
Athens
B. G. Hall
Tennessee
Erien Rowe
Cornell Hearing By Kiwanis Club Guests Speaker
Kiwanis members met at Hotel Lyons with guest B. M. Cornell of Southern Airways who spoke on Post War Development in Aviation. The talk highlighted advances and prospects in air travel following the war.
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Kiwanis Club
Lyons
B. M. Cornell
Southern Airways
Cornell
Tantalum Finds Civilian Uses Amid War Surgery
US medical leaders announce civilian applications for tantalum, the inert surgical metal. It aids stitching nerves and repairing facial, skull, and limb injuries, with platable malleability allowing in-surgery shaping. Brazil supplies most wartime tantalum, recently joined by a Black Hills find. doctors Burch and Carney led initial efforts.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Chicago
American Medical Association
Brazil
Ciently
Black Hills
South Dakota
John C. Burch
John Carney
Aviation history highlighted at club meeting
The speaker traced aviation from its 1903 birth through today with focus on World War II progress. Technical Sgt. Edward Sandlin and John Felix White attended, joined by visiting Kiwanians Dr Hatchett of Huntsville and B. W. Prahl of Jasper, as members enjoyed the well received talk.
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Tion
Edward Sandlin
John Felix White
Dr. Hatchett
Huntsville
B. W. Prahl
Jasper
Moroline Hair Tonic Promises Lustrous, Neat Hair
Advert says Moroline Hair Tonic smooths unruly hair and adds lustre. A big bottle is priced at 25 cents and is sold everywhere.
Censor Chief Defies Solon Over Intercept Files
Washington reports Byron Price, director of censorship, refused to hand over intercepts from international mail to a Senate subcommittee without a subpoena. Senators pressed as Price cited secrecy, while an early State Department official also declined to release copies. The letters involved include correspondence with Vivien Kellenis, a Connecticut war plant operator.
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Byron Price
Senate
Post Office
Price
Ferguson
Rmich
Reed
Rlas
Byron
State Department
Vivien Kellenis
Connecticut
De Gaulle Criticizes Allied Proclamations In Paris
General Charles De Gaulle denounces Allied proclamations as undermining French autonomy. He warns such currency moves risk serious complications and urges an end to disruption while France fights alongside allies. He also says France will pursue peace in full sovereignty and would honor a visit to Washington to discuss shared issues with President Roosevelt.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
France
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
Ménis
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
For each dozen eggs produced a hen will eat feed
A reader note states that producing a dozen eggs requires seven pounds of feed consumed by the hen.
German waitlisted figure linked to metals syndicate
Count Frederick Von Zedlitz, a German residing in Buenos Aires, appears on the State Department blacklist as a representative of Metallgesellschaft, Hermann Goering's metals syndicate.
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Count Frederick von Zedlitz
Buenos Aires
State Department
Metallgesellschaft
Hermann Goering
Metals Syndicate
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