Frangible Bullet Aims to Improve Aerial Gunnery Training
In Laredo Texas frangible bullets and the RP 63 aircraft are being added to flexible gunnery courses. The breakable lead and plastic rounds split into fine dust on armor plate yet pierce steel, allowing gunners on bombers to receive immediate feedback as they shoot a non shooting sparring partner. Maj. Cameron Fairchild led development with Duke and Princeton experts, under Lt. Gen. Barto K. Young.
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Laredo
Tex
Army Air Forces Central Scheed
Maj
Cameron Fairchild
Houston
Texas
Duke
Princeton
Barto
K. Young
A.A F
Young
Mary E. Ford Joins Red Cross Hospital Welfare Unit
Mary Ellen Ford of Marion resigns from Linn County social welfare to join the Red Cross. She will report in Washington, D.C., on April 2 for three weeks of training before serving as a hospital social worker in the midwest, aiding veterans in legal and financial matters. Ford is a Marion High School and Coe College graduate who began work in the Linn County office handling old age assistance and aid cases.
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Mary Ellen Ford
Tenth Street
Marion
Linn County
State Department of Social Welfare
Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Eteiss Ford
Marion High School
Coe College
Linn ——Y Office
Employment Service Transfer for Scorpil and Smith
John A. Scorpil an Interviewer II at Cedar Rapids USES is transferred to Davenport to become Manager II. He has worked locally since 1938 starting as a claims clerk. Charles W. Smith moves from Fort Dodge to join the Cedar Rapids office.
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John A. Scorpil
United States Employment Service
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
USES
Scorpil
Charles W. Smith
Fort Dodge
Crash Kills Seven of U.S.O. Troupe
Seven U S O entertainers were killed in an army plane crash overseas. Details including location, date and circumstances were withheld pending kin notification. One victim was Ruth Conor of Neptune New Jersey whose husband said he had been informed. The six others were men.
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Washington
U.S.O
Ruth Conor
Neptune
N. J
Widow of Airman Refuses Medal Ceremony Invitation
The widow of a fighter pilot killed in the Southwest Pacific declines an Air Medal ceremony for her husband, stating that since he is not alive to receive it the medal has no meaning for her. She asked for privacy, requesting no names or home city be revealed. Maj. Arthur J. Lonergan delivered the medal to her at home after obtaining permission to publish her letter.
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Newark
N. J
Southwest Pacific
Arthur J. Lonergan
Lonergan
Epidemic of Minor Thefts Continues
Police began routine investigation into several thefts reported Tuesday. W H Dewald of 328 Eighth Avenue SW reported a tire wheel and tube stolen from his car last Thursday night. Dr Frank Naibert of 306 Paramount building reported an electric clock stolen from his office during lunch Tuesday. Mrs C K Brown of 634 Twentieth Street NE reported a lawn mower and presto light tank stolen from her garage.
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W. H. Dewald
Eighth Avenue
Frank Naibert
Paramount Building
C. K. Brown
Twentieth Street
Missing yard items valued at ten dollars reported in Tama
Dave Abraham reported a tire and car parts stolen from his yard Monday night valued at ten dollars. A suspect, Jimmie Morgan of Tama AWOL from Camp Mackall North Carolina since March, was being held for military authorities.
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Dave Abraham
Fifth Street
Jimmie Morgan
Tama
Camp Mackall
N. C
U S Challenges Ward Petition to Dismiss Appeal
United States Attorney J Albert Woll challenged Montgomery Ward and companys petition to toss the governments appeal from a seizure ruling calling the move an attempt to seek advantage Woll asked the circuit court of appeals to set hearing for April 5 or 6 and said the government will file its brief by March 26 The Ward team argued the government failed to file within 20 days but Woll said the court can hear an appeal even without that brief on time
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Chicago
United States
J. Albert Woll
Montgomery Ward and Company
Woll
Circuit Court of Appeals
Farm man finds $25 war bond blown from tornado wreck
William Harris of Tuscaloosa finds a $25 war bond on his farm. The bond had been issued to Ola Mae Burns of Meridian Mississippi and was traced to her home, demolished by a February tornado about 100 miles west of Tuscaloosa.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
William Harris
Ola Mae Burns
Meridian
Miss
Why Frisco Was Picked for Talks
Washington reports two prime factors guided choosing San Francisco for the United Nations conference next month. Accessibility to participant countries and its west coast location symbolizing nationwide concern were cited. The date April 25 was set as the earliest convenient start, with Wednesday chosen to ease travel.
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Washington
San Francisco
Yalta
Stettinius
Swarm of Blood Donors Responds to Cigarette Plea
Kansas City report details Mrs. Donald Spalding appealing for blood donors to aid her son Donnie. Dozens of volunteers offered to help after her request, with hospital technicians noting the flood of donors.
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Kansas City
Donald Spalding
Donnie
Spalding
Family's bold bid to trade cigarettes for blood donations
Mrs. Spalding in Midland Mich sparks a campaign after a hospitalized boy Donnie, aged two, receives his fortieth transfusion in two years for nephrosis. Volunteers donate blood and many refuse cigarette compensation, while a phone lines stay busy with donors and requests, highlighting the high cost of ongoing care.
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Spalding
Donnie
Midland, Mich
Cigarett
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