Massive Allied Air Attack Hits German Lines Near Caen
American heavy bombers and 1000 British heavies strike German positions below Caen with about 1800 tons delivered in a major two sector assault. RAF Lancasters and US Ninth Air Force fly over France hitting transport routes, fuel dumps, and armor while Eagles escort about 750 fighters.
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London
Caen
France
First Army
Eisenhower
Avranches
Second Tactical Air Force
United States Ninth Air Force
Paris
Moscow
United States
Eighth Air Force
Tresbinia
Krakow
Nazis Cling To Foothold Along Arno
German forces hold an entrenched position in the hills south of the Arno near Florence as counterattacks against Indian troops north of Arezzo fail to alter frontline lines. Florence and Pisa remain split with Allies south of the river and Germans on the north bank. Heavy shelling and air vigilance persist while claims of Florence being shelled are contradicted by aerial photos.
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Rome
Arno
Florence
Arezzo
Pisa
Harold Alexander
Eighth Army
Mate Grillo
Highway 71
Fifth Army
San Viniato
Charcoal Gas as a Gasoline Substitute for Farm Use
Newsweek tested a gasogene powered station wagon on an 800 mile trip from Kalamazoo to New York. The device produced about 65 percent of gasoline power, averaging 30 mph, with 600 pounds of charcoal for the journey and costs near 20 cents per 15 miles. Gasogenes offer a possible wartime substitute mainly for rural and industrial use, with limited postwar applicability.
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Europe
United States
Newsweek Magazine
Kalamazoo
Mich
New York City
Allegheny Mountains
Milton van Slyck
van Slyck
Burma Road
Saunas
Sweden
Gasogene
South America
North
Gems of Thought and Old Fashioned Sunlight
A compact meditation on enduring love and hopeful sight. It notes that love brings color to gloom and a single experience can outweigh many warnings. It also opposing rejection of old ideas as a path to sunshine.
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Lowell
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le Perthe
Romilly
England
May sur-Orne
Tilly la Champagne
Caen-Falaise
Italy
Szombathely
Vienna
Germany
Blechhamer
Mediterranean
Uncle Sam
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Lamar
Houston
Texas
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Army
Bureau of Standards
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Tennessee Valley Authority
Robert Browning
Hitler
Bfgoodrich
al MU
P.O
Tropics
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Conn
Sadie Brand
Ogre Farm and Ranch Products
U.S. D.A
Great State Chemical Co
San Marcos, Texas
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