Twelve Months Under Fire Highlights U S War Progress
Yank magazine chronicles a year of U S advances from Guadalcanal to Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. It details weapon advances, camouflage, logistics, air power, engineers, and medical feats, praising Allied operations, training under fire, and notable tactical lessons learned.
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Britain and Soviet Plan Trade Cooperative Formation
British manufacturers and exporters move to form a British Soviet cooperative trading association to promote trade with the Soviet Union. The group would organize postwar economic security and negotiate with the Soviet government while marketing Soviet products in Britain.
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Bowen Driver Claims Bus Defective
CORSICANA July 13 Bowen bus driver W A Graham of Irving said the steering apparatus failed as his bus neared Richland creek bridge ten miles south of Corsicana. He testified before District Attorney Roe and B J English to the Interstate Commerce Commission that the body dropped about one and a half inches on a front wheel once he pulled into Buffalo station. He backed the bus a few feet and the body snapped into position but the steering would not turn as he tried to pull back onto the road near the bridge.
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Sabotage Hinted At Touhy Preview
JOLIET JULY 13 Dark hints of sabotage framed the preview of the film Roger Touhy Last of the Outlaws at Stateville prison. Officials, including producer Bryan Fo e, suspected inmate sympathy influenced the delay as heat and a cut soundtrack cable sparked a late start.
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Appointments for Texas state hospital leaders named
Austin July 13 UP Supertag tendents of state institutions re appointed for two years beginning September 1 include Dr M A Beckman Abilene Site hospital Dr C A Shaw Big Spring State hospital Dr R L Brown San Antonio State hospital John Robertson State Orphans home Corsicana Dr J B McKnight State Tuberculosis sanatorium Sanatorium Tom Green county Dr William Thomas Terrell State hospital
Elks Elect New Grand Exalted Ruler at Boston Session
Lonergan of Portland unanimously elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks at the opening of the seventy-ninth grand lodge session in Boston. The selection followed an open conference with Elks leaders from across the nation.
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Solons Consider Excess-Profits Tax on War-Era Increases
Washington July 13 Congress debates an excess profits tax on income increases since pre war earnings. Proponents argue it could raise funds while critics say it punishes merit and stifles incentives. debates hinge on measuring periods and who pays.
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