Liberator Crew Sinks Japanese Cruiser in South China Sea
A B 24 Liberator crew of 11 Americans attacked a 5,100-ton Japanese cruiser near the South China Sea on a 1944 mission. After three bombing runs and a fourth planned strike, the cruiser sank with two bombs on deck and others during the engagement.
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HDQRS
U. S. 14Th Air Force
South China Sea
Clare L. Chennault
Jaye Leven
Stroudsburg
William P. Fisher
Southern Pines
N. C
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Polio Quarantine Enters Milwaukee City
The village board of health imposed a quarantine forbidding children under 16 to leave home from now through Sept 4 after 11 infantile paralysis cases were recorded since Aug 8. About 3 000 children are confined to home. 17 polio cases in Milwaukee since July 6 were reported by Dr. Gerald F Burgardt.
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Village Board of Health
Gerald F. Burgardt
Milwaukee
Churchill and F R Reported Planned Paris Visit
London the Daily Herald says laws may allow Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to attend Allied parade in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe. French troops would lead the march with General Charles de Gaulle likely in honor position.
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London
London Daily Herald
Dent Roosevelt
Churchill
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Bicycle Stolen Then Found Abandoned in Front Yard
Lewis Greene reported a bicycle theft in Bedford Indiana. Police investigated and located the bicycle abandoned in a front yard at the police headquarters.
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Bedford
Ind
Lewis Greene
Storm Damage At McCoy Repaired
Storm damage at Camp McCoy Wisconsin included replacement of two conduits for telephone cables and repairs to roofs of the ordnance and 76th Division warehouses. Electrical service was disrupted on four of five circuits for about 30 minutes and many phones were out of service.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Raymore Station
H. E. Fillinger
Ordnance
76Th Division
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