Ambush on road outside Le Mans wipes out Nazis
In France near Le Mans the ambush destroyed a German column of about 50 vehicles. Maj Edward Hamilton says one American killed and 15 wounded. American tanks and machine guns halted and scattered the column, with heavy tanker and air support. About 100 German dead were later counted in the wreckage.
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Robert C. Miller
France
U.P
le Mans
Edward Hamilton
Dalles
Ore
Carl Chisholm
Los Anat
Kameras
Antiaircraft Awakens Residents of Istanbul
Residents in Istanbul were roused by antiaircraft fire at 2 56 a m after Turkey broke relations with Germany. Air raid sirens sounded as unobserved fire came from the upper Bosporus region and lasted about five minutes with no planes or bombs seen.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Germany
Upper
Bosporus
War ration stamp details for sugar gasoline tires and shoes
The notice lists sugar stamps 0,31,32 valid indefinitely for five pounds each and sugar canning stamp 40 valid through Feb 28, 1945. Gasoline A coupons 12 grant three gallons for three months ending Sept 1. Tire inspections for passenger cars end Apr 20. keep own records. Shoes stamp 1 and book No 8? valid for one pair indefinitely.
San Francisco Firm Gets Hangar Contract at Litchfield Park
A $602,560 contract was awarded to Farmell and Blair, Inc. of San Francisco by the Navy department for erecting hangars at the airfield beside the Goodyear Aircraft plant in Litchfield Park. A large dismantled hangar from a midwestern city is being shipped here for reassembly.
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Phoenix
Farmell and Blair, Inc
San Francisco
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Litchfield Park
Navy Department
Mare Mairzy Coats Escapes To Barn Loft Standoff
In Danvers Massachusetts a mare owned by Cornelius Galusha climbed into a barn loft and refused to descend. Police and utility workers used a boom to lower her to the ground after a tense standoff.
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Danvers
Mass. U.P
Mairzy Coats
Cornelius Galusha
Over 500 Nazi Subs Sent To Bottom Of Sea
A joint Anglo American statement reports more than 500 German U boats destroyed since the war began. It notes the U boat fleet remains impressively large despite heavy losses and that submarine warfare would continue until revival chances are eliminated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
U. S
Arctic
Indian Ocean
Pensions Do Not Bar Persons From Office
Phoenix August 11 A pension recipient under the teacher retirement system may seek public office but must give up the pension during tenure if elected. Attorney General Joe Conway advised the Arizona teacher retirement system on behalf of Daniel F Jantzen the Republican candidate for Maricopa county school superintendent.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
Arizona
Daniel F. Jantzen
Maricopa
Wardens Blossom Out North Adams Helmets and Masks
North Adams wardens, after two years with no casualties, receive 500 steel helmets and gas masks to guard the home front.
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North Adams
Mass. UP
Bridges Attacks Biddle Over Deportation Order
San Francisco August 11 1951 longshore leader Harry Bridges calls Attorney General Francis Biddle a big flop and a danger to the common American people after the ninth circuit court upheld his deportation order Bridges says an appeal is pending and will follow the ruling
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Australia
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Bridges
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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