Maj Richard Bong remembered on first anniversary of death
On the first anniversary of Maj Richard S Bong death in Poplar Wisconsin admirers recount his modest origins and wartime feats He shot down 40 Japanese planes and earned the Medal of Honor before dying in a test flight The Bong Memorial Foundation seeks to honor all World War II airmen with scholarships and a shrine at Poplar Wisconsin
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Texans Face Pedestrian Fatalities Says Safety Group
About 360 Texans will walk themselves to death this year the Texas Safety association predicts. Most victims will walk with traffic from behind parked cars or cross against signals at intersections. Fatalities rise at sunset with a peak 7 to 8 p m in summer. weekends account for about half of all accidents. The figures cover the first six months.
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Parisians Get First Shoe Repairs Since War
Five hundred Salvation Army shoe repair kits were sent to France allowing about 25 000 Parisians to receive half soles and new heels for the first time since 1940. Paris cobblers assisted in repairs while many poorer residents struggle with wooden soles and improvised sandals.
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State-Owned Farms Aid Food Shortage By Boosting Output
Springfield Illinois four farms including three penitentiaries and Vandalia Farm oversee 7928 acres. Gov Green orders maximum farming to relieve food shortage. Inmates gain occupational therapy and learn trades for post release work. Farm products mirror a well managed unit.
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T. P. Sullivan
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Dwight H. Green
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Radar Gear Used in Ocean Oil Quest
New York reports scientists in a diving chamber will begin radar guided search for ocean bottom oil under 2,000 square miles of water in the northwestern Bahamas. Equipment has arrived at Nassau aboard the 112 foot ship Standar which will be the mother ship for experts below. The vessel formerly served the Canadian navy in anti submarine work.
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Absence of Stomach Proves No. Handicap
Boston doctors report eighty nine people lack stomachs yet are well and happy. Removal of the stomach eliminates risk of cancer and malignant growths. A loop of intestine serves as substitute. One man has lived nine years without a stomach.
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Aviation Notes Show Expanding College Air Programs
Educational leaders announce broad aviation programs at multiple universities and institutes. Syracuse plans a two year aero education path. Cornell absorbs Curtiss-Wright lab for cooperative research. Illinois and Texas expand courses. Northwestern seeks a new Institute of Aeronautics with a $10 million goal. Guggenheim at NYU offers applied aerodynamics. Iowa Wesleyan adds aviation department. A disabled pilot, Caster Sikorski, earns a private license with hand controls. Travel fellowships by Brookings aim to fund teacher studies abroad via United Airlines routes.
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Polonia
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
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Stevens Point
United States International Airlines
J. Parker van Zandt
Brookings Institution
U. S
Washington Digest GOP Leaders Intrigue Press With Election Prospects
Washington column notes heat in politics as GOP leaders Reece and Brown court radio and newspaper readers. It reports GOP hopes on Senate gains, key races in New York Delaware West Virginia Missouri Montana Washington and Connecticut and Quinns about a possible Luce Bowles contest.
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Barbs and Babble on War Assets Diapers and Politicking
The column riffs on wartime stockpiles likening arm slings to diapers and mocks the Paris conference as rule bound. It cites President Truman as having advice on Palestine and notes a friend who hunts epitaphs but fears poison ivy in a country churchyard. Not all catastrophes are grey.
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General Quiz Challenge from ASK ME ANOTHER A
This quiz item asks ten trivia questions covering time divisions, military officer origins, elephant sleep, Nobel prize founder’s fortune, marriageable age by state, 1951 world fair location, banana as a by product, heraldic star points, US state with most deep oil wells, and locations where the US flag is flown 24 hours a day.
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Compilation of scattered trivia items from a historical record
A set of fragmented statements covers topics from ancient eras to modern statistics. Entries include claims about the Chaldeans, enlistment rates among officers, animal sleep postures, dynamite, New Hampshire age, London postwar demonstrations, petroleum, elephant behavior, drilling depths in Louisiana, California, and Texas, and locations of national landmarks.
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