Invasion News Circles as Paratroopers Lead Start
Mrs. Cale, wife of a San Antonio lieutenant colonel, felt a rising hope as invasion reports came in. From London, Wright Bryant described airborne preparations with transport planes lining up, General Brereton overseeing the first wave, and paratroopers ready for action, signaling the early phase of a major operation.
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London
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Cole
Linut
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Army Brat Cole Leads Flight From England To Europe
IN ON IT notes Maj. Col. Cole of San Antonio, a West Point graduate 1990, airborne veteran since 1941, as senior officer aboard a troop carrier plane. His family details include wife Allie Mne Kilson and 14 month old son Robert Bruce, with home at 103 Wildwood Drive East. Wright rides navigator dome in C-47 over English Channel.
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English Channel
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Clara H. Cole
East Evergreen Street
West Point
Ith Infantry
Fort Jowds
Wash
T Nem
Port Benning
Fort Bray
England
Planes and subs share honors in Pacific war reports
Associated Press notes sinking of a destroyer and freighter boosting Japan’s losses to 20 ships in two days as Liberator bombers strike Halmahera and New Guinea waters. Navy submarines send six transports and 10 cargo vessels to the bottom of the Pacific while two more ships are damaged near Truk. In China, Changsha faces intensified fighting as Chinese forces claim outer defenses breached and Japanese drives along the Sunehai railway move toward Tungkwang before retreating. Allied efforts in Burma and Dutch New Guinea press on amid heavy combat and shifting fronts.
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Philippines
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China
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Burma
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Changsha
Hunan Province
Bonin Province
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Sunehai
Tungkwang
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Henan
Sunghsien
Lushan
Constipation relief letter promotes Kellogg's All Bran
A reader letter from Mr Lowe praises Kellogg's All Bran for improving routine bowel movements after a long constipation. The note stresses All Bran as a regulating cereal not a purgative and urges regular use with ample water. It claims a 71 year old experienced normal passages within a week and has stayed regular for months.
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Love
Kellogg's
Photo Pilots See Allied Beachheads On Northern France Invasion
Two 8th USAAF photo reconnaissance pilots describe flying 500 feet above the coast of northern France as Allied forces breach the shore. They report robust naval gunfire support, 1440 inland photos, heavy ground fire, and many towns burning while civilians reportedly evacuated. The observers note swift troop movement and gliders on the beaches, with no visible enemy air opposition.
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USAAF
France
Col
C. A. Shoop
Beverly Wills
Calif
Shea Iter
Aix
Europe
Hartwell
Eisenhower
Strange Actors Bring on the Girls in Paramount Show
Burlesque style revue features Bprke Jones and his City Stickers with a parrot two dogs and a midget in a musical number at Paramount Tech Meclor. The act titled Bring on the Gils promises lively stage antics and spectacle.
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Paramount
Gils
Air Troops Told Job To Be Tough
Air Marshal Trafford Leigh Mallory told combat crews at a troop carrier base on the eve of D day that their assignment was tough but they would perform with enthusiasm and efficiency. He expressed utmost confidence they would do their job well as he toured in his plane. the troop carrier group was commanded by Col. Frederick Hudgens.
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Frederick Hudgens
Ueuma
Lit
Border Zone Rations Based on Border Zone Rules
The U S Office of Price Administration announced July 1 changes to rationing of processed foods meats fats cheese dairy products and shoes in the Mexican border zone within 10 to 60 miles south of Texas and California. Ration cards with coupons will be used and shoe stamps issued on need basis as in the U S. The border sale of U S goods was authorized to aid Mexican residents dependent on U S markets.
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Washington
State Office of Price Administration
U. S
Mexico
United States
Texas
California
OPA
U.S
Area War Labor Plan Due June 12 Details emerge
Details of the area plan to implement the national war labor program effective July 1 will be announced about June 1 according to EB A Ellett area director War Manpower Commission. Miss Sarah Turk of Austin administrative assistant to the WM G state director was in San Antonio assisting setup of the area program. The Dead Sea is the lowest spot on earth.
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National War Labor
EB. A. Ellett
War Manpower Commission
Sarah ‘Turk
Austin
WMG
San Antonis
Not So Dumb Animals in San Antonio Story Reel
A brief item notes dogs wed in a village square on June 6, 1944 as part of a Warner Brothers production titled Up to a Certain Glory. The fragment references a village pool scene and a Hollywood mix up during filming.
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Warner Brothers
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