Robot bombs strike southern England in daylight raid
Nazi robot bombs hit southern England in daylight for the first time since Friday as Allied air forces pounded targets in the Ruhr and Paris regions. RAF and Mosquito bombers conducted raids across Germany and occupied zones, with pilots losses and damage to power and transport infrastructure noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cronkite
London
U.P
England
Channel
France
Germany
Ruhr
Budapest
Hungary
DNB
Vienna
Danube
Cherbourg
Brix
Pas de Calais
RAF
Hamborn
Duisburg
Normandy
64 Boy Scouts Attend Camp
A group of 64 Boy Scouts departed for the final week of summer sessions at Camp Lawton, Catalina council. Seven leaders accompany them to supervise hiking, camping, scoutcraft, signalling, overnight hikes, and advancement. ten more scouts will join from the week just ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Lawton
Catalina Council
Robert McGee
Philip Monier
Brendon Flannery
Harry Hesidence
Warner Jones
Russell Brown
Jimmy Sell
Wayne Clements
Don Hammer
Lloyd Rabb
Donald Rabb
Francis Larriva
Ronald Perry
Marana Pin Up Auction To Boost War Bond Drive
Marana Army airfield soldiers will auction personal pin ups for the fifth war loan drive. WACs and soldiers contribute movie pin ups for a bond rally on Congress Street between Stone and Scott next Saturday. Bids start at 4 pm as part of a day of attractions at the world’s largest basic flying school.
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Marana Army Airfield
WAC
Congress Street
Stone
Scott
Air-Wac
Pioneer Hotel
Marana Army Air Forces Band
Marana
First Lt. Marshh Receives Air Medal at English Base
First Lt. Richard R. Marshh of Tucson Arizona is awarded the Air Medal by Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon Twelfth Army Air Force for meritorious achievement in aerial flight as a B 26 Marauder pilot. Overseas since November 1943 he has flown 41 combat missions with a Marauder group. His father Ray A. Marsch resides in Tucson.
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AAF
Richard R. Marshh
Tucson
Ariz
John K. Cannon
Twelfth Army Air Force
Marsch
First Tactical Air Base
Ray A. Marsch
East Fourth Street
Tucson Man In 222nd Combat Crew Training Unit
Pfc. Orrell J. Brooks Jr son of Mrs Lonnie Brooks 528 North First Ave Tucson is in final phase aerial gunner training at a 2nd AAF flying field after joining Oct 5 1943. He trained at AAF Las Vegas and was promoted to private first class Mar 14 1944.
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Pfc
Orrell J. Brooks, Jr
Lonnie Brooks
North First Avenue
Tucson
AAF
Brooks
Army Air Force
Las Vegas
Nev
Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft
Columbus High
Tex
Garcia Brothers Pace Toward Reunion in War Promotion News
Thomas D. Garcia 23 from Tucson is promoted from corporal to sergeant in the Ninth Air Force Service Command Group where he serves as a mobile unit air craft sheet metal specialist. His brother Pvt Nick Garcia also serves in the same theater as a coast artilleryman, and the brothers hope to meet.
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Thomas D. Garcia
Tucson
Ninth Air Force Service Command
A. P. Garcia
P. O. Box 815
Nick Garcia
Brown Recalls Baptism of Fire in Normandy Skies
John Brown, crew chief from box 352 in Ajo Arizona, reports a flak-riddled C-47 left wheel during a Northern France mission. He notes the flight could have been a lot worse, reflecting on a perilous parachute troop haul and wartime dispatch.
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France
John Brown
Ajo
Arizona
Brown
Paratrooper Viscarra Earns Wings After Night Jump
Pvt. Manuel C. Viscarra, son of Mrs. Rosario C. Viscarra of Tucson, completed four weeks of jump training at a ninth air force troop carrier base. He made five jumps including a night tactical jump, earning the right to wear paratrooper wings and boots after aiding D day operations.
