Destruction Unveiled in Cologne After RAF Bombing
Air ministry releases details from aerial photos showing eight square miles of Cologne wiped out with fire damage across the Rhine city. Key sites including Vulcan Works and Hohenzollern Bridge hit. cathedral spared but surrounding areas burned. Death toll reported at 305 by Berlin radio, with likely higher missing residents.
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London
Cologne
Rhineland
Air Ministry
RAF
Great Vulcan Works
Rheinfelt
K. G. Mauser Works
Hohenzollern
Rhine
Berlin
Mohenzollern Bridge
Europe
Reich
Nippes
Ehrenfields
Old Town
Koln-Mulheim
Exteriors: thinning varies by wall exposure in painting
The article notes weathering differs by building side with north faring best and south and west deteriorating fastest. It advises using more turpentine and less oil on the north side, mid adjustments on the east side, and more oil with less turpentine on the south and west to match wear patterns. Printing from The Sun is recommended.
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Northwest
Supreme Court rules 150 percent overtime pay under Wage Hour Law
The court held overtime beyond 40 hours must be paid at 150 percent of the regular rate, not 150 percent of minimum. It approved fixed weekly sums covering overtime. Key cases: Missel of Overnight Transportation and Belo Corp. Belo’s 60-dollar weekly salaries for up to 53 hours kept pay compliant. 54+ hours yielded more than 60.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Overnight Motor Transportation Company
Baltimore
William H. Missel
Missel
A. H. Belo Corporation
Dallas Morning News
WFAA
Stevenson Sets Onion Week and Father's Day Dates
Governor Stevenson designated June 8-15 as Onion Week and June 21 as Father's Day in Texas. The proclamation urged merchants cafes hotels and housewives to utilize the onion crop and called Texans to observe Father’s Day with religious spiritual and patriotic observances.
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Austin
Stevenson
Texas
Cotton insurance urged to back up yields this year
Cotton gains this year hinge on strong yields and low losses to keep premiums manageable under the Federal Crop Insurance program. State supervisor Donald L. Cothran notes premiums rise as experience used to set rates declines, while insurance serves as income protection when uncontrollable conditions hit crops. Labor costs and fertilizer prices climb, but expect about 90 dollars per bale. Farmers should aim for near full crop to maximize returns, with insurance paying only after prudent practices reduce losses.
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College Station
Donald L. Cothran
Cothran
Protection not for dividends proves handy in calamity
He explains that protection functions like fire insurance and is valuable when calamity strikes, not for generating dividends.
Christmas Trees Made Hard for Santa to Find
The War Production Board barred making lights for Christmas trees advertising displays or decorations with immediate effect. It also restricted critical materials in ordinary electric bulbs, expects output gains from substitutes, limited blackout lamps to armed forces approved types, and prohibited inner-spring mattresses or pads containing iron or steel after September 1, while cotton felt or hair filled ones are unaffected.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Danish Field Sport Clubs Spur Anti German Protests
Field sport clubs in Denmark organize lectures about England twice weekly and sing English songs at meetings. Nazis resent the activities as incitement against the German New Order and Denmark’s collaboration efforts.
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Denmark
Germany
New Order
England
Magic beliefs across history from caves to wax figures
A survey of magical practices from ancient hunting charms to modern superstitions. It recounts cave paintings intended to ensure meat, doll curses in New Orleans, bread army models in India, fears of photography, wind whistles, luck from pins, and the famed Madam Toussard wax museum with a wax police officer at the stairs top.
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Dow
France
New Orleans
India
Syria
Atlas
Beirut
United States
London
Madam Toussard
London Doll Company
Wax
Ice cream memories and a wartime faith note
A nostalgic reflection recalls early ice cream once plentiful in the nation with vanilla flavor only. A mother gives a son leaving for an Army camp a sealed envelope containing a message of love hope and faith to guide him on his journey.
Two Hamburg Baker Convicted Over Bread Bonanza
Two French civilian workers in Hamburg sought bread at a bakery. The bakery keeper, after persuasion, gave each a loaf. She was sentenced by the Hamburg summary court to two months in prison for disposing rationed goods without coupons.
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Hamburg
Germany
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