Airship advocates push for postwar lighter-than-air service
Veterans of the airship era argue for renewed use of non-rigid and rigid airships in commercial and military roles. They cite past events from Shenandoah to Macon and Akron, noting helium shortages and hydrogen dangers while urging resumed oceanflight operations and broader industrial applications.
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Gobal Air Service
Java
Exdenburg
Deherst
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Hell
United States
Graf Zeppelin
Germmany
Hindenburg
Germany
Shenandoah
Akron
Macon
Wilam A. Moffett
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Gulf
Rosendahl
Nal Rosendahl
Matek
Airship design gains advance with rigid craft hopes
Major Beagle plants and new aircraft methods accelerate rigid airship progress. Advancements in aerodynamic testing and stress measurement claim to solve core design problems, forecasting greatly superior future airships and arguing for readily available U S facilities and lower life cycle costs versus flying boats.
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Rosendahl
German Prison Camp Athletes Rally For Sports
At a Kentucky camp for POWs veterans from the African campaign organize handball and soccer teams. German athletes, cited as efficient yet exuberant, begin with a ritual before events as fellow captives watch and cheer their play.
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Willer
Kentucky
Hitler
United States
Governor Sparks Visits Camp Rucker Prisoner Games
Governor Sparks tours Camp Rucker observing German POWs playing handball on a large field amid Infantry Day events. Umpires disputes spark tension. officials cooperate with Cal Peyton Winkes. German prisoners run tennis nets, boxing, wrestling, and table tennis as the Red Cross ships books and treats.
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Cn Lege
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Two-Thirds Rail Transport In War Year 1943
In 1943 railways moved over two-thirds of the United States transportation load, a record showing the essential role of trains in wartime logistics. Rail networks carried freight and passengers, supporting industrial output and military needs during the war effort.
Green assails New Dealers at Republican Convention
Chicago Governor Dwight E. Green charges the Roosevelt administration with political meddling in war deeds and vows Republicans will grant the armed services free rein. He praises delegates for rising above “indispensable man” rhetoric and pledges a war focus free of red tape.
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Chicago
Dwight E. Green
Ilinois
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Green
America
United States Army
Burma Raiders Evacuate Wounded Under Bombing Fire
Four air evacuation crew members flew a bomb damaged hospital plane from Myitkyina after Burma field seizure by Marauders. Lt. Audrey Rogers led nurses corps as Japanese bombers scored near misses. Despite casualties and fuselage damage the crew completed the mission delivering wounded to an advance base. By mid 1944 production of anti aircraft tires surged to 1.4 million monthly.
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Myitkyina
Audrey Rogers
Burkhumett
Tex
India
China
Franke Merritt
Japaneree
Ita Wines
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