McClellan Plans Hospital Rest Homes Mission
Senator McClellan travels to the capital to discuss using the Brinkley hospital near Little Rock and the Norman Baker facility in Eureka Springs as rest hospitals for returned nervous soldiers. He may urge 1500 vacant units at the Bauxite war plant be converted if rental is not reduced. Hot Springs businessmen pressed for baths as essential for veterans. Conversion of hotels, they warned, could harm local business.
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Little Rock
Sena Beles McClellan
Brehon B. Somer
Service Forces
Brinkley Hospital
Norman Baker
McClellan
Bauxite
Ark
Eureka Springs
Hot Springs
Fighter's Neck and Bomb Fear Grip British Towns
In Southern England civilians adopt a fighter pilot habit of scanning the sky for flying bombs. The constant head turns and listening effort cause widespread fatigue and injuries while bombs devastate offices and streets. Roof spotters warn of imminent strikes and shelters are rarely used during daylight.
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Wes Gallagher
England
Mother Earth
New Light Carriers Show Deadly Role in War
The Navy disclosed nine light aircraft carriers built on cruiser hulls have taken a crucial role in protecting task forces and boosting strike power against Japan. Light carriers join with big carriers to intercept enemy bombers and defend fleets, with pilots often shooting down attacking planes. The Sun Setters of Navy Air Group 23 helped prove their value in the Pacific at Makin Tarawa and in the Carolines, before returning to the United States.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
Navy
Japan
Independence Princeton
Beliexu Woods
Coxens
Monterey
Cabot
Langley
Bataan
San Jacinto
Navy Air Group 23
Pacific
Nct
United States
Makin
Tarawa
Gilberts
Islands
Carolines
Hollanda
Re Fearch
Island
Participat
Navy says sun setters damaged Japan as eight months pass
The navy reports the eight month effort of the sun setters pilot group ended with destruction or damage to 81 Japanese planes and 38 ships. They also inflicted large damage on shore installations, marking the record of usefulness of light carriers.
Advice's reception hinges on how it is given
The remark notes that advice is not disliked because of the idea itself but because many people lack skill in delivering it. It suggests that effective guidance depends on manner, timing, and clarity rather than content alone.
Steel Avoids Many Deaths in Rail Crash
Flagstaff Arizona July 5 12 car Santa Fe Chief crash mangled streamliner after midnight derailment 20 miles west of Flagstaff killing fireman and three passengers injuring 30 more. J S McLoo New York City head of Metro Goldwyn Mayer exchanges, John J Edwards Winslow Arizona, Mrs Ann Bradys Hammond Indiana, H H Helper Los Angeles perish. Traffic resumed 14 hours later.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
New York City
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
John J. Edwards
Winslow
Ann Bradys
Hammond
Ind
H. H. Helper
Los Angeles
Calif
Secretary Stimson Arrives on Italian Front
Secretary of War Stimson arrives in Italy after flying from the United States via Africa. He will inspect troops, hospitals, and front line installations and confer with key officials. Accompanying him are Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk and Maj. Gen. Alexander Surles with PR head Harvey Bund.
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Rome
Stimson
Italy
United States
Africa
Ger
Alexander D. Surles
Army
Norman T. Kirk
Sursee
Harvey H. Bund
Flashes of Life Biographical Note From an Army Captain
Captain Almon S. Farrar of Shreveport Louisiana answered a routine form query on civilian occupation with a concise label. After 35 years in the army he wrote simply Child reflecting his long service and the context of his life at the American base in Italy.
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Italy
Almon S. Farrar
Shreveport
Farrar
Button mishap links rattles to snake in Miles City tale
In Miles City Montana Frank Smith bends to pick up a button attached to seven rattles which themselves attach to a rattlesnake. The odd scene is noted as a curious local incident observed by Penny Wise in Chicago involving a three year old named Nancy.
