First Women Navy Gunners In Florida Wake Island Region
Two women, Specialist Gunners C. Charlotte Kinney and Mattie Johnson, are among 18 Waves training as aerial gunners. They trained at Pensacola and Hunter College, then went to sea on Gulf-of-M Mexico runs in PBYs. They will teach naval cadets theory and practical gunnery for aerial weapons.
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Annie Oakleys
Charlotte Kinney
E Avenue NW
Mattie Johnson
Mt. Vernon
U. S. Navy
Gulf of Mexico
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Wake Island
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Miss Johnson
Hunter College
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Wash
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azette-Hamblin
Bonnie
U. S. Marshal's Office
Waves Trained As Aerial Gunnery Instructors At Pensacola
At the Pensacola naval air station a select group of women trains as aerial gunnery instructors. About 500 Waves work on the base and 300 nearby, with Miss Kinney and Miss Johnson among those leaving midweek to begin instructor duties.
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Pensacola Naval Air Station
Miss Kinney
Miss Johnson
Hatchet Packin Seabee Bags Jap Hatchet Hero
Carl E. Hull a 46 year old former San Pedro California policeman earned the Silver Star for heroism in the Pacific He shouldered an axe and entered the jungle to seize a Japanese soldier Admiral Halsey praised Hull as a hatchet packin Seabee and a worthy member of the South Pacific Jungle hacking all service team
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Knox
Pacific
Carl E. Hull
San Pedro
Calif
Pearl Harbor
William F Halsey
Hull
South Pacific
Silent Lifer Wagner Dies in Fort Madison Prison
Joseph H. Wagner aged 55 known as the silent lifer at Fort Madison penitentiary died November 11 of diabetes. He was serving a life term for the 1925 Cottage Grove bank holdup in Des Moines. He had long been thought unable to walk or speak though warden and inmates reported otherwise.
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Joseph H. Wagner
Fort Madison
State Board of Control
Wagner
Cottage Grove State Bank
P. A. Lainson
Noltze Appointed Iowa State Campaign Chairman
Basil O Connor announced the appointment of Carl J Noltze of Sioux City Iowa as Iowa state chairman of the 1944 campaign to raise funds for the fight against infantile paralysis. The announcement came Tuesday from the national foundation president.
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Carl J. Noltze
Sioux City
Iowa
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
Board swamped with requests to hold wild game permits
DES MOINES AP reports the state conservation commission is practically swamped with permit requests to hold wild game. A representative says there will be fewer permits but more game held per permit this year as hunters rushed applications at the end of the 10 day period. The staff is working nights to handle the surge.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Season Deadlines for Game Birds With Permits
The notice details hunting bag limits and permit extensions. Pheasant and duck periods end Monday, quail runs to December 26, waterfowl may extend 35 days to January 17, and all other game can be kept until June 30 with a permit.
Production Record Set in November
Washington AP reports American war industries set a new monthly production record in November despite a planned output cutback in small arms ammunition. Chairman Donald M. H. notes the surge reflects wartime demand and manufacturing efficiency.
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Washington
American War Industries
Donald M
Nelson Announces Wartime Production Index Reach Record
Nelson of the War Production board announced that the index of production rose to 665 points on Tuesday, an 18 point gain over October, the prior record month, with November 1941 as the base of 100.
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War Production Board
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