Allied Planes in Command of Air Rally Over Invaded France
Allied air forces took supreme command over the air in France with dawn to dawn sorties exceeding 14 000 in support of assault forces. Over 1 000 British heavy bombers blasted German reinforcements while American Ninth and Eighth Air Forces logged thousands more sorties. RAF Mitchells joined night bombing efforts as Mosquito aircraft targeted railways and roads behind the front.
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Famdon
France
New
Ucks Boyond
Dover Strait
Ninth Air Force
Eighth U.S. Air Force
le Havre
Amiens
Haris
RAF
Tokyo
Battlefront
May crop month shows favorable growth in Kansas
Kansas May weather mixed rain snow and frost but turned favorable for crops. Rainfall statewide averaged 3.0 inches, 0.09 above normal, total two month precipitation at 11.15 inches, a record for this period. Mean temperature 66.7 F, up 2.8, with a low near 34 F and a high around 99 F. Corn planting largely completed by month end.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
War correspondent Hal Boyle recalls invasion press blitz and Gallagher’s sprint
In the June 7 dispatch from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Hal Boyle portrays the invasion reporting frenzy. He highlights J Wes Gallagher as the standout AP invasion chief who filed a 1300 word front page story in 33 minutes and then supervised more dispatches across an 18 hour period.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Britain
Ministry of Information
J. Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Balkans
Bizerte
Casablanca
Cherbourg
London
Gallagher
England
America
ATP
Worl
Towas
Contented look and censor quip in weary interview
A weary figure jokes that he never fought the censor all day, then grumbles about slipping. The remark hints at ongoing tensions between creative work and censorship while revealing a mood of fatigue and irony.
Bees Swarm In Massachusetts Street Incident
A swarm of bees caused excitement on Massachusetts Street around 4 pm as bystanders hurried through an intersection between Hotel Eldridge and Lawrence National Bank. By 5:30 pm the bees swarmed on the rear of a car in front of the Fairfax Hotel at 708 Massachusetts Street, drawing the attention of passersby and local witnesses.
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Massachusetts Street
Eldridge
Lawrence National Bank
Fairfax Hotel
Jay Hanselman
Ice Company
Bees Swarm Captured In Box At Local Farm
Hanselman captured a swarm of bees using a corrugated box and small broom. He relocated the queen and all remaining bees to Jack Dillion’s farm northeast of town, where a hive will be built. The bees were believed to have nested in a business building before swarming.
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Hanselman
New York Street
Jack Dillion
Kansas Ordnance Plant Seeks 600 More Workers
In the wake of a recent invasion, the Kansas Ordnance plant at Parsons plans to hire 600 additional workers immediately to fulfill new production schedules. Lt. Col. Philip E. Gruber, the commanding officer, announced increases in 105 mm and 4.2 inch shell production and hinted that bomb loading may resume after being halted on December 27.
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Parsons
Kan
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Philip E. Gruber
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Quickly
The ad explains that digestion relies on liver bile and Carter's Little Liver Pills can increase bile flow to improve digestion, often in about thirty minutes. It claims taking Carter's as directed supports natural digestion and leads to feeling better, with a price of 25 cents.
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Carter
Nature
Local social notices and family updates from Winchester period
Mrs Grant Gideon spent days with daughter in Lawrence with Mrs Lloyd Evans and Mr Evans. Scott helping care for Asher family members. Mr and Mrs Charlie Eberweth heard son Robert in the navy awaiting a big vessel. Young married card club met at Hallenbeck home. Picnic farm club to be scheduled this summer. Ernest Stumbo family visited Eerl White and Mrs Gardner and Miss Kate Jewett with Mrs Paxton at Fall Leaf after husband’s death. St Swithin noted as Winchester Cathedral patron from 10th to 16th century.
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Grant Gideon
Lawrence
Lloyd Evans
Evans
Orrying Scott
Asher
Birs
Charlie Eberweth
Robert
Young Married Folks
Charlie Hallenbeck
Ernest Stumbo
Eerl White
R. E. Gardner
Kate Jewett
Joe Paxton
Fall Leaf
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Beretrtonere
Europe
Hal Boyle
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Lr. Law
Dr. Top
Union Bus Depot
Mass
Kansas City
V. Law
Overland Greyhound Lines
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
Reia Eer
Montgomery Ward
Mackey
St. Swithin
Winchester Cathedral
Resintone
Reuugeol
Dre
Kalio
China
Modaera China Dorset
Thornewood
Moontgomery Ward
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