First major B-29 raid targets Yawata steel works
A frontline account describes a June 15 mission against Yawata in which Col Warren Wilkinson leads the Superfortress squadron toward Japan’s largest steel works. Crews report intense searchlights, fires 2,000 feet high, and a successful strike that cripples industrial capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoburn Wiant
Yawata
Pan
Pitts
Japan
Doolittle
Tokyo
Othwe
Leonard
Jake) Harman
Lman
Dean Delafield
Omaha
Los Angeles
Kansas
Wilkin
Delafield
Southwest Pacific
Wilkinson
West
China
William C. Goldstein
Indianapolis
Glenn Berkihiser
Albuquerque
N. M
Gold- Stein
Delmar Stevans
Swanton
Ohio
Home
Sgt
Moris Kramer
Pittsburgh
America
German War Prisoners Available To Farmers
Lt. Col. George H. Barber announced German prisoners of war at Papago Park internment camp are available for farm labor in Maricopa county. Farmers should hire at least 10 men per unit due to guard and transport issues as many internees are already at work clearing irrigation ditches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Maricopa County
George H. Barber
Papago Park
Rainfall Improves Summer Range Lands in Arizona
Heavy rainfall nearly doubles May levels and cools temperatures aiding livestock and replenishing range water holes in Arizona. Some crop growth and fruit trees suffered from unseasonable weather. Santa Cruz county had below average rainfall. May average was .56 inch. Sierra Ancha saw 1.86 inches. sixteen stations recorded no rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
E. L. Felton
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Santa Cruz
Sierra Ancha
Order Mexican Officials To Check Aliens Papers
Mexico City June 19 authorities and notaries nationwide have been ordered by the interior ministry to deny or limit activities of foreigners with invalid papers. The order aims to detect foreigners who hold residence permits as agricultural workers but work in commerce industry or professional fields.
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Mexico City
Ministry of the Interior
Interior Ministry
Roosevelt Proclaims National Farm Safety Week
President Roosevelt today proclaimed the week beginning July 23 as National Farm Safety Week and urged all connected with agriculture to take precautions against accident hazards.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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Yawata Mills
Imperial Iron and Works
Cross Hospital
E. Lester
Tucson
Nogales
Sasbann
Arizona Time Citizen Auto Lines
Greyhound Terminal
FT. Huachuca
Greyhound
Broadway
Ogie
Don la Var
Tucson Roller Rink
East
Anna
JOM and Board
Jack
Gene Ahren
Cindy
Mae
Rae
Lyl
Joe Palooka
Fosdic
Ry Ai Capp
H “Fearless
Aise Neaseo
Mahideel
Ham Fisher
Palooka
Telun
Blondie
Chic Young
Dick Tracy
NAVY
The
Chkrege Teiban
Little
Orphan Annie
Chester Gould
Feature Syndicate
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Harold Gray
Kem
Annie
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
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