Invasion War of Nerves Boosts Weapon Claims
Amid Allied and German propaganda battles, the United States asserts superior arms and new weapons for forthcoming European operations. Brig. Gen. Henry Lawler and Stars and Stripes report on advanced ordnance, while German propaganda touts unknown defenses. King George visits invasion HQ, and Zee land near the North Sea is deemed forbidden territory by the Germans.
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London
Hiller
West Wall
Henry Lawler
U.S. Army
Gorbbela
Das Reich
Berlin
Weather Air Transport Expands Fast Over Pacific
May 5 dispatch shows rapid growth of the naval transport service in the Pacific. NATSPAC expands from Alameda to naval air stations, increasing cargo and passenger movements as Allied operations advance and enemy activity declines. The program links Navy routes with Pan American airways to support Pearl Harbor and frontline forces.
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San Francisco
12Th Naval District
Naval Transport Service
Maval
Alameda
Air Transport Squadron Two
Navy Sun “Nalspac
Activ
Pasenger
Natspac
Pearl Warrior
Munitions Dump Blast Kills 200
Reports from Bergen indicate a German ammunition ship explosion on April 20 caused the worst disaster in the city. About 200 people were killed and roughly 4000 injured as 9000 to 10000 buildings suffered damage including homes.
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London
Bergen
Brownsville Suffers Driest Day as Beer Runs Dry
Brownsville faces an extreme water outage on Thursday with the city water system dry for the second time in two days. Residents scramble for water in buckets and pails while taverns run out of beer.
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Brownsville
Hay
Border City
Officer to Judge Corpus Art Show
Lieut M F Pollack formerly at the Chicago Art Institute and now with the Corpus air training center will act as a one man jury for the second annual exhibition of the South Texas Art League and the Corpus Christi Art Guild. The show opens Sunday afternoon in Centennial Museum South Bluff Park and will run for one week.
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Corpus
Corpus Christi
M. PF. Pollack
Chicago Art Institute
Novel Air Training Center
South Texas Art League
Corpus Cresti Art Guild
Centennial Museum
South Bluff Park
Medicated Powder Promoted By Experts For Rashes
A four decade favorite medicated powder claims to relieve itching irritation of minor skin rashes and diaper rash. The product Mexpana is described as soothing and medicated with ingredients recommended by specialists. It is marketed as affordable, with high demand among thousands of families.
Navy Rockets Guns Seen By War Correspondents At New Guinea Beach
Three AP war correspondents reported rocket gun use by American naval craft during an assault on Hollandia New Guinea. Eyewitness accounts describe rockets arcing over water with colored wing lights, exploding with intense force as small craft and shore positions faced fire.
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San Francisco
Associated Press
Hkolandix
Oueh New Guinea
Marlin Spencer
Allis
Fred Hampson
New Commanders Named at Valley Forts in Rio Grande
Fort Ringgold in Rio Grande City appoints Lieut. Col. Roy E. Keeling as commander. Fort Brown at Brownsville names Col. Milo H. Mattjteson, a former Olympic equestrian, to lead. Keeling is a Texas native and longtime infantry officer. Mattjteson previously rode with the U S team on a 1936 tour of Germany and South America.
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Fort Ringgold
U.S. Cavalry
Rio Grande Alley
Fort Ringeld
Rio Grande City
Port Brown
Brownsville
Roy E. Keeling
Galveston
Dallas
Texas A
M_ college
Keeling
Ernest John
Train Hits Car Injuring Local Rancher in Raymondville
Raymndville May 5 A retired rancher of this community is in a local hospital in critical condition after a collision Wednesday morning when his car was struck by a passenger train. Two freight trains were on side tracks for the passenger train as he attempted to cross and did not see the approaching train. The car was carried about 100 feet from the crossing and thrown onto a stitch track. The rancher Quota was thrown from the car onto the tracks.
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Raymondville
Quota
Vilis
Cinckex King Nabbed Browns ville Chicken Ring
A local arrest targets an 18 year old chicken thief and his four associates, suspected of leading a chicken stealing ring. Investigators say the group has been stealing fowls from farms and markets over the past weeks, with several birds reported missing in the area.
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Brownsville
Sedition Trial Defendant Dies in Washington Hotel
Penner J. Garner, 80, of Wichita Kansas editor of Publicity, on trial with 29 others for seditious charges, was found dead in a Washington area lodging house presumed natural causes. The group faced accusations of attempting to disaffect the armed forces during wartime.
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Washington
Pener J. Garner
Wichita
Kan
Garner
Department of Justice
Anzio Beachhead Tales From the Front Battle Report
Anzio soldiers describe beachhead life with humor and hardship. The piece notes daily artillery, dog stories, improvised camps, and ordinary acts of resilience as troops await a second front. It mentions Pvt Clarence Parker, a family of six pups, and field conditions near Nettuno with field kitchens, coin toss schemes, and improvised comforts.
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Clarence Parker
Danville
Atollo Occupation Memoir and Local Mischief Tales
The report recalls the American occupation of Arno Atoll near Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Lieutenant Eugene Pa Rew describes a tense surrender after a native boy persuades three Japanese to yield. Majuro is also noted as occupied with natives segregated, while ships anchor in the lagoon. A Los Angeles press veteran Snuffy Snedeker runs a busy portside hotel serving officers amid an oddly humorous, uneasy atmosphere.
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Majuro Atoll
Marshall
Atoll
Arno
Eugene Pa Rew
Washington, D. C
New York
Tix
Majuro
Pacific
Navy
Mésines
Snuffy
William) Snedeker
Los Angeles
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