Quiz Kids Top Air Force Exam With Flying Smarts
In Chicago, Quiz Kids aged 11 to 15 aced the three hour Army Air Forces cadet exam, with Van Dyke Bone-Tiers scoring 131 of 150. The board’s record is 143 by Aviation Cadet Donald Walker in 1941, five kids passed with honors above the typical 18 to 26 year old applicants. They treated the test as a fun challenge and questioned if they passed, while engaging in a two way banter with an Army sergeant remarking puzzled at their performance.
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Chicago
U. S. Army
van ©Yen Bone Tiers
Donald Walker
Army
Air Forces
van Dyke
Charge Draft Board Head with Taking Bribe of $200 Cash
CHICAGO UP A J Weitz man chairman of local draft board 109 pled innocent and was placed under $7 000 bond at his arraignment on a charge of accepting $200 to deter a man from the draft The government charged Weitzman who had earlier served a prison term for embezzlement accepted the amount from Joseph W Kavalauskas a 30 year old truck driver the last $25 in the presence of FBI agents The district attorney described him as a Judas for bartering a life for a paltry sum Col Louis A Boening head of Cook county selective service ordered board 109 closed temporarily and records impounded.
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Chicago
A. J. Weitzman
Draft Board 109
U. S
Edwin K. Walker
John M. Kiley
Weitzman
Joseph W. Kavalauskas
FBI
Louis A. Boening
Cook County Selective Service
Board 109
Young cadets judged by math and flight test results
A roster of young hopefuls contends for a flying cadet status with scores from a math and aviation exam. Ages range from 11 to 15 as Maj. Floyd M. Showalter explains repeats are allowed within 30 days. Several boys, including Claude and Jack Lucal, display interest in aeronautical fields amid army air corps ties and family backgrounds.
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Army
Sagely Mince
Claude
Jack Lucal
A. Y. Lucal
Army Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard Williams
Bill Nesbit
Harve Fischman
Maj
Floyd M. Showalter
Harve
Story of This War By Correspondents Soon Off the Press
New York AP report notes Free Men Are Fighting a humanized history of World War II compiled from nearly three years of daily dispatches by AP correspondents worldwide. Oliver Gramling ties the reports with a unifying meaning and dedicates the book to newsmen everywhere.
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New York
Associated Press
Oliver Gram
the Fishers, Farrar and Rinehart
Gramling
Press Association, Inc
Hold Everything See Here Private Smith Wind Tunnel Dry Hair
A humorous wartime note reports a soldier told not to use the army wind tunnel to dry his hair. The exchange highlights discipline and lighthearted moments within military life. It captures a small vignette of daily regimental humor amid service duties.
Canada Lifts Ceiling Off Imported Papers
Ottawa reports wartime prices and trade board removes overall price ceiling on Canadian newspapers. The order allows U.S. news to be sold in Canada at higher Dominion rates, with exemptions for newsstand and street prices and advertising, following a board survey.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Ece Peiblications
Ena i
United States
U. S
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