Mechanical torpedoes steer with humanlike precision
A detailed look at American torpedoes with gyroscopic guidance. The gyro pilot, built in an American Can plant, steers a 20 foot torpedo weighing about 3000 pounds and costing around 12000 dollars. The device uses a precision mechanism and a warhead, propulsion, and rudders to strike Axis ships with high accuracy.
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York
Elmer Sperry
U. S. Navy
Amercan Can Company
Washington
William Heinle
Rolland Nordquist
Amertorp Company
American Can Company
Creative wartime buttons brighten dresses with simple paints
The article outlines practical wartime button crafts for families. It suggests painting white shellac bases, choosing contrasting colors, and sealing for washability. It details carved wood, nut, and fruit pit buttons, adding screw eyes for sewing, and making earrings and accessories. It also covers selecting matching buttons for prints and contrasted trims.
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National Recreation Association
Western Newspaper Union
Quiet General Bradley Steps Into Patton’s Shadow
In North Africa Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley’s rise from West Point graduate to II Corps commander marks a shift from brash battlefield bravado to a cerebral, professor-like leadership. The quiet infantry expert replaces Patton in a tough HQ, with a career built on steady study and gradual promotions.
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York
Omar N. Bradley
North Africa
Marshall
MacArthur
Stilwell
Patton
Paul Bunyan
Bradley
Second Corps
Command and General Staff School
War College
Infantry School
Ft. Benning
Old Timers Aid Forest Industry War Effort Nationwide
More than a thousand veterans including octogenarians return to forest and mill work to fill an 80 000 man shortage. They perform key tasks from grinding saw teeth to operating donkey engines while old skills plug gaps in lumber, plywood, and pulp wood production estimated at 120 million tons for the year.
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Army
Navy
Caring for Home Appliances The Right Maintenance Rules
Practical advice on looking after electrical appliances including vacuum cleaners wringers washers refrigerators and ice trays. Emphasizes avoiding tangled cords emptying dirt weekly loosening wringer tension and not overloading washers to prevent damage. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Tanks and Planes Go Ashore at Marine Base
Soldiers observe landing operations at a South Pacific base as tanks practice beach landings and aircraft are moved from landing barges. The exercise simulates combat conditions with tanks swimming to shore while planes are ferried ashore.
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Marine Base
South Pacific
U. S. Marine Corps
Can-Opener Planes Target German Tanks Revealed
London reports the Royal Air Force has unveiled its tank busting Hurricanes nicknamed can openers. Each plane carries two 40 mm guns in the wings, firing automatic or single shots with 2½ pound shells, plus two 303 Browning machine guns.
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London
Royal Air Force
North Africa
Invents Device From Wrecks of War Planes
Technical Sergeant Clyde L. Collins of Missoula Montana is credited by the U S Army Air Force with inventing a unique device built from salvaged parts of Messerschmitt Heinkel Caproni Stuka Hurricane and Brewster aircraft. The instrument charges plane batteries checks wiring lighting controls and regulates motors and generators.
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Cairo
Clyde L. Collins
Missoula
Mont
U. S. Army Air Force
Minute Make Ups And Names In War Time Diplomacy
Laurence A Steinhardt, named ambassador to Ankara, speaks multiple languages and navigates Turkey toward the Allied camp. Arthur Tedder, air marshal and Mediterranean commander, reflects a career from World War I to major Allied air operations, with personal losses shaping his resolve.
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Laurence A. Steinhardt
Ankara
Steinhardts
Turkey
Steinhardt
Roosevelt
FDR
White House
Sweden
Russia
Pern
Samuel Untermyer
New York City
Columbia University
Arthur W. Tedder
Hitler
Casablanca
Oran
Bizerte
Tunis
Arthur
France
Royal Flying Force
Boche
Meuse
Argonne
RFF
RAF
Tedder
Mediterranean Air Command
Luftwaffe
England
Cairo
Sir Arthur
Cambridge
Magdalene College
Aircraft Electrical Systems Training at Chanute Field
A modern military airplane relies on three main electrical systems: radio, flight instruments, and generators with related subsystems. Chanute Field N and training command graduates study fundamentals, generators, and aircraft power, then practice in mockup setups emphasizing troubleshooting and fault diagnosis.
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Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Chanute Field
Western Newspaper Union
Army Manual Saves Life of Lieutenant
Brigham, Utah. Lieutenant Gerald Call’s constant study of army regulations likely saved his life when a bullet struck his chest in North Africa but was deflected by the regulations book kept in his shirt pocket. the wound was minor.
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Brigham, Utah
Gerald Call
North Africa
Sewing a removable chair cover with welting details
Instructions for creating smart cotton chair covers that fit over old upholstery. Includes pin fitting with a 4 inch tuck and 1 inch seam allowances, chalk-marked stitching lines, welting along key edges, and Sew on cover versus removable slip covers. References BOOK 9 and BOOK 10 in the series for extra guidance and wiring a mail-order offer.
Ruth Wyeth Spears Drawer 10 Bedford Hills Ad
Mrs Ruth Wyeth Spears invites readers to enclose 15 cents per book with name and address for orders from Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
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