Yanks Liberators Fight Vicious Sky Battle Over Pacific
At an advanced Liberator base in Australia American airmen fought a brutal 56 minute duel over the Arafura sea against 20 Japanese Zeros. Lt. Robert M. Dunseth led a turn of heroism after two engines failed, and Lt. Joseph W. Dally and others claimed multiple enemy victories as the formation pressed the strike on Noemfoor Island.
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Australia
Southwest Pacific Front
America
Placid
Arafura Sea
Robert M. Dunseth
Los Angeles
Calif
Set. W. R. Miller
Dallas
Texas
Edward Chmura
Newark
N. J
Liberator
Japan
Noemfoor Island
New Guinea
Miller
Dunseth
James 1B
Hershberger
Creasaptown
Chmura
Donald R. Young
Peakville
N. Y
Edward Edwardson
Hillside
Joseph W. Dally
Monroe
John di Domenico Audubon
Merton H. Shaffer
Great Fall
Mont
Kenneth M. Sims, Jr
Ousley
S/Segt
John F. Fretcher
Chester
German Attacks on Russian Lines Cost Nazis Thousands
London reports say large scale German assaults on Soviet lines north of Iasi in Romania produced thousands of Nazi casualties without gaining ground. Soviet broadcasts claim Red forces repelled the attacks as 122 German tanks were knocked out and 164 enemy planes were shot down in the first two days of the battle. Berlin says the goal was to improve German Romanian positions ahead of any drive toward Ploesti oil fields.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Berlin
Ploesti
Danubian
St Louis street workers strike idle city transport
Street cars and buses in St. Louis were idle as 3,500 operators walked out over overtime pay. Across the U S strikes eased somewhat with workers in several industries ending walkouts, including bakery divers in Detroit and bread deliveries resuming in Michigan cities.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
AFL
Pacific Northwest
AFI
CIO Columbia River District Council
Detroit
CTO
Parke-Davis and Company
War Labor Board
Michigan
Decatur
Pana
Federal Mogul Company
Toledo
Cincinnati
Ohio
American Steel and Wire Company
Worcester
Mass
CIO
Halsey Declares Jap Resistance Severely Bent
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr said the backbone of Japanese resistance in the Pacific is severely bent. He noted Japan has lost about 150000 men, 4800 planes and many ships, with roughly 15000 troops remaining in the south Pacific and only about 2000 considered effective.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Pacific
South Pacific
William F. Halsey Jr
Halsey
Bougainville
Cattle Killed by Seaplane Fire Off Dauphin Island
A Dauphin Island cattle grower reports 35 cattle killed and 170 missing from Cedar Point by machine gun fire from seaplanes. Frank Collier, fishing lodge operator, says planes mowed down cattle on the island near Mobile Bay and that island residents blame seaplanes. Sheriff Holcombe will refer the report to Naval Intelligence after investigation.
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Mobile
Ala
Frank Collier
Cedar Point
W. H. Holcombe
Collier
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Holcombe
Naval Intelligence
Greek Patriots Eliminate 250 German Troops in Thessaly
Cairo dated report says Greek patriots killed about 250 German soldiers with guns and knives after surprise attack as troops rested. the engagement followed a drive against villages in Thessaly.
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Cairo
Thessaly
New York Stock Letter Notes Mixed Market Tone
The New York Stock Letter reports a rare market day with some stocks reaching six-year highs while leaders faced profit taking amid a lengthy advance. Bulls remain confident on revived investment demand driven by war news and business hopes as trading slowed after a busy forenoon.
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New York
Will Street
Chicago Potatoes Market Report
Chicago market update notes potato arrivals shipments totals and quality with California supplies steady to weak and California Whites and Louisiana Bliss prices listed for US No 1 and other grades. Market tone shows steady to slightly weaker trend for California and Southern markets amid unsettled demand.
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Chicago
California
Louisiana Bliss
Germans Sink Portuguese Refugee Ship Serpa Pinto
A German submarine stopped the neutral ship off Bermuda and took two prisoners while warning the 383 aboard the Serpa Pinto of being sunk. A sixteen month old baby Beatrice Trapunski died in the panic, with Abel Trapunski and others among the dead. Passengers and crew later reboarded the vessel as the U boat withdrew after periscope sighting. The ship docked secretly in Philadelphia late Tuesday and the navy released details.
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Philadelphia
Serpa Pinto
Bermuda
Beatrice Trapunski
Tony Ribeiro
U. S
David
Gloucester
Massachusetts
Berlin
Navy
Abraham
Eva Trapunski
Canada
Antonio Ferreira Machado
Hermano Antonio
Greek patriots slain and villagers shot in revenge raid
In the Olympus area a massacre occurred as defenseless villagers were shot and other atrocities were committed. Seven Greek patriots were killed and eight wounded in the revenge attack.
