Wartime Records Warn of Air Force Frictions Before D Day
The Combined Chiefs of Staff records reveal Gen Henry H. Hap Arnold accusing Britain of poor bombing results and threatening to curb American planes to Britain seven months before D Day. He faults RAF and USAAF coordination and target priorities while British and American leaders clash over a single commander.
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London
Normandy
U.S. Army Air Force
Europe
Britain
Henry H
Arnold
Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Ter
Charles Portal
Royal Air Force
U.S
Strategic Air Forces
Porter
8Th Air Force
United States
Roosevelt
British records shed light on 1944 European strategy debates
Declassified documents from 1942 to 1945 released today reveal British opposition to the Southern France landings proposed to relieve Eisenhower in Northern France. Adm. Sir Percy Noble urged using maximum force and favored a Balkans drive, while Marshall and King blocked the approach, influencing allied decisions.
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Churchill
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan
British Public Records Office
CCS
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Percy Noble
Noble
Balkans
Axis
First Woman Minister Appeals for Help at Ordination
Rev. Miss Barbara Andrews, the first woman ordained in the American Lutheran Church, asked her Edina Community Lutheran Church congregation for aid while she spoke from a wheelchair. She presided over Holy Communion and urged members to affirm their support for her ministry.
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Minneapolis
Barbara Andrews
American Lutheran Church
Miss Andrews
Edina Community
Istry
Lutheran Church In America
Nati
Maryland
Ousted Hughes Empire Chief Considers Action
Robert A. Maheu, ousted as head of Howard Hughes Nevada empire, weighs whether to pursue further legal action against Hughes Tool Co directors who fired him. Judge ruling upheld the directors and barred Maheu from interfering with control of Hughes Nevada properties.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Morton Galane
Maheu
Hughes Tool Co
Galane
Aheu
FBI
Hughes
Howard Babcock
Tool Company
Bahamas
Tool Comny
Hughes’ Nevada
Thes
Imaheu
LeVane Forsythe
Torrance
Calif
Forsythe
Desert Inn
One Car Crash Fatal To New Market Youth
An 18 year old New Market youth died on arrival at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital from head injuries after a one car crash west of town. Driver Freddie Bowman 21 faces manslaughter charges with two other passengers treated and released. The county noted a record highway death toll of 13 for the year. Funeral arrangements are set for 2 p.m. at Dellinger Funeral Home Mt. Jackson.
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New Market
Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital
Here
Freddie Bowman
Shenandoah County
Monroe Lloyd
Eddie Bowman
Clinton Bowman
Susie C. Clark
Woodstock
Bowman
Dellinger Funeral Home
Mt. Jackson
Charles
James
Elwood
Frances Moomaw
Wanda Hessler
Edinburg
Diane Bowman
Myrtle Lucas
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George Marshall
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Ernest
Hughes’ Empire
Jerry Allen Bowman
Lloyd
Harrisonburg
Marvin E. and
Laurenia Lucas Bowman
Marx
Kresge Door Buster
Orion
Acrytic Posts
M-L- XL
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Cherring
Cologne
Lowe
A. Fostori
Betterien
Fostoria
Imen
Cabine
Pirates
POE
Cellant
Ria
Kresge Sun
Chor
Sesss
Besse
DuPont
Orp. Td
Kresge
Doop Ouster
BES
Istmas
Marley
Scrooge
The
Plaza Theatre
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