Nazis Say They're Ready For Invasion
German defenses are described as massive, with 1,700 cannons along Norway's coast and 6,000 coastal guns from Hendaye to the Hague. Mines, concrete obstacles, and flame throwers fill extended shorelines, as reported by internees who viewed the fortifications and German publications.
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New York
Europe
Erwin Rommell
Spain
Finland
Baden Baden
Rhine
Hendaye
Hague
Netherlands
Petsame
Germans claim vast defenses across Picardy to Rhine
An inside view describes a layered German defense from coastal Atlantic fortifications to an inland third barrier along the Somme and Rhine. It notes 31 empty fortresses near Strasbourg, a reinforced but unmanned line, massive concrete for the Atlantic wall, minefields and anti tank works, and coastal bunkers with bombproof barracks and utilities.
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Baden Baden
Picardy
Somme
Flannders
Argonne
Rhine
Strasbourg
Atlantic Wall
Mediterranean
Alps
Pyrennes
Maxim Weygand
Syria
China
Brittany
Brest
Morlaix
House Rejects Funds for FSA
Washington UP The House Appropriations Committee approved an Agriculture Department bill totaling 567 995 779 for the 1945 fiscal year a cut of 93 520 737 from Budget Bureau requests The panel saved by denying funds for the school lunch program and by trimming 28 500 000 for the Farm Security Administration It authorized 15 000 000 for farm tenant loans and denied 87 500 000 for rural rehabilitation loans The Commodity Credit Corp 5 458 526 and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corp 8 200 000 for admin costs total 13 658 527 a 302 000 cut from budget estimates
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Budget Bureau
House
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Commodity Credit Corp
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
Mistaken Identity Brings Omaha Woman’s Jury Duty
Mrs. Carol B. McCallister of Omaha was summoned for District Court jury under her maiden name but excused by Judge James M. Fitzgerald after signing the payroll to draw one day’s pay. The error arose from a mistaken male name, amid a Nebraska law allowing women on juries, yet jurors are not being called due to lack of restroom facilities in jury rooms.
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Omaha
A. Mann
Carol B. McCallister
James M. Fitzgerald
Nebraska
War Curtails President's Campaign
Roosevelt faces a wartime dilemma in seeking reelection while preserving security. He may campaign from the White House via radio, or travel secretly to avoid exposing plans. Past visits, like Monterrey, were kept quiet until after arrival, with news spreading only after Secret Service approval. Similar secrecy could recur, altering public announcement norms since Pearl Harbor.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Roosevelt
Monterrey
Mexico
Avila Camacho
Secret Service
Spring Blizzard Halts Rocky Mountain Region Traffic
A spring blizzard struck the Rockies yesterday, dumping eight inches to two feet of snow across Colorado Wyoming northern Kansas and western Nebraska. Winds to thirty mph created drifts closing roads in central Wyoming and slowing Colorado traffic. Trans continental planes were grounded in Denver and some Colorado schools closed.
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Denver
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Church Window Named In Honor Of Circus
In Sarasota Florida a church window is dedicated to the circus. Ringling previews on St. Martha's lawn raise funds for the church building. Proceeds support the modern edifice honoring donors who made the project possible.
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Sarasota
Fla
Ringling Circus
St. Martha's Lawn
New York
Madison Square Garden
St. Martha’s
Roosevelt Campaign by Loudspeakers in Wartime
The passage notes President Roosevelt focuses on war duties, delaying daily calls to study war maps and dispatches. It suggests a campaign approach via loudspeakers if he runs again, due to wartime responsibilities and limited stump travel. He remains in constant contact with Washington and Admiral Leahy.
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Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Admr
William D. Leahy
Washington
Aerial Cop Fury Over Nip Ships In South Pacific Patrols
A South Pacific Navy pilot and his long range search plane patrol Japanese lanes near Truk. The aerial cops raid, snoop, and fight, sometimes landing hundreds of miles from sea. They have downed many Japanese planes and disrupted enemy search patrols. Commanders Sears and Harvard lead two squadrons directing aerial operations.
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Fred Hampson
South Pacific
Airbus
U. . Navy
Nippon Truk
Truk
Aeria Watchers
Harry Sears
Marblehead
Mass
John T. Harvard
Great Neck
Navy
Speaking Group Organized at Y
A public speaking club formed by the Industrial Division of the Troy YMCA will hold its first meeting at 8 pm in Room A at the Central. Prof. Stanley B. Wiltse will speak on The Advantage of Effective Speaking. The group aims to prepare men for active participation in social and business affairs and is open to all interested. Meetings occur twice monthly. Advisor is Prof. Richard W. Schmelzer and the executive committee includes Gilbert Lindgren, A Le Roy Bryce, and Walter Allen.
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Troy YY
Stanley B. Wiltse
R.P.1
Wiltse
Richard W. Schmelzer
R.P.L
Gilbert Lindgren
A. LeRoy Bryce
Walter Allen
Warships Return to Firing Position and Aerial Escorts
Outstanding men. Search planes sometimes face Japanese fighters near Tarawa. Ensign Andrew Lindsell of Seattle fought off half a dozen Nippon fighters and returned home despite damage. Other pilots include Lieut Commander Raymond Bales of Napoleon Ohio and Lieut Frank Holt of Palo Alto California. Lieut J Anderson of Columbia South Carolina recently shot down two Betties. Lieut J H Smith of Portland Maine visited Truk on patrol. Lieut Gordon Ebbe of Coronado California and Lieut John Alley of Chicago are among others praised by searcher plane commanders. Enlisted men honored include William G. Lloyd Spencer North Carolina Alice J Lymenstall Quincy Newfoundland Claude W Hawkins Lombard Newfoundland Billy Lofton Oakdale Louisiana Don E Pate Mount Olive North Carolina Richard H Martin Jr Dickinson Texas Hubert A Maule Kansas City Missouri Colclasure Carlisle Arkansas Robert William Ostwalt Statesville North Carolina Griffiths Eagle Rock California. Charles II
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Andrew Lindsell
Seattle
Tarawa
Raymond Bales
Napoleon
Ohio
Frank Holt
Palo Alto
Cal
Douglas
J.anderson
Columbia
J. H Smith
Fortland
Truk
Gordon Ebbe
Coronado
John Alley
Chicago
William G. Lloyd
Spencer
N. C
Alice J. Lymenstall
Quincy
Claude W. Hawkins
Planning Committee Members Named
The planning committee comprises B. F. Vieckstein, Thomas J. Murray, Ernest M. Nelson, and Thomas Bramitt, forming a four member panel to oversee forthcoming initiatives.
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B. F. Vieckstein
Thomas J. Murray
Ernest M. Nelson
Thomas Bramitt
Tint Your Hair This Easy Way
Gray hair is restored with Barbo Compound mixed with water to create a professional looking tint at home. It promises a soft glossy uniform color that resists washing, rubbing, or staining, claiming a youthful look and easy maintenance.
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Barbo
Ted
Adv
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