Allied Airmen Destroy Another Jap Transport
U S fliers honored for bombing Jap targets in the Pacific. General Breckinridge awarded silver stars to aryyhus headquarters unit and pilots for missions over Rabaul and Amboina. Purple hearts went to Eddie Hayman Arthur Norgaard Gordon Diehl and Russell Thompson for wounds and valor during daring raids.
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Amboina
East Indies
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Winslow
Ariz
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Huntsville
Texas
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Green Bay
Wis
Done M. Diehl
Jersey City
N. J
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Thompson
Resmire
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Bayman
Kendari Airdrome
Diehl
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Nix Liquid Cream Promises Quick Skin Fix
iNEX on BLACKHEADS PIMPLES FRECKLE S claims a 3 minute action for pimples and blemishes with a liquid base. It soaks in and tightens skin from beneath while the powder base aids surface blend. Lightens external blemishes without smarting, urging immediate use with a money back offer.
Street Car Stop Poles To Mark Red White Blue Poles
Dallas transit plans issue new pole marked stops along routes with poles erected and painted in red white and blue colors. Officials say the design imitates barber pole style and will eliminate stops spaced less than 50 feet apart to streamline service. The change aims to designate designated stops with national color poles.
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Dallas
Dim-Out Drive Fines Imposed on Mississippi Coast Motorists
Authorities enforce dim out regulations along the Mississippi Gulf coast arresting over 200 motorists for violations. Fines range from 1 to 8 dollars, with plans for stricter penalties and continued enforcement announced by military and civilian officials.
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Miss
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Army
Slaying Story Admitted as Fake Tale in Teaneck Case
Prosecutor Jr. states Janes A. Boyd, age 7, admitted fabricating a story about King R. Norman Redwood, business agent, to obtain favors. The alleged hoax took place in Teaneck in 1997 with aims to secure a free ride from the West Coast, per the report.
Soldier Treated For Finger Wound At Local Hospital
Pvt. Jase vy. semiez of Company H was treated at Robert B. Green hospital on Friday for a gunshot wound to the left finger of his right hand. He told police an unknown man shot him while walking on Morales street near the hospital.
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Jase Vy. Semiez
Company H
Robert B. Green Hospital
Morales Street
Troops Leap Overboard as Barnes Sink in Pacific Action
General MacArthur reports ongoing sea and air battles near Gona Mission Run in the Papua coast. Allied airmen bombed Japanese transports, some sunk or set ablaze, while fighting fighters and bombers hit shore defenses near Salamaua and Buna.
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MacArthur
New Gamnes
Gona Mission-Runa
Ambasi
Papua Ponsauda
Red Cross Relief Ship Heads to Orient With Aid
The Red Cross announced a relief ship to sail within two weeks from San Francisco carrying about $1,000,000 worth of packaged food for American prisoners of war and civilians in China. The Kanagoora, a Swedish ship, docked here, will call at Kobemui Shanzhai Hongkong and Manila. Negotiations for safe conduct delay departure. British crew are being replaced by neutral Swedish sailors. Immediate shipment orders include 100,000 stayid hard Red Cross prisoners of war food packages to Say Fratigsoo.
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Texan in RCAF Receives Award for Courage
John Frederick Barrink, a Texan pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for courage in actions over Burma. The air force announced the honor on July 2, noting his fearless reconnaissance and perilous missions that aided Allied operations.
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RCAF
Organization Changes Made In Corps Area
Washington Gly 24 reported Secretary of War Gumson announced army reforms to simplify procedures and free officers for field duty. Reorganization of mine corps areas increases area command authority, removes troop admin duties, and halves duplication while keeping nine area boundaries. Medical officers will move to clinical posts. depots streamline under the quartermaster general with centralized administration and independent depot sections.
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Brehon
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Corps
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Plant Escapes WPB Steel Cut
Dallas reports the Lone Star Steel Company’s Daingerfield expansion remains unaffected by a 10 percent cut in the wartime expansion program. John W. Carpenter, president, said the project would likely have faced delays had the cut occurred, and that final contracts for installations at Daingerfield would be signed in Washington.
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Dallas
Lone Star Sleet
Daingerfield
Wary Production Board
Iron Mid Fleet
John W. Carpenter
Carpenter
Tis
Washington
Daingersield
British Officers Escape After Desert Trek From Sidi Barrani
Six Army of the Nile officers escaped Axis captors at Sidi Barrani and trekked across miles of desert in search of safety. They drank camelthorn sap to endure thirst, seized a truck by night, and passed patrols, finally breaking through Axis lines in a bold desert departure guided by captured supplies and aid from a local driver.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
tDelayed
Army of the Nile
Sidi Barrani
Hare
Jim Lagan
New Zealand
Ansunk
Bldl Bayrd
Logan
Ami
Laui
Ford Tie Replacement Plan Aims to Preserve War Worker Transit
Detroit dispatch reports Ford Motor Company proposed a national tie replacement plan using a rubber substitute to preserve transportation for war workers. Ford Vice President J S Seven. with approval, the program would cover buses trucks and autos. The plan, tested on Ford proving grounds, seeks to support up to 200000 Ford employees amid material and labor constraints.
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Detroit
Nly
Ford Motor Company
Chiros FE
Sevensen
Ford
Fara
United States
Lyte
Lovetsen
Trinidad Base Nears Completion
Port of Spain Trinidad July 24 17P1 construction of the United States army base here is so advanced a gradual reduction of the construction staff has begun. Lindt Colonel Gustav Ring acting district engineer of the U S army announced yesterday.
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Trinidad
Port OF Spain
United States Army
Lindt
Gustav Ring
Dlistilet
U. S. Army
West Coast Smoke Screen Test Reported Effective
SAN DIEGO Calif July 24 Army and civilian defense officials said a smoke screen test over part of San Diego's wavefront was highly effective. Billows of smoke obscured the area as the test demonstrated masking against potential observations from the sea and air.
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Calif
San Diem
Tosh Sehighn Army
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