Tensest phase of World War II with far reaching moves
United Press summarizes a pivotal week of war in Europe and the Pacific. Major air and ground actions unfold on the Russian front, in Sicily and Italy, and in the Pacific theater around Guadalcanal and the Solomons. Allied bombing targets include Kiel Bremen and Cologne as Axis nations brace for invasion and broader campaigns.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Europe
Far East
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Balkan
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
sAlr
Rial
Kiel
Bremen
RAF
Ruhr
Ward
Sicily
Linosa
Russell Islands
Solomons
Pacific
Washington
New Guinea-New Britain
Australia
China
Burma
Italy
Mediterranean
Britain
Syria-Turkey
George VI
Africa
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Orel
Central Front
Axis
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Bulgaria
Ore
Toyo
Japan
Yangtze
Pambers van
Cologne
Rhineland
Stestyn
Sardinia
Namestaly
London
Archiband Warrell
India
East Asia
Replanting Hurts Cotton Crops in Hockley County
After contacting about 30 farmers in Hockley county, officials report less than a third of the local cotton crop needed replanting. Recent rains followed by sandstorms varied rainfall from a half inch in Levelland to two inches elsewhere. A few titles failed but damage was minimal.
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Hockley County
Store Purchase Reported for Tech Drug at 1161 College
Preston FE Smith and H. H. Nicholas to acquire Tech Drug from W. H. Fulton. Nicholas, former Lorenzo schools superintendent, will manage. he served four years in Lorenzo and ten years at Ralls. Improvements planned at the store. Fulton had run it since 1928. Buy A War Bond TODAY.
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Tech Drug
College Avenue
W.H. Fulton
Preston FE Smith
H. H. ¢Nick
Nicholas
Lorenzo Schools
Lorenzo
Ralls
Fulton
Valley Seeks More Laborers For Rio Grande Valley
McALLEN June 19 Officials at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce seek more farm workers for the Rio Grande valley. A direct appeal to Food Administrator Chester C. Davis is planned after a meeting noting little aid from Mexico to obtain labor. Immigration restrictions there slow influx of workers despite eased U S rules. Elmer Bentsen says hundreds of tons of foodstuffs go to waste as crops ripen with insufficient harvest labor. Reynosa officials report 0 to 1,000 field workers clamoring for jobs in the area.
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Mcallen
Rio Grande Valley
Chester C. Davis
Davis
McAllen Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
Congress
Elmer Bentsen
Rio Grande
Hidalgo County War Price and Rationing Board
Edinburg
Homer Rowe
Essentials Of Drafting New Edition By Lubbock Architect
Carl Svensen of Lubbock writes Essentials Of Drafting now in its third edition. The text suits wartime short courses and flexible lengths with clear topics, many problems, and large illustrations facing the text for easy study.
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Lubbock
Lubbock Man
Carl Tt Svensen
Texas State Board of Registration For Professional Engineers
Texas Technological College
Svensen
Reserves Called To Marine Duty
West Texas inactive reserves in the Marine Corps seventeen year old group are ordered to active duty. Enlistments open for young men of that age in the El Paso district, extending to Lubbock. Captain William B. Wisdom says 50 more seventeen year olds are eligible and will be placed on the inactive list until called to active duty. He notes the experiment has shown these youths to be superb fighting men and easier to train than older recruits.
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EL Paso
West Texas
Marine Corps
William B. Wisdom
Lubbock
Wisdom
Engineering groups publish education book in New York
The Society of Mechanical Engineers along with the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education announce a new volume published by D Van Nostrand Company Inc in New York.
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Society of Mechanical Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
The
Society For Promotion of Engineering Education
D. van Nostrand Company, Inc
New York
Marines Call Up Local Group for Boot Camp Training
A local group is called to active service with Lawrence Bilberry of Post among the list. They will depart next week for Marine Base San Diego California for demanding boot training marking a decisive step in service.
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Lawrence Bilberry
Post
San Diego
Calif
Gas Official Resigns From Petroleum Board
Washington announces the resignation of Paul M. Raigorodsky, assistant director of the Petroleum Administration for the Natural Gas Division, effective July 1. Secretary Ickes, the petroleum administrator for war, said the move.
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Paul M. Raigorodsky
The
Petroleum Administration
Ickes
Petroleum
War
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