Oddities In The News: Goats Cats And A Missed Diet
A collage of quirky clippings from the Associated Press era recounts unusual events. A two year old nubian goat at the Bronz Zoo rejects dog food for a dress wore by a lamb feeder. officers apologize and banish the rogue animal. In New Jersey a coal delivery shortage triggers a proposal to allow coal on sidewalks. In Oregon a child rescue prompts authorities to saw a chair apart to free a trapped youngster. A Missouri river bend endangers homes while a resident plans to jack his house higher. Utah officials clash with aging pensioners over raised checks. California residents balk at rewards for a missing wedding ring and a meat company slips money unnoticed.
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York
Bronz Zoo
Bailwick
Contract Let For 32 Houses In Sterlington
A contract was awarded to Me and Son of Bastrop for 1155 to construct 22 houses at Sterlington for occupancy by Louisiana Power and Light staff. The homes will have three bedrooms a kitchen dining room and bath. The power company has added an extra unit and the staff will need more painting facilities in Sterlington.
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Me and Son
Bastrop
Sterlington
Louisiana Power and Lightcom
H. H. Land
Power Company
Artinique Joins Allied Fold In France Liberation
Artinique ends its non Axis stance and transfers naval resources to the Allied cause. Heppendt arrives to formalize the takeover as Admiral Robert relinquishes authority to a French committee representative in Algiers. The move strengthens the French front in freeing the homeland and boosts allied morale in the Caribbean and Panama region.
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Ashington
France
Red Nations
State Department
Robert
Algiers
Parity as Food Price Obstacle Draws Debate
Washington July 4 A government advisory panel criticizes parity prices as hindering the food program. The report says parity fixes ignore nutritive value and urgency, reflecting outdated economic relations from 1900 14 and wartime eras.
Blaize's Appointment protested as Plaquemines feud escalates
Leander H. Perez of Plaquemines parish fights Blaize appointment after losing in court to block Walter Jize from office. Perez announced plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court while filing an injunction at Pointe a la Hache. Dowling said Blaize will seek stay orders and may swear in deputies to take office if needed amid a four to three Supreme Court ruling.
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New Orleans
Leander H. Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Stretngy
Lotumeneere Court
Walter Jize
Jota
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Blaise
L. B. Dauterive
Perez
Pointe A la Heche
Charlies A. O'Neil
Pointe A la Hoche
Peres
BR Slater
Supreme Court
Dowling
Sid Blaze
Dawing
Plaquemines
Jones
Americans in Sicily Feast on Watermelons and Cantaloupes
Allied forces in Sicily enjoy fresh produce from the countryside bartered for cigarettes. An observer notes soldiers share rations and interact with locals in Licata, while nurses in blue uniforms earn praise for their appearance and conduct. Lieutenant Ed Raper recalls an army camp on Sicilian-returned immigrants’ property.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
Licata
Ed Raper
Knoxville
Tenn
United States
Injunction Against Stanley Reinstated in New Orleans Case
The Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated an injunction prohibiting Attorney General Stanley from superseding Tangipahoa Parish District Attorney Kemp. The ruling involved three murder cases linked to Jerome A. Hayes, supervisor of public funds, with ties to an Edwards Sheriff office investigation. The decision upheld unconstitutionality of act 24 from the 1034 legislature and barred AG interference in district attorney matters.
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New Orleans
Stanley
Bolivar BE. Kemp
Tangipahoa Parish
Supreme Court
Kemp
Jerome A. Hayes
Frank M Edwards
Hayes
Edwards
High Court
Attormey
Grand Jury
Chist
Dis Cars O'Niell
Fred M
Russians Push Germans Back at Kursk Front
Soviet dispatches report Red forces on the Kursk salient counterattacked after repulsing German attempts to widen the Belgorod bulge. Field Marshal Kluge’s troops suffered heavy losses as Russian tanks and aircraft renewed pressure, with reports of significant German casualties and retreats.
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Moscow
Kursk Salient
Belgorod Bulge
Red Army
Kluge
Belgorod
Orel
Comen Unique
Belgorod-Orel- Kursk
Plan to boost civilian meat rations outlined by GPA official
Washington July 14. An unofficial but authoritative source says the Office of Price Administration is developing a plan to lift civilian meat rations. Backed within GPA but not yet official the plan would regulate livestock prices to move more meat to market, though resistance from farm spokesmen and the meat industry is reported.
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Washington
D. C
Offici of Price Administration
Lan
GPA
Gb. C
Congressional
OPA
Marshal Badoglio Reported in Prison and Escape Attempt
A The Italian Frontier dispatch says Marshal Pietro Badoglio now held in northern Italy prison. supporters reportedly aided an escape but were captured by highway patrol. Tass notes potential transfer to a German prison. Grand Jury convenes in Pittsburgh to probe June coal strike affecting 10,000 miners and war production.
