Britain's Amazing Rebound after Dunkerque Revealed
Russell C. Landstrom reports from August 4 that after Dunkirk Britain rebuilt its defenses, trained forces, and air power. Despite fear of invasion and scarce equipment, the country held strong with RAF fighter pilots, armored units, and underground resistance plans, while Churchill pledged to fight on.
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France
London
Britain
von Rundstedt
Air Ministry
Germany
Iighter Fields
Great Britain
Middle East
RAF
Japan
Hitler
England
War Office
Admiralty
Parliament
Washington
United States
Churchill
Canada
Pees
Pas de Calais
Our Baby Album
Garland Capel Slack Jr son of Lt G Capel Slack and Mrs Slack of South Main street extension was two on August 1. His father just returned from European theater on 30 day leave and has same birthday. LA Slack will report to ORD Greensboro for reassignment. Addrine Yates daughter of seaman first class and Mrs James A Yates celebrated her third birthday at 411 Mangum avenue July 31. Her father serves in the armed forces in the Philippines. Tracy Lynn Wilson will be three on August 7 son of Mr and Mrs Charles N Wilson of 1108 Bridges street.
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Garland Capel Slack, Jr
G. Capel Slack
Slack
South Main Street
Ord
Greensboro
Addrine Yates
James A. Yates
Mangum Avenue
Philippines
Tracy Lynn Wilson
Charles N. Wilson
Bridges Street
Sharon Faye Morris
Clifton B. Morris
Rosewood Avenue
Cpl. Morris
Minnie Faye Robertson
Peru Opens Press Bureau to freedom of information
Lima reports that the Peruvian government granted correspondents access to official information and ordered the press bureau to stop editorializing. The bureau will provide objective news syntheses and still serve as the official news source, with photo coverage allowed on a freer basis.
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Lima
Press Bureau
Govern
Bilbo Calls Impeachment Request A Compliment
Bilbo of Mississippi called a New York CIO union impeachment request a compliment. He denounced the New York group as condemning good white Americans. An open letter from Brooklyn based American Veterans committee urged Mississippi to repudiate Bilbo for his alleged remarks.
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Poplarville
Miss
Bilbo
New York City
Mississippi
Harry Heller
American Veterans Committee, Inc
Brooklyn
N. Y
Death Rate Falls Despite Battlefields
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports six months in 1945 show war deaths four times higher than 1944 while nonwar deaths drop 5.4 percent. White male war deaths rise 25 percent. ages 20 to 24 see a 145 percent jump. Tuberculosis and heart disease fall. influenza and pneumonia decline. diabetes and other measures improve. Emperor Hirohito death or abdication would trigger succession by 11-year-old Prince Akhito Tsugu No Miya.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Hirohito
Japan
Akhito Tsugu No Miya
Potsdam declaration raises German work and industry fears
The Potsdam declaration signals complete demilitarization and controls on German industry, raising German concern over forced labor and the potential breakup or relocation of key plants. It notes that war plants, including aluminum and automobile facilities, may be stripped or heavily restricted to prevent renewed war production.
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Washington
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Attlee
United Nations
Germany
France
Russia
Balkans
Potsdam
Drowning Delays Tinker King Title Fight in Galway
In Galway Erie on August 4 18 year old Martin Collins a member of the traveling tinkers drowned while bathing the sea. His death postponed the finish fight between Martin Ward who claims direct descent from Bard MacAnchar d and Patrick Dodd of Tuam for the title King of the Irish Tinkers and the right to choose a bride for the tribes. The wake interrupted the coronation as mourners prepared for funeral rites. the tinkers plan to reconvene in Ballinasloe Galway county the first week in October for the showdown.
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Galway
Erie
Martin Collins
Martin Ward
Bard MacAnchard
Patrick Dodd
Tuam
Trish Tinkers
Collins
Ballinasloe
Galway County
Ward
Dodd
Wart Yet Injured In Rescuing Children
Staff Sgt. Theodore Dellone 27 injured rescuing four children from a burning two story block in Bolivar New York He climbed an awning frame to drop the children to firefighters and save two women but fell suffering a severe head injury during the escape while on furlough from European service
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Bolivar
N. Y
Theodore Dellone
Dellone
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Lou
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Government of
Peru
Pacific
Youngstown
Ohio
North State Telephone CO
Women OF America
Women’s Army Corps
U. S. Army Recruiting Station
Depositor’s National Bank Building
Parham, North Carolina
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Hyman’s Jewelry Store
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