RAF Pounds Ruhr District In Second Night of Bombardment
British air force attacked the Ruhr industrial region and targets in Holland Ghent and Le Havre with heavy bombers. The air ministry reported 13 bombers lost and said the Ruhr valley and Krupp works were major targets. RAF fighters claimed an enemy bomber destroyed in air combat as escort forces and formations intercepted German raids over the southeast coast.
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London
Holland
Ghent
le Havre
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Con
Krupp
Thl
Frisian Islands
R.A.F
France
Castor Bean May Some Day Be Major U S Crop
Dr W L Burlison of Illinois predicts castor bean could become a major US crop to supply oil amid wartime imports disruption. He notes ideal growing area near Illinois tip with 8250 acre planting program and yield of about four million pounds per 500 pounds seed per acre.
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Chicago
MNS
United States
W. L. Burlison
Department of Agronomy
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Illinois
Burlison
United States Department of Agriculture
Cas tor Oil Uses Spread Beyond Medicine
The article notes that medicinal use of castor oil is a minor portion of its production. Most of the oil is employed in soap making, artificial leather, inks, varnishes, linoleum, lubricants, and dyeing fabrics.
Stassen Offers Highway Staff for Alaska Road Work
Gov. Harold E. Stassen wired President Roosevelt offering to turn over Minnesota's entire highway engineering staff to aid the proposed Alaska highway. He said Minnesota would relinquish the staff despite drastic curtailment of state road work. The engineers have experience with swamps hills and soil types likely to be faced in the project.
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ST. Paul
Harold E. Stassen
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Eselays
Alaska
Stassen
American Aviator Rescued From Isle
An American airman from Minnesota was rescued after two weeks on a South Pacific island. Major Ray Schwanbeck of Phoenix led a bomber mission to locate the downed craft and evacuate the survivor amid Japanese strafing. The rescued flyer had fled the crash site with natives and hid the wreckage before the rescue.
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Melbourne
Australia
INS
South Pacific
Jack A
Minne
Olis
Ray Schwanbeck
Phoenix
Ariz
Dougherty
Schwanbeck
British Use Fast Plane for Raided Area Photographs
The Royal Air Force disclosed that a fast unarmed reconnaissance plane photographed Cologne at 1000 feet in daylight, showing vast destruction from the March 13 raid. Intelligence estimated 249000 square yards damaged in three target zones.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Germany
Cologne
What It's Like on a U S Plane Carrier in Pacific
United Press correspondent Joe James Custer describes life aboard a U S aircraft carrier in the Pacific. He notes the casual shift from whites to khaki, the eat-when-you-can mess, and the readiness gear from flame jackets to gas masks. The piece highlights the vast anti-aircraft armament, the constant watch for threats, and the tension over the carrier’s deployment to unknown destinations.
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U.S
Pacific
U. S
Uncle Sam
Navy
Sky Control
General MacArthur Receives Australian General's Uniform
In Melbourne the Australian tailor completed a general's uniform for General Douglas MacArthur, who had been seen in a drab bush jacket after losing his Philippine kit. The new attire includes insignia and marks his status as United Nations supreme commander.
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Melbourne
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Philippines
RCAF Flyer Son of the W A Wilsons
Fingal Ontario lieutenant George Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W A Wilson of 1723 Fourth Avenue SE, earned observer wings in Fingal and travels toward astronomical navigation. Born in Winnipeg, he lived in Cedar Rapids 14 years and graduated from Washington High School in 1934 before enlisting in May 1940 at the University of California.
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Fingal
Ontario
W. A. Wilson
Fourth Avenue SE
Wilson
Toronto
RCAP
George Wilson
Winnipeg
Canada
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
University of California
RCAF
Plan to Boost East Oil Flow Promises Midwest Upgrades
District two of the petroleum coordination office released a wide plan to improve Midwestern distribution. It calls for compulsory adoption by operators, exchanges loans and sales of petroleum to reduce transport waste, extra pipeline facilities, cross connections, faster loading and unloading at water terminals, and agreements with customers to unload tank cars within 24 hours.
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Chicago
Petroleum Coordination Office
Midwest
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White & Brown
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United Press
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Ory
Draper
Bargain
MacArthur
Rcaf Flyer
W. A. Wilsons
Ean SR
BEN Franklin Store
Third Avenue
People’s Bank
Joe Crowley
26Th St
Dr. S
Jackie Christianson
Cleveland School
Jackie
Harry Christianson
15Th St. N.W
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