British Drop 15000 Tons Of Bombs In Ruhr
British bombers unloaded more than 15000 tons of bombs on Germany in the past month with two thirds hitting Ruhr industrial centers including Dortmund Essen Wuppertal Bochum Oberhausen Krefeld and Mulheim American bombers joined June 22 with a raid on the Hull rubber plant. The Ruhr already labeled the world’s most bombed area is set for more strikes as German output remains heavily affected.
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London
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Dortmund
Essen
Wuppertal
Bochum
Oberhausen
Krefeld
Mulheim
Ruhr
Europe
Gelsenkirchen
Hamborn
Herne
Air Ministry
B L F and E Ladies Honor Service Members Ceremony
The Ladies' society of the B L F and E plans a July 19 ceremony at 3 p m to dedicate a service flag for husbands sons or brothers of members. A mother with the most sons serving will receive a gift. Committee includes Mmes Moore Stockwell Hesla and Stinson new president. Society plans Armory Park sing and USO activity. United States and Canadian lodges donated funds for an ambulance and jeep.
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Ladies’ Society of the
B.l.f.&e
Mmes. IL. L. Moore
J. W. Stockwell
Marguerite Hesla
Robert Stinson
Japs Unsuccessful In Air Attacks On American Warships
The Navy reports Japanese planes failed to damage small U S warships in daytime night raids near Savo Island and the Russell Islands in the Solomon group Both attacks involved single enemy aircraft and occurred June 20 and June 22 23 near Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
United States
Savo Island
Russell Islands
Savo
Russells
Guadalcanal
Beef Producers Face Meatless Meals For Annual Convention
In PAWHUSKA Okla June 24 the Osage Cattlemen's Association faced a shortage of beef gasoline and supplies for its annual barbecue and tour. Committees obtained permission to buy beef coffee and sugar. Benches will ride in cattle trucks for a view of 235000 prime cattle in Osage pasturelands.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Cattlemen's Association
Oklahoma
Douglas Submarine Officer Decorated
Lieutenant Douglas Haig Pugh of Douglas Arizona received the U S Navy silver star for taking part in actions that damaged enemy ships in the South Pacific. He returned months ago with other honors after helping bring his submarine out of Jap infested waters when damaged in ramming an enemy gunboat. The submarine’s commanding officer Howard W Gilmore of New Orleans ordered “take her down” after being wounded on the bridge.
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Washington
Douglas, Ariz
Douglas Haig Pugh
U. S. Navy
Pugh
South Pacific
Howard W. Gilmore
New Orleans
Roosevelt names three diplomats to Canada New Zealand and Iraq
President Roosevelt filled three diplomatic posts naming Ray Atherton to Canada and Luxembourg, William C. Burdett to New Zealand, and Ley W. Henderson to Iraq. Atherton returns after serving Denmark and Luxembourg. Burdett succeeds Patrick Hurley who serves on a near and Middle East mission. Henderson becomes minister to Iraq, while Thomas M. Wilson remains as minister resident and consul general there.
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Washington
Wu.p
Roosevelt
Ray Atherton
Canada
William C. Burdett
New Zealand
Ley W. Henderson
Iraq
U. S
Foreign Service
Atherton
Denmark
State Department
European Affairs
Luxembourg
Jay Pierpont Moffat
Burdett
Patrick J. Hurley
United States Army
Hurley
Near
Middle East
Henderson
Thomas M. Wilson
Lieutenant Pugh Saves Submersible Through Firefighting
Lieutenant Pugh sacrificed his life to save the ship as he battled fires and leaks aboard the submersible, preserving critical machinery and steering it back to safety.
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Pugh
Britain says wartime living costs never 30 percent above peacetime
Britain asserts that during wartime living costs did not exceed a 30 percent rise above peacetime levels, indicating restrained inflation estimates despite ongoing conflict.
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Britain
Ickes Refused Right To Boss Fuel Rationing
Washington June 24. War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson rejected Harold L. Ickes request for control over fuel oil and gasoline rationing while planning a new inter government group with broad supervisory powers over distribution. The group would include Ickes OPS, OPA, and ODT officials. Final decisions would rest with Nelson.
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Washington
U.P— War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Office of Price Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Nelson
Roosevelt
Undertakers Charge for Gilt Handles in Australia
Amid a metal shortage Australian undertakers remove gilt handles from caskets before lowering them and resell the fittings to other funeral homes for reuse.
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Australia
Card of Thanks for Manuel P. Moreno
We thank friends and relatives for flowers kindness and sympathy after the illness and death of our husband and father Manuel P Moreno who died June 19 at 4 40 am Gratitude to Isidoro Romero Tucson Mortuary and the J P Company and employes Signed the Moreno family with names of daughters and sons.
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Manuel P. Moreno
Isidoro Romero
Tucson
J. P. Company
Dolores H. Moreno
Agroda
Quality Decline in Goods Probed by House Panel
Willis S. MacLeod of the Office of Price Administration testified to a House committee that hidden price rises accompany quality deterioration. He cited shoes with 30 percent less value yet same price, a $4 dress and sunsuit failing wash tests, and zipper bags doubling in cost from 1.98 to 4.69 as evidence of the problem.
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Washington
Willis S. MacLeod
Office of Price Administration
House
OPA
MacLeod
New Zealand Dairymen Face Water Filled Milk Returns
Maraetu district farmers were told to send morning milk cans to the creamery and return them at night filled with water due to a water shortage.
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New Zealand
Maraetu
Jamaica clears swamps for Montego Bay international landing field
Jamaica undertakes swamp clearance at Montego Bay to build a modern airfield for tourist flights. The project aims to expand air access and boost tourism by creating a larger landing area in the resort region.
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Jamaica
Montego Bay
Lone Palo Alto cook offers to mail swastika to Roosevelt
Cecil Wilson, a Palo Alto cook, offered a local woman fifty dollars to craft a large swastika for shipment to President Roosevelt. When news surfaced, he was shunned by the FBI district attorney sheriff and police who refused involvement or arrest. The act was not deemed a crime.
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Palo Alto
Calif
U.P
Cecil Wilson
Roosevelt
FBI
London hospital patient repays kindness with gift
John G. White, grateful for care at St Thomas Hospital London seventy years ago, has donated 8000 dollars to the institution to honor the staff who tended him. The gift underscores lasting ties between donor and hospital.
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St. Thomas Hospital
London
John G. White
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