General Giles recalls German surprise at Allied air power
Pacific General Barney M. Giles, 42, new commanding general of Army Air Forces in the Pacific, recounts Hermann Goering’s astonishment when Allied long-range fighters escorted bombers from Britain to Germany. Giles, a Mineola native and veteran of 1917 aviation, notes he pushed for increased ranges on P 38s P 47s and P 51s to counter German air superiority.
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Hermann Goering
Reichsmarshal
Barney M. Giles
Army Iit Forces
Pacific Ocean Areas
20Th Aly Force
Millard F. Harmon
Goerig
Germany
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Britain
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Amy
H. H. Arnold
Mineola
Warapaim
Dapan
Army
Signal Corps
Weird Peace Arrives At Tavern Mountain Austria
War correspondent notes a strange calm in Bad Gastein as Third Division troops occupy the area. German prisoners and Austrian locals adjust to a lull with band music, sunlit pools, and casual patrols while diplomats and ex-royalty mingle in this peculiar postwar pause.
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Bad Gastein
Randolph Sum
Isola
Miss
Bub Summerall
Cannon Company
Tath
Charlie Single Terry
Calvo
M “Yeh
Haere Ab
Scorpion Sting Kills Gillespie Rancher
Fredericksburg June 1 A scorpion sting is blamed for the death of Gould Davis 65 a Gillespie county rancher who owned ranch tracts in Gillespie and Blaney counties Davis died yesterday minutes after being stung on the finger His wife one son and a daughter survive
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Gould Davis
Gillespie County
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Gillespie
Blaney Counties
Swastika Banned At POW Burials
German prisoners of war in American camps will no longer have the swastika draped over their coffins. The War Department will permit reburials with either the flag of imperial Germany or the Weimar republic, Col. Jesse Marshall announced in Denver.
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Jesse Marshall
Colorado-Wyoming
War Department
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Weimar Republic
Marshall
Dust Again Hits Midwest Dust Again Hits Midwest
Residents of eastern Colorado western Kansas and Nebraska wipe dust from eyes as 44 mph winds recall the 1930s dust bowl era. The story notes readers are prompted to check The Light Want Ads today.
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Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Ays
Printing Trades Share of U S Workforce Noted
In a report on employment in the United States it is estimated that one of every 1259 working people is employed in some form of printing or publishing. The statistic highlights the scope of the printing trades within the economy.
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