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Moscow
Idea
Pietro Bedoglio
Aly
Tass
Badoglio
Grand Jury
Pittsburgh
Connally-Smith
Federal Grand Jury
Pennsylvania
Planes Cut Flaming Path Across Sicily
Allied air forces blasted Sicily and surrounding waters destroying merchant ships and equipment. The communique reports 42 Axis aircraft shot down for seven Allied losses, including attacks from dawn to night, with bombers and fighters targeting coastal bases and enemy communications.
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Sicily
North Africa
Eighth Army
Allies Close In On Munda In Pacific Campaign
General MacArthur reports American troops advancing toward Munda in New Georgia as Japanese forces there face annihilation. U S air and sea power harass the garrison, with bombers and fighters inflicting heavy losses while reinforcements fail to reach the position.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
New Georgia
Munda
Kula Gulf
Langsdale Point
Douglas MacArthur
Enogai Inlet
Japan's War Production Boost Urged by Suzuki
Lieutenant General Teicho Suzuki announced Japan's war production reached unparalleled levels in the last nine months. He urged the total national effort and further sharp increases in ships and planes, including a shift to smaller factories that can be converted to war material.
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Teicho Suzuki
Japanese Cabinet Planning Board
Tokyo Radio
Suzuki
Central Cooperative Council
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Japan
Navy introduces Hellcat fighter to rival Corsair
The United States Navy unveils the FEF Hellcat as a new carrier fighter, built by Grumman, joining the Corsair in projected superiority over Japanese Zero. The Hellcat, named amid wartime scrutiny by the Truman committee, promises exceptional performance and may soon enter battle tests alongside Britain’s reliance on American carrier aircraft.
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Washington
United States Navy
Truman
Serlate
FEF
Grumman Corporation
South Pacific
Aar
Navy
Truman Committee
Rommel Shot Down Report Unconfirmed By British Sources
British sources offered no confirmation of a report that German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was shot down by Allied fighters on an Axis transport plane while en route to Sicily. The Swedish Svenska Dagbladet carried the claim via Reuters, naming companions such as General Siegfried Westphal and others.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Sicily
Atlantic
Svenska Dagbladet
Reuters
Rommel
Siegfried Westfaly
Kiehl
Italien Aot Aloes
German Air Fields Targeted in Northern France Raid
German air fields in northern France were believed the daylight objective of Allied raiders after a heavy Rhine raid on Aachen. The sky over Britain saw a grand air parade as hundreds of warplanes passed, with twenty RAF planes lost in the Aachen night attack.
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France
London
Europe
Rhineland
Aachen
Reich
Channel
Holland
Italian Fleet Refuses Battle as Sicily Invasion Opens
British naval observers report the Italian fleet stays in harbor during the Sicily landing. Mussolini’s ships show limited strength after losses, with only a few battleships and cruisers, leaving little anti submarine screen and doubt they could sortie with more than about 25 destroyers.
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London
Mussolini
Sicily
Rome
Italy
North
Africa
Mediterranean
France
Postwar pledge urged as Senate weighs peace roles
Senate leaders favor a general resolution declaring the United States will fulfill its postwar obligations to preserve peace. Senator Barkley says a detailed blueprint may spark fights in the chamber while the aim is to reassure nations that the U S will not abandon commitments after victory. Hull and Connally echo cautious support for a broad statement without specifics.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Mnais
Hull
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations
Allied Forces Press Sicily Breakout From Agrigento Front
American Seventh Army and British Eighth Army drive on Agrigento and Catania as Ponto Olivo, Comiso, and Porto Empedocle fall or near fall. American ships pound ranges and a torpedo boat flotilla strikes the Messina Strait to cut Axis supply lines.
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Daniel de Luce
North Africa
Seventh Army
Comiso
Ponte Olive
Arelied
Agrigento
Eighth Army
Sir L. Montgomery
Capeured Augusta
Catania
Sicilian
Naro
Patton
Ponte Olivo
Porto
Messina
Gela
Licata
Ragusa
Jonay
Sicily
New Policy From War Labor Board Sets Silence as Compliance
Washington July 14 The War Labor Board announced a policy that John L Lewis and other disputants need not sign contracts to show compliance. Compliance will be judged by observance of board terms, with or without signatures, in line with the war labor disputes act. President Roosevelt signaled mines would be returned to owners, while miners under WLB terms continue under government custody if ownership is restored.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Oter
Roosevelt
Lewis
Interior
Lekes
WLB
William H. Davis
Pew
Executed Man Defiant to Last in Oklahoma
Hiram Prather, 35, a prison inmate with little schooling, was executed in the electric chair for the 1941 killing of Warden Jess Dunn. He defiantly answered no when asked if he had a final statement. Warden Dunn’s son Byrle Dunn witnessed the execution. Prather’s body to be buried in Owen Cemetery.
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Malester
Okla
Hiram Prather
Jess Dunn
Fred Hunt
Byrle F. Dunn
Sheppard Field
Tex
Prather
Orwen
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