Giant artificial harbors aid D Day invasion plans
London report details the construction off Normandy of seven miles of artificial harbors for the invasion. Crewed by 20,000 workers, the harbor system loaded 12,000 tons daily and withstood a damaging storm that struck the American port. The harbor was towed across the Channel and placed to support French beaches during the invasion.
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Everett Vilander
London
Normandy
England
Almeos
Percortup
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
August Clarke
U. S. Navy
Clarke
Winston Churchill
Centurion
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Merger Reorganizes Highway Transport Regions
Regional offices of the highway transportation department merge regions 6 and 7 with Dallas Texas as headquarters. Kansas and Arkansas join Dallas region while Nebraska falls under the Chicago office. The move consolidates jurisdiction across Kansas City Dallas and Chicago areas.
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Dallas Kansas City
Highway Trans‘department
Case Transportation
Egions 6
Dallas
Tex
DDT
Kansas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Chicago
Denver ends five week rooftop vandal with off door kitchen clash
Denver reports a notorious rooftop vandal nicknamed the goon or the coon was captured after a night raid on the George Goldberg home. Police armed with a blackjack battled the culprit who had tormented an east Denver district, dodging gunfire in prior confrontations.
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Denver
George Goldberg
Goon
Coon
Guadalcanal Veteran Indicted In Death
A federal grand jury indicted Pfc. Earl Farland, 21, a Guadalcanal veteran, on three counts death penalty eligible for the rape and murder of 18 year old Dorothy Berrum in East Potomac Park on Oct 5. Miss Berrum had come from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin to work for the government. The charges include premeditated murder rape and murder in the commission of another felony rape. Each count carries death if convicted.
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Washington
U.P
Pfc
EarlcFarland
Guadalcanal
Dorothy Berrum
McFarland
Rayburn to Set Off Demo Stretch Drive
In Dallas on Oct 16 Speaker Sam Rayburn will open a nine event Roosevelt Truman campaign stretch. other planned rallies span Oct 19 in Wichita Falls Oct 24 in Houston Oct 26 in San Antonio and Oct 27 in Dallas with further talks by Rep Wright Patman and former Governor James V Allred in Greenville Oct 30 and additional appearances in Bangs and Livingston later in October.
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Dallas
Sam Rayburn
Connally
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Tyson
Wright Patman
James V. Allred
Greenville
Patman
Bangs
Brownwood
J. M. Coombs
Beaumont
Livingston
Laredo Auditor Dies After Operation
Allison Favor aged 40, auditor at the Laredo Army Airfield exchange, died in a local hospital following surgery. Favor helped compile the bookkeeping system used at Texas universities and other state schools.
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Laredo
Tex
Allison Favor
Laredo Army Airfield
Favor
Texas University
Marine indicted in Berrum murder arraignment set
The indictment describes a slight but wiry Marine garroting Miss Berrum with her reported turban though the instrument was her snood. McFarland is to be arraigned Friday before Federal Judge James M. Proctor. Blood serum can be preserved under all climates without deterioration.
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Berrum
McFarland
James M. Proctor
Morning Music Radio Listings and Bird Fact
A radio and variety program listing includes many show names such as Morning Musical Reveille Domestics programs and orchestras with June style broadcast order. A closing note mentions a fact stating there are about 1 500 kinds of birds in North America north of Mexico.
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North America
Mexico
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