Death Factory Blame Shifts As Nazis Accused By Red Star
Moscow reports say Red Star quotes German captives and survivors in Lublin accusing SS and Gestapo roles at the Lubin death factory where Poles and Jews were exterminated. Pravda names SS Officer Tuman and others, noting crematory fire, gas cells, and thousands killed.
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Moscow
Red Star
Konstantin Simonov
Lublin
Simon
Gestapo
Schutzstaffel
Leon Blum
Kharkov
Committee of National Liberation
Pravda
Tuman
Monfeld
Shouldin
Simonov
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Doughboys Stage Rodeo In France
American artillerymen of the 90th infantry division staged the first rodeo in Normandy during a battle lull. Texas Oklahoma Idaho and the Dakotas troops competed in bulldogging calf roping steer riding and trick roping for a cheering audience of French peasants. Idaho and Texas winners were Glen Dismore and Elizia Rodden with farm crowds especially excited by the wild cow milking contest. Civilians and soldiers enjoyed a light moment amid war as units used captured German weapons and warned neighbors to expect their unique sounds on the field.
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France
90Th Infantry
Normandy
Texas
Oklahoma
Idaho
Dakotas
Hollywood
Corp
Glen Dismore of
Eden
Tex
Rodden, Gooding
Sugar Daddy Palko Leads Doughnut Craft for 90th Division
Twenty six years ago T 4 John Palko of Chicago served in France with an Austrian field artillery unit. Now a Czechoslovakian born pastry chef for the 90th Division headquarters he earns the nickname Sugar Daddy for his doughnuts pies and cookies. He recalls the German collapse of 1918 and believes the current German war effort is weakening rapidly.
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T-4
John Palko
Chicago
Ill
France
Palko
Uncle Sam
90Th
Mining moguls urge action on gold and silver
A two day western states mining officials conference adopted resolutions calling for federal backing of gold and silver as postwar monetary baselines. They urged a free world market for gold, relaxed wartime mining limits, and use of gold and silver in the Bretton Woods plan. Resolutions will go to governors’ meeting in Arizona and state legislatures and congressmen in several western states.
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San Francisco
World Fund
Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference
Arizona
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Conference opposes tariff cuts and stockpile removal
The conference adopted a stance against any reduction in tariffs on metals or minerals and called for freezing government stockpiles and surplus scrap. It warned that tariff cuts would reduce mining activity and raise unemployment, rejecting claims that the United States cannot develop strategic metal supplies under proper incentives.
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United States
Civilian mechanic dies riding diving P-38 on test flight
Robert C. Oelschlaeger, 38, a civilian aircraft mechanic from Fort Wayne Indiana, rode a plunging P-36 fighter plane to the ground from 5000 feet after an engine burst into flame. Despite orders to bail out, he did not jump while Lt. Thomas Taylor, 22, parachuted to safety four miles north of Riverside. Army authorities cited unknown reasons for the mechanic failing to jump.
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March Field
Calif
Robert C. Oelschlaeger
Fort Wayne
Ind
Army
Oelschlaeger
Thomas Taylor
Waco
Tex
Riverside
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Loftsmen
Tool and Die
Tool Room
JIG Builders
U. S. Employment Service
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By Sam Hanson
Salo
Aly
Zephyr DE Luxe
Zephyr
Jer WY
Gram
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Fambo
Woolcraft
Chatham
Marley
Woolwich
Fieldcrest
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Lamsdown
Holland
Pearce
Jer
Lady Pepperell
Pendleton
Xpress Street Department Stores Inc
Thrifties
Venetian Blind CO
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Euclid
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