Youths Of Tender Years In Bomber Crew Ready For Raid
A wartime feature follows young RAF pilots led by Bill and Ted as they prepare for a night raid on a German port. The briefing spotlights target coordinates and six 250 pound bombs per aircraft while veterans and new recruits brace for a perilous mission and dawn return.
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Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Royal Air Force
Btck
Great Britain
Britain
Bill
Italy
Ted
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A poem recalls a wartime blackout with vivid imagery of a bomber crew. Bill vanishes into the darkness as anti aircraft fire looms near the German coast, leaving only the engine roar and night.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Bill
Dark Night Runway Talk on Explosive Plane Scene
Citizens describe a tense night as planes roll along a runway and a gooseneck signals liftoff to clear obstacles. Bill’s bulky black plane blocks the path, its tracing propellers forming two bright rings while he warns to stay back in the dark.
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Bill
Notables Back Plan to Develop Palestine as Liberty Outpost
More than 300 officials and civic leaders formed the American Palestine committee under Sen Robert F Wagner to support developing Palestine as an outpost of freedom and social justice. The drive aims to prepare the Holy Land for large scale colonization of Jewish refugees after the war with McNary named co chairman and William Green noted as president of the committee.
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Washington
American Palestine Committee
Robert F. Wagner
N. Y
Palestine
Holy Land
Wagner
Charles IL. McNary
Oregon
Willam Green
Committee Names Labor Leaders and Clergy as Vice Chairs
The American Federation of Labor and former Senator William H. King of Utah join Monsignor John A. Ryan as vice chairs. Among the notable members is Sen. Clyde, with other leaders listed in the committee lineup.
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American Federation of Labor
William H. King
Utah
John A. Ryan
Sen
Clyde
Peat Fire Burns 170 Years at Chequers Inn
L Herring and Rep Vincent F Harrington of Iowa report a peat fire has burned day and night for over 170 years at the Chequers Inn in Yorkshire England.
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L Herring
Rep
Vincent F. Harrington
Iowa
Yorkshire
England
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