Air Force Vets Fight Dangerous Skies Over India
DeWitt MacKenzie details the Tenth Air Force in northern India facing extreme conditions from ice and narrow gorges while maintaining the China lifeline route through India. The unit cooperates with British forces to soften Burma and prep a future large air war against Japan as Rangoon Bangkok and Andamans are bombed to disrupt Japanese communications and supply lines.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Delhi
India
Yankee Air
Lord Love ‘Em
Arctic
Tropics
Tenth
Tenth Air Force
Clay‘ton ‘L
Bissell
China
Burma
America
Rangoon
Andalay
Bangkok
Japan
Pacific
Government to Continue From Page One Outline
Representative Gathings proposes a war council plan and outlines for a new Congress aimed at eliminating unnecessary wartime agencies. The plan centers on streamlining federal efforts to ensure victory, with emphasis on reducing duplication and focusing on essential war work.
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Congress
Louis Livestock Market Report at National Stockyards
Hogs 10,000 head with mixed demand across weights, 160 lb and lighter up to 15 higher, sows steady. cattle 2,000 with steers steady to firm, cows and bulls steady to lower. calves 400. light stockers and feeders 9.00-13.75. sheep 1,500 with no early action. Also reports on New York stocks, poultry and grain futures for year end trading, with volume around 1,000,000 shares and mixed commodity moves.
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T Louis
Ught
New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Allied Chemical
Philip Morris
Union Pacific
Roosevelt plan calls for new congress and tax reform
The president’s salary cap at 25,000 appears with calls to abolish the Farm Security Administration and National Youth Administration. He urges creation of aviation committees with major status, a pay as you go income tax, a 48 hour work week before overtime, a tough anti strike law, and price supports for farmers. A West Memphis congressman seeks war funds with cuts to non military spending as an investigative panel is expected to aid the new session.
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Roosevelt
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Congress
West Memphis
Ark
Tathings
Committee of Congress
Murphy on List Continued From Page One
The piece recounts Murphy predicting national unity among French factions and France’s path to victory through support from America. It notes his April 29 Vichy arrival claiming only alliance with the United States offered an exit from France’s dire situation and references Giraud’s escape from German capture in both wars.
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General de Gaulle
Germany
France
North
Africa
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Mnin
America
Giraud
Dog Gets Deferred in Colorado Springs Court
In Magistrate Robert LaGrange's court a man with a large dog faced a nuisance charge for chasing a neighbor's cat. The defendant said the dog belongs to his son and will be left behind as the boy heads to the Army, asking for a deferment to keep them together.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert LaGrange
Cops Lose Handcuffs With Prisoner in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach police briefly cuffed a disorderly suspect before placing him in a cruiser. While investigators argued on the street, the prisoner bolted and later returned to ask the cuffs be removed after having filed them down. The $15 cuffs were included in his $35 fine.
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Daytona Beach
Fla.4
Prizoner
Jin
French Pastries Bow To War in New Orleans
Washington reports gourmets in New Orleans discover that French rolls poppy seed rolls pistotets frogs and similar breads are scarce due to war. Over 100 bakers join armed services per the Office of War Information, with war industries absorbing bakers. Fancy breads largely replaced by long French bread and poor boy buns.
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Washington
New Orleans
Armed Services
Office of War Information
British Mufflers Made Into Caps For AEF
American troops in England repurpose British woolen mufflers into stocking caps. By folding and rolling the scarf ends they fit heads, using about half the length of typical American caps to save material. The piece notes beetle species totals, with 20,040 in North America out of about 180,000 worldwide.
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England
World
Aciae
Boy Meets Train In Cambridge City Wreck
In Cambridge City Indiana a 12 year old boy named William Mattheis was struck by a Nickel Plate freight locomotive after his delivery truck sideswiped the train. The truck derailed for about 150 feet and tangled in metal. The boy was thrown clear, briefly revived, then fainted with a small ear cut.
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Cambridge City
Ind
William Mattheis
Belgium to End Extraterritoriality in China
Belgian government informs Chinese authorities it will relinquish extraterritorial rights in China. Diplomatic circles cite readiness dating to 1928 and anticipate a formal agreement soon between Belgium and China.
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Chungking
China
COU
Mervyn LeRoy Still Remains a Wonder Boy
Hollywood star Mervyn LeRoy, age 42, built from vaudeville to MGM, directs major films like Random Harvest and Five Star Final. He values stories over genres, believes in directing from the heart, and fears burnout yet remains endlessly energetic and optimistic about cinema.
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Robbin Coons Hallywood
Mervyn LeRoy
Shakespeare
LeRoy
Mary Astor
Llnyd Hughes
MGM
Lap
Random Harvest
Old Saying May Backfire for Violators
Washington report notes a push to end horse and buggy traffic practices as government officials read a National Committee on Traffic Law Enforcement review. Senator Abe Murdock cites a study showing 40 percent of arrests in 42 large cities are for traffic offenses, prompting a nationwide drive to revise unenforceable and unnecessary laws and standardize enforcement.
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Jack Stinnet
Saan
Traffic Cours
Abe Murdock
Utah
Uthénan
Congress
National Committee On
Congressiment
Murdock
National traffic court reform ideas and rumors
The text outlines proposals to standardize traffic courts nationwide, including minimum case thresholds for special traffic courts and bureaus, abolishing or reforming court costs, appointing traffic court judges with legal and engineering backgrounds, and creating permanent magistrates under a chief magistrate. It also notes rumor control guidance from the War Information Office and public reactions to fines.
Electric Eye to Check Speeders in Virginia
Gov. Darden plans to use electric eyes to aid police short on volunteers. Portable speed checkers and between 35 and 50 aerial devices will be purchased if available, to enforce speed limits on major highways in Richmond and statewide.
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Richmond
Darden
Army
Navy
Crow diet tips spark humor amid meat scare in Tulsa
Dr. T. W. Stallings of Tulsa jokes that there are enough crows in the United States to ease a beef and pork shortage. He quips that eating crow is not hard and that young crows are swell eating, reflecting a humorous wartime tone about rationing.
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Tulsa
Okla
T. W. Stallings
United States
Fragmented Phrase On Humor Breaks And Facts
A clipped line discusses how someone handles facts and humor, emphasizing uneven treatment and a lack of fair consideration. The remark points to the tension between truth and wit in presenting information.
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