Vast Army Supply and Allied War Aid Progress
The War Department calls the current supply situation the most critical in U S history as Congress approves a lend lease total of 62 94465 billion for war material to United Nations with 11 316898910 for 23 55 planes and parts The Army plans 60 000 planes this year and 125 000 in 1943 General McNarney warns against underestimating tasks while General Somervell outlines growth from 2 8 million to 4 5 million troops and stresses long supply lines and bottlenecks including rubber conservation to hasten victory.
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War Department
United Nations
Congress
Roosevelt
McNarney
Britain
B. B. Somervell
Card of Thanks for sympathy and flowers
The family thanks friends for expressions of sympathy and floral offerings after the father’s death. Special thanks to those who served as pallbearers. Signed Claude Head, Lee Head, Elmer Head, Mrs. Roy Mascon, Mrs. D. E. Allgood.
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Claude Head
Lee Head
Elmer Head
Roy Mascon
D. E. Allgood
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Coast shells spark coastwide fear on quiet Oregon, British Columbia
Reports from Seaside Astoria and nearby areas describe shells from an unidentified vessel striking north of Seaside and the coast, with residents hearing loud gunfire and watching orange flashes. Locals waited for details as daylight revealed shell holes in the remote 16 mile stretch between the Columbia River and Gearhart. A Tokyo broadcast claimed the Vancouver Island shelling would be a shock to U S and Canadian peoples.
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Lucas
Astoria
Seaside
Arimiy
Ocean City
Columbia River
British Columbia
Oregon
Goleta
Calif
Santa Lsarbara
Orc
Here
Margaret Robb
Oregon Coast
Tokyo
Vancouver Island
Puget Sound
United States
Pacific
Britain faces Libya debate after Tobruk blow and convoy losses
Prime Minister Attlee outlined Britain’s Libyan position as the eighth army reinforces in the Middle East. Auchinleck reported Rommel exhausted but fight continues. Tobruk’s fall described as a heavy blow with seven British warships sunk and Axis losses rising.
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Attlee
Claude J. E Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Britain
Auchinleck
Rommel
North Africa
Libya
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Axis
America’s enduring fight for freedom and world order
A compact portrait of American resolve drawing on memory and tradition. It links patriotism to Lafayette, Flanders Field, and Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, asserting defense of the Bill of Rights and Monroe Doctrine while pursuing global disarmament and safe seas.
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America
Europe
Lafayette
Flanders Field
Roosevelt
Axis: One Battleship Torpedoed In Night Action
Axis forces report one battleship torpedoed and seventy dead or damaged. British losses include thirty aircraft destroyed. Axis tallies claim sixty five enemy ships or aircraft involved.
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Axis
British
Vacation Travel Over the Fourth May Be Eye Opener
Chicago travel authorities forecast July Fourth weekend will show the true impact of pleasure travel and wartime shortages with record rail movement of troops and war materials, gasoline rationing, and heavy civilian travel. Experts urge last minute plan changes and sugar ration reminders for summer resorts.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
George A. Kelly
Pullman Company
Kelly
Stolen Pontiac Recovered In Roswell After Carlsbad Theft
A 1942 Pontiac sedan stolen in Carlsbad yesterday was found abandoned on East Third Street in Roswell last night. Police recovered the vehicle but have not located the thief. Owner H. L. Forbes of Carlsbad reported the car this morning. the spare tire was missing. A separate ad promotes Victory Hair Cut and Curl services at 108 E. 4th, Roswell.
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Carlsbad
H. L. Forbes
East Third Street
Manuscript: Arthur Wiley Charged With Service Act Violation
Arthur Wiley pleaded not guilty before U S Commissioner Pat ONeill in Brawley California to failing to notify his local board of his whereabouts. He was bound over to the federal grand jury on a $500 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Arthur Wiley
U. S
Pat O'Neill
Brawley
Calif
Federal Grand Jury
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