People You Meet: Victor Mature and War Era Circles
Portraits from wartime life feature Victor Mature back from convoy duty and joking about manicure. Prosperous Fort Worth publisher Amon Carter and ex-wife divorcees frequent the Stork Club. Songwriter Rob Russell celebrates a hit with Maria Elena and Frenesi. Bea Wain debuts after Sinatra. Mentions of The Satevepost Sevastopol photos, Ruth Mitchell, and Harper's This Week. Merchant Marine D. W. Colin McKenzie and a Village Barn war bond rally highlight wartime morale.
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Victor Mature
Hollywood
Broadway
U. S. Coast Guard
Miss Hayworth
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Stork Club
London
Tunisia
Rob Russell
Maria Elena
Versailles
Satevepost
Sevastopol
Harper's
This Week
Hays
Colin McKenzie
Merchant Marine
Village Barn
Nedals
Albert Clear
Wall Street
McKenzie
World War II Trailer City builds 3300 homes for 13000 workers
Portsmouth Va hosts 3300 trailer coaches forming the world’s largest mobile community to house 13,000 naval workers. FPHA supplies complete units with furnishings, enabling rapid occupancy by mid July and easing Norfolk Navy Yard housing shortages.
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Portsmouth
Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Federal
Public Housing Authority
FPHA
Helicopter tests spark new anti-submarine push in war
Officials from Washington and British allies witnessed a Sikorsky helicopter land on a tanker deck during two days of trials. Col. H. F. Gregory piloted the craft under varied conditions, landing in a narrow space. Advocates say helicopters could escort merchant ships, spot subs, and report by radio, reducing escort vessel fuel use and increasing convoy safety. The Navy resists, but the War Shipping Administration plans to push ahead, even with Coast Guard or War Department backing.
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Navy
Army
War Shipping Administration
Washington
British Admiralty
British Shipping Mission
RAF
Sikorsky
Charles Lindbergh
H. F. Gregory
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Gregory
Inventor Sikorsky
Bureau of Aeronautics
WSA
Coast Guard
War Department
Who's News This Week Landings and Generals Steal the Spotlight
A colorful column spotlights Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner and his Guadalcanal invasion plans, praising his 19 years at sea since Annapolis and noting his age, marriage, and wartime feats. It also profiles Soviet General Konstantin Rokossovsky, detailing his rise from colonel to full general, his defense at Smolensk, Stalingrad, and Moscow, plus his cavalry tactics and notable appearance.
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York
Richmond Kelly Turner
Russell
North
Tolkyo
Pearl Harbor
Turner
Annapolis
Navy
Oregon
Tokyo
Bose Peninsula
Hiroshi Saito
United States
Guadalcanal
Tojo
Tonewall Jackson
Amklilic
Washington
Phil Sheridan
Sheridan
Jackson
Grant
Russia
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Smolensk
Stalin
Moscow
Stalingrad
Philip and
Alexander
Surena
Belisarius
Jeb Stuart
Portable Laundries and Toilet Units at Trailer City
Portable laundries and toilet units provide complete mobility for part of Portsmouth Virginia’s Trailer City. The units can move with trailers if the site is relocated and be ready for use as soon as trailers are reoccupied. Used in many government trailer parks, these utility units are transported like regular trailers and have extensions that increase capacity.
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St. Augustine
Fla
FPHA
Norfolk Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Navy
PLA
George F. Miles
Trailer Coach Manufacturers Association
Smother
Virginia
Expansible Units Extend Mobile Home Idea Across Community
Expansible rooms on foundation blocks mimic four room mobile houses and expand the concept to duplex units and larger structures. Installed at Willow Run near Detroit, they form mobile hospitals auditoriums nurseries churches and theaters by attaching multiple expansible sides, advancing mobile community plans that began with trailer towns.
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Tor City
Willow Run
Detroit
Patterson praises cautious secretary of war at length
The piece portrays Robert F. Patterson praising the secretary of war for his cautious stance amid global tensions. It notes his career shift from law to federal judge duties, his 52 year old fitness, and his readiness to return to active duty if needed. The article frames him as precise, steadfast, and capable of guiding a generation of fighters from Washington while personally taking to the air in a private plane.
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John L. Lewis
Stimson
B. B. Somervell
Lewis
EE Jeremiah
Robert F. Patterson
Hilkiah
National
Bill Jeffers
Patterson
Ship
Washington
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Bea
Riobamba
Frank Sinatra
D. W
Washington, D. C
Army and Coal Mines
Ickes
Somervell
Capitol
Charles la Follette
la Follette
R. W. Dunn
Pan American Airways
Seattle
Alaska
Who’s News
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