The Pittsburgh Press (July 3, 1945)
THIRD JAP REFINERY BLASTED
Two Borneo airfields seized
Foe caught off guard by B-29s; suicide bases also hit, Tokyo says
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THIRD JAP REFINERY BLASTED
Hit the dirt men! Uh-uh, it’s that boogie bird again
Borneo jungle inmate sends troops diving with imitation of a mortar shell
By Richard Harris, United Press staff writer
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It’s pay day, Congressmen, step up and get your $1,250
House members get first instalment of $2,500 raise; future checks to come monthly
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Tire strikers demand Senate probe Akron
Cite closing of 2 plants for vacations
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Union attorney to attend hearing
New York drivers defy labor board
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Seven-pound son born to Mickey and Mrs. Rooney
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (UP) – Mrs. Betty Jane Rooney, wife of soldier-actor Mickey Rooney, gave birth to a seven-pound, five-ounce son today at the Jefferson Memorial Hospital here.
The father, recently promoted to sergeant, was in Paris, France, with a special service entertainment unit that has toured Germany and other European war fronts.
Betty Jane and Mickey were married here last September after a five-day whirlwind romance. Rooney then was stationed at nearby Camp Seibert.
It was Betty Jane’s first and Mickey’s second marriage.
Two more admirals join Jap ancestors
By the United Press
The Domei Jap news agency today broadcast that the Yokosuka Naval Station had announced the deaths of Rear Adms. Yasuatsu Suzuki and Yoshiro Kato. No details were given.
Farben cartel served Nazis in espionage
Story revealed by records at Frankfurt
By Marshall McNeil, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Pyle’s medal for merit to be presented to widow
Memorial ceremony in Washington to follow showing of Story of G.I. Joe
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77th Division erects new Pyle monument
IE SHIMA, Ryukyus (UP) – A monument erected by men of the 77th Division with whom he covered his last campaign today marked the spot where war correspondent Ernie Pyle fell on Ie Shima.
The concrete marker replaces a painted board at the spot where Pyle was killed by a Jap sniper’s bullet.
Battle below –
Some don’t come back, like this submarine which hit Pacific reef
Luck is with crew, however, because U.S. planes spot wreck and rescue comes quick
By Robert J. Casey
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