C-47 Flies Inverted Test Across Turbulent Sky
Flight Officer Pater F. Hasley of Fort Myers, Tet, describes a one mile upside down dive in a C-47 during a storm to test airframe resilience. Despite severe updrafts and a damaged gyro compass, the crew stabilized at 6,300 feet and landed safely with fourteen passengers. Hasley said the plane will fly again after factory servicing.
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Fourteenth U. S. Air Force
China
Pater F. Hasley
Fort Myers
Tet
Copint
B. F. Moall
Detroit
Lewis Gelm
St. Joseph
Helm
Hasley
Japanese defense perimeter a blue in report says expert
Eugene Burns reports the Japanese have kept fleet reserves and bases at Singapore Truk and Palau may be weaker than claimed He suggests Manila guards were weakened by distant Central Pacific strikes and Japan may be fleeing home as Guadalcanal-era delays continue.
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Bay of Eneal
Singapore
Truk
Palau
Philippines
Japan
Eugene Burns
Associated Press Core
Attu
South Seas
Sumatra
Far Pacific
Central Pacific
Manila
Guadalcanal
Sprurece
Avon Park Army Air Field Bombing Range Trains Forts
Avon Park Florida trains B 17 crews with 24 seven range practice on a 323 square mile facility. Bomb targets include incendiaries full size enemy aircraft silhouettes and a simulated 55 acre enemy city by Lake Arbuckle with a submarine replica on the lake.
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Max B. Cook
Avon Park Army Air Field
Avon Park
Fla
Germany
Goering
Air Force
Florida
Clint T. Johnson
Avon Park Army, Air Field
No Place To
Avon Park Army Air Feld
Fortress
Europe
Lake Arbuckle
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Army Air Field
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Avon Park Army Air Field trains the best bombers in the skies
The field emphasizes aerial training with significant ground work, including engineer, communications, turret and machine gun operation, and celestial navigation courses. Instructors are seasoned pilots, navigators, bