Tells of First Trip To Germany As An Operator
Editor Jack Calder recalls his first operational flight over occupied Germany as navigator and bomb aimer with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He writes of tense takeoffs, anti aircraft bursts, a target near Brest, and a gunner reporting the ME109 being shot down.
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Jack Calder
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Press
London
Maxie
Brest
Neisenau
Blue Sea
France
Max
Night Raid Over Dock Area in Final WWII Air Mission
A bomber crew led by Maxie engages a heavy anti aircraft barrage as they execute a evasive attack on a dock target. The ME109 threat is fought off by gunners while one parachute is seen and another aircraft may have crashed nearby.
No Hint Given Where Roosevelt and Churchill Met
Washington reports a White House note says President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill held a momentous conference at sea with several meetings. The joint statement lists Lord Beaverbrook and senior military officials from both nations as present, but the location in the North Atlantic remains undisclosed and London kept Churchill's movements secret.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Winston Church
North Atlantic
Churchill
U. S
Potomac
Lord Beaverbrook
London
England
Iceland Harbor Improvement Plan With U S Aid
An agreement announced in Reykjavik states United States forces will undertake a vast improvement and extension of Iceland's harbor, providing materials and employing Iceland labor. U S facilities will have absolute priority, and warehouse facilities will be extended.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Nazi Comment On Historic Meeting
Berlin reports the official news agency says Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly at sea and agreed on a common declaration of war aims after Attlee’s broadcast. The note, released with a New York dateline via DNB, cites a White House announcement of the meeting.
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Berlin
DNB
Clement Attlee
Roosevelt
Churchill
New York
White House
High Sea
Noted Baltimore Family Seeks Name Change to Sherwood
Dr Henry Lyon Linskey his wife and three children petition in circuit court for a name change to Sherwood arguing for a more euphonious surname. Four Baltimore Sherwoods oppose saying the change would deceive the public and that the Sherwood line dates to 1780.
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Baltimore
Henry Lyon Linskey
Sherwood
Baltimore Sherwoods
John W
Oil Company
Linskey
175th Combat Team Exercises to Repel Dawn Attack
The 175th combat team saved Baltimore by a night flank maneuver directed at the enemy near Laurel. Commanded by Col. Harry Ruhl, 1,800 men and 400 pieces of equipment moved to strike from the southeast at dawn.
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Fort George G. Meade
Baltimore
Harry Ruhl
Laurel
Suicide and murder figures for German Jews since 1933
The report states that in the last seven to eight years 20,000 Jews are reported to have committed suicide and 8,000 to have been murdered by the Nazis.
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Germany
Germans Call Meeting At Sea Propaganda Bluff
Berlin dispatch reports a German spokesman calling Roosevelt and Churchill’s war aims declaration propaganda bluff. The reaction cites ongoing German successes in the Ukraine and criticizes the timing of the joint statement. Previously only a brief DNB report noted the leaders met and issued the joint statement.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Ukraine
DNB
United States
Rathman Rites To Be On Friday
Funeral services for G. William Rathman age 61 of 117 East Monmouth Street who died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack will be held at his residence at 3 PM Friday. The Rev S L Flickinger pastor of Centenary Reformed church will officiate with pallbearers listed as Jack Keller Ed Sartell Ora Bailey C Dellinger Robert Swartz and Boat Grim.
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G. William Rathman
East
Monmouth Street
S. L. Flickinger
D. D
Centenary Reformed Church
Jack Keller
Ed Sartell
Ora Bailey
C. Dellinger
Robert Swartz
Boat” Grim
Insurance on 1942 Wheat Offers Crop Coverage
The U S Department of Agriculture revival of the wheat insurance program through the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation begins for the 1942 crop. Farmers may insure 75 percent of expected yield at about half a bushel per acre, covering hail fires floods disease insects and winter kill.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
E. M. Funk
Training Camp Names Sparks War Dept Dispute
In Camp Lee Virginia the War Department rejected a quartermaster insignia using the Confederate flag as background. At Camp Haan California a lieutenant in a shooting gallery fails to hit a target repeatedly while a boy observers mutters his disdain with the line Gee what an army.
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Associated Press
Lee
Robert E. Lee
War Department
Traveller
Camp Haan
Calif
Demonstrators Shot at in Paris Porte St. Denis
Paris newspapers report police fired on demonstrators yesterday at the Porte St. Denis wounding several. Sixteen others were detained as unrest continued in unoccupied France.
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France
Vichy
Paris
Porte St. Denis
War era rumors and antisemitic accusations in Rome station incident
A report notes arrests at Gare Saint-Lazare and claims from Aujourdhu! that those involved were solely Jews and foreigners. A German broadcast echoed antisemitic charges and the question discusses Gaelic name prefixes and the date Italy entered the war, stated as June 10, 1940.
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Gare St. Lazare
Aujourdhu
New York
Italy
C. H
A Home Newspaper Devoted to Community Interests
Community oriented newspaper brief highlighting local events and services. It emphasizes outreach, local business profiles, and public notices for residents in the area.
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