Flying Fortress Hover Wows Seattle Spectators
A huge Flying Fortress bomber sailed over Seattle at five miles height creating a cloud-trail thought by thousands to be sky writing. Weather officials explained vapor from engines condenses in cold air under specific atmospheric conditions. Each engine emits about 600 pounds of water per hour at full power.
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Mid-Texas
Gulf Coast
Galveston
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Gulf
Port Aransas
Corpus Christi
Pilot's Point
King
Hamblen offers 100 dogs to hunt bobcats in Griffith Park
Pasadena city council considers a proposal from Stuart Hamblen to use a pack of 100 hunting dogs to eradicate bobcats in Griffith Park. The offer is being reviewed by officials for feasibility and safety.
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Pasadena
Cal
UPI
Stuart Hamblen
Griffith Park
Easterners assured no autos ban amid oil conservation drive
Washington dispatch reports East Coast motorists will not be forced to surrender cars but must curb oil use. Defense Oil Coordinator Ickes urges conserving fuel, adjusting carburetors, driving slowly, and avoiding rush traffic to ensure furnace oil supply for homes remains available.
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Washington
Defense Oil
Harold L. Ickes
Alcatraz Convict Seeks Freedom in Habeas Plea
Selvie Wells a 28 year old former bank robber imprisoned on Alcatraz seeks a writ of habeas corpus claiming lack of counsel at his San Antonio arraignment. Federal Judge Michael J Roche will hear testimony from San Antonio officials on June 26 as the case weighs possible release in 2028 after an 88 year Alcatraz component of a 100 year sentence.
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San Francisco
Selvie Wells
Alcatraz
Michael J Roche
Wells
San Antonio
Roche
U. S
A. J. Zirpoli
New Mexico
Texas
U S May Buy Trailers For Defense Workers
The federal government plans to buy several thousand trailers for defense workers facing housing shortages. Federal housing coordinator Charles F. Palmer discussed the plan with Covered Wagon Co. at Mt. Clemens and Vagabond Coach Mfg Co. at New Hudson. An initial 6,500 mobile dwellings order was anticipated, with most awarded to Michigan firms already operating at capacity. The two firms can produce 115 trailers daily.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles F. Palmer
Federal Housing Cordinator
Covered Wagon Company
Mt. Clemens
Vagabond Coach Manufacturing Company
New Hudson
Michigan
Defense
Centenarian refuses shelter on 100th birthday
Dave Bailey, marking his 100th birthday, vows not to return to the Anderson shelter after his first decision to stay away. The remark underscores wartime air raid precautions and veteran resolve in London.
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London
Dave Bailey
Anderson Shelter
Angler Seeks Safe Waters for Easy Mind Near Shore
A brief note promotes fishing near water with safety and a calm mind for the angler, highlighting ease of enjoying the activity without risk or stress.
First Texas strike violence law in action
Two men linked to Murder Inc. were executed in Sing Sing for one murder and tied to a broader 32 slayings. In Texas, four men faced strike violence charges as a new law criminalizing force in labor disputes was tested after a fatal shooting during a walkout.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Harry
Pittsburgh Phil) Strauss
Martin
Buggsy) Goldstein
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
Strauss
Goldstein
Happy) Maione
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the Dasher
San Antonio
William F. Patterson
Dallas
Patterson
Clarence Brandt
Karl M. Dobie
Ed Friedrich Refrigeration Company
AFL
Dobie
Friedrich
Richard Friedrich
Clyde Howard
U.S
National Defense
Charlie McCarthy At Liberty Theater Double Feature
A double feature screens at Liberty Theater Friday and Saturday with Charlie McCarthy Detective alongside Edgar Bergen and Tim McCoy in The Fighting Renegade. The United States Marine Corps, founded in 1775 by the Continental Congress, is described as America's oldest armed service.
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Charlie McCarthy
Liberty Theater
Charlie McCarthy Detective
Edgar Bergen
Tim McCoy
The
United States Marine Corps
Continental Congress
America
Liberty
the Fighting Renegade
Last Day for Amarillo Scout Camp Registration
Tomorrow is the final day for Amarillo Boy Scouts to sign up for a seven day summer camp at Ceta Glen Camp southeast of Canyon. Camp director Will J. Hiatt oversees activities with a large concrete pool and screened dining hall. Virgil Watson manages food and is famed for prior camps. The camp costs seven dollars and features games hiking swimming camp fire stunts handicraft and early bedtimes.
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Amarillo
Ceta Glen Camp
Canyon
Ceta Glen
Will J. Hiatt
Virgil Watson
Watson
Boy Scouts
Girls Work on Home Project at Horace Mann Junior High
About 15 ninth grade girls at Horace Mann Junior High School take part in a Summer Home Making Project for school credit, logging 100 hours of supervised work on activities like child care canning redecorating rooms and knitting for the Red Cross. An Achievement Day will display the work and similar courses are offered at other Horace Mann schools. Participants include Charlesteen Cormack La June Clark Mary Jo Boyd Esther Fackner Winona Grady Betty Jane Husted Robby Loyce McClenny Bonnie Norwood Juanita Parish Darlene Roe Anna Nell Smith Georgia Ruth Spangler Mary Nell Thompson Nell Ward and Mary Lucille York. The Nile delta near Suez extends 150 miles westward to Alexandria.
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Horace Mann Home Economics Department
Red Cross
Horace Mann
Charlesteen Cormack
la June Clark
Mary Jo Boyd
Esther Fackner
Winona Grady
Betty Jane Husted
Robby Loyce McClenny
Bonnie Norwood
Juanita Parish
Darlene Roe
Anna Nell Smith
Georgia Ruth Spangler
Mary Nell Thompson
Nell Ward
Mary Lucille York
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