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Miles City
Mont
Frank Smith
Penny Wise
Chicago
Nancy
Robot Plane Stunt Reportedly Bolstering Nazi Morale
A German SS mouthpiece Das Schwarze Korps claims a German flying bomb offensive boosts internal morale and stabilizes the Nazi regime amid delayed retaliation expectations. The piece notes prestige and strength tests, while cautioning against disillusionment if results remain unsatisfactory.
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Madrid
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Platform Job Rejected by Wagner Again
Senator Robert F. Wagner declined a second time to chair the platform committee at the Democratic national conventions. The Democratic national committee plans to announce a new chairman soon and form a subcommittee in Chicago prior to July 17 to draft the 1944 platform. The convention opens July 19 and will handle resolutions and major committees amid potential debates over term limits and nomination rules.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Wagner
Bretton Woods
New Hampshire
Thomas ©. Dewey
Georgia
Walter F. George
Rep. Cox
Federal Communications Commission
House
Peterson
Gibson
John S. Wood
George
Senate
John W. Goolsby
Washington
Mississippi
John E. Rankin
Rep
Whitten
Abernathy
Wallace
Russia
China
Roosevelt
Robert Hannegan
Fourth of July Girl Fills Penny Bank for War Bond
Ann Kiely counted 3750 pennies saved since last Christmas and celebrated her birthday by freeing the coins. The amount 37 dollars and 50 cents was saved to purchase a 50 dollar war bond.
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Ann Kiely
Allied Air Raids Pound Dutch Belgian French Targets
Allied air forces raided Holland Belgium and Pas-de-Calais in France with up to 500 American planes in forenoon attacks. RAF bombers hit rail yards troop bivouacs and rocket launching sites while British forces and Second Tactical Air Force struck Ruhr targets and Paris outskirts. Despite losses Germans claim four engined bombers downed. air crews report record patrols and heavy damage to railways and roads.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Pas-De-Calais
France
RAF
Channel
Ruhr
U. S
Traif
Europe
Paris
Second Tactical Air Force
Allied Air Headquarters
Air War Intensifies Across Coast and Front Lines
RAF Beaufighters score six hits on German vessels off Boulogne while Mosquitos damage two mine sweepers off Brittany. Allied planes cross the channel as explosions ring France. Bombers and fighters attack targets in support of ground drives in Normandy. Also 500 American heavy bombers hit Brasov oil refinery and railway works at Pitesti in Romania.
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RAF Coastal Command
Boulogne
Brittany
Channel
England
Noremandy
Italy
Brasov
Romania
Pitesti
Birth of Turkish Quintuplet Boys Reported Today
Quintuplet boys, all in good health, were born at Mardin near the Turkey Iraq Syria border. Premier Saracoglu will order their transfer to Ankara for government supervised upbringing to aid a campaign to bear more children for Turkey.
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Ankara
Mardin
Turkey
Iraq
Syria
Saracoglu
Japan's shaky base faces quakes and floods
Japan sits on a geologically unstable area with 14 volcanoes either active or recently extinct, an average of four earthquakes daily, and frequent disastrous floods threatening communities and infrastructure.
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Japan
Forest fires mainly sparked by tossed cigarette ends
Matches or glowing cigarette ends discarded from cars or left at campsites are the leading causes of forest fires in the United States, accounting for numerous blazes and prompting safety campaigns.
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United States
Groundhog Temperatures and Odd Bosphorus Flow Report
Temperature near 37 degrees Fahrenheit slows the groundhog during hibernation with heart rate below ten beats per minute. In the Bosphorus a constant water flow connects the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara but unusually shifts in both directions simultaneously.
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Bosphorus
Black Sea
Sea of
Marmera
How X Became Kiss Sign Across Historical Documents
The article traces the origin of the X or kiss mark used on documents as a pledge of good faith. It notes that earlier people who could not sign their names placed an X and kissed it to seal agreements, a practice tied to trust and personal oaths.
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