Navy announces new super patrol plane PIV in 4600 hp monoplane
BURBAK CALIF AP A Navy announcement describes a new long range, heavily armed patrol aircraft called the PIV. The midwing land based monoplane uses two duplex engines totaling 4600 horsepower and aims to rival four engine bombers in range and payload. Designers claim a Seattle to Tokyo leg of over 5000 miles at 300 mph, with Guam based operations scouting Wake Island Tokyo Manila and New Britain.
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Lockheed Aircrew Corp
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Tokyo
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Wake Island
Manily
New Britain
Tourmaline Crystals Allow Light To Travel One Way
A scientific note explains that tourmaline crystals enable light to pass in a single direction due to their optical properties. This directional behavior suggests potential applications in photonic devices and light control mechanisms.
Soldier hospitalized at Camp Rucker with influenza
Le J Krause a recruiting assistant at the Dollsa Army station was hospitalized at Camp Rucker Hospital today due to influenza. An office attaché reported the condition.
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le J. J. Krause
Dollsa
Rucker
Veterans Arriving and Homecoming News in Alabama
Veterans arriving in the States from overseas duty include Pfc Hugh D Napier of Dothan aboard the Cottla in San Francisco and Sgt Howard Brennan of Dothan aboard the General Morton in New York AP reports. Sergeant James Whaley, husband of Mrs Sarah Whaley of Dothan, arrived in Seattle and is due home January 20 after service in the Asian Pacific and European theaters. Also noted is TVA chairman David E Lilienthal named Man of the Year in southern agriculture by Progressive Farmer. Greek beets described by ZephARastus in the third century B C.
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Cottla
San Francisco
Howard Brennan
W. Adams St
Birmingham
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley States
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Sarah Whaley
Marbury Street
Seattle
Washington
Whaley
Signal Corps
England
Normandy
France
Pacific
Okinawa
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