Belorussian Front Battles Show Heavy Soviet Gains
Pravda reports a three day battle along a Russian held highway in the Belgorod sector with German advances halted after heavy losses. Soviets claim 100 German tanks knocked out and 47 planes shot down amid 2,000 enemy deaths as total Nazi losses exceed 40,000 since summer. Police also report the arrest of Joseph Luther Guy on a grand larceny warrant in Mississippi.
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Pravda
Belgorod
Orel- Kursk-Belgorod
Orel-Kursk
London
Orel
Red Army
Catania Bread Protests Triggered Allied Landings
Civilians in Catania protested bread shortages prompting police to trigger air raid alarms. Demonstrators fled repeatedly until Allied forces landed, creating a complex sequence of events where the alarm system was used and misread before the assault.
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Catania
U S S Savage Launches Today at Brown Yard
The destroyer escort U S S Savage was launched in Houston with Mrs. Walter S. Savage of Monroe La as sponsor. Ensign Walter S. Savage, who died at Pearl Harbor, is honored by family attendance including maid of honor Ensign Lelia D. Frazier. Ensign Savage hailed from New Orleans and LSU graduate with several service medals.
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Houston
Tex
U.S. S
Ensign Savage
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
Hoot Owls Squadron Proudly Names Monroe Youth Commander
A Honolulu paper via Monroe profiles the Hoot Owls aviation squadron and its present commander Captain Victor M. Mahr, detailing a storied history in Hawaiian military aviation. From activation at Fort Kamehameha in 1917 to record flights, radio interchanges, and notable pilots, the unit’s lineage features Maitland Hegenberger Olds Wooten and leading generals.
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Honolulu
C. W. Mahr
Monroe
C. W. Whitfield
Hoot Owls
Victor M. Mahr
Hoot Owls Lose Commander. Aleutian Duty and Missing Pilot
Captain Victor M. Mahr now in command in Hawaii is assigned to the Hoot Owls squadron after Major Watt left to lead a fighter group in the Aleutians and is reported missing since May. The squadron’s new leader, Captain Mahi of Monroe Louisiana, earned his wings at Randolph and Kelly in 1940 and joined the Hoot Owls a year ago. The unit boasts Hawaii service and strong performance in the Army Air Forces. Global thunderstorms number about 1,890 at any moment with roughly 360,000 lightning flashes hourly.
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Robert W. Douglass, Jr
Fighter Command
Hawaii
Heat Owls
Hoot Owls
James R. Watt
Sidney
F. Wharton
Victor M. Mahr
Watt
Aleutian Islands
Wharton
South Pacific
Mahi
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Army Flying Schools
Randolph and Kelly
Hawaiian
Army Air Forces
Cadet selection offices close after two years in New Orleans
The naval cadet selection board in New Orleans closes its offices after establishing six flight preparatory schools in two years. Commander Priestman says the Loyola area unit and Mississippi recruitment shift to the Atlanta board, while Natchitoches Lafayette Conway and Russellville schools transfer to the Dallas board. The team grew from a medical officer and two enlisted men to about 100 officers and men.
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New Orleans
Naval Cadet Selection Board
L. C. Priestman
Loyola University Civil Aeronautics Administration War Training Service
Mississippi
Atlanta
Priestman
Belgian Officer in Cairo Seeks War Conference
Lieutenant General Paul Charles mens, vice-governor of the Belgian Congo, arrived in Cairo to review troop contingents and confer with General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Lord Moyne, and King Farouk on Middle East affairs.
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Ermens
Cairo
Paul Charles Mens
Belgi Congre
Cor Fo
Henry Maitland Wilso
Middle East
Lord Moyne
Deau
Middle Ess
Farouk
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Pain Relief
Many suffer backaches and fatigue from kidney trouble. The ad urges readers to ask a druggist for Doan's Pills, claiming they have helped millions by flushing waste from the kidneys and relieving pain and swelling.
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China
Doan
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