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Manuel C. Viscarra
Rosario C. Viscarra
South Main Street
Tucson
United States Army
Soldier Pfc Carl E Martin To Arrive On Furlough
Pfc Carl E Martin, who served 20 months with the infantry in the European theater, is due to arrive in the United States this month on furlough. He is the brother of Thomas T Martin of 3546 South Clarke Avenue, Tucson.
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United States
Carl E. Martin
Thomas T. Martin
South
Clarke Avenue
Tucson
Navy ROTC Cadet Hines Returns Home on Leave
Charles Hines of Tacoma or Tucson? No, the text states he is home visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hines at 323 North Norris. He is stationed at University of New Mexico in ROTC on short leave. A 1943 Tucson Senior High graduate, Hines joined V-12 at the University of Kansas and moved in March to engineering studies at Albuquerque.
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Charles Hines
U. S. Navy
University of New Mexico
North Norris
Tucson
Hines
University of Kansas
Albuquerque
Services Held This Afternoon For Dr. Leach
Funeral services for Dr. Daniel G. Leach 64 died Saturday morning at a local hospital were held this afternoon at Briny's funeral home chapel. A Hoosier by birth he had lived in Arizona 21 years and earlier practiced in Sullivan Indiana and in Craig Colorado before moving to Tucson. The Epes Randolph Lodge No 32 F and A M conducted the services with graveside rites at Masonic cemetery. Leach was a life member of the lodge and a past master of a Colorado lodge. Pallbearers were W J Parker Dr J B McQuown R C Nicholson Walter Jost Allen Wade and Harry Embleton. Survivors include his wife Mrs Nellie L Leach two sisters and two brothers, all of Sullivan.
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Daniel G. Leach
Briny’s Funeral Home
Leach
Arizona
Sullivan
Ind
Craig
Colo
Tucson
Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32
Masonic Cemetery
Lodge
Colorado
W. J. Parker
J. B. McQuown
R. C. Nicholson
Walter Jost
Allen Wade
Harry Embleton
Nellie L. Leach
Jaycees Hold June Meeting At Elks Club Tucson
The Tucson Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Elks Club Wednesday at 7 pm. Guests include a 10 man Liberator bomber crew from Davis Monthan Field. The program covers July 4th events, fireworks construction, combat films, and new members Brooks Davis and Fred Dragonette.
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Tucson Junior Chamber of Commerce
Elks’ Club
Harry V. Chambers
Jaycee
Jaycees
Davis-Monthan Field
University of Arizona
Frank Bauer
Bauer
Tucson
U. S. lend lease cargoes fill three of ten outbound ships
U S lend lease cargoes account for about thirty percent of outbound ships, filling three vessels in every ten as nations mobilize wartime supplies.
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U. S
Fire At Mt Lemmon Man Caused Blaze Destroys Acre
A man caused fire near Summerhaven on Mt Lemmon burned about one acre of forest recreation land. Roger Morris of the Coronado forest service said conditions are at extreme danger and Rangers Bill Hughes and Bill Williams helped prevent the blaze from spreading. no major damage reported.
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Summerhaven
Mt. Lemmon
Roger Morris
Coronado Forest Service
Bill Hughes
Bill Williams
Palisade Station
Fire likely started by discarded cigarette on Catalina trails
Morris stated lightning was not the cause of the fire and all indications pointed to a cigarette or match carelessly tossed along a trail. He noted only very light weekend precipitation on the Catalinas and the remaining dry timber kept burning conditions poor.
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Morris
Catalinas
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Verna E. Yocum
Marshh
English Base
Roger Audra Wood
East Sixth Street
Naval Reserve
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I. C. Johnson
Eleventh Naval District
West Fifth Street
Los Angeles
Navy
California
United Sales Service
Beverly
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Calif
Warren
Peterson
Democrat
Maricopa County
Arizona Supervisors Association
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
Arizona Postmasters Association
Arizona Tax Commission
Cotton Compensation Claims Board
Awful
Ninth Air Force
Paul L. Williams
Troop Carrier Command
Dr. Leach
6Th Ave
la Rose
Studio
Santa Rita Hotel
Pierce
Pene
Jersey
Tocgon
East Congress Street
Nylon
Jacome
Sherman
CLU
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