Paris Ovation For Monty Recounts Days At Tripoli
War correspondent recalls Monty under Arc de Triomphe in Paris as the city celebrated his leadership after Allied advances in North Africa. He links memories of Tripoli’s fall, the Eight Army撤, and Rommel’s defeat to Monty's rise, noting the desert campaigns and wartime pivots that defined the siege of Tripoli and later Alamein.
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Washington Roundup Feared Split on Poll Tax Issue
Democratic leaders fear a party split over poll tax legislation may threaten postwar plans as the House prepares to vote on whether poll taxes can bar voting in federal elections. Southern states push to block the measure while hoping to block it in the Senate. Rationing talks continue on Capitol Hill with forecasts of food relief through 1950 and weather affecting crop prospects. The era’s labor disputes persist, with unions expanding strike vote actions under John Lewis. Tariff hearings continue amid a fight over presidential power to set tariffs.
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Monty Enters Cairo Gate After Desert Victory
Emotional peak of the desert war as Monty’s advance into the city drew crowds and praise. He halted at Castel Benilo gate, greeted by rivale chiefs, then ordered new dispositions and rode back into the desert to continue pursuit of Rommel. Paris and the world debated his vanity and leadership.
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Soldier Home After 3 Years in Aleutians
Gordon Gibler son of Mr and Mrs Frank Gibler of 533 Castano Avenue returns on a 10 day furlough after three years service in the Aleutians with the 1st Army. He plans to enter paratrooper school at Fort Benning after his furlough and has sufficient points for discharge under the redeployment plan.
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Fennis Balls Win Britain Battle
London reports Britain won the first technical war battle using 23 million tennis balls in an electrified cable project. Engineers, amid factory toil in southern England, devised a cable around tennis balls to power naval devices, with Christmas 1934 as a cited starting point.
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Yukon Flood Recedes as Galena Evacuation Completes
Yukon river waters fell at Galena Alaska on May 30 as evacuation by army navy and civilian planes finished. No loss of life or injuries reported though many homes damaged by the flood. Military personnel are housed temporarily at Ladd Field Fairbanks Galena lies midway between Fairbanks and Nome.
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Republic of Military Units Begin Redeployment to U S
The army announced the Shin Division will be retrained at Camp Gruber Oklahoma and the 67th Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina upon their return from Europe en route to the Pacific. Other infantry divisions, recently arrived in Europe, are designated for redeployment to the Pacific and are expected to sail to the United States for training.
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Textile Strike Expected by 60,000 Textile Workers
Mesico City reports sixty thousand workers from two hundred textile unions plan a June 4 strike demanding a minimum wage of 124 dollars per day and improvements in working conditions.
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Amazing Pep For Men 40 60 or More
An old advertisement promotes Casella tablets claimed to restore vitality for men forty and older and even women. It touts inexpensive pills in sizes 48 or 200, directions on the label, and a promise to revive vigor and zest of youth without aging.
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