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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1945
Page
2
The War Production Board announces that auto quotas will stay the same. Officials say quotas reflect industry merit and will only be adjusted if supply conditions change, with no immediate revision planned.
A Paris rumor circulates in financial circles that the long dreamed channel tunnel between France and England has been revived. The plan, once associated with Napoleon, involves a company to finance the project and suggests shares may soon be offered and negotiations opened with Britain.
An article explains that the moon’s tilted orbit causes gravity waves that shift Earth's climate zones. Torrid, temperate, and frigid bands move, producing hot spells, cold waves, and overall changing weather patterns linked to lunar and solar gravitational interactions. It notes recurring waves of 33 days, six days, two-and-a-half months, and seven years, plus a cloud card offer and a Montana War Bond milestone.
The Phoenix cruiser, famed as the "phoebod bird," fought in over 30 Pacific operations from Pearl Harbor to Casablanca. A Navy report said the ship remains in action with one dead, one missing, and several wounded, amid wartime service spanning Coral Sea to Atlantic routes.
The Phoenix overhauled in the United States and sailed via Casablanca to support Gen Douglas MacArthur’s forces in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Luzon. It attacked Bergen Bay, Madang, Finschhafen, and Los Negros, aided Wakde landings, fought in Surigao Strait, and helped retake Corregidor. Commanded by Capt. H L Chaltenger, with earlier captain Jack H. Duncan.
In a House debate on extending the price control act, Rep Edwin A Hall cites a shortage of elastic in girls panties as a measure of broader shortages. He claims buying for his eight year old daughter and notes lack of elastic to hold things up. Representative William J Gallagher questions Hall on whether he bought the panties. Hall replies affirmatively with a joking remark about a one year old.
A man notes the issue lies beyond his scope unless he has granddaughters, implying a gendered or generational barrier to handling the matter. The remark suggests limitations in expertise or eligibility within the conversation context.
A Barcelona dispatch reports Pierre Laval, former Vichy premier, held in a Spanish prison awaiting actions by authorities. The story notes Laval engaging in a knitting project as he endures confinement, reflecting the tension of his exile.
The bodies of Royal Canadian Air Force member Hassell Bearce, 27, of Old Town Fown and Doris Thibo ideau, 19, of Orono were recovered after a boat capsized on Pushow Lake Saturday. Two companions, Edward St Louis and Robert Bees, both of Old Town, escaped.
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