Battle Of Salerno Recalled In Hal Boyle Memoir
A wartime narrative recalls the Salerno landing as a pivotal World War II milestone. American and British forces faced German defenses along the beachhead, with the 16th Panzer Division quickly massing nearby. The author, aboard a British landing ship with Air Force engineers, describes initial bombardment, mine belts, and brutal five day combat before securing a beachhead and establishing fighter airstrip support.
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Salerno
Br’ Jn
Europe
Wea
Air Force
Sicily
Onte Sands
Hollywood Alters Beach For Miss America Contest
Atlantic City coverage describes Hollywood influence shaping Miss America preliminaries. Miss Montana Carol Fraser arrives with her horse Victory Belle after long filming to fit three minute talent, plus four screenings. Indiana contestant Pat Cunningham mimics swimming on stage with film. New York state nurse Wanna Natepa-a, Miss Canada Margaret Lynne Munn win talent prelims with operatic performances.
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Harman W. Nichols
Atlantic City
Hollywood
Boardwalk
Carol Fraser
Billings
Mexico
Carol
Montana
Jhe
Pat Cunning
Ste
Pat
Indiana
Gormbe
Buital
New York
Ian Traviata
Sylvia Capeday
Miss Cold Ao
Remembering the Italian Campaign and the War’s Toll
A fragmented reminiscence recalls the long Italian march and battles from Naples to Cassino and Rome. It evokes rain, mud, and siege hardships, noting hospitals short of bandages, civilians begging for bread, and soldiers enduring attrition, with France’s entry shifting focus to Germany.
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Italy
Naples
Cassino
Almo
Rome
Berches
Normandy
France
Germany
Thaly
Two Bold Robberies Net Over $1,000 In Birmingham
Two bold Birmingham area robberies netted over $1,000 yesterday. A white gunman held up First Brokerage Company in downtown Birmingham, forcing employee Marle Woodard to the rear and taking cash. Hours later a white bandit robbed the Tarrant City drug company, gagging owner A V Williams and slipping with $600 and a wristwatch after a rear-door entry. Police report references a second similar incident earlier in the week, and note the robberies occurred near police facilities. The incidents highlight a surge in armed theft in the Birmingham area with suspects described as white and armed with pistols.
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Birmingham
Tarrant City Drug Company Sa
A. V. Williams
Williams
Marle Woodard
Misa Woodard
Thes
Ty Wee
Gaylight
Pany
Amrotoye
Industrial Toan and Finance Company
Stalism Debate Shifts Meaning In Public Discourse
The column notes a shifting definition of statism and the term fascist as used in postwar criticism. It cites dictionaries and statements by Washington officials and Columbia University leadership, detailing how context clarifies which meaning is intended and warns of semantic collision in political debate.
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Washington
Columbia University
General Eisenhower
Funk and Wagnallshers
New York
New College Standard Dictionary
Republi
Mussolini
Moscow
First Negro Files For Lakeland Office
The first Black candidate to file for Lakeland Florida City Commission in 4 years is T J Walker 38 who posted a 25 dollar qualifying fee. Walker a veteran ACL Railroad employee and former trainman and potter at ACL Luxury Champion earned his schooling at Washington Park Negro High School.
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Lakeland
Fla
T. J. Walker
Jung
Walker
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
ACL
Washington Park Negro High School
Navy Flight Cadets Finish Sub Training
Navy flight cadets complete a sub training program at Key West with the Cutlass, observing submarine operations and indoctrination cruises. The schworkel air intake and exhaust aids submerged engine operation, boosting underwater speed and reducing detection. Douglas to receive honorary degree from Bristol University amid a slate of seven notables. New York led 1936 national paper and paperboard production.
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Pensacola
Fis
Schworkel
Jefferson Davis
Key West
Douglas
Bristol
England
Lewis Douglas la ‘Bout
Bristol University
University
Tallahassee 4.1 price report across several cities
A fragmented listing shows prices and amounts for multiple cities including Tallahassee Tampa Jacksonville Montgomery Tuscaloosa Meridian Shreveport and Dallas with figures like 190 6.30 515 and 410.75 scattered throughout the text. The note reads as a string of monetary values tied to various locations without clear context or events.
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Tallahassee
Tampa
Jacksonville
Montgomery Tuscaloosa
Meridian
Shreveport
Dallas
Alabama picks Thomas to craft Vicksburg memorial statue
Atlanta AP reports Sculptor Stebng Thomas chosen by Alabama to create a 49 foot base Confederate memorial statue in Vicksburg National Military Park. The bronze work, to be cast off-site, will rise with a group of fighting men surrounding a woman and banner, atop a granite base. Estimated completion two and a half to three years after starting this month. Model on display in Montgomery.
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Atlanta
Stebng Thomas
Adopion
Alabama
Vicksburg, Miss. National Millitary Park
Thomas
J Thomas
Busis
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Stone Mountain
Thomad
Museum of Archives
Montgomery
Ala
Soviet farms get radios in nationwide program
A Soviet government drive pushes radio receivers into collective farms as part of a broader modernization effort. The item notes widespread radio installation as a key policy, while a separate line mentions an extreme U.S. heat record in Death Valley, California dated July 0, 1839.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S. Way of
Death Valley
Calif
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Seeeaies Cad Universal Ete Iodi
Ak Soy
Pilot Club
Rainer Studio
Hollywood Alters Beach
MR. Farmer
P&ma
Standard Chemical Company
Troy
Billa Kelley
Ozark
Trelton Wexler
Betty Harden
The
Navy Flight
National Paper and Paperboard
Travel
Army
State
Vicksburg Park
Foster
Continental Casualty Co
Chicago
U.S
Usserv
Insurance Agency
All Forma Insurance
Dial
Troy & Foster
Dolbaw
the Trading Post
Wick
Rale
Lenmo
Boothe
Tordar
One International Motor
Tera
Frank Granberry
Miles Enat
Headland
Headland-Gotumhichiway
Rio
Columbia
Doletics
Uip Raritan
Daley Cock
Uwu
Ain Fowsr
Parker
Saat
Ewle
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Natity
W. HE
Scott
Cm Jombin
Abe
Chinier
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Hlweay
Makh
Ferma
Mao
Claslen J
Fond
Wilsonta
Delian
Grady
A Mi Lowell
Dachan
A.W. Ketehiam
Wen
Stake Dairy
Robert McCor
Hox
Aik
Gilly Mum Road
Bracewell
Altis Chalmers
Peenute
Haary East
William Granger
Plymouth
Hester
WE. Ketcham
Ata
Bethan
Ashford
Geen Frost
Golumbia-Dothandlway
Milo Sheffield
Dobneon
Ale
Walker Fox
Mormer Creek
Granberer
Leisy
Tom Bastar
Hearlland
Rune Ping Malec
Arlimas
Cettenae
Fondile
Greenwood Products Company
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