Doubles Mission Boosts Allied Air Power With New Arrivals
A large contingent of American airmen arrived in Great Britain to join the rapidly expanding United States Army Air Force fleet. The personnel, mostly combat crews, replace crews who have completed quotas and are ready to man bombers as manpower lags. The arrival was announced at a British port and described as fast and uneventful.
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Great Britain
United States Army Air Force
Atlantic
Europe
Allen's Foot-Ease promises all day comfort for tired feet
An ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for people on their feet all day. It claims quick relief from discomfort, swelling, and burning, plus absorption of perspiration and odor. It suggests sprinkling in shoes every morning and to ask druggists for the product.
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Allen
Bomb raids over Pantelleria and Sicily report heavy Allied air action
Allied Liberator formations from the Middle East damaged Pantelleria staging sites and Sicilian airfields. Bombs destroyed hangars and storage tanks, with several enemy fighters shot down and ships attacked in the Aegean. Colonel Kane of Shreveport led more than 250,000 pounds of bombs across Gerbini and Catania.
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Monroe
Algiers
London
Pantelleria
High Command
Rome
Associated Press
Catania
Sicily
Middle East
Aegean Sea
la Specia
Italy
Littorio
Vittorio Veneto
Roma
Middle East Command
Sicilian
John R
Killer) Kane
Shreveport
Gerbini
Bean harvest losses rise as farmers plow beans in Louisiana
Agricultural agents report hundreds of acres of beans being plowed under in Washington, St Helena, Tangipahoa, Livingston, and St Tammany parishes due to labor shortages and weak markets. Beans, planted per government urging, matured early and dried, causing losses estimated around $15,000 as some carloads sold for less than field cost. Prices in the area average 1.0 to 1.25 dollars per 30 pound hamper.
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Baton Rouge
Florida
Washington
St. Helena
Tangipahoa
Livingston
St. Tammany Parishes
United States
New York
Department of Agriculture
Negro women held for sheriff in Mississippi case
Elvie Johnson Azaline Bradley and Adeline Coleman were held in the city jail for transfer to the Vicksburg sheriff on a warrant charging them with larceny. Chief Brantley said the arrest followed the Vicksburg sheriff’s request and the case will be investigated locally.
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Elvie Johnson
Azaline Bradley
Adeline Coleman
Vicksburg
B. L. Brantley
Louisiana soldier listed among missing in Europe
Louisianians are named in a nationwide list of 224 United States soldiers missing or dead in Europe. Included are First Lieutenant Ellis J. Resweher of Port Barre, reported dead, and First Lieutenant Larche M. Washer listed as missing along with other Louisiana residents.
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United States
Ellis J. Resweher
A. B. Resweher
Port Barre
Larche M. Washer
Jewel Y. Washer
Corbin
Morgan S. Freeman
James T. Freeeman
Ogilvie Street
Bossier
Donald A. Kind
Roosevelt to join in radio ceremony in Washington
President Roosevelt will participate in a 5 p.m. eastern war time radio ceremony in Washington today. The Greek government will receive from the navy an anti-submarine patrol boat under a lend lease arrangement. The craft, of the same type as those handed to Norway and the Netherlands, will be received on behalf of Greece by ambassador Cimon P. Diamantopoulos. The broadcast will be carried by all networks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Norway
Netherlands
Cimon P. Diamantopoulos
Mexico Elevates Legations to Embassies Across Americas
The Mexican government announced it will elevate its legations in Central America Caribbean and northern South America to embassies to reflect equal democratic relations. The move takes effect in Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama Paraguay the Dominican Republic and Venezuela without anticipated changes in current envoys.
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Mexico City
Costa Rica
Ecuador
el Salvador
Haiti
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Auto Recovered: 1941 Plymouth Restored to West Monroe Owner
L C Jackson of 100 North Fourth Street West Monroe reported his 1941 Plymouth sedan stolen from in front of the Little Club late Wednesday night. Police recovered the car and returned it to the owner. Officers said the vehicle had been abandoned in the city.
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L. C. Jackson
North Fourth Street
West Monroe
Little Club
B. L. Brantley
Five Louisianians Reported Missing in Action
Washington reports Captain Paul S. Julienne Jr of New Orleans missing in action in North Africa. His father Paul S. Julienne lives at 7530 St Charles Avenue. The missing list includes four other Louisianians as details released today.
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Washington
Paul S. Julienne, Jr
New Orleans
Paul S. Julienne
St. Charles Avenue
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