Two Lads Avert Disaster Aboard Yankee Carrier
AP dispatch from aboard a Central Pacific carrier details two sailors who saved a bomb from detonating on the flight deck as a bomber failed to release. The crew, led by the ship’s captain, hauled the live ordnance over the side before it could arm. Also recounted is Lt Staley and fellow pilots guiding their crippled aircraft to a safe landing at sea under pressure.
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Central Pacific
Annapolis
Tealwood
Eniwetok
Robert A. Sylvester
North Hollywood
Calif
David L. Staley, Jr
Hagerstown
Staley
William Bina
Chicago
Lawrence R. Naegley
Bethlehem
Government paying contractors gifts under cost plus rules
Washington reports that Frank L. Yates, assistant comptroller general, told a Senate subcommittee that the federal government covers war contractors gifts to the Red Cross and community funds under cost plus fixed fee contracts. He said such costs are usually itemized and that these contracts allow labor hoarding and passing along advertising and mismanagement costs.
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Washington
Llp
Frank L. Yates
Senate Military Affairs
Red Cross and
Community Fund
Yates
Kerr elected grand master of De Molay in Portland
Dr. William J. Kerr of Portland, Oregon, was elected grand master of the order of De Molay by the grand council on Monday in Kansas City. The vote confirmed Kerr as the chief officer of the youth fraternal organization succeeding previous leadership.
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Kansas City
William J. Kerr
Portland
Ore
Order of de Molay
State Printing bids sought for various items
The State Printing Office will meet to receive bids for Bermit Books Customers Bales Silos Income Tax Blanks carload of book paper and other miscellaneous printing. Bids open at 10:00 A.M. on the specified date with bids read and awards made. Sherman W. Needham, Superintendent of Printing, State House Des Moines, specs available.
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Eee
Sherman W. Needham
State House
Des Moines
Edgar A. Guest ae Poet of the People
The excerpt frames Edgar A. Guest as a poet of the people and urges stepping beyond the rut of conventional paths. It contrasts the well-worn road with the need to blaze new trails, pursue dreams, and face doubt to reach unknown goals.
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Edgar A. Guest Ae
Poet of the People
Puzzling Clues Mix Amidst Historic Word List
A cryptic-style list presents scattered clues and partial words from a historical column. Entries hint at definitions for items like cooking vessel skull, apple drink, and mountain while interspersed with abbreviations and partial phrases suggesting a puzzle or crossword excerpt from a bygone newspaper page.
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Eugene Burns
Govt
DE Molay
Mandrake the Magician
Narda
Mandrake
BY Lee Fale and
Phil Davis
Nardas
Thimble Theater
Popeye
Sle
Freeden
FTER
S Penny
Gulwugga
Noko
Lydia Pinkham
Malayan Tin Cols
Weight of
India
Willie
John RP. Martin
Ill
Captan
Tery
Nokoj
Joe Palooka
BY Leslie Turner
Webaw
Ham Fisher
Advange
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Cope
Walt Dum
Wats
Rete Reamee
Rans
Bang Feary
Syeda Ate bin
By AL Oapp
Celia
Burt Barney Barnsmells
Coutsise Man
Thar Ma Ee
Ella Cinders
Bill Censalmen
Charlie Plumb
Castle IN the Clouds
Fairfiglo
Ellaj
Patche
Gould
Morris
Fleischmann
Bob
Pat
BY Bud Him
Fleischmann's
Iris
Alecip
Boots
Ebgar Martin
Thays
Tim Tyler
Lyman Young
OuSe
Superman
Mestie
Jerry Biegel
Jor Shuster
LEX Outer
Alkkata
Edward
Arnold
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