Ideal Marine Lou Diamond Cited by General
Marine legend Master Gunnery Sergeant Leland Diamond of Toledo Ohio receives a letter of commendation from Maj Gen Alexander A Vandergrift for outstanding service at Tulagi and Guadalcanal Solomon Islands. Diamond, veteran of World War I, serves his 24th year in the Marines and inspired troops with mortars and leadership.
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Germany
New Attack On Elk Hills Oil Contract
Navy faced renewed criticism over the Elk Hills deal with Standard Oil of California. Rep Voorhis urged a thorough probe into a 1942 contract granting the Navy a five year oil deal valued at about 1 748.08 with production caps and major ownership shifts at Elk Hills reserve.
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Standard Oil Company
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RAF Armada Pounds Nazi Home Front in May raid
The RAF attacked German targets on May 30 1942 flattening 300 acres of a city and damaging over 250 industrial buildings. German radio claimed British bombers hit residential areas and hospitals while noting at least 14 bombers were shot down. The U S Eighth Air Force began exploring the continent with Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven raids.
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Cuxhaven
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WMC Urges Release of Engineering Seniors to Industry
The War Manpower Commission requests armed forces consider releasing to industry some of the 6,400 engineering college seniors in the enlisted reserves. A WMC roster warns that essential activities face an acute shortage of qualified engineers unless thousands shift from less essential work.
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Engineers in uniform or in civilian war roles urged released
War concerns prompt WMC Chairman Paul V. McNutt to urge releasing engineers from the 17 000 engineering college seniors in the enlisted reserves. He cites many are already in uniform or serving civilian roles in the War and Navy Departments. Specialized fields like electrical radio mechanical aeronautical marine and industrial engineering are highlighted as critical.
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Engineering College
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Malta Fliers Blast Axis in Sicily Bases
The bulletin says Italian forces lost Pantelleria in renewed raids by German aircraft. Rome claims two Allied planes were shot down off southwest Sicily and notes limited air actions against multiple Calabria and Sicily locations.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pantelleria
Sicily
Calabria
Seven Cattle Killed by Lightning Near Potsdam Farm
In Potsdam the dairy herd of William Murphy, located one mile east of town, suffered seven cattle killed during an early yesterday electrical storm. Murphy valued the loss at $1,000.
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