Canal oil project opens in Yukon to fuel war effort
A $130 million American financed Canal oil project opened in Yukon linking the Whitehorse refinery to Fort Norman via a 595 mile four inch pipeline. The refinery will supply aviation fuel for planes between Edmonton and Fairbanks and gasoline and diesel for military transport and farming equipment. The United States will own the pipeline through the war and sell it afterward with Canarian government having first right to buy.
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Waisonman Xuso
Canada
Alaska
Whitehorse
Fort Norman
Edmonton
Fairbanks
United States
Private Hernandez Receives Silver Star For Italy Action
Antonia A Hernandez of San Antonio earned the Silver Star for heroism with the 36th Texas Division on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He and two comrades risked heavy fire to restore vital wire connections between mills, carrying a dead comrade from a shelled area before returning to safety. His wife, Mrs. Tillie Hernandez, resides at 1219 South San Marcos Street.
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Pic
Antonia A. Hernandes
San Antonio
Texas
Italy
Hernandez
Hearst Flies to Naples in Wartime Sky Tour
William Randolph Hearst Jr describes a wartime flight from Algiers to Naples with layovers in Tunis and Sicily. He notes army travel delays, sights Mount Etna in eruption, Bari and Naples approach, and war-torn Catania as the journey unfolds from a reporter’s perspective.
20th Plans Film of Commando Kelly
Twentieth Century Fox announced negotiations to film the life of Sgt. Charles Commando Kelly of Pittsburgh, Medal of Honor recipient. Darryl F Zanuck said the story will be serialized in book form before the movie release.
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New York
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Sgt
Charles
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Darryl B Zanuck
Court Martial Opens at Dalhart for Beating and Robbery
Dalhart May 1 Expected to open a general court martial today for a soldier held in connection with the beating and robbery of Mrs Mildred Peeples wife of Mayor Herbert Peeples. She was driving a bus from Dalhart to the airfield when attacked by a masked white soldier.
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Dalhart
Dalhart Army Air Meld
Mildred Peeples
Child Strangled While Playing At Swing In Utah
In Bountiful Utah a four year old girl named Sue Bldredge was accidentally strangled yesterday while attempting to climb from a chair into a swing. The chair slipped and the rope caught her neck before help arrived. The incident was investigated by local authorities with the infant training and labor positions listed in the ad copy surrounding the report.
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Bountiful
Utah
Sue Bldredge
Corforation
No Picnic Mission by Sgt Patton and Crew
Sergeant Patton along with Cpl. Horace Skitiner and Pfc. Forrest Johnson led a smoke screen mission on the Rapido river amid heavy fire. They planted smoke pots from a jeep and a bridge edge to cover an infantry assault of the 38th division, briefly stopping at a shell torn house before returning to their jeep. Patton’s wife is listed at 108 Mary Street.
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Jon Sia
Marriey Pate Ton
San. Antonio
Rapido River
Army
Horace C. Skitiner
Marshall
Pfc
Forrest John
Milwaukee
Patton
36Th Division
38Th Division
Pep
Fifth Army
Mary Street
Flier's Visit May Save Mother's Life
Sergeant Everrett L. Dodd of Walnut Ridge Arkansas, serving as tail gunner on a Flying Fortress, completed his 26th mission at Friedrichshafen and flew home to try to save his mother Mary Pauline Dodd, critically ill in Poplar Bluff Missouri. His unit arranged the air trip after a letter from his father said her condition worsened and doctors feared she could not recover. Dodd holds the DFC and Air Medal with three clusters and has flown over Berlin twice.
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Britain
Siall
Everett L. Dodd
Walnut Ringe
Ark
Flying Fortress
Friedrichshafen
Tne
Mary Pauline Dodd
Rk Hospital
Poplar Bluff
Dodd
Berlin
Texas Labor Status Better Amid Shifts in Labor Areas
Washington May 1 The War Manpower Commission reports improved labor conditions for Texas with Texarkana moving from acute shortage to a six month reserve category. Dallas also shifts while Beaumont remains acutely classified. Fort Worth and Galveston move to potential shortages in six months and Abilene advances to surpluses with easing conditions. Ancient calendars note Arabs and Persians aligning portions of their calendars to bird migrations.
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Washington
Texas
Texarkana
Dallas
Beaumont
Stile
Fort Worth
Galveston
Abilene
Solo-Serve Sale Begins Thursday With Vast Ad Circulars
Beginnings Thursday for Solo-Serve big ads in both afternoon papers. The store will publish an eight page circular this year despite newsprint rationing, using all allotted ad space. Never before have values been so great. Prepare to attend and spread the word. Photos courtesy The Bettmann Archive.
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Solo-Serve
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Dutroit
Marvin Rawson
Blanche Rawson
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Yukon Oi
Og World
Pepsi-Cola Company
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N.Y
Pepsilccola Bottling CO
A. D. Zucht
Aernae
Gunter Water
Hearst
Naples
Willliam Randolph Hearst
Neck of the Woods
Algiers
Air Transport Command
Riys
Russell Hill
Th Field
Lane
Bizerte
Tunis
Sicily
Mt. Kim
Gatanta
Catania
Bari
Adriatic
Vulcan
Mars
20Th Plans
Orang
TRE Navy
Whianedes
Milabie
Repreceniitiy Ands Tsiten
Nueva ST
San Antonion
SILK
Sgt. Patton
Rapido
Flier
Mosso
Red Cross
Filagree
Salo-Serve
Bettmann
East 57 Street
New York City
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