Axis Threat Intensifies In Egypt And Cyprus
Louis F. Keemle reports an Axis pattern tying Tobruk loss to a broader drive toward Alexandria Suez and the Caucasus. Rommel strengthens supply and air power, eyes Tobruk reshaping then a push into Egypt. A sequence aims at Sevastopol Kerch Kharkov Rostov and a Malta reduction to free Cyprus and Syria coast.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Tobruk
Alexandria
Suez
Caucasus
Middle East
London
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Egypt
Russia
Hitler
Sevastopol
Crimea
Kerch
Kharkov
Rostov
Libya
Turkey
Axis
Malta
Crete
Dodecanese
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Three Negroes Killed in Highway Crash Near Greenville
Three negroes died and five were seriously injured when their automobile struck a bridge on Highway 67 near Greenville Missouri. The victims include Reverend James Waters, 33, of Hot Springs Arkansas, and his two sons James and Joseph. The surviving occupants, including his wife, three other children and an unidentified man, were hospitalized in St. Louis.
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Greenville
James Waters
Hot Springs
Ark
James
Joseph
St. Louis
Skyways Train England's First Girl Aeromechs
A North West RAF station hosts the first women aeromechanics, WAAFs now flying in RAF planes after final tests. Seventeen to eighteen women have passed so far, with backgrounds from dressmaking to typing. They praise team spirit, training, and the challenge, as they join pilots in the air to prove their role against Hitler.
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Aerormees
Women’'s Auxiliary Air Force
WAAF
Aerdrome
England
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Stalion
Runnway
Star
RAF
Washington Day Book funny Bureau yarns on farmers mind
The Washington Day Book notes a Brooklyn clerk Leonard Herman who wins wheat referendum pools despite not knowing farming. It recounts jokes about Brooklyn Dodgers fans solving farmer choices, plus a War Production Board memo test involving a Donald Duck paragraph that passed through fourteen officials before the fifteenth caught it.
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Leonard Herman
Department of Agriculture
Department
Herman
Leonard Hermann
Brooklyn
Bear chase prompts police rescue in Cheboygan area
Armed officers rushed to a Cheboygan neighborhood where a bear was reported on the loose. They found a year-old cub up a tree, trying to escape from a pack of school children.
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Ceheboygan, Mien
Public Picks Own Strawberries in San Francisco
California partly solved its strawberry crisis as nearly all the pickers, now in reception centers, were Japanese. Berries were sold to the public on the vine for 5 to 6 cents a box and you pick them.
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SAN Prancisco
California
Seven Building Permits Issued in Jefferson City
Building Inspector Henry Nilges reports seven permits issued last week totaling 1210 dollars. Homes at 422 Capitol Avenue, 519 Marshall Street, 1303 West McCarty, and 4290 State Street receive remodels and roofing, with other projects including a furnace, a roof for Jefferson City Mattress Co, and oak flooring. Wartime limits cap work at 500 dollars. inspectors must estimate many city jobs.
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Henry Nilges
E. Capitol Avenue
HK. C. Basion
W. McCarty Street
George Clark
Jefferson City Mattress Company
Highway 50
West
E. Morrow
Marshall Street
R. M Durmearant
State Street
Kard Mueller
Flashes of Life and War News From Across the Nation
A compilation of brief items: Pearl Harbor survivor Hanni Bal Tadlock of Marlin Texas, back from action, spends his first furlough in years after an appendectomy. James M. Stonecipher’s family reunites for Father’s Day as he turns 63 with eight sons seven daughters and 11 grandchildren. Redwood Oregon reports 250000 pounds of scrap rubber from a drive and a chipmunk nest found in a tire. Bellflower California notes tomato vines sprouting at a filling station, promising a bumper crop. California’s war effort boosts egg production with 11 712 000 laying hens speeding output in the first quarter, per census data.
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iSy
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Hannibal Tadlock
Marlin
Pearl Harbor
Lexington
Oregon
California
Sacramento
Cal
Display Roof Deals Target Homeowners in Springfield
A Springfield homeowner faced a traveling roofer offering a “display” price of 189 dollars for a complete reroof. An in-town firm quoted 100 dollars less for equal quality. The Better Business Bureau reports similar display roof scams where neighbors pay more, and itinerant salesmen pose as non-existent companies. Homeowners should verify credentials, seek multiple bids, and obtain honest estimates for major roof repairs from reputable firms.
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Springfield
Better Business Bureau
Springfield Leader-Press
Storm sash cut heating costs by reducing heat loss
Storm sash provide an effective aid in reducing fuel used for heating houses by adding a second glass layer and an air gap. Proper fit and ventilating slots cut drafts, improve comfort, and deter frosting. fall installation and spring removal advised. Five valedictorians in Eau Claire High School class of 1942 share top averages.
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Eau Claire, Wis
Eau Claire High School
Big factor in good rousing keeping 1
Agriculture authorities report a solution to the farm help problem by providing more desirable living quarters. A hired hand content with comfortable quarters is seen as more reliable, prompting farmers to transform their attics into better housing. Continued on page 6.
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Washington
Jack Stinnett
Luther Patrick
Patrick
Rock Wool
Montgomery Audit
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Nilges
Frank Verslues
Bell
Burbank
Calif
James M. Stonecipher
Stonestoner
Bellflower
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Hallowe’en
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Home Building and Loan Association
John C. ‘Newberry
Sec
Caele Sam
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