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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1943

Page

8

How Radar Gained Some Champions

By 1932 Naval Research Laboratory scientists developed radar eyes for shore use. Shipboard radar required a compact high powered set, achieved with a super short radio wave. Robert M. Page and assistant Robert C. Guthrie led the modern radar design progress in this installment.

Naval Research Laboratory Robert M. Page Robert C. Guthrie

Radar pioneers Page Guthrie forged naval detection system

Washington June 4 radar developers Page and Guthrie built early pulse systems with Leo Young and Louis Gebhard to detect aircraft and ships. The team transformed lead pencil methods into rapid adders and created movable compact antennas for ships while Navy support grew through Captain Greenlee and Admiral Bowen.

Washington Page Guthrie Leo C. Young Louis A. Gebhard Navy

Veterans of Bataan recall Wermuth and Frenchy in war

Narrative recalls Captain Arthur Wermuth and Lieutenant Roland Saulnier as legendary one man army figures of the Bataan defense. Wermuth led Filipino Scouts on daring recon and combat missions, survived multiple wounds, and faced prison, while Frenchy Saulnier guided Filipino troops and earned renown for bold counterattacks and leadership.

Arthur Wermuth Jock” Yacob Wermuth Jock Art Roland G. Saulnier New Bedford Massachusetts Bataan Frenchy Manila New Mexico Quezon Malinta’ Tunnel Saysain Point Fili E Constabulary Hilario Francisco Clark Lee The Viking Press

Backache and Leg Pain Linked to Kidney Trouble

Reading from medical guidance, the kidneys remove waste from blood and keep poisons from building up. If the kidney tubes fail, waste remains in blood causing backache and leg pains. A drug called Doan's Pills is advertised for relief.

Neture Doan

Pay as you go tax rules explained in second column

Washington June 24 About one in three taxpayers will still make quarterly payments under pay-as-you-go rules. The article outlines who must file estimated 1943 taxes by Sept. 15 and how to credit payments already made, including wage deductions and the victory tax.

James Marlow George Zielke Armed Services Washington

Sucker fish native to North America and China

The article notes that the sucker fish is native to two regions only North America and China. It emphasizes its limited geographic origin and regional presence.

World North America China

False Teeth Slipping? Secure Comfort with PAS

Do false teeth slip or wobble when you talk eat or sneeze Get PAS today at any drug store for firmer setting and renewed confidence The ad promotes a line supposed to stabilize dentures with claimed comfort and security.

Taxpayers to file 1944 estimates and quarterly installments

Next March, also taxpayers whose taxes aren't entirely covered by the payroll deduction system must file estimates of their 1944 income and pay a quarterly installment of what they'll owe on it. This will be in addition to one half of the uncancelled 25 per cent of the lower 1942 or 1943 tax. The other half will come due in 1945.

Armed Services

Netherlands Emerges From Frisians Saxons and Franks

The account traces the Netherlands as a product of gradual amalgamation of the Frisian, Saxon and Frankish peoples shaping early Dutch identity and state formation.

Netherlands

Pvt Brown Shares War Memories From Shanghai To Courtland

Pvt. Herbert L. Brown describes early Japanese incursions in Shanghai, witnessing bombings and refugees, with Marine friends in Bataan and Corregidor. He recalls the 4th Regiment band’s tough training, his accounting studies in Shanghai, and postwar work with Price Waterhouse before Courtland duties.

Pvt Herbert L. Brown Shanghai Army Air Forces Courtland Brown 4Th Regiment Marine Corps Band Bataan Corregidor Shanghai International Settlement Leatherneck Brown China Pvt. Brown Germany Austria J. B. Powell China Weekly Review Powell Presbyterian Hospital New York Shanghai Business University Price, Waterhouse and Co Panama Dutch West Indies Aruba Venezuelan OCS Glen Pearl Harbor Admiral King Pfc William H. Brown Panama Canal Zone Jeffersonville, Ind

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