Mechanical jargon for aircraft controls described
The text explains quirky aviation terms such as oil burner for engine go han dies for throttle boosts like a muscle stretcher and the squirt job referring to a jet plane.
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
2
The text explains quirky aviation terms such as oil burner for engine go han dies for throttle boosts like a muscle stretcher and the squirt job referring to a jet plane.
Dublin debates Ireland's role in Western defense while remaining partitioned. The Hague master plan assigns zones of responsibility and hints Ireland may join wartime efforts against Russia with American backing, despite historical nonalignment. Officials note strategic value of Ireland’s west coast as a key anti submarine base in sustaining the Atlantic lifeline. Brigadier General Dorman O Gowan is cited as a former anti partition voice and potential conduit.
Mr. A. Kramer of Marrero Louisiana suffered crippling neuritis and rheumatic pains in fingers shoulders and hips. He credits Hadacol with addressing the vitamin deficiencies B1 B2 and niacin that caused his trouble and claims relief shortly after using the product. The advertisement promotes Hadacol as a remedy with minerals and promises a money back guarantee with trial sizes priced at 1.25 and 3.50.
Competitive examinations for multiple state jobs will be held on August 6 as announced by Chas. S Gardiner Director of the Merit System Council. Positions include Clerk-Typist Stenographer Field Worker Interviewer Auditor and Tabulating Equipment Operator.
The Bonham Independent School District seeks bids by 2:30 p.m. July 6, 1950 for two acres of former Adams Common School land near Bonham plus a 12 by 20 foot house two outhouses and a well equipment package. Separate or combined offers welcomed. The district may reject any bid and mineral rights of one sixteenth are reserved under state approval. Cash terms required. Joe C Denton, President, Board of Trustees.
A soil conservation expert credits increased planting of grain sorghums and cover crops for reducing wind erosion in the Texas and Oklahoma High Plains. Regional director Louis Merril notes protective crops up to four times the 1949 acreage, signaling farmers’ efforts against erosion in areas including WaWa County Soil Conservation District.
J Janglin, father of Mrs. Tom Francis of this city, died Tuesday morning at his Durant Oklahoma home. Funeral services are set for 4 o clock Thursday.
Old Hose Nose and fellow pilots chatter in a slang tour of jet terms. The piece explains squirtin brakes binders squirrel cage flute oil burner and bell band as jargon for flight, maintenance, and cockpit components.
United States warplanes entered Korea as Truman under UN mandate warned Communists the US would protect Formosa. Washington appealed directly to Moscow urging North Korea to withdraw and end the Korean conflict.
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