Red Cross Plans Expansive Europe Program In 1945
Paris June 15 The American Red Cross in Europe outlined a broad 1945 program led by Frederick A. Carroll focusing on prisoner-of-war camps and occupation army areas. Plans include field directors joining troops, clubmobiles cinemas and doughnut ducats, 17 camps near Rheims, staging areas and ports with Rangers, expanded home service, and continued support for liberated POWs and displaced persons throughout France Belgium and Germany.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Europe
Army of Occupation
Frederick A. Carroll
Great Britain
Carroll
ARC
Red Cross
Germany
Rheims
Rangers
United States
le Havre
Brussels
Riviera A
Cannes
Nice
Riviera
Belgium
London
Bournemouth
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Baden Baden
Weisbaden
Frankfurt
Munich
Bremen
Bremerhaven
United Kingdom
Far East
Marseille
Luron
Romans Practice Rain Making With Carried Water Jar
Romans performed rain making by spilling water from a large jar carried on a procession cart. The ritual involved a mobile vessel moved through streets to induce rainfall.
Southerner's Jap Charge Shocks Fort Warren Maneuver
In Cheyenne Wyoming on June 15 a Southern soldier at Fort Francis E. Warren played a Jap during maneuvers. He charged with a suicide style rush shouting Banzai you all as part of the drill and the incident reportedly panicked some yanks.
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Cheyenne, Wyo
Ft. Francis FE
Warren
Merchant Ship Losses 1 554 For America
Washington reports that U S merchant ships lost to September 1945 totaled 1 554 with 6 277 077 deadweight tons sunk by submarines mines and planes While 5 016 ships totaling 48 674 000 deadweight tons were delivered in 1942 1943 and 1944 the Axis toll remained severe Emory S Land notes 487 sailors prisoners of war raised the casualty toll to 6 066 as of May 1 Allied and neutral ships lost to direct enemy action total 4 770 with 21 140 000 tons gross tonnage The Army transported 4 of every 10 000 soldiers compared with 7 2 per 10 000 in World War I
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Washington
Italy
Germany
Maritime Commission
United States
Commission
Emory S. Land
Navy
British Admiralty
Co. P. Gross
Army Transportation
France
Services Planned For Phoenix Cafe Owner
Funeral services for Merrill F. Hadley 68 founder of Hadley's cafe in Phoenix Arizona will be held today from St Agnes church with entombment at Calvary mausoleum He died Tuesday He started in the restaurant business by founding the Mecca cafe in Long Beach 25 years ago He was a native of Canton New York and had lived in Tulsa Oklahoma and Seattle before moving to Long Beach Surviving are his wife Alice M Long Beach a son J Franklin Phoenix and his mother Mrs Emma J Hadley Pawhuska Oklahoma
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Long Beach
Calif
Merrill F. Hadley
Hadley’s Cafe
Phoenix
Ariz
St. Agnes ’Church
Calvary Mausoleum
Canton
N. Y
Tulsa
Okla
Seattle
Alice M
J. Franklin
Emma J. Hadley
Pawhuska
Vehicle expert L. G. Reif quits July 15 after 26 years
L. G. Reif, expert on motor vehicle and railroad rate policy for the Arizona corporation commission, resigns effective July 15. He had announced his resignation June 15 but received 30 days vacation pay in recognition of long service. Reif will join a private concern in Prescott, where his parents reside.
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Phoenix
L. G. Reif
Arizona Corporation Commission
Reif
Prescott
Bloody Prague Uprising Revealed by Eyewitnesses
Eyewitness accounts describe the May 1945 Prague revolt against German occupation. Civilians and Czech partisans fought Nazi troops, with atrocities reported by witnesses as the Red Army neared, while battles raged around six strongholds and barricades.
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Prague
Radio
High Command
Red Army
Aluminum Released For Civilian Product Use
The War Production Board announced immediate availability of large aluminum supplies for civilian manufacture. Producers may fill civilian orders as long as military orders are not interfered with.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Forces
WPB
Bengal Bases Aid ATC Speed China Cargoes
In Kunming June 15 Alfred Ravenholt reports the American Air Transport Command develops a direct nonstop air route from Calcutta to China to supply Chinese armies south of the Yangtze. Four motored C54 planes boost monthly tonnage to Yunnan and expand interlaced lanes from Assam to Kunming across Burma.
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Kunming
Yangtze River
American
Air Transport Command
India
China
Calcutta
Yunnan
Assam Valley
Burma
Himalayas
Mandalay
Ben
Airlift giants push mass supply to China in 1943 wartime effort
Brig Gen Tunner's India China division operates over twice the prewar US airline fleet, delivering at least 10,000 tons monthly to China. Trojan service trims delivery time to under five hours Calcutta to Kunming. Pilots Tutwiler Lipp Canali Stashing fly 10,000 pounds per trip, returning with medical patients and engines. New Bengal bases and radio traffic control ease supply routes, limited only by planes, crews, and Chinese delivery fields.
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China
ATC
William H. Tunner
India-China
United States
Calcutta
Kunming
Egar Tutwiler
Mt. Hope
W. Va
Carl Lipp
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Armand Canali
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sidney Stashing
Pittsfield
Mass
Gordon A. Ince
Racine
Wis
Philip Zito
Roseto
Fred Bartholomew
Indianapolis
Clifton L. Rehbein
Miami
Fla
Assam
India
James H. Smart
Abilene
Tex
Byron H. Enyart
Arlington
Bay of Bengal
Chengtu
Szechwan
Bengal
Hospitals to Bolster Care of Children
Dr. Victor Johnson of the AMA outlined a nationwide plan to prevent a shortage of obstetric gynecology residencies after World War II. The aim is to create about 700 additional residencies, pairing large and small hospitals to expand training and maintain prewar care standards for mothers and infants.
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Chicago
U.P
American Medical Association
Victor Johnson
Association
Council On Medical Education and Hospitals
Johnson
M. G. Westmoreland
American Committee On Maternal Welfare
Ancient Labyrinth Ruins Reveal Earliest Bathrooms
Archaeologists uncovered restrooms among ruins in the Labyrinth area of Greece, dating back over 4,000 years. The discovery suggests early urban planning included communal sanitation features and provides insight into ancient daily life.
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Greece
Moody Granted Franchise to Extend Gas Service to Eloy
The Arizona ration commission granted M. A. Moody doing business as Farmers Gas Co. a franchise to extend natural gas service to Eloy. Rates for about 200 outlets will match Casa Grande charges. Service is expected to begin around September 1. Moody also runs Natural Gas Service Co. in other Pinal County communities and Greenlee County.
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PHOEN
Arizona Ration Commission
M. A. Moody
Farmers Gas Co
Eloy
Casa Grande
Moody
Pinal County
Greenlee County
Natural Gas Service Company
Pongee Silk Fabric Originated in China
A plain weave fabric named pongee is made wholly from tussah or wild silk and traces its origins back to ancient China. The term reflects traditional textile practice and historical silk production methods.
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Auto Service
Texaco
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Medical Association
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PTO Peres
Stone Ave
Mccormick
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Frank and
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New York Life Insurance Company
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