Tempo Of Air War Increases Over Russia
Don river air battles flare again as German and Soviet air forces clash over Bataisk and Rostov area. German raids on Volkhov and Azov coast cited amid overall front quiet defense claims. Soviet and Nazi air losses reported along Kursk, Smolensk and Leningrad fronts with several aircraft brought down and enemy ships sunk.
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Bataisk
Rostov
Don River
Don
Don Basin
Volkhov
Leningrad
High Command
Yaroslavl
Moscow
Volga River
Pravda
Communist Party
Richard Hagerman
France
England
Kursk
Smoljensk
Lishchansk
Donets
Smolensk
Penny Jr. Begins Army Training at Fort MacArthur
Dorrance M. Penny Jr. enlisted in the Army at Phoenix on May 31 and is now in his preliminary training at Fort MacArthur in California. He is the son of D. M. Penny and a 1942 Amphitheatre High School graduate who previously worked as a route boy for the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Daily Citizen, and before joining the Army was employed by Standard Oil in Phoenix.
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Dorrance M. Penny, Jr
Phoenix
Fort MacArthur
California
D. M. Penny
Amphitheatre
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Daily Citizen
Standard Oil Company
Pluswood Mosquito Parts Spark Wide Postwar Uses
Oshkosh Wisconsin June 10 A veneer from birch yields Pluswood a new plywood half the weight of aluminum yet stronger than many metals used for Mosquito propellers and other wood parts. Wind envisions postwar uses from window sills to bowling alleys and ship decking. Timber is scarce with only one or two trees per acre. veneer is cured and heated by high frequency waves under a 5,000,000 pound press. The company says it will share its chemical saving process with the government.
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Herbert D. Wilhoit
Oshkosh, Wis
Oshkosh
Dr. Windaver
Dissolution of Comintern Official Today Depicted by Radio Moscow
Radio Moscow announced that all active sections approved the dissolution of the Third Communist International effective today. The executive committee proposed dissolving on May 15 with sections across Australia to Yugoslavia reporting favorable replies. A liquidation commission was named to wind up the International’s assets as war monitors relayed the broadcast.
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United Press Radio
Moscow
Third Communist International
Comintern
Executive Committee
Communist International
Australia
Austria
Argentine
Belgium
Bulgaria
Britain
Germany
Ireland
Spain
Italy
Canada
Catalonia
China
Colombia
Cuba
Mexico
Poland
Rumania
Syria
Russia
Uruguay
Finland
France
Czechoslovakia
Chile
South Africa
Switzerland
Sweden
Jugoslavia
International
Office of War Information
May Warmth Exceeds Normal in Tucson
The U S Weather Bureau reports Tucson May temperatures averaged 76 degrees, above last year and near 1940 levels but below May 1934. May rainfall totaled .89 inches, the wettest since 1931, with one rainstorm on May 28. Only five days exceeded 100 degrees. May highs stayed in the 80s and 90s. E P Norwood of the Davis-Monthan field bureau compiled the data.
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Tucson
U. S. Weather Bureau
E. P. Norwood
Davis - Monthan Field
Weather New Mexico Appeared On Spanish Maps In 1546
A note on early cartography states New Mexico showed up on Spanish maps of the New World as early as 1546, indicating geographic recognition during the era of exploration.
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New Mexico
New World
Jap Evacuees Refuse Work At 19 Monthly Wage
Los Angeles June 10 Aides report at a Dies committee hearing that many evacuees from the Poston Arizona relocation center refuse work for the government’s 19 per month pay. Augustus E Empie says some perform satisfactory work and some clerical duties to gain later civilian employment while many resist, citing lack of incentive and coerced camp placement. He urges stricter supervision by the war relocation authority and notes some workers in camouflage factories earn up to 15 a day.
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Los Angeles
Poston
Ariz
Dies
Augustus E. Empie
Empie
Rep
Costello
Dcalif
War Relocation Authority Central Office
Eberharter
D-Pa
Improved bomb fin design saves steel for two Liberty ships
An updated mass production fin design for bombs uses steel more efficiently, freeing enough material to construct two Liberty ships. The change promises significant resource gains for wartime shipbuilding.
Lad Who Preferred Fighting To Labor Victim Of Sniper
Claire McLeod a 17 year old Los Angeles seaman volunteered for danger on a ridge assault at Holtz Bay Atta Island. He repeatedly returned to fight and help wipe out a Japanese machine gun nest before being fatally shot by a sniper.
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Holtz Bay
Atta Island
U.P
Claire McLeod
Los Angeles
McLeod
McIeod
Dr Gillespie star Barrymore eats own dish on set
Universal star Lionel Barrymore plays a convincing physician in Dr Gillespie films but fails as a dietitian. He poisons himself with his favorite spaghetti and meatballs and spends days in a hospital that is not a stage prop.
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Hollywood
Calif
U.pi
Lionel Barrymore
Dr. Gillespie
Out Of 100 Fathers To Be Drafted In 43
Draft-age fathers face a slim chance of induction before 1944 with about 17 of 100 likely to be drafted. Occupational deferments favor farmers, while non-farm fathers show tighter odds as manpower needs rise. The piece projects 1.5 million total inductions from Aug 1, 1943, to Jan 1, 1944, with many coming from single or childless men and those with expiring deferments.
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Charles Molony Washington
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
WAAC
WAVE
Man with Amnesia Adopts New Name Lyle Howard Smith
Louis Roosevelt Slocum, 42, who suffered amnesia and forgot his name, chose Lyle Howard Smith as a new identity in 1920 and now seeks legal validation. He says he has learned of five brothers living near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Louis Roosevelt Slocum
Lyle Howard Smith
Grand Rapids
Mich
French Underground Readies Action As Invasion Nears
London reports Fighting French headquarters say the underground is set for action across France. Patriots mass in the mountains to strike the Axis in Corsica where 60 000 Italian troops await invasion. Over 1 000 French were seized by German police and sent to Germany to crush underground leaders.
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London
France
Corsica
Lyon
Germany
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