Robot planes eyed as new weapon in WWII era drop
German radio reports American planes used winged gliders against Cologne and Hamburg. A arms expert says radio controlled robot planes could be deployed from a mother ship to deliver explosives or smoke screens, offering new bombing and escort possibilities despite limited visibility guidance.
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Cologne
Hamburg
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Research Corp
Lawrence Burt Sperry
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Louis Bruchiss
Aerosphere, Inc
New York
Bruchiss
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Smal
The
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Army Ordnance Association
U. S. Naval Institute
American Rocket Society
Ration Roundup and Funeral Mixup at Ash Parsons
Ration weekly notes list 1945 stamps and coupons for foods fuels and shoes with validity dates and new rules. A mistaken telegram sparked a false death report at Ash Parsons prompting relatives to travel for a wake that never occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda
Ash Parsons
Austrian refugee leads 2nd Division bazooka ace in France
By Hal Boyle with the Second Infantry Division in France July 8. Pfc. Albert L. Boesch, 36, an Austrian emigrant from Union City New Jersey now serving as a top bazooka shot, teases German troops in their hedgerows with insults in their language. His five brothers reportedly are drafted into the German army. Boesch's latest feat was spotting and killing a sniper at 75 yards. Known as fearless, he longs to return home to New Jersey after defeating Germany and Austria's restoration as an independent state. Also highlighted is “Hedgerow Charlie,” a nightly hedgerow attacker who outsmarts American traps and resumes at dawn.
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France
Albert L. Boesch
America
Austria
Union City
N. J
Ashy
Boesch
Germany
G. I. Joe
New Jersey
Robert Goldman
East 38Th St
Paterson
Goldman
Charlie
Nine Tar Heels Are Listed as War Prisoners
The War Department released the names of North Carolina soldiers held as prisoners of war by Germany. Listed are Pfe. Odis L. Birchfield and others along with their mothers and addresses, including Howe, Durham, Mebane, Waynesville, Mt. Airy, Gastonia, Reidsville, and Greensboro.
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Washington
War Department
North Carolina
Germany
Pfe
Odis L. Birchfield
H. Birchfield
Andrews
William FE. Case
Magnolia B. Case
Rt. 1
Mebane
Roger Hess
Pauline G. Hess
Elizabeth St
Durham
Grady V. Howell, Jr
Grady V. Howell
Rt. 2
Waynesville
Grover L. Leslie
Ethel M. Leslie
Robert S. Masten
Alice Masten
North Main St
Mt. Airy
Osborne
Mary L. Osborne
Highland Ave
Greensboro
James R. Sisk
Pauline Sisk
Chestnut St
Gastonia
James P. South
Rosie South
Reidsville
Formations Range Over Reich For Fifth Time
British and American air forces launch large daylight bombing from Britain as the Reich is hit for the fifth time in a week. RAF Mosquitos strike Homberg in the Ruhr and Smederevo near Belgrade. U S heavy bombers attack Munich Saarbrucken and targets around St Lo.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Britain
Reich
Normandy
Homberg
Ruhr
Smederevo
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Vienna
France
Mediterranean
U. S
Munich
Saarbrucken
Germany
St.Lo
Ani Hnemandy
Teanan
Nantes
Bing
Argentan
Action in Italy Seizes Lajatico Stronghold After Fierce Fighting
Allied forces stormed and captured Lajatico, a German mountain stronghold 20 miles southeast of Leghorn, in brutal combat on the Italian front since Rome fell. Nazi resistance near Ancona intensifies as mines and demolitions hinder the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lajatico
Leghorn
Rome
Adriatic
Ancona
Farmer gives milk and cream to American troops in France
An American invasion front note describes a wealthy French farmer who provides free milk and cream to U.S. 9th Air Force personnel, saying he likes Americans and earned money selling to the Germans. The story mentions Allied nonconscription of native supplies and a historical nod to 1870 balloon use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
U. S
Storm veers away from Carolina coast as warnings ease
A tropical storm near 32N 75W shifts northeastward away from the Carolina Virginia coast. Miami forecast center says small craft from Wilmington to Block Island should stay in port for the next 12 hours while warnings are adjusted along the North Carolina coast and nearby shorelines.
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Wilmington
North Carolina-Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Miami
Fla
Carolina
Carolina- Virginia
Block Island
Canton
North Carolina
Virginia Capes
Slo
Charleston
8. S
New York
Long Island
New Jersey
Orange countians ordered home isolation after polio outbreak
Orlando health officer Dr. W. P. Rice bans travel for residents returning from North Carolina. Confined for three weeks to prevent poliomyelitis spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
North Carolina
W. P. Rice
Training for bigger game at Alexandria Army Field
Cpl Grady Kelly recalls growing up on his father’s farm near an airfield where he hunted. Now 22 he serves as engineer gunner and flies with the aircraft to carry the gun. The article notes Bolivia’s mines are largely at capacity.
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Alexandria Army Field
S Grady Kelly
Kelly
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Beachhead
U. S. Coast Guard
International Soundphoto
Warren H. Bennett
Ty Iain Eee
Aaleo
Bull
Swart
OPA
Carolinas
Georgia
Virginia
Florida
Hal Boyle
Jack D. Whitaker
Beaumont
Tex
G. I
Corp. K. A. Wanamaker
Youngstown
Thunderbolts
Boue
Paris
Marles
Chatieu-Thierry
Ploesti
Lewis H. Brereton
Ninth U. S. Army Air Force
Plainfield
Col
John Philip
Jock) Henebry
Sally
Claternational
Bolivia
Esso Marketers
Standard Oil Company
M. Byers
Standard Oil Company of
West First Street
Charlotte
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