Years Not Kind To La Belle France
HAL BOYLE reports American troops in France find 25 years have changed the land. Normandy wine and mademoiselles disappoint, mud endures, and romance expectations fall short. French girls prove capable and wary, as doughboys differ in hopes from 1918.
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la Belle
France
Hal Boyle
Ai Joe
Normandy
Dad
Channel
Johnny Doughboy
Papa
Janet
War Department
T/E
Howard Grossman
Irvington
N. J
Corp. D. W. Nelson
Yakima
Wash
Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Hamilton Fish Not Going To Bolt GOP Ticket
Newburgh New York August 4 Hamilton Fish Republican insists he will remain loyal to the Dewey Bricker ticket after Gov Deweys St Louis remark that he still opposed Fish despite Fishs primary win in New Yorks 29th district Fish says he regrets Deweys criticism of his Jewish voters remark calling it a political mistake and affirms support for the party ticket.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Hamilton Fish
Dewey
Chicago Navy Trainee Death Under Inquest After Saloon Brawl
Chicago police conduct an inquest into the death of Homer A. Kelly 27 year old Navy V 12 trainee from South Algona Iowa shot three times by a relief bartender. Kelly a former Notre Dame football player and Great Lakes lineman had been on 10 day leave when killed at a saloon.
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Chicago
Homer A. Kelly
Navy
South Algona
Leo Hardy
Kelly
John Ellery
University of Notre Dame
Purdue
Great Lakes
Two Arizona Marines Wounded In Action Report
Washington reports two Arizona Marines wounded in action. Private First Class Francis Burton Dawson of Phoenix and Corporal Johnny A. Giovando of Globe are the injured servicemen. The note mentions their identities and hometowns as part of the casualty update.
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Washington
Arizona
Navy Department
Francis Burton Dawson
Phoenix. Corp
Johnny A. Giovando
Caterina Giovando
Globe
Allied air power and Monty Rommel duel in France blitz reach
The piece notes the southern base still open but the sky navy disrupts German lines as Allied advances in France grow. It compares Montgomery and Rommel, praises Allied gains in France and Italy, and warns wartime production must stay relentless to sustain momentum and prevent a delayed knockout.
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Adolf
Breton
France
Hitler
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Berlin
Marshal Rommel
Montgomery
Monty
el Alamein
Red Armies
Italy
New Zealand War Costs Climb to Record Levels
Wellington reports total war expenditure to March 31 at 383 million pounds with 145 million from taxation, 182 million from loans, and 59 million via lend-lease. Public debt rises by 63 million to 566 million pounds as the current year outlay is set at 133 million pounds. The note adds a closing line about surprising hybrid animals.
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Wellington
N. Z
New Zealand
House of Representatives
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