Wrong-Way Corrigan Still Testing Planes at Douglas
Douglas Corrigan, famed as a test pilot at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, spends days testing twin engine bombers for combat readiness. Once a headline sensation, he now works quietly, flying tirelessly, earning about six hundred dollars a month and saving for his family. A year ago a dispatcher told him he was in the wrong plane, illustrating his ongoing misadventures despite a steady career and two young sons.
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Memphis
Tenn
Allied forces push southwest of Carsoli in Italy action
Eighth Army troops driving in the Tiber Valley reach high ground near Highway 5 and seize several villages west of Carsoli. Allied naval reports note a port party at Civitavecchia on June 9 to restore battered facilities as mines are cleared from Anzio northward.
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Hungary
Almas-Fuzio
Komarom
Buadoes
Tactical Airceft
Mediterranean
Allied forces push gains as Caen battle looms in Normandy
Allied Buch front expanded along an 80 mile stretch after the Normandy beachhead was declared firmly established. Allied units pressed inland more than 18 miles in places while German reinforcements arrived near Caen and the Orne river sector. Rommel was reported to be shifting tanks as fighting intensifies around Tilly-Sur-Seulles and the Caen area.
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Carentan
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Montebourg
Supreme Headquarters
Orne River
Berlin
Caen
Norma
Ha Gain
France
Erwin Rommel
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Workee at Ship Plant Continues
New Orleans June 13 A work stoppage at the Delta Ship building yards continues as machinists pull from yard records. Delta vice president R B Ackerman says the stoppage followed a superintendent's resignation and will delay ships completion and delivery, risking yard closure if it persists.
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New Orleans
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Delta Shipbuilding Company
R. B. Ackerman
Delta
Soil conservation may boost postwar farm output nationwide
New York INS reports that if the 5,000,000 American farms adopt soil conservation practices, postwar production could match wartime yields. Programs enrolled have shown a 20 percent increase in yields during wartime. The article underscores broader adoption to sustain farm output.
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Praise Soil Culture
New York
INS
America
LATE seeks UN acknowledgment of sole liberation authority
Reports indicate LATE seeks UN recognition as sole governing authority for the country during liberation. Poland is also preparing to take similar steps, according to sources. In other items, a fatal shooting case in North Carolina is reported with conflicting statements from authorities.
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United Nations
Poland
Allied air and sea superiority over Nazi defenses cited
Analysis notes Allied air and sea dominance enabling the western invasion plan. Luftwaffe strength described as insufficient to halt the impending second front, with Rommel’s forces unable to protect troop and supply movements. Estimates of German and Allied aircraft numbers are given, highlighting strategic implications for Cherbourg and western Europe. A light New York wedding item and a jeep packing detail follow the war notes.
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Ninsula
Western Europe
Hitler
Rommel
Luftwaffe
Europe
Cherbourg
Partly cloudy warm spell continues in North Carolina
Weather report notes continued warmth in North Carolina with partly cloudy skies today and tonight into Wednesday. Scattered afternoon thundershowers expected in extreme west and south portions of the state.
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North Carolina
Beck Murder Clues Narrowed by Deputies
Local deputies pressing the Beck murder investigation after Friday night shots at R. L. Beck’s Greensboro highway home. They narrowed clues and ruled out a taxi passenger, while a report ties two soldiers to a whiskey purchase dispute. A concealed trap behind a closet wall was uncovered during the inquiry.
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R. L
Bob) Beck
Beck
Greensboro
Aet
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