Mexican towns engulfed by lava from new volcano front
Molten lava advancing 25 miles from Mexico's new volcano has engulfed Paricutin and Sen, threatening three more towns. Lava moving 200 yards daily toward Zacan, Francisco Pariban, and Zirosto prompts evacuations as highways fill with Tarascan caravans and residents flee. Continuous explosions send waves of molten rock, while church towers remain the only visible remnants of Paricutin.
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Mexico City
Ico
Paricutin
Sen
Zacan
Francisco Pariban
Zirosto
San Juan
Vellers
Church of Our Lord of Miracles
Abanon
Ration Roundup: Weekly CFA Price and Rationing News
The weekly roundup lists ration details for July 10 including food, sugar, shoes, and gasoline stamps. It notes 10 point values for processed foods and meats, five pound sugar allowances, and new license number notation on gasoline coupons. Periods 4 and 5 extend to September 30 with nest year coupons valid.
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Carolinas
Georgia
Virginia
Florida
Two Men Die In Highway Tanker Truck Crash
In Ogden Utah on July 19 a collision between a gasoline tanker and a gravel truck killed two men instantly. A nearby gunsmith P Gray Nelson lost his home in the explosion as fire and ammunition detonations followed. Mrs Elizabeth Hoggan narrowly avoided harm with her three month old baby in the doorway. The victims were named Claude Wood and Donald B Johnson. Nelsons house was destroyed. The remainder notes migratory birds favor night travel to and from the Canadian north.
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Ogden
Utah
P. Gray Nelson
Elizabeth Hoggan
Claude Wood
Donald B. Johnson
Nelson
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Claims
An old health ad promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick way to increase digestive bile flow and relieve indigestion. It asserts nature produces about two pints of bile daily and promises improvement within 30 minutes, urging purchase at drugstores for 10 cents.
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Nature
Carter
Casual Comment by W. A. Bivins Reflection on war losses and poets
The column honors war casualties, citing Joyce Kilmer and Rupert Brooke, noting their deaths and literary impact. It mentions Leigh, Walter Leigh, a composer praised by London Calling and BBC tributes, killed in action with the Royal Armoured Corps in Libya in July 1942.
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Walter Leigh
London Calling
British Broadcasting Company
Leigh
Libya
Royal Armoured Corps
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Stanford Robinson
Port Chicago Depot Rebuilds After Worst Wartime Explosion
Reconstruction of the Navy Port Chicago ammunition depot began as the death toll neared 350. Navy and FBI investigated but with few survivors to provide evidence. The two ships Quinault Victory and E A Bryan suffered spectacular blasts injuring many and destroying barracks in Port Chicago California.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N. H. Goss
Maritime Commission
Coast
Quinault Victory
E. A. Bryan
Tarawa Island
Marshalls
Leigh remembered versatile composer and writer of comic opera
The obituary highlights Leigh as a prolific composer across stage cinema ballet songs chamber music and orchestra. It notes his comic opera Jolly Roger at the Savoy before the war and his BBC commission for Agincourt Concert Overture for King George Fifth's Jubilee as a landmark work.
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Leigh
Savoy Theatre
Libya
BBC
Agincourt
George the Fifth
Fear Navy Fliers Lost In Sea Training Flight
The navy reports two fliers missing since July 15 during a training flight are presumed lost. One identified as Lt. Thomas Baylis Earle, 26, with Greenville South Carolina listed as his home. they were last seen diving through a cloudbank over the sea near Half Bay at about 2 000 feet. The note about lawn clippings and the University of Finland appears as nonessential text.
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San Francisco
Navy
Thomas Baylis Earle
Witton. H. Earle
Greenville
S. C
Half Bay
Heavy burdens widen North Carolina library demand
Raleigh July 19 The North Carolina Library Commission faces mounting demand for more and better books amid wartime strains. Miss Marjorie Beal reports a shift toward international law philosophy and family life topics while bookmobiles reach 41 units in 46 counties. The state leads in coverage and in county participation in the library aid program, with funds to be tallied after June 30.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
North Carolina Library Commission
Moore
Library Commission Activites Oere
Library Commission
State Department
Marjorie Beal
Saipan
Normandy
Gore
Bealsa
Protesser
North Carolina
Camden
Hyde
Miss Beal
Marine Saved By His Ability To Think
PORT CHICAGO CAL 1 July 19 Corporal F D Lewis of Enid Oklahoma credited training with saving his life after a flash lit up the depot front gate He dropped to the floor instinctively as a danger approached and suffered severe body cuts in the incident He said there was little time to think but habit from training guided his response.
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Port Chicago
Cal
F. D. Lewis
Enid
Okla
Lewis
A Small World in East Canaan Sees Siblings Reunited
Reports from East Canaan tell of Pvt Ralph Black visiting a Red Cross hut in Italy to check the sign-in sheet and discovering his brother, Chief Petty Officer Leslie Black, already there. The pair met as another signer held the line.
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East Canaan
Conn
INS
Ralph Black
Red Cross
Leslie Black
Black
State Aid For Libraries Faces Change In County Shares
The article notes $88,000 and a likely increase this year as counties receive minimum allocations. Each participating county had at least $1,484 last year, but with new counties and no extra funds the minimum would drop to about $1,360. It highlights intent from the 1945 assembly for more state aid, with state funds used for books and local funds for operations, and cites Moore and Person counties gaining library support improvements.
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General Assembly
State Commission
Moore County
Person County
Seven students pledged to fraternities at University
CHAPEL HILL July 19 Seven students have been pledged to fraternities at the University bringing the summer total to more than The seven new members are Wayman Delahay Oxford Md Beta Theta Pi William C Smith Wilson Guy Benton Johnson Jr Chapel Hill and William deRossett Ross Wilmington Phi Gamma Delta Homer Holton ne Point Phi Kappa and Arthur Aaronson Jr Raleigh and Lee Silverstein Charleston W Va Zeta Beta Tau
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Chapel Hill
Wayman Delahay
Oxford
Beta Theta Pi
William C. Smith
Wilson
Guy Benton Johnson, Jr
William deRossett Ross
Wilmington
Phi Gam
Ma Delta
Homer Holton
Ne Point
Phi Kappa
Arthur Aaronson
Raleigh
Lee Silverstein
Charleston
W. Va
Zeta Beta Tau
Scranton boasts five generals and a rear admiral
City of Scranton lists five generals and a rear admiral among notable names. A sixth general resided in the city area. The piece notes Henry VIII halted pilgrimages to Canterbury in 1538.
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City OF Genera
Scranton
INS
Nanie Sons
Citya Bay
Canterbury
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Brooke
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Scyros
England
Stins
Fear Navy
University of Finland
Marine
Chambray
Seersucker
Bemberg
Paillee
High Point Boy
Millinery
Bloor
Harllee
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