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Jefferson City Post Tribune in Jefferson City, Missouri

24 Jun 1943

Page 6

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Jefferson City Post Tribune

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Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1943

Page

6

Heavy Bomber Group Makes Great Record

Major General Clayton L. Bissell lauded the group for its wartime record in Burma and Thailand. The unit, with roots in World War I, faced heavy antiaircraft fire and enemy fighters while bombing targets across the Netherlands Indies to Java. May missions totaled 1,400,900 pounds of high explosives on over 40 targets, with a single day exceeding 100 tons. Notable crew members include Co pilots Ottis Burris and Cheries Duncan, Navigator Thomas Hackward, and several sergeants from Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.

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India Clayton L. Bissell Tenth Air Force Burma Thailand Raine Sf Wirnel Metuser Anole Net Alien 53Ment Pines Netherland Indies Java Japans Ottis Burris Conway Ark Cheries Duncan Osborn Thomas Hackward Higbee Minor Green Sheridan Charles Bowen Osceola Joseph Willis Augusta Doyle Goforth Little Rock Max Isascs Manilla Hume Lewis Cornia Pete Himan Dene Girardeau Roy Whistle James Hendry Joplin Roy Burlington Fort Smith James Mershall Grassay Arnold Malkoff Lilburn
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Pentagon embraces al fresco lunch culture amid its vast corridors

Pentagon workers embrace a new outdoor cafeteria scene in the pentagonal courtyard. Beachy umbrellas and a cafe vibe bloom near drab walls as a growing, affordable lunch option with a chain store stock and even a drug shop opens to improve morale among the 32,900 personnel. A separate Kansas incident notes Earl Legge saving a watch after a lake dive.

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Grain Men List Reasons for Corn Shortage

CHICAGO June 24 AP Four factors were listed by grain men today as responsible for the light corn shipments from farm areas which have closed one corn refining plant and threaten others. They cite farmer fears of low prices, illegal market sales, profit in feeding corn to hogs, and farmer hoarding waiting to see this year’s crop. Floods delayed planting and the 1943 crop outlook is uncertain, compounding the shortage for corn derivatives and livestock feed.

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Chicago Congress Washington A. EB. Staley, Jr Staley Manufacturing Company Decatur Grammen Corn Belt Toods
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99 Year Old Man Works on Farm

Mitchell South Dakota AP reports neighbors worried when Edward C. White 95 was missing for over two weeks. A sheriff search failed to locate him in town. in the countryside officials found White working on the Al Church farm as a substitute for a vacationing hired man.

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Mitchell S. D Edward C. White William Morrow Whid al Church
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Fashionable French Women Painted Veins Blue

A historical note describes a late fashion among chic Frenchwomen who painted facial veins blue to accentuate pale skin. The trend highlights beauty standards and cosmetic experiments of that era.

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