Last of Marooned Flyers Saved After 129 Days on Ice
The final chapter recounts the rescue of six U S flyers stranded on Arctic ice for 129 days after a B 17 crash. Catalina aircrews under Col Balchen fought fuel and weather hurdles then graphically landed on snow and sea to bring the men home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Arctic
Oliver la Farge
Monteverde
Lieut
Spencer
Sergt. Tetley
Norden
Tetley and Spencer
Imperial Hotel
Catalina
Col. Balchen
Lieut. Dunlop
Dunlop
Supplies for Babies Ample, WPB Assures
Washington AP War Production Board assures ample baby supplies for 1943. Diapers, safety pins, olive oil and mineral oil available. bath soap and talcum powder plentiful though rubber and certain items limited. Carriages and nursing bottles expected to meet demand. shortages blamed on local distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Viariouts
WPB
United States
WPB Baby Department
Traffic blueprint sparks Cedar Rapids debate on signals
Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh backed retaining signals at key intersections and warned that removing stop signs would endanger pedestrians and hinder crossing during rush hours. The plan favored school patrols and costed signals, arguing life safety over gas savings in Cedar Rapids traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Iowa Highway Traffic Advisory Committee
War Department
Cedar Rapids
Safety
Wes Benesh
al Keyes
Cedar Rapids War Transportation Committee
Gordon Hughes
Police
Benesh
Fifteenth Street
Thirty-second Street
First Avenue E
School safety patrol proposal sparks debate with patrols
Officials discuss using eighth graders for a school patrol and the police department workload. Benesh notes staffing limits as two officers already manage morning signs. Elroy Ericksen and Paul Hill prepared the report, now before Police Chief Condon for study. Buy war bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deamer
Benesh
Elroy L. Ericksen
National Safety Council
Paul Hill
Ralph E. Boyle
Tom Condon
Condon
Labor Embargo Grips Virginia to Capital Area Workers
A broad embargo blocks movement of nearly all workers into or out of any town in Virginia North Carolina West Virginia or the capital region to take new jobs. Simultaneously, essential workers are tied to their current bosses unless employers secure permits to change jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
District of Columbia
United States Employment Service
Leo R Werts
War Manpower Commis
Sion
WMC
Paul V. McNutt. Werts
Chicago
Kansas City
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Balden
Spina
Best
Captain Strong
Sergt Dolleman
Sergt. Healey
Strong
Healey
Pappy Turner
Capt. Strong
Air Transport Command
U. S. Army Air Forces Aid Society
King Features Syndicate
Burbank
Calif
Armand Monteverde
Aida Lehr
Deanne Monteverde
Book of Common Pruyer
Rosaries - Medalsrom
Catholic Fraser Books
Iffc
Sanford
Benesh Coal
Jack Illian
Hughes
Fifth Street
Third Avenue SE
Third Avenue
Newman
Tinners
Supt
Arthur Deamer
Newman's
Iowa
Mary Miles
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Newmans Street
Sheaffers Voyager
Fen Care
Neumans
Romeos
Newmans Basement
U.S. Army
Cannon
Dot
Shantung
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