Secret Details Of Superforts Guns Revealed
New York report describes public demonstration of the B 29 Superfortress fully electronic firing turrets with automatic control. Each turret has a gunner in a heated cabin and a computer black box handles targeting while safeguards prevent misfires and accidental movement.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
A.A.F
General Electric Company
Army
Air Technical Service Command
Clark Lee Reports Life With Tokyo Raid Crew
War correspondent Clark Lee based on Saipan writes for The Gazette and International News Service about Superfortress crews bombing Japan. He describes crew morale in flight, behavior in the sky, talks on board, base life on Saipan, and views on the risk of being shot down. The series starts in The Gazette Sunday.
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Clark Lee
America
Saipan
International News Service
the Gazette
Japan
Lee
Tokyo
Saipari
Gazette
Nuclear Age Gunner Sights Enemies Through Red Dot Target
A gunner operates an electro mechanical targeting system showing an enemy plane through a split glass sight. He uses a red dot circle to keep the image centered and fires from his cockpit, while the sight automates distance and speed reporting to the computer for aiming.
Appointment notices for Linn County estates and bank meeting
Notice lists appointive actions in Linn County Iowa including Minnie Grace Doering administratrix of Henry J Doering dated November 21 1944 and Hulda Rice executrix of Bert H Rice with claims and payments. Also announces Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids annual shareholder meeting on January 9 1945 at 3 pm with Mark J Myers as cashier.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Henry J Doerjing Jate
Tawa
Minnie Grace Doering
E. J Dahmis
Town
Bert H Riceinte
Lowr
Hulda Rice
Executrix, CO
W Lawrence
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Mark J Myers
Literature Inside Congress Record Lands as True Wit
Frederick C. Othman rhapsodizes about the Congressional Record as a treasury of essays poetry and prose praising its worth at 45 dollars per page. He cites Gearhart Plumley and Lareade as shapers of humorous and expository pieces including recipes poems and OPA observations.
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Washington
Congressional Record
Bertrand W. Gearhart
California
San Francisco
Frank J .Taylor
Rep
Gearhart
Pilaf
Misov Spannak
Frank Taylor
George Mardikian
Solomon Pease
Henry D.lareade, Jr
Louisiana
OPA
Department of Wit and Humor
Plumley
Mme de Sevigne
Critics Mock Congregational Record Question Dog Valor
A harsh note condemns critics who scoff at the Congregational Record while praising dogs as models of virtue, arguing that longer acquaintance with people should deepen respect for animals and human kindness.
Militiaman 15 Trades Uniforms to Fake Army Service
Chicago report details Guamoa Sepeda, a 15 year old Negro youth who served five months in Uncle Sam’s army until military police exposed him. Sepeda joined via Illinois militia last July and visited Fort Sheridan in uniform, meeting Pvt Jesse Motley who offered guidance to bypass service.
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Chicago
Guamoa Sepeda
Uncle Sam
Guamoa
Illinois Militia
Fort Sheridan
Pvt
Jesse Motley
Motley
Sepeda
Soldier Masquerade Ends as Train Passes Chicago Now Embarks
A conscripted man posed as a fellow soldier Motley, swapped uniforms, and boarded for embarkation. Motley's illness treatment, a 16 monthly fine, and a 22 monthly deduction for his mother followed the deception. Military police were alerted when the impostor’s plan neared departure.
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Motley
Sepeda
Fort McClellan
Ala
Guamoa
A.w.o.l
Chicago
Don’t Let Forgers Do Their Shopping With Your Money
Treasury and post office warn against check forgery as eight million government checks are mailed monthly to servicemen dependents. Merchants and cashiers should verify a check’s legitimacy and ensure someone is home when a check arrives to prevent losses from thieves and forgers.
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Post Office
Treasury Department
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Killian Company
Atra Laboratorion Inc
Gonith
Pat
Congress
Frederick C. Othman
Susie Q
Norcross Greeting Cards
Vienna
Chippewa Falls
Oxford
Boy Scout
Boy's
Killian
Patricia Petite
KiLlian's Children's Haircutting Shop
Teensters
Dee Gee
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