Pontiff Meets Clark in Vatican Discusses Peace Goals
Pope Pius XII and General Mark W. Clark confer ten minutes in the Vatican. Clark and aides visit St Peter's after the audience, as the pope urges war correspondents to write for a peace that meets universal approval and human dignity.
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Rome
Pius XII
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
Vatican li Aioretel
Alfred H. Gruenther
H. H. Johnson
Edgar E. Hume
Gen. Clark
St. Peter's Church
Msgr
Walter Carroll
Pittsburgh
War Corres
Vatican
Lincoln 9A Farewell Assembly Highlights Student Achievements
Graduates of Lincoln 9A presented a farewell program in the school auditorium with remarks by Principal George Scott. Nancy Hanson received the John P. Bird award from Principal Hart. Former Lincoln student Harry Bangsberg spoke on Gen. George Marshall. The event featured solos by John Fantle Janice Bender and performances by the 9A chorus and instrumental trio. A $50 war bond gift funded an exhibition case, and Ted Zischke presented a class key to Betty Wisland 9B as outstanding student.
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Lincoln
David Smith
George Scott
New Central
John P. Bird
Nancy Hanson
P. Hart
Harry Bangsberg
Gen
George Marshall
Don Bryant
Mary Dixon
John Fantle
Helga Christianson
Maynard Goldstein
Janice Neumen
Monte Haskins
Pat Affeldt
Ted Zischke
Bonnie Rank
Jean Schaumberger
Clifford Check
Virginia Small
Wayne Blanchard
Betty Wisland
Janice Bender
Comas Oe Fantle
Maynard
Jet Dunnie
Carolyn
Plastic rivets debut from Santa Monica engineers
In Santa Monica California aircraft engineers unveil a plastic rivet with a glass like center bored design. It is inserted then expanded with compressed air to clinch in place. Weighs less than metal saves time in assembly and can be colored to match riveted materials.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Bulkeley Leads Torpedo Boat Fleet in Normandy Invasion
Lieut. Commander John D. Bulkeley, famed for Pacific action against Tojo and for evacuating General MacArthur from the Philippines, now commands the flag ship of a U S Navy torpedo boat fleet leading the Normandy invasion. A fleet of minesweepers cleared a path for invasion craft before bombardment began.
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Reveal Bulkeley
Normandy
John D. Bulkeley
Tojo
Pacific
Hitler
U. S. Navy
Indus
Bulkeley
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Plants Tested for Rubber: 2000 Varieties Screened Last Year
More than two thousand plant varieties underwent rubber testing over the past year. Results indicate a wide range of potential sources and varying yields, prompting ongoing evaluation by agricultural researchers.
Allies Use Seven Battleships In Coastal Blow
Allied task forces used seven battleships including Texas Arkansas Nevada and Warspite with cruisers and destroyers from France Norway Poland and the Netherlands to breach Hitler’s Atlantic defenses. The eastern force was led by Warspite and included Rodney Ramillies and Nelson. Field dispatches list 31 warships with American cruisers Tuscaloosa Quincy and Augusta among them. The ME 323 transport is said to carry about 130 troops.
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London
Hitler
Atlantic
Texas
Read
Alan Goodrich Kirk
Arkansas
Nevada
Warspite
Rodney
Ramillies
Nelson
Tuscaloosa
Quincy
Augusta
Canadians Recalling Dieppe Debt Still Owed
Windsor residents recall the Dieppe raid of August 19 1942 when 3350 were dead wounded or missing from 6000 attackers. The Essex Scottish suffered heavy losses and locals feel a debt remains to be paid through the Allied drive. Women train for canal barge work.
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Dieppe
Windsor
Detroit River
22 Rural Youngsters Receive Pigs At Annual Park Program
Twenty two farm youngsters from 11 townships in La Crosse County received pigs at the 28th annual Pig club program held in Myrick park. Winners were chosen by county agent Walter Spreiter from each township after a true and false pig breeding test. Prof John A James urged education and practical skills, promoting diplomas and further training for rural youth.
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la Crosse
Myrick Park
la Crosse County
Walter E. Spreiter
John A. James
College of Agricultural Education
University of Wisconsin
James
Anita Gundlach
George E. Krause
Pig Club
Woman Holds 500 Celebrity Neckties In Pennsylvania
Mrs Margaret Williams began collecting neckties six years ago and now owns 500 garments from famous figures and public figures including Charles Evans Hughes William Borah Clarence Darrow Neville Chamberlain Heywood Broun and governors and entertainers.
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Finleyville
Margaret F. Williams
Charles Evans Hughes
William E. Borah
Clarence Darrow
Neville Chamberlain
Heywood Broun
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