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June 18, 1944

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Excess Gasoline Use Bars B Ration Rise

By the Associated Press

C F Phillips repts B ration rise barred by excessive use of gasoline

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FIFTH OF ELBA WON IN FRENCH INVASION; Allied Naval Force Covers Landings -- Germans Continue Headlong Retreat in Italy FIFTH OF ELBA WON IN FRENCH INVASION FRENCH LAND ON ELBA AS ALLIES SWEEP ON IN ITALY

By the United Press

Rome fall discussed; illus; Clark entering Rome illus

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A RESTLESS WEEK; Five Openings Add to the Legend of New York as a Fine Summer Resort

By Lewis Nichols

ALONG Broadway, where all the intelligent people gather every evening, the discussion groups spent most of last season talking about the vagaries of same. Outside the playhouses, and backstage within, there were whining and uncertain noises as producers, actors, managers and reviewers tried to figure out what to say of the state of the theatre.

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Britain Perfecting Antidote As Robot Plague Increases; NEW NAZI WEAPON APPEARS OVER ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH VERSION OF THE ROBOT BRITISH PERFECTING ANTIDOTE TO ROBOT

By Raymond Daniellby Cable To the New York Times

Brit defense weapons discussed; Ger flying bombs described; illus; labor thought to limit mass output; firing emplacements discussed

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Frank Costello Claims $27,200, But Mayor, Police Won't Give It Up; FRANK COSTELLO CLAIMS $27,200

By Unknown Author

Meeting plans

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Notable Births

1944Bruce DuMont, American broadcaster and political analyst^[†]

Bruce DuMont was an American syndicated radio political analyst and television presenter based in Chicago, Illinois. He was the host of Beyond the Beltway, a syndicated talk radio show that was airing on 14 stations around the United States when it ended production on January 19, 2025. The program, which began in 1980 as Inside Politics, also aired a televised version on Chicago's secondary PBS station, WYCC, from 1996 to 2017, when WYCC went off the air.

1944Sandy Posey, American pop/country singer^[†]

Sandra Lou Posey was an American popular singer who enjoyed success in the 1960s with singles such as her 1966 recording of Martha Sharp's compositions "Born a Woman" and "Single Girl". She was often described as a country singer, although, like Skeeter Davis, her output varied. Later in her career, the term "countrypolitan", associated with the "Nashville sound", was sometimes applied. Posey had four hit singles in the United States, three of which peaked at number 12 on the Hot 100.