Weather Station On 24 Hour Day Basis
Napier Field weather station provides complete forecasting and observing services around the clock. It acts as a replacement conditioning pool for Weather Region II and serves as a hurricane and flood warning center for Army Air and Ground Forces within a designated zone. The Army Air Forces Weather Service aims to improve mission success, reduce weather related accidents, and provide timely weather support to forces and headquarters.
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Napier Field
Army Air and Ground Forces
Army Air Forces Weather Service
Weather operations and command tensions in China theater
The article details weather forecasting and observation procedures used to support aviation and military operations, including half hourly observations, surface checks every six hours, balloon wind measurements, and data delivery to control towers and the Weather Bureau. It notes heavy use of synoptic and upper air maps and charts, and stresses trained personnel. It also reports Chiang Kai-shek demanding Stilwell's removal and Roosevelt's alleged agreement, with further background on U.S.China command negotiations and lend-lease control.
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Weather Bureau
Red Cross Handles 1815 Cases At Napier Field
Field Director Raymond Wooldridge and assistant Virginia Masters report the Napier Field Red Cross has handled 1,815 cases since March 1942. Programs covered personal and family issues of service members, including dependency discharges and emergency furlough verifications.
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American Red Cross
Napier Field
Raymond
Wooldridge
Virginia Masters
Red Cross
Litte Red Cross
United States
Napier
Department of Public Welfare Service
USO
Oxygen Tents Opened Up For Patients
Akron AP dispatch reports hospitals switch to transparent plastic canopy tents for oxygen therapy to ease claustrophobia. Foodyear officials say the light weight film and low cost allow each patient to have an individual tent and still see surrounding activity.
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Akron, C
Foodyear
Red Cross Aims to Ease Strain for Armed Forces Families
The Red Cross has increased rapidly in scale, with Field Director at Napier Field and mobile outfit in the war zone working to alleviate suffering. It pursues the idea of being "the greatest mother on earth" by helping service members and their families.
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Red Cross
The
Napier Field
Stilwell’s recall shifts US China policy in Asia
New York Times correspondent Brooks T. Steinson reports from Chungking that Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell’s recall may mark a shift to discount China’s role in a counter offensive. The article notes ties to Malaria Front divisions and questions the future of the North Burma campaign and Chinese support via India.
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Asia
Burma
China
India
New York
Brooks Tkinson
New York Times
Chungking
Times Today
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
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