Nazi Murder at Normandy Medical Post and Padre Parry
On D-day in Normandy German troops overran a medical aid post in the Orne valley. Padre George Edward Maule Parry of the British Sixth Airborne Division, 22, was killed while trying to defend wounded paratroopers. His brother Lieut. Peter Francis Maule Parry died in North Africa in 1941. The raid showed brutal Nazi actions against helpless Britons and a bayonet attack on Parry who intervened to aid the wounded.
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Parry
Peter Francis Mauie Parry
North Africa
6Th Airborne Division
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Caen Canal
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Herbert B. Hatch
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Ploesti
Homenta
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Lend Leases Signed to Boost Allied War Aid
President Roosevelt signed a $3.92 billion supply bill to fund aid to Allies in the coming fiscal year. The law totals about $9.45 billion for lend lease, foreign economic aid, and UN relief and rehabilitation, with nearly $4 billion in PLAT funds added, bringing program total above $7 billion for the year ahead.
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Foreign Economic Administration
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St Joseph Aspirin Ad Claims Top Brand in Market
An old advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as the world's largest seller and fastest, with pricing for 10c standard packs, 20c economy sizes, and 35c 100 tablet bottles. It urges consumers to demand St Joseph Aspirin, highlighting safety and speed of relief.
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St. Joseph
Weather 61 Golf Course at Sheppard Field
A nine hole OGl yard par 27 course has been built for officers at Sheppard Field Texas. Holes range from 50 to 185 yards and the facility serves personnel at the base.
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Sheppard Field
Texas
Nazi Fliers More Dogged in South
Veterans describe fierce dogfights over Italy and the Balkans with P-38s facing MB-108s and Romanian TAR fighters. Lt Herschel Green, from Mayfield Kentucky, tops Allied pilots with 14 victories, followed by Maj Samuel Brown of Tulsa with 15 12. Brown scored four kills on June 26 over Vienna and fought in the Aleutians. Green’s best day was January 10 when he downed six enemy planes over Udine.
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Aleutians
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Italy
L A Showers Bring Rain to Parched Pastures
Thunderstorms and cooler air sweep into the San Antonio area easing heat. Total rainfall around 0.14 inch at the municipal airport amid scattered downpours and a drop from 92 to 72 degrees, with gusts near 34 mph. Ranchers hope rain revives drought-stricken pastures as a broader heat wave eases across much of the United States. Texas wheat harvest advances toward a projected bumper yield of about 61 million bushels despite weather quirks and railroad bottlenecks.
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Weather Bureau
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Bomb Raids Kill Dozens in London Area
German robot air attacks into southern England devastate urban centers. A children’s hostel housing 36 babies and 12 nurses is badly damaged, with many dead and missing. Hotels shops and offices suffered, rescue workers and ambulance teams respond amid smoke and rubble. American soldiers narrowly escape injuries as streets glow with shattered glass.
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England
Jhannel
High Ranking Nazi Killed in Normandy and Plane Crash
London reports Gen Friedrich Dollmann commander of the Seventh Army and defender of the Atlantic wall was killed in Normandy. He was 62 and famed artillery specialist. A British broadcast identified another general, Ferdinand Jndl, as killed in a plane crash over Finnish Laplands, with Eduard Dietz also said to have perished, but not yet confirmed.
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Seventh Army
Atlantic Wall
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Normandy
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Dollmann
Germany
France
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Gpi
NBC Today
Laplands
Ferdinand Jndl
Alfred Jodi
Hitler
Eduard Dietz
Wanted Hard of Hearing Men and Women for Hearing Test
A historic newspaper notice invites men and women who are hard of hearing to try the Durvis Home Method test. It promises improved hearing after a simple at home kit and urges readers to visit Summers Drug Store and Ataki stores for a freeMonty pack.
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Former Brady Resident Leonard Dennis Buried
Brady residents gathered for the funeral of Leonard Dennis 64 long-time Brady resident who had lived at the N E Hillyard Ranch between Fredonia and Fon tatoo in recent years. Also noted is a WPB waste paper salvage drive update reporting four tons collected daily at Belmont Park.
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Reid
Leonard Dennis
N. E. Hillyard Ranch
Fredonia
Fone Tatoo
Pari-Muttel Uekel
Belmont Park
WPB
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