Navy Ace Lt. Alexander Vraciu Returns Home
The Navy's leading carrier plane ace, 25-year-old Lt. Alexander Vraciu, returns to the United States after a year in action totaling 37 Japanese planes, 19 in the air and 18 on the ground, plus a 7,000 ton Japanese transport. His peak day, the June 19 turkey shoot over the Marianas, saw six dive bombers knocked down as part of 350 enemy planes destroyed during the two-day engagement. Vraciu, of East Chicago, Indiana, serves with air group 6, which contributed about 150 enemy planes during its Pacific deployment.
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Three Arizona Soldiers Wounded in Action
Washington August 10 War and Navy departments report three Arizona soldiers and two Marines wounded in action. Private Fred McCullough of Tucson and Private Pasqual R. Pena of Winslow were hurt in Europe and the Mediterranean theaters. Marines Corporal C Iverson of Mount Trumbull and Private Vernon Nail of Globe also sustaining injuries.
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Hawaiian Canine Laws Not Relaxed For Fala
Honolulu reports that despite Fala's long voyage aboard a presidential cruiser, Hawaii kept its tightened quarantine. President Roosevelt did not seek special treatment for his five year old Scottie. Aide monitored Fala with daily calls. only notable moment was a sailor taking a hair as a memento.
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Farm Bureau President Resigns to Campaign
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation votes to consider the resignation of President A. M. Ward a Grande Republican candidate for Congress. Ward says he cannot continue as president while engaged in a political campaign. The board meeting will be held soon to decide on his future.
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Normandy and Brittany battles swell as Allies close on major ports
Allied forces push toward Nantes Angers Lorient and Brest while Americans seal gains along Caen Falaise corridor. Germans recapture Mortain as counterattacks press Avranches and the Bay of Biscay port scene heats with Brest and Lorient fighting. Paris approach remains stalled near Le Mans.
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Mountain Lions Called Sissies by 70-Year-Old California Resident
Mrs. Louella Hintz of Butte County says California mountain lions are sissies. She and two granddaughters were plum picking near Chico when a lion crouched 20 feet away. After striking the animal with a branchy stick, she drove it off twice and then notified game officials.
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Oroville
Builders of the West to Send Man to Phoenix
Rex L. Nicholson, managing director of Builders of the West Inc, will confer with Arizona building construction industry leaders in Phoenix tomorrow. The Builders of the West groups focus on industrial agricultural and mining development across eleven Western states.
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Senators Weigh Little Colorado Levee Funds
The senate discussed a proposal by Sen. Carl Hayden to appropriate 258 000 for levee construction on the Little Colorado River to protect Holbrook Arizona from floods. Hayden urged adding the item to the omnibus flood control bill.
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Civilians pressed into service on fortifications
Civilians hastily pressed into service worked on antitank ditches trenches barbed wire entanglements and pill boxes.
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