Invasion Flares Detailed for Night Operations
Military officials describe parachute flares and photoflash bombs used to illuminate and signal for Allied landings in Europe and other theatres. Flares burn at high candlepower from 60,000 to 1,000,000, delay ignition 15 seconds, and can illuminate from 3 to 3.5 minutes.
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Europe
United Nations
Ordnance Department
Jincé Fortes
British Isles
North Africa
Pacific
Keith
Adamson
Southwestern Proving Ground
Army Ordnance
Keith Adamson
French Told to Keep Quiet on Bastille Day
French radio stations in North and West Africa broadcast Bastille Day greetings to the French people urging calm and orderly observance. A Algiers broadcast quoted General Alphonse Juin as acting commander of French troops in North Africa paying tribute to those...
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New York
North
West Africa
Algiers
Alphonse Juin
North Africa
Silent Bastille Day Protests Urged by Allied Broadcasts
The OWI reports a French commander vows to free the homeland and promises Tri color airplanes over France. Algiers and Brazzaville radios urge occupied France to march silently at 7 45 p m to show contempt for the Nazis. Broadcasts mark an eve of imminent victory and say this July 14 will be the last spent under oppression.
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Office of War Informatiin
Rene Bouscat
Africa
France
OWI
Algiers
Brazzaville
Mystery of Italian Fleet Is No Puzzle
London reports British naval observers say the Italian fleet will not challenge Allied forces in Sicily. They note the fleet is split between Spezia and Taranto with limited strength and no chance to unite, while Allied air cover blocks movement into the Mediterranean.
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Sicily
Rome
Italy
North
Africa
Mediterranean
France
Spezia
Ligurian Sea
Taranto
Gulf of Taranto
Straits of Messina
Two Mile
Sicilian
Island
North Africa
Perry Henley obituary and surrounding family notes
Mrs Perry Henley dies at Prescott July 4 and is buried July 11 in Reeder Church. She was formerly LaVerne Harper with husband Set Perry Henley abroad. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs W H Harper sister Miss Fredda Harper brother John Robert Harper and many relatives. Other notes list numerous family visits and weekend trips among Rhodes McCaskill and related families in El Dorado Hope Covington Prescott Nashville and Washington DC.
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Leta Rhodes
el Dorado
Evelyn Rhodes
Boston
Mass
Hugh Rhodes
Ohio
J. D. Rhodes
Herman Rhodes
Covington
Perry Henley
Counner
Dudley Woolfolk
Chester McCaskill
Janelle McCaskill
Texarkana
David Frith of Hope
Dora Wortham
J. O. Harris
Kenneth
Hope
Prescott
Watson Wilson
Nashville
L. L. Rowland
W. H. Hile
Fredda Harper
Portland
Joe Long
Minnie
H. M. Rhodes
Ralph Scott
Washington, D. C
Bert Scott
Tom Cooper
LaVerne Harper
Prescott Hospital
Reeder
Church of Christ At
J. A. Copeland
Delight
Set
W. H. Harper
John Robert Harper
Grumman Torpedo Bomber Avenger Debuts At Midway
The Grumman Avenger, a dual purpose torpedo and dive bomber, made a successful debut at the Battle of Midway. It is a single engine midwing all metal monoplane with retractable gear able to launch from carrier or land. It carries a crew of three, with 270 mph speed, 20 000 ft ceiling, 1400 mile range and can carry 2000 pound bombs or one torpedo within the fuselage.
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Battle of Midway
The Old Language of Love 1943 Version No Mystery to U S Recording Engineers
New York studios record wartime romance as couples vow eternal devotion on wax and in memory. Len Frank and engineer F Sumner Hall describe studio care from lighting to mood and the trend of capturing marriage and farewell moments for posterity.
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U.S
Willa Martin
New York
Texas
Lucy
Bill
Len Frank
Bespectacles
Gertrude Lawrence
Carnegie Hall
Frank
F. Sumner Hall
Hall
Katherine Hepburn
Turkish Soldier Pay Set At Forty-Five Cents A Month
Corp. Robert L. Albertson recalls Turkish troops earning 90 kurus or about 45 cents monthly while he was interned in Turkey for 11 months after an Army bomber was forced down. The contrast highlights wartime pay disparities.
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Salt Lake City
U.S
Corp
Robert L. Albertson
Turkey
Badoglio Reported Held Prisoner
A mass dispatch from the Italian frontier said Marshal Pietro Badoglio, former chief of the general staff, was held in a northern Italian prison. Supporters allegedly aided an attempted escape, but guards captured them and Badoglio's transfer to a German prison was reported.
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Moscow
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Tass
Badoglio
Chimp Tries to Escape Leopard by Biting Its Paws
A chimpanzee may sometimes fend off a leopard by biting the big cat’s paws in a rare behavioral note. The observation highlights cross species aggression and tool use in primates.
Civilians to Get 70 Percent of Canned Goods
The War Food Administration allocates 70 percent of canned vegetables and soups and 53 percent of canned fruits and juices to civilians for the coming year. Total civilian allocation reaches 213 million cases, with fruits and juices at 32.6 million and vegetables and soups at 180.2 million. Also noted is a planned increase in home canning for civilians and military use.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Market Report: New York Cotton Prices and Stocks Rise
New York July 14 market reports show war uncertainty and favorable weather easing, with scattered liquidation in cotton futures. Late values unchanged to 25 cents lower. July 20.70, Oct 20.10, Dec 19.92. futures closed 5 to 20 cents higher. Stock market gains lift leaders and rubber names to four-year highs amid active trading.
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New York
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