Bombing Mounts as Allied Attacks Intensify in England
London reports a furious robot bombing surge despite extensive Allied raids on rocket bases in Cherbourg and Pas de Calais. The U S 8th Air Force and RAF fighters supported four heavy strikes using Fortresses Liberators and high explosives, with the day breaking the Nazi barrage continuing into morning.
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London
England
France
Cherbourg
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Pas de Calais
Channel
Early hike breakfast club of girls near Atlas
Twenty years ago readers learned of a morning hike by Beatrice Stewart Thelma McAfee Mabel Wiggs Beulah Ellis and Marie Hilgediek for a woods camp breakfast near Atlas. Olive Branch Baptist church planned Old Folks day with speakers Rev E C Corts and Rev A Cohn. Coal miners in Madisonville Ky left unions for wage cuts offered by operators. Dave Terhune's German police dog Betsy produced four puppies, per a dated item.
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Atlas
Beatrice Stewart
Thelma McAfee
Mabel Wiggs
Beulah Ellis
Marie Hilgediek
Olive Branch Baptist Church
Rev
E. C. Corts
This City
A. C. Cohn
Sullivan
Dave Terhune
Betsy
British Air Defenses Hold Against Channel Raid
British reports say lone German planes crossed the Channel spraying gunfire causing some crashes into the sea. Defenses improved since the enemy offensive began a week earlier and Pas de Calais bombing appeared to damage rocket sites, but casualties rose in southern England. Lord Winter condemned the attack as wanton and warned of stern retaliation if bombardment continued. He warned that small German towns could be wiped out in a single operation from St Albans, within reach of the robot attacks.
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Channel
Pas de Calais
England
Lord Winter
St. Albans
Mrs. Will Rogers Mourned in California Death
Mrs. Will Rogers widow of the humorist and mother of Will Rogers Jr. died after months of illness in Santa Monica at age 63. Jimmy Rogers was at her side as Will Jr. serves overseas. She will be buried beside her husband in Claremore Oklahoma. Betty Blake Rogers had been widowed in 1911 and they married November 25 1908 in Rogers Arkansas.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Will Rogers
Will Rogers Jr
Jimmy Rogers
Rogers
Claremore
Okla
Bettys Blake
Arkansas
President Signs Major WWII Veterans Benefit Bill
President Roosevelt signed the GI Bill of Rights creating the most expansive veterans aid in U.S. history. It funds education, loans, unemployment benefits up to 20 dollars weekly for 52 weeks, and job services for World War II veterans. Cost estimated at 6.5 billion dollars. education grants up to 500 dollars yearly plus stipends for dependents.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Veterans Administration
House
Senate
United States Employment Service
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Aot Weal
Shallotel
Pin-up Art Tour Sends MFA Masters to Fort Devens
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has loaned 40 masterpieces to the Fort Devens reception center and promises 20 more if the display meets the goal of boosting morale through aesthetic competition.
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Fort Devens
Mass
U.P
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Pvt John T Smith Begins Pre Flight at Keesler Field
Pvt John T Smith of Indiana reported to Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi to start processing for pre aviation cadet training. After medical and psychological tests and classification he may enter college for five months of study or be sent to a pre flight center for cadet training depending on academic background.
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John T. Smith
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
John Smith
John W. Smith
Linton
Ind
Army Air Forces Training Command
Eskew Begins Naval Indoc at Great Lakes
Merle H. Eskew, 34, husband of Harriet A. Eskew of Linton Indiana, is starting initial naval indoctrination at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He will undergo seamanship military drill and naval procedure instruction with aptitude tests to decide assignment to a service school or active duty at sea. After recruit training he will take leave at home.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Merle H. Eskew
Harriet A. Eskew
Linton
Ind
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Service
Early hay crop harvest urged in Greene County
Leon ard Waggoner Greene county AAA chair man urged the earliest possible harvest of red clover hay to secure a seed crop for next spring. Experiments show early cutting increases seed chances amid a national red clover seed shortage. Farmers receive AAA payments of 3.50 dollars per acre up to 25 acres.
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Greene County
Leonard Waggoner
AAA
Walton ends long service to run busy Medford grocery
In 1930 after 30 years with the New England Telegraph Co., Ellsworth W. Walton retired on a pension. Now age 83 he runs a busy Medford grocery with his wife assisting him and they plan to observe their 60th wedding anniversary in September.
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Medford
Mass
U.P
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ellsworth W
Pop
Walton
Postwar ills fuel Klanism and fascist echoes
Mine Run section warns that Klanism fascism and Nazi ideas arose from postwar ills and vows vigilance against future pent up grudges turning into Klansmanship. The piece urges Americans not to tolerate such movements and to stomp them out at the first sign.
Young Eagle Found Near Linton By Local Farmer
Lester Heaton, four miles south of Linton, brought what was believed to be a young eagle to the Citizen office on Wednesday afternoon. Heaton had been missing several chickens and, upon checking the chicken house early that morning, found the large winged bird with a four foot wingspan, suspected to be the culprit.
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Lester Heaton
Linton
Heaton
Livestock Prices Steady in Indianapolis Auction Report
Hogs 7 000 with 2 000 holdovers. a wide range of weights sold from 100 to 400 pounds with prices from 10.25 to 13.80 per cwt. Cattle 700 head with calves 600. steers and heifers steady to higher for top grades. beef cows 8.75 to 11.75. cannners and cutters 5.75 to 8.50. Dealers active with choice cattle up to 16.00 per cwt.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Special Meeting Planned Friday At Linton Library
A meeting of the general committee will be held Friday at 7 30 PM in the Linton Public Library to explore teaching religion in the public schools. Final reports will be presented and a permanent committee formed with Rev H J Rains presiding. Churches clubs and organizations are urged to send representatives.
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Linton Public Library
Linton
H. J. Rains
Volunteer nurses aides authorized for military hospitals
The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army has authorized the employment of volunteer nurses aides to serve in military hospitals for specified periods. This action expands civilian assistance to hospitals during wartime medical needs.
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U. S&s. Army
SGT. EMORY DIXON RETURNS TO CAMP
Sgt. Emory V. Dixon returned to Grenier Field Manchester New Hampshire after an 18 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Urban Dixon. Upon arrival he was notified he had received the Good Conduct Ribbon.
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Emory V. Dixon
Grenier Field
Manchester
New Hampshire
Urban Dixon
Soldier William Cunningham on ten day furlough
Pvt. William T. Cunningham stationed with the U S Army at Camp Pendleton California is spending a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs George Cunningham.
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William Cunningham
William T. Cunningham
United States Army
Camp Pendleton
Cal
George Cunningham
PFC Dale Barton Arrives in England
PFC Dale Barton has arrived with United States forces in England, per word received by his mother Mrs Eva Grosjean.
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Dale Barton
England
Pfc
United States
Eva Grosjean
Coal mines returned to all but two operators
Washington June 22 The government returned to private owners all but two mines from its wartime seizure ending the long labor dispute. Interior Secretary Harold L Ickes said operators and miners must run mines under a firm wage contract to meet wartime needs. Jewell Ridge Coal Corp of Virginia kept its mines out by not signing a new wage agreement while awaiting a federal court ruling on travel time.
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Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Virginia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
153 000 Inducted In State Of Oklahoma
A state selective service report shows 153000 Oklahoma men aged 18 to 37 drafted for military service. Col Clive Murray notes exclusions include those under 18, women in service, and 4-F and conscientious objectors. The record also lists 367000 registered with draft boards and 72000 classified 4-F.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Selective Service Headquarters
Clive Murray
Army
Navy
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