Navy Confident In Adm Spruance Record Of Fast Pacific Gains
Washington June 28 The Navy points to a victorious Pacific fleet communique as proof of confidence in Admiral Raymond A Spruance youngest full admiral at 57. He led the fifth fleet to strategic successes from Midway to Marshalls Gilberts and Sch advances and is praised for bold decisive tactics and ability to exploit breaks. He trained at the Naval Academy class of 1908 and rose from engineering posts to command ships and districts before guiding air power in war.
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Washington
Raymond Ames Spruance
U. S
Spruance
Marshalls
Midway
Gilbert Islands
Alau
Yap
Central
Western Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilberts
West Point
Baltimore
Military Academy
Navy
Naval Academy
Mississippi
6Th Naval District
Puerto Rico
Pearl Harbor
Tucson Officer Ordered To Active Duty In Army
Washington reports two officers called to active duty from Arizona. Chester Harold Stewart of Globe received a promotion to first lieutenant, while Capt. Pershing Yohe of Tucson was ordered to active duty as part of the war department's duties during the conflict.
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Tucson
Washington
War Department
Leutenant
Chester Harold Stewart
Globe
Pershing Yohe
Patriot Groups Tie Up Several Nazi Divisions
Allied sources credit French resistance led by the Maquis with occupying locales near the Swiss border in eastern France and delaying German armored divisions. The communique notes resistance disrupted enemy transport, aiding Normandy operations and hampering German movement behind the lines.
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John A. Parris
Supreme Headquarters
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Normandy
Eisenhower
Jura
Ain
Haute
State Retail Sales Up Eight Per Cent In May
Department store sales in Arizona during May increased 8 per cent over the same month in 1943, according to Federal Reserve bank reports. Phoenix rose 12 per cent and Tucson 14 per cent, while the Pacific slope area posted its highest May sales in history.
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San Francisco
Arizona
Federal Reserve Bank
Phoenix
Tucson
Pacific Slope
Expose Real War Motives Urges Knight Committee
John S. Knight urged exposing real war motives to deter future conflicts. He named a 13 member editors’ committee on freedom of communications to seek world press freedom and endorsed resolutions at both major parties’ conventions. He warned against political censorship even in wartime.
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Detroit
John S. Knight
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Knight
Chicago
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Democratic Party
Detroit Free Press
Akron, O
Beacon Journal
Miami
Chicago Daily News
Nelson D. Poynter
St. Petersburg Times
Carl D. Groat
Cincinnati Post
Levellon Brown
Providence Journal Bulletin
James E. Chappell
Birmingham News and Age Herald
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines Register and Tribune
John H. Sorrells
Memphis Commercial Appeal
London
United States
Thousands Of Women Stand In Line For Nylon Hose
Greensboro North Carolina June 26 thousands of women waited hours in the sun as the government sold 4800 pairs of nylon hose. The line stretched three blocks four abreast when U S Marshal Edney Ridge opened sales at 10 am. Purchasers were admitted in groups of five and limited to three pairs each. The entire stock sold in a little over an hour.
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Greensboro
N. C
U. S
Edney Ridge
Marshal's Office
ODT Expands Railroads Power for War Traffic
The Office of Defense Transportation broadened cancellation powers for U S railroads to handle military casualties. Railways may cancel reservations or space, require passengers to vacate space for disabled military and civilian personnel, divert facilities, and bar noninvalid passengers from trains as needed. Director J Monroe Johnson notified President J Pelley of the action.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
J. J. Pelley
Fragmentary quote on peace and war reduction impact
A partial sentence asserts that in every country participation would lessen future wars and raise the chance of lasting peace. No further context or specifics are provided.
Young Norwegian Flier Soars With Jazz and War Stories
In a faded English hotel bar, Lieut. Thorn of the royal Norwegian air force plays boogie woogie piano for Allied officers and locals. He recounts 100 plus missions, 160 Nazi planes shot down in total, and his hope for continued Anglo American support after the war while noting a wish to fight Japan afterward.
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England
Royal Norwegian Air Force
St. Louis
Chattanooga
Lieut
Thorn
Norway
Str
America
Long Island
Canada
Thor
Germany
Japan
United States
Railroads Backed by Authorization Says ARA Will Back Plans
The American Railroad Association asserts the authorization will give railroads full legal support to carry out their plans and permit action without fear of unilateral opposition.
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American Railroad Association
Proud Russ Freighter Capsizes In Drydock
The former 5,000 ton luxury yacht of the late czar, once the Proud Nicholas II, capsized and sank in Portland drydock within seven minutes. A Russian woman cook was trapped in her cabin and three men were injured as cranes rescued Capt. Ivan Sergeyev and about 20 crew members. Divers searched the cabin while lend-lease supplies continued to pass through Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Nicholas II
Portland Drydock
Ivan Sergeyvev
Willamette River
Pacific
Fred Devind
Art Zimmerman
Radio Schedule Entries Across Morning and Evening Programs
A fragmented listing shows radio programming for Tuesday with time slots and programs such as Vox Pop Lone Raw News and Tonight’s Bible Story, plus afternoon lineups featuring Guiding Light and Broadway Matinee. Various news segments and music showcases mark a dense grid of era broadcasts.
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Firestone
Abner
Bill Henry
Edwin M. Clough
Glenn Hardy
Raymond Gram
Fulton
Chet Huntley
Moonlight Express
Paul Page
Portia
Life
Guiding Light
Dr. Malone
News Four
Mary Marlin
Irene Be
Ma Perkins
Joyce Jordan
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Widder Brown
Doorews
Harsch
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Franchot Tone
Marsha Hunt
Fair Play Park
Winkelman
Winkelman and
Mammoth
Flieger, Winkelman
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Priser
State Theatre
Paul Lukas
VEAL
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Stevens
Lees
Leia L
Louis Armstrong
Alvino Rey
Teddy Powell
Wen Wynn Des Barker
Columbia
Hal Boyle
Alelal Eee
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Navy Mother's Club
J. C. Penney
I; Giesterely
Mercer Baincine
Johnny Mercer
Starroro
June Hutton
Paul Weston
Wendell Niles
M.W.T
NBC
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland Baxter Warner
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American Legion Auxiliary
Irene Dunne
Alan Marshal
Clarence Brown
Sidney Franklin
Roooy McDowall
Frank Morgan
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Rialto
State
DR. Wassell
Gary Laraine
Cooper
Corydon M. Wassell
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Gloria Dehaven
Lena Horne
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Earea
VFW Auxiliary
Proud Russ
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Edward R. Murrow
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la Hora Mexicana
News of the World
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Pima County Journal
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