All American Bombers Hit Rouen and Return Safely
The American bombing raid targeted Rouen in France as twelve Flying Fortresses led by General Ira C. Eaker returned safely to base after evading German anti-air fire. Diversion attacks were made on Dunquerque and Cherbourg, with two escort aircraft lost and two German planes shot down.
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Wes Gallagher
Fation
Britain
Imany
Eurin
Ouen
France
Ira C. Eaker
Germany
Dunarque
Cherbourg
Sergt
Kent Lest
West Blockton
Ameen
Rou
Paris
Johnny Reb
Big Ink
Berlin
Genral 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
Detroit
James Sammons
Louisa
Will
Bombardier Ludolph
Rouen
Seine
le Havre
Joan of Arc
Merchant 101, Union Army veteran, dies after long life
Glendale California report notes Eaton J. Merchant, a Union Army veteran rejected in 1861 due to poor health, has died at 101. Family says he remained active until a few months before his passing.
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Glendale
Calif
Eaton J. Merchant
Merchant
Wagnerian War Councils and Supply Woes Highlight Wartime Dispatch
A sprawling wartime column outlines proposed reorganizations for efficiency including a centralized construction commission and a supreme Allied war council. It reports internal clashes over oil, weapons, and aircraft, plus debates over rationing and supply logistics affecting the Middle West and East.
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Ickes
Eastman
Henderson
Newhall
Jesse H. Jones
R. F.C
England
Egypt
Middle East
Foch
Rubber outlook brightens in New York industry circles
New York industrialists cling to a cautious optimism as private surveys suggest potential gains in crude rubber tapping from Ceylon and the Congo. They note conflicting federal data but see faint sunbeams rather than a final dark outlook.
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Albert N. Leman
New York
Washington
Ceylon
Congo
Colombo
Nero Declares Victory At 66 A.D. Olympic Games
At the 66 A.D. Olympic Games Nero proclaimed himself the winner in music and returned to Rome with 1800 prizes. he had extorted them from the judges.
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A. D. Nero
Rome
Disney Feature Had Long Run On Broadway
Disney's Fantasia, after a Broadway run and road show, comes to the Paramount Theatre for two days beginning Wednesday August 26. The film blends eight soundtracks of works by Bach Stravinsky and others, with Mickey Mouse and hundreds of new characters in a series of stories set to classical music. The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra provides the score as Disney techniques weave image and music into a full length feature.
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Wall Street
United States
Treasury
Rio Grande
United States Insurance Company
Charles Poletti
New York
Broadway
Walt Disney
Paramount Theatre
Mickey Mouse
Bald Mountain
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Disney
Bacchus
Jacchus
Do Not Enter This Door If Undressed Prank
A Spokane induction center recruit, blind in one eye, stumbled into a medical dept doorway and, after a humorous misread, exited and found the sign misread as do not enter this door if undressed. The fragment also mentions astronomical terms and a Hayden Plane with stars, the sun and moon in New York.
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Spokane
Wash
Induction Center
New York
Second Hand Low Rule May Be Broken In Auction Bridge
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE discusses situations where a defender may play high when responding to a trick. In the example, spades are opened, declarer sacrifices, and West choice to play the queen forces dummy to reveal an honor, affecting heart and other suit play. The analysis weighs how such plays can alter the outcome and potential for defeating the contract.
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East
South
West
Dummy
Soldiers and Sailors Sit at Tulsa Intersections
Soldiers and sailors may thumb rides at downtown Tulsa intersections from shaded canopied benches. Signage reads Pick up soldiers and sailors here, with marines oddly unmentioned on the benches.
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Tulsa
Okio
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Middle West
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Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Harold L. Ickes
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Buna
Russia
Emilio Herrera
Madrid
London
Coventry
Whiieh
Tokyo
Hirohito
Singapore
McKenney
BY William E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
E. and
W. Val
North Pass
Lyne Pass
N.T. Pass
Ring of Steel
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
EFIRD
Chinaware Sale
Johnn
Wachovia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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