Airfield Tales as Planes Meet Delays and Daring
In Cedar Rapids and Saxon field reports, flights encounter mishaps and feats. A landing snagged a nail on a wire causing a harmless spin. Notable visitors include Dan Fowlie the inverted stunter and C J Premarel from St Paul heading to Rock Island. Long distance training resumes soon with flights to Kansas City and Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids
Dan Fowlie
Cedar Rapids Airways
Dan
United States
Des Moines
C. J. Premarel
St. Paul
Airways
Rock Island
Nick Carter
Kenmore
Mitchell
S. C
Kansas City
Chicago
Saxon Air Service and WMT Tower Collapse
A Saxon pilot flew to Des Moines on Friday aboard the Aeronica rocket chief. The WMT radio towers collapsed in high winds Thursday night, a setback for Saxon flying service. The 412 foot towers east of Saxon field served as night beacons guiding pilots with and without radio gear.
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Toyal Meek
Saxon Field
Des Moines
Janesville
Wis
Aeronica
WMT
Saxon Flying Service
Soviet Woman Prisoner Describes Leningrad Raid Capture
Berlin dispatch says DNB published an interview with Vladi lava Lazareff a Russian women army battalion member held near Leningrad She reports being taken from Leningrad harbor with 150 women on July 15 by truck to Krasnog var dejsk where they were to defend a regiment awaiting a Nazi advance They marched two days without food as an escort commissar got lost and left them to fend for themselves until wiped out
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Berlin
DNB
Vladilava Lazareff
Leningrad
Krasnogvardejsk
Entomology Professor Myron Swenk Dies in Nebraska
Funeral services were held Saturday for Prof Myron H Swenk longtime chairman of the University of Nebraska entomology department He served 22 years in that post. The item notes a historical tie to Marie Antoinette who sponsored a ship headdress for a French naval victory.
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Lincoln, Neb
INS
Myron H. Swenk
University of Nebraska
Department of Entomology
Hobo King Orders Women To Stay At Home
Buffalo based report states Jeff Davis leader of Hoboes of America Inc has ordered 40000 women to remain at home as a patriotic duty. He previously ordered all male hoboes off the roads for national defense and now notes the women cannot be kept off. Mrs Margaret Hemminger of Altoona Pa will spread the ruling as grand duchess of the Aeontee of America HOA affiliate.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Jeff Davis
The
Hoboes of America, Inc
Davis
Jeff
Margaret Hemminger
Altoona, Pa
the Aeontee of America
German Division Crosses Sweden to Finland
A full German division moved across Sweden from Norway to Finland without incident. Swedish authorities had authorized passage for one division only, and the event was confirmed here with notes on the limited permission.
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Stockholm
INS
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Train carrying German ammunition explodes in Sweden
A train loaded with ammunition blew up at Krylbo station near the Gulf of Bothnia. Swedish authorities say the cargo included German munitions. Thirteen people were injured, two seriously, and a passenger train was set afire but no one aboard was hurt. The blast woke residents who feared bombardment. Kryllo lies on the main line to Finland.
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Stockholm
Krylbo
Gulf of Bothnia
Kryllio
Finland
Child Falls To Death From Fifth Floor Swing
In New York an 11 year old girl Catherine Puleo an honor student and Bible class model died after falling from a home made swing rigged on a fire escape outside her fifth floor window. She fell into a courtyard five stories below as families mourn.
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New York
Catherine Puleo
Lower East Side
Iceland Officer Delights In Hot Water Rivers And Midnight Sun
A U S Navy officer visiting Reykjavik says rivers of hot water and 24 hour daylight astonish him. He credits British prep for comfort, notes stocked stores with Western goods but few American items, and observes English, American and Icelandic money in circulation. He praises Iceland’s rugged fjords and mountains.
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Iceland
U.S. Navy
Reykjavik
Athough
Island Geology and Thermal Features Described
The Arctic circle island is mostly volcanic rock with only about an eighth covered by ice fields. Hot water rivers originate from numerous springs that shape the island’s geothermal landscape.
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Arctic Circle
Air Minister Hails U S Forces in Iceland
London reports Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair said the dispatch of United States forces to Iceland was an outstanding event of recent weeks and would chill even the heart of Adolf Hitler.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
United States
Iceland
Hitler
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CPT
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John Hall
William Stuart
Richard Thompson
James Crawford
Rupert McNalley
Charles Wild
Saxoniet
Ted Saxon
Cessna
Dan Hunter
Gazette
Eagles Lodge
Ellis Park
Eagles
Rapos
Moen's
Moen
Moon Funeral Home
First Avenue
Sahara
Uncle Sam
National Defense
Seaboard
Lake
Sam
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
ED Soboda
Mary Miles
Barga
Coats S
Ensenada Prep
Basement Boys
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