Army blitzkrieg maneuvers to train largest peacetime force
The U S Army plans the biggest peacetime war games with 310000 troops from 12 states and the National Guard and Reserve. They will drill in four regions including Camp McCoy Wisconsin and nearby Plattsburg New York from August 4 to 25, testing panzer concepts and foot combat alongside mechanized units while stressing infantry tactics.
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Milton R. Kenton
Union
Merica
Regular Army
National Guard
Reserve Corps
Plattsburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence River
Louisiana
Minnesota
Washington
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Stanley H. Ford
Fifty-fourth
Seventh Cavalry Brigade
Fort Knox
Adna R. Chaffee
Europe
Asia
U. S
Rickenbacker prediction of 1940 coast to coast flight nearly met
The article notes Eddie Rickenbacker’s 1930 forecast of coast to coast air travel in 1940 at 10 hours with 250 mph cruising speed. The Stratoliner achieved 11 hours 45 minutes on its maiden flight in July, missing two stops and shaving the previous record by over an hour.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Kansas City
Transcontinental and Western Air Line
Spanked Wives Club Promotes Spanking for Home Happiness
Bronx residents report a new group called the Spanked Wives club led by Mrs. Lora Gane. The wives allegedly agree husbands spank them when needed, a practice the leader says keeps homes happy and saves marriages.
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Bronx City
8. D
Speaked Wives Club
Lora Gane
Refugees Hope and Help Blessed in Easter Prayer
The poem asks for divine aid for frightened children entering unfamiliar homes. It pleads for patience and love from hosts and caregivers and expresses Easter faith that Christ is risen. D. Hatch signs the blessing.
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Christ
D. Hatch
Wisconsin Maneuvers Test Food Supply and Communications
Army units in Wisconsin under General Ford rehearse large scale operations with 38 cent daily rations per soldier and massive food stocks. The exercise emphasizes real world supply handling, motorized tactics, and rapid communications across 2,000 miles of wire and 3,000 telephones in a 1,000 square mile area.
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Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Ford
Eagle raids Grill chicken coop in Pennsylvania
An eight to ten inch eagle with a seven foot wingspan entered Mrs. Harry Fritz’s coop in Grill Pennsylvania and ate two chickens. The bird was locked in the coop by Mrs. Fritz and handed to the game warden and now resides in a zoo. Stephen Collins Foster born July 4 1826 same day John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died. Foster later honored as Kentucky colonel in memoriam. Wilhelm Sollmann German cabinet member told Muhlenberg college institute Hitler will fail to dominate Europe.
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Harry Fritz
Grill
Kentucky
F. Wilhelm Sollman
U. S
Muhlenberg College
Hitler
Wilhelm I
Napoleon
Clemenceau
Europe
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