Cameraman Corte Brings Back War Visuals From Tunisia
Acme News pictures cameraman Charles Corte reports from the Tunisian front behind enemy lines with shellshock episodes and risky closeups. He describes using a short-range lunchbox camera after his long-range unit failed, sharing vivid scenes from Gafsa to Sfax and a mule incident that put him behind enemy lines.
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NEA
New York
Charles Corte
Acme News Pictures
Corte
Robert Dorman
Tunisia
Bob
Gafsa
Kasserine
Faid Pass
Sfax
Tunis
Rommel
Dorman
Carte
Sened
Maknassy
Jerry
Signal Corps
Heidous
Acme
Washington
North Africa
Medijez el Bab
Mike Akerman
Approaching End Of War In Tunisia Seen By Allied Troops
In Tunisia April 29 troops describe German retreat with mines littering fields and unburied dead. Allies press to end the campaign swiftly as heavy command cars replace jeeps for protection amid mined roads and advancing American forces.
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Tunisia
AEF
North Africa
GOUMS AND NAMES OF VEHICLES INSPIRE AMERICAN TROUPS
From Grandma's Attic Trunk to the Mediter ranean the Goums native troops from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and volunteer corps Franc d Afrique form a vivid tapestry. Stories recount witty naming habits of combat engineers ambulances and jeeps with Brook Iyn Bridge Manhattan Bridge and Maxine on trucks.
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Beja
Mediterranean
Atlas Mountains
Morocco
Corps Franc d’ Afrique
Mirabeau
Iyn
Manhattan Bridge
Maxine
Frances
Gertie
Bizerte
Bulgarian Chief's Assassins Hunted
Berlin radio reports Sofia streets deserted as police and army hunt for ring leaders of attacks on Col. Athanas Panteli former police chief slain Monday. Population ordered to stay home and food shopping restricted while international lines blocked.
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Lonon
Axis
Sofia
Col
Athanas Panteli
Berlin
Associated Press
Bulgaria
Balkan
How I Licked Constipation
A reader credits Kellogg's All-Bran with curing constipation. The account cites lack of bulk in the diet and recommends regular bran with breakfast and plenty of water to restore regularity. The testimonial urges others to try Kellogg's All-Bran.
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Kellooe
Black Friday 1869 stock market crash and key figures
Summary of the 1869 Black Friday crash led by Jay Gould and James Fisk, government intervention releasing gold stocks, and a market collapse ruining thousands of investors. Includes list of four star generals named in questions and brief notes on draft classifications L-A-O and IV-E.
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Jay Gould
James Fisk
Bombing Raid Targets Hainan and Haiphong from China Base
Liberator bombers operating with the 14th United States Army Air Force strike Hainan Island in the South China Sea and the Haiphong dock area in French Indochina. The operation, aimed at disrupting sea and air routes from Japan to the South Pacific, marks a major push from bases in China.
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U. S. Army Air Force
China
14Th
United States Army Air Force
Hainan Island
South China Sea
Haiphong
Indo- China
Hainan
Tokyo
United States
Claire W. Chennault
Japan
South Pacific
Gen McNair Returns to Washington The Army Commander
Lieut. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, commanding general of the army ground forces, who was wounded in Tunisia on April 23, returned to Washington today by plane.
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McNair
Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Army
Tunisia
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