01 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
1
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a local receipt question and unclear names including possibly a company or group. The text is garbled with stray punctuation and incomplete references making exact entities and actions uncertain.
Memorial prepared by St Yemen Episcopal Church Vestry for Hy. David Thom as Johnson longtime rector who died May 1 in Husus Pla. Led by Rev. F. C. Frutie the service notes Johnson came to aid health and relief efforts for soldiers, blending personal and parish work while residing in Det. Blo.
W E Simpson and Bartlett Cocke of San Antonio were named to provide architect engineer services for the proposed air fortifying school at Del Rio and for the air fortifying school at San Marcos. The announcements came from the War Department and the U S District Engineer in San Antonio. Local school involvement and Corps of Engineers offices were noted with no further details released.
London June 1 General Henry H Arnold head of the United States Air Forces announced after talks with British leaders that he has practically completed conferences on mounting joint air strength against Germany. He said American air forges hope to fly and fight beside the RAF in decisive blows against the enemy a step toward a combined air effort.
Japanese midget submarines apparently slipped from a mother ship off the Australian coast and entered Sydney harbor last night. Gunfire and depth charges were heard as the tiny craft were likely sunk, sparing coastal shipping. The raid marks the first time the war reached southern Australia, thrilling Sydney residents but achieving limited tactical success beyond a ferry sunk during Pearl Harbor.
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