Japanese Ace Bong Says Training Brought Real Shooting Skill
Major Richard J. Bong, America’s top ace with 40 planes down, credits the Air Training Command fixed gunnery course at Matagorda Peninsula Texas with teaching him to shoot. He notes he truly learned after completing the refresher RAF instructors school in 1944 and reflects on his wartime exploits.
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Ariz
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Newen
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Sca Ae Me
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Truman Seeks Senate Pact Backing for Big Three Meeting
President Truman aims to secure Senate approval of the San Francisco peace charter before a early Big Three gathering. Senator George notes timely ratification as key but warns optimism is limited. Truman cites a definite date with Churchill and Stalin, while the White House delays on venue details.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
White House
Copenhagen
Two Old Hens Fail To Find Roosting Place
Kansas City June 14 Two sisters sought help after a failed classified ad. A local girl suggested a punchy rewrite about two old hens needing unfurnished roosting space. Next Sunday’s ad promises new wording Employed ladies A-1 reference. Lions elect deputy governor candidates Bean and Glover compete. Jonesboro school changes Veasey leaves to become county superintendent July 1.
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LIONS
Kinston
Gaither Bean
Louisburg
Jimmie Glover
Nashville
Jessé A. Jones
Lions District
Jones
Jonesboro
W. F. Veasey
Washington County
Certified Frankfurt era served with savory sauce
Crispy corn sticks and baked potatoes accompany a certified Frankfurt dish in a savory sauce. Corn sticks bake hot at 425 F for 15 to 20 minutes, up to 40 if baked in pairs. Potatoes bake to suit any oven temperature, skin softer if rubbed with fat, then served with wilted lettuce and carrot sticks. End with strawberry shortcake for a double guarantee.
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Surtimer
Save Waste Paper urges salvage for lifeboat and plasma needs
A plea to collect waste paper of all types to supply emergency lifeboat stock and blood plasma containers. The notice urges residents to save newspapers, old books, magazines, wrapping paper and boxes and contact the local salvage committee.
Ration books not collateral in Utah debt cases
OPA official Merrill C. Faux states creditors must not seize ration books as collateral for debts. A Utah harness dealer was reported to be holding a customer's ration books until payment for a harness buckle was made.
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Salt Lake City
OPA
Merrill C. Faux
Utah
Four-Point Plan Aims to Avoid War with Russia
Greensboro reports Dr. William G. Carleton of the University of Florida proposed a four point policy to avert war with Russia. The plan includes avoiding an economic slump, letting bordering countries act freely, a hands off stance by Allies and Russia in major nations, and serving as mediator between British and Russian imperial interests.
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Russia
William G. Carleton
University of Florida
Carolina of International Relations
Woman's College
Carleton
Soviet Union
China
Spain
Italy
France
Germany
Japanese POWs stage Stockade Follies in Okinawa enclosure
Japanese prisoners of war in Okinawa staged their first Stockade Follies tonight inside the barbed wire enclosure. The impromptu show featured a banjo trio, a geisha dance, a Blue Heaven croon, and a four-voice quartet, with audience applause modest as soldiers grew weary of war.
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International News Service
Okinawa
George McMillan
Britannica contributor envisions vegetarian diet for rising world population
A study by Alonzo Englebert Taylor claims global meat supply will fall short as population grows to five billion. He argues future diets will lean heavily vegetarian to sustain food supply.
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