War Bond Parade In Los Angeles Spurs Fifth War Loan Drive
Service members in battle dress marched through Los Angeles streets as a display of war bonds purchases and equipment. The event showcased armor, artillery, mobile kitchens, and radio units, part of the Fifth War Loan to meet a 28.3 million dollar county quota.
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Bexarcounty
Alamo Plaza
Avenue E
Commerce Street
Houston Street
Broadway
Horace P. Shelton
Neill E. Bailey
Army Division
Sixth Headquarters
San Antonio
Normagi
Kellyold
Brooks Field Hand
Randolph Field
348Th
Army Service Forces Band
Wal*ter
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
France
North Africa
Labor Shortage Forces Vacations In NYC Restaurants
New York City restaurateurs warn 40 percent of the metropolis's top 260 eateries will take two-week summer vacations to combat labor shortages and food rationing. The staggered closures, not limited to major districts, mirror half-holiday patterns already seen in neighborhood outlets.
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New York
Vis
Paul Henkel
New York Society of Restaurateurs
White Way Dist
Henkel
Vacaton
Inductees Must Accept Branch of Service Now
Washington reports selective service will no longer permit inductees to pick their branch. After July 1 draftees will be tagged for the service need, army or navy, with local boards filling calls by volunteers and order number. Draft HQ says no more unnecessary calls for limited service. fathers' exemptions and state directives shape quotas.
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Washington
UPI
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Wallace Told of First Grandchild
DES MOINES IOWA June 12 The most important message to Vice President Wallace in Liberia today is that he is a grandfather Joan Brooks Wallace the vice presidents first grandchild was born yesterday in Des Moines to Mr and Mrs Henry Browne Wallace She weighed 7 pounds 10 1 2 ounces
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Des Moines
Iowa
INS
Wallace
Liberie
Joan Brooks Wallace
Henry Browne Wallace
Farm Production Reaches Historic High Says War Food Chief
Boston June 12 Judge Marvin Jones national war food administrator says the nation’s 6,000,000 farmers have produced more food in the past three years than any period before. He notes 20 million acres of farm land added since Pearl Harbor and that the War Food Administration buys about $8,004,000 in food daily to feed 11 million servicemen and war participants. Argentina length noted at 2300 miles.
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Boston
Marvin Jones
National War Food Administrator
United Retail Food Industry
Jones
Pearl Harbor
WFA
Los Fresnos Exceeds Bond Quota in War Drive
In Los Fresnos Texas the Fifth War Bond drive ended with a quota of 79400 dollars. Sub-chairman Harry Phipple reported to County Chairman John Barton that the town purchased 87807 dollars and fifty cents worth of bonds and continued buying.
Tito's Troops Rout Nazis
Tito's Partisans claimed to have neutralized enemy strongholds on the Tuzla Zivornik line southwest of Belgrade and shelled positions at Koraj and Celhi near Tuzla. They also reported capturing a stronghold in the Majeyica mountains northwest of Virnik Sobut with ammunition, while fighting in western Romania continued and German withdrawals were noted from Glamoc.
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London
Tito
Tusla-Zivornik
Belgrade
Koraj
Celhi
Tuzla
Majeyica
virnik-Sobut
Rasnia
Glamoc
Split
Texarkana Opens Fifth War Loan Drive in City
Texarkana Arkansas readies for the Fifth War Loan drive with Secretary Morgenthau as master of ceremonies. A 8 p.m. kickoff features a four network broadcast with President Roosevelt to participate. Governors Stevenson Adkins Davis, Orson Welles and other stars attend as Morgenthau tours plants, parades, luncheons, and a regional broadcast.
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Texarkana
Ark
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Roosevelt
Texas- Arkansas
Treasury
Morgenthau
War Plant
Coke «Stevenson
Texas
Homer Adkins
Arkansas
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
Orson Welles
Bve
Hollywood
Small Austin Boys Hitch Hike to L A
Two Austin boys aged 10 and 11 hitch hiked toward San Antonio to visit Brackenridge park. They were found sleeping beneath a bridge at Presa and Crockett streets at 1 a.m. Monday by Patrolman J. Fivel. The younger boy said his father promised a trip to the park but never did. He talked the other boy into running away. Fivel bought them a meal before placing them with county juvenile authorities and notifying their parents.
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Austin
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Presa and Crockett Streets
Raio
J. Fivel
Fivel
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Gunter Hotel
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