All-American Bombers Hit Rouen Rail Yards
All eighteen Fortresses returned safely after a daylight raid on Rouen France targeting German-held railway yards. The mission involved heavy escort by RAF Canadian and U S fighters with two German planes shot down and one 21 year old gunner Kent L Estes of West Blockton Alabama credited with a kill. General Baker praised the raid as the start of intensified American bombing.
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Wes Gallagher
Britain
Ameran
Armony
Eure
Ouen
France
Ira C. Eaker
Germany
Dunique
Cherbourg
Sergt
Kent Lest
West Blockton
Ala
Elly
M General Baker
Merican
Roun
Paris
Peggy
Johnny Reb
Berlin
Genrai Baker
Carl Spaatz
U. S
EAL
Maj
Paul Tibbet
Miami
Fla
Baker
Richard Stark
Midway
Jesse F. Baker
San Francisco
Baby Doll
George A. Pucilowski
Deroit
James Sammons
Louisa
Will Ray
New London
Ludolph
Rouen
Seine
le Havre
Joan of Arc
Merchant, Union Army veteran, dies at 101 in Glendale
Eaton J. Merchant, who served in the Union army and was rejected in 1861 due to health issues, died yesterday in Glendale at age 101. His family said he remained active until a few months before his death.
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Glendale
Calif
Eaton J. Merchant
Merchant
War notes on supply, morale and global strategy
A column reviews wartime reforms to streamline war production and oil controls, outlines a plan for a centralized construction commission and a supreme Allied war council, and discusses supply bottlenecks in the midwest and eastern regions. It notes morale studies, education plans for postwar governance, and Japanese provisioning in the Malay theater.
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Ickes
Eastman
Henderson
Newhall
Jesse H. Jones
R. F.C
England
Egypt
Middle East
New York Industry Hopes For Lighter Rubber Shortage
New York industrial observers doubt a full rubber crisis, citing private surveys that crude tapping from Ceylon and the Congo could rise and be exported. Washington reports vary, but businessmen see a glimmer of improved supply prospects.
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Albert N. Leman
New York
Washington
Ceylon
de Conso
Colombo
Nero's Olympic Victory Seized by Extortion Claims
At the 66 A D games Nero declared himself winner in music and returned to Rome with 1800 prizes allegedly extorted from the judges, prompting questions about fairness and graft in ancient competition.
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Nero
Rome
Fantasia to Play At Paramount Two Days in August
Walt Disney's Fantasia, after a Broadway run and select road show dates, screens at the Paramount Theatre for two days starting Wednesday August 26. The film blends eight musical scores with animation featuring Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerer's Apprentice and ensembles like The Dance of the Hours and Ave Maria. Philadelphia Orchestra provides the music, recorded on eight soundtracks later unified for the feature.
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New York
Broadway
Walt Disney
Paramount Theatre
Mickey Alouse
Bald Mountain
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Disney
Mickey Mouse
Bacchus
Jacchus
Sign mix up at induction center creates comic exit
In Spokane a trainee, blind in one eye, bursts through a door marked do not enter this door is undressed. The scene ends with a mistaken sign causing a humorous moment in the medical induction area. Nearby the Milky Way and planets are referenced in the Hayden Planetarium material.
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Spokane
Wash
Medical Department
Induction Center
Hayden Planetarium Medicism
New York
Second Hand Low Rule May Be Broken In Bridge Hands
McK Mon bridge column analyzes a hand where defense may play high to defeat declarer. Spades opened, declarer holds up ace, clubs and diamonds lead to East and South, West can force dummy to play an honor, killing heart threats and shaping the game.
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East
South
West
Dummy
Soldiers and sailors offer rides at Tulsa intersections
Soldiers and sailors sit at shaded downtown intersections and thumb rides from benches marked Pick up soldiers and sailors here. Marines are not named on the signs, suggesting an oversight in the arrangement.
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Tulsa
Okta
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