Meet the Boys Who Keep Em Flying Over There
North Africa base profile highlights ground crew who service B 26 planes and support combat teams. Men like James Craughn Swish Miles Nutall Leslie Miner Joe Rohmerts work in pup tents and dugouts for four dollars built dugouts and share a close bond with air crews. They endure harsh winters and make do with improvised comforts while hoping for recognition they seldom receive.
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North Africa
INS
Sergi
E. W . Atwell
Orlando
Fla
Oscar
Air Corps
Terra Firma
Sergt James Craughn
Portland
Houston
Texas
Bombardiers at Midland School Train in Bombsight and Navigation
Cadets at the Midland Texas bombardier school excel in bombsight calculations and receive extensive navigational training alongside their bombardment instruction.
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Bombardier
Midland
Texas
Red Cross Girls Arrive in North Africa for Service Work
A unit of nearly 100 American Red Cross workers, men and women, has arrived in North Africa to staff service clubs. The group, including Ardith Spalding and Sadja Grand, will take local beauty parlor duties and baths and share stories of the voyage as they settle into Western sector assignments amid wartime travels and family military connections.
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Ruth Cowan
Allied Forces
North Africa
Red Cross
Ardith Spalding
Salt Lake Citys
Utah
Tilly Jane Reed
Pittsburgh
Mariore Sable
New York
Sadia Grand
Philadelphia
OPA Tightens Budget in Midwest Amid Fund Shortage
Chicago report says the Office of Price Administration curbs spending in the Midwest due to a fund shortage. Price Administrator Prentiss Brown froze salaries since February and may cut personnel and funds for the next fiscal year if new funds do not become available.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
Prentiss Browns
Fuly
OPA
Addi
Fragmentary note on district offices and function continuity
A partial document notes district offices and their expected operation with no interruption. It implies ongoing administrative functions and core duties despite incomplete details. Government staff and operations appear prepared to maintain services during transitions.
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Tional
Ship breakup blamed on haste at new Kais er yards
New York AP reports the first tanker built at Swan Island Portland Oregon Kais er shipyards broke up while under construction. A special investigating committee blamed premature speed and poor welding practice, plus insufficient trained workers and supervisors.
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New York
New Kaiser Shipyards
Swan Island
Portland
Committee probes true value of tanker discharge
A committee named by the American Bureau of Shipping investigates the actual value of a tanker discharge. Weld procedures and test results are reviewed to determine if corrections are needed and whether recent tests prove satisfactory.
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Mittee
American Bureau of Shipping
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By Inez Robb
el Paradise
Sergi Miner
Top Kick
Atwell
RED Cross War Fund
2Nd Ave. SE
The
Midwest Fruit Co
Joe Vrbicky
Mer
Otrage Mark
Midwest Fruit Company
First Street
N. Africa
Miss Grand
Marjorie
Sadja
Ardith
Salt Lake City
Louella Beeckmeyver
San Francisco
Town City
Tilly Jane
Vassar
WHIK
Cleveland
Sadia Muartense
Cedar Rapids
Ollie
Second Avenue and
Second Street SE
Arik
John
America
Crosse, We
Louis C. Kaiser
Entir
Cnvenience
Smulekoff
Theresa
Sindh
Syracuse
Smalekoft
Iowa
3Rd Ave
1St ST. SE
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