Yanks Push Forward at Munda Air Base New Georgia
Allied forces inch forward through New Georgia jungles to within 1900 yards of Munda air base as MacArthur reports continued bombardment. Fourteen Jap pillboxes destroyed. ships sunk or damaged near Cape Gloucester. Salamaua bombed. Timor targets Koepang and Penfoel airdrome attacked. Kolombangara and Ten Qabar islands bombed with barge sinkings noted.
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New Georgia
Munda
Macarthur
Salis
See
Alr
Bone
Navy
Cape Cloucester
New Britain
Salamaua
1 New Guinea
Timor
1 Koepang
Penfoel
Ten- Qabar Islands
Darwin
Kolombangara Wand In
Solomons
Labor shortage seen due for five A
Labor officials in San Antonio forecast a general shortage in six months followed by a gradual drop in war-related manufacturing. C C Leal of the San Antonio Manufacturers' association cites the city’s reclassification by the National Congested Production areas committee as Class 3 with 50 cities and awaits the new classification details for import impact.
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San Antonio
C. C. Leal
Yank On Isle Lonesome After Female Captive Escapes
War correspondent ART COHN reports from Woodlark Island Solomon Sea July 36. Tex Grham of El Paso describes his capture of Matilda for 20 pounds and a silver tooth in a taxi incident. Dr Henry Brown Jr and Capt Mort Hermel detail medical duties as obstetrician on duty and surgical cases amid jungle patrols. The jeep’s mud-rutted ride, Brazzell’s driving, and plans to rename Woodlark to Mudlark cap the tale with frontier humor.
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Woodlark Island
Solomon Sea
Boss
Tex Grham
el Paso
Cook
Matilda
Brisbane
Henry Brown Jr
Philadelphia
America
Brown
Colonel Brown
Instrumets
Maude
Mort Hermel
U S Subs Sink Ten Jap Ships in New Pacific Raid
U S submarines continue pressing Pacific operations sinking 10 Japanese ships and damaging four more, boosting totals to 216 ships sunk, 29 probably sunk, and 58 damaged. Navy communique notes two large transports, two large cargo ships, three medium cargo vessels, two tankers and one small cargo ship sunk, with additional damages. President Roosevelt asserts Jap shipping is greatly reduced and unable to sustain island lines north of Australia.
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Pacific
Navy
Roosevelt
Australia
Chinese Hit Shanghai Areas Reported in 308 Series Attacks
An army spokesman at a press conference disclosed sustained Chinese attacks on Japanese garrisons near Hangchow, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. Japs halted passenger service on the Shanghai Hangchow railway to move troops, traffic along the line north of Hangchow was cut, and Chinese forces repelled a Japanese thrust near Wukang. The spokesman also claimed Japanese enlistment of subjugated peoples and conversion of consumer food plants into war plants.
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Shanghai
Hangchow
Wukang
Jap Defenses On Wake Far Stronger
July 21 reports say Wake Island defenses were reinforced as Liberator bombers faced heavy anti air fire. Zeros attacked as the second flight neared the target, one bomber was lost, nine Zeros shot down, four probables, and five fighters damaged. Lieutenant Ivan M. Osborne, of Bakersfield, described the battle.
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Wake Island
Wake
Wake Audh
Giestzs
L Lieut
Ivan M. Osborne
Bakersfield
Cali
Thearget
Htt
Jap Targets In Burma Bombed
American and British air forces conducted coordinated raids on central and western Burma destroying bridges railways factories and shipping. Bombers hit the Myingyan and Tangon areas damaging mills and installations while fighters attacked Dawan and the Mayu peninsula. Zeros shot down and four sampans sunk with several patrols reporting enemy losses and ambushes near Kalemyo and Sumpra hun.
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Ameriea
Burma
U. S
10Th Air Orgs
My River
Mandalay
Tangon
Myingyan
Dawan
Buln
Rinr
Andaman Islands
Mayu Peninsula
Buru
Irrawaddy
Kalemyo
Bvats
Pakikku
Monywa
Arakan
Sumprahun
Dap
Eight Red Cross Nurses Sent to Aid Storm Victims
San Antonio Red Cross nurses including Caroline Malini Frances Fuquay Ester and other volunteers departed Thursday for Galveston to assist storm victims. This marks the second dispatch this month following a prior July 24 call for aid tied to infantile paralysis efforts in Dallas.
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Ea Mae ‘Wagner
Pel Fink
Mary Adams
Jene Sado
Red Cross
San Antonio
Aki
Galveston
Even Louise Brient
Dallas
Caroline Malini
Frances Fuquay
Ester
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