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Cus Olympus
Markets at a Glance Stocks Stall Leaders as Profit Taking Occurs
New York stocks are steady as profit taking trims leaders while rails extend gains. Cotton shows irregular moves amid hedging and profit taking. Chicago Wheat inching down on mill buying and short covering. Rye trades steady with wheat at play. Hogs slow with holdovers near 10 000 head. Cattle rise with steers and yearlings up 25 cents. bulk at 15.00 to 17.00. top 17.25.
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New York
Allied Strsda
Roll Mills Am Smelt & Am
Tel & Tel
Bh & SE
Lane Atlas Corp
Bendix Avia Wuss Ks
Beth Steel
Celanese Ooh
Ohes & Ohio
Chrysler O
Coen Coke Cmuwilth & So
Curtiss Wright Douglas Acraft du Lont
Nastern Airlines
Goodrich Tos
Greyhound
Hudson Lit
Manville
Ikkennecott Loews O
Eorillard
Louisville & Nastan J. Sue
Monsanto
Suena
Mont Ward
Nat Bakt
Nat Dist Nehi Corp
NC & St
Avia Ffaramount Penn Ror
Pepsi Coke Pullman Radio
Geeeteteyenie Paeys Rep Steel
Teynolds Metals Co
Reynolds T
Roeboo
Bb Simmons Sovouy
NJ Studebaker
Swift & Down
Tubize Rayou
Bag & Pap
United Aircraft
WS Rubber I S Steel
Warner Bros West
West
el & M
Woolworth
Chicago
Wiis
Southeast and Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Roundup
Southeast packing plants in Georgia Florida and Alabama report steady hog prices with varied weights. Chicago quotes show slow demand with hogs mostly 11.50 to 13.00 for common weights and cattle markets uneven with strong cattle trade and high steer bids.
Soft hog market steady in Moultrie Georgia
Hog market in Moultrie Ga on June 1 shows prices mostly steady with No 1 hogs 180 to 270 pounds at 50, various weights in other categories. Cotton futures in New York and New Orleans climb then pull back with mixed closes. grain futures quoted for Chicago and nearby markets.
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Moultrie
Telephone Directory Ad Rules and Rates Noted
The notice describes accepting telephone ads with payment on first call or at the Times Enterprise office. It requires receipts and cash for out of town patrons, outlines hallmate rates per line, minimum orders, and deadlines for ads to be in the office by noon.
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Times-Enterprise
Phone numbers you should know
A fragment listing emergency contact numbers and local office lines. It mentions Police and Fire Department, city offices, and states patrol, with scattered digits and unclear labels. The readable items include Lea Plant hospital references and a few numeric strings like 686 119 75, suggesting a directory snippet.
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Lea Plant Espital
Oceurs
Ambpinhee
Whida State Patrol
Watkins Products car route offers towns on dated special prices
Small family to pay car expense to Savannah June 10. Contact S J Evans at 215 Be Clay St Thomasville Ga. Watkins Products will have the car in Ochlocknee June 3 until 1 pm and in Meigs June 3 from 2 pm until dark. Phone 964 M.
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Wood
Madisson Street
Bowman Livestock Co
Savannah
Watkins Products
Ochlocknee
Meigs
S. J. Evans
Clay St
Thomasville
Bullet proof glass for Allied tank observation panels
Toledo June 1 AP reports new laminated plate glass observation panels are being installed in Allied tanks to allow commanders to view battle action without exposure to enemy fire. Libby Owens Ford Glass Co, maker of the panels, provided details.
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Toledo
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co
Stimson Values Allied Air Power and Bases Worldwide
Stimson states the United States Army Air Forces possess 75 000 airplanes including 34 000 combat planes with over half overseas making RAF the world’s most formidable air force by size and fire power. He notes about 925 AAF bases outside U S with 750 air fields plus radio and weather stations hospitals depots and storage bases.
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RAF
United States
The
AAF
Air Transport Command
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Sele
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Jackson Street
Globe
Tuck Imp. Co
Steve M. Watkins
Boston Road
Rosenberg’s Dept
H. P
WINGS
Porto Rico
Rosenberg’s
Newt
Albert
City Fruit Co
Thompson Foundry“ Machine Co
Morris Livestock Co
Cairo Road
City Limits
M. B. Rudman
Stephen Decatur
Bainbridge, Ga
St. S
Lee E. Kelly
Gordon Ave
N. Dawsett St
Macintyrd & Edwards
Colton Ave
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Bill Poole
M. F. Hogue
Automotive
J. B. Willis
Troy Johnson
N. Matison
Floyd's Sinclair Filling Station
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner
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W. M. Parker
Kemtone
L. A. Mann Decorating Co
M. L. Simmons Plumbing
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Madison St
Wood’s
Lee Wood
W. Jackson Street
Stimson
Lewis Wilson Certified Public Accountant
Williams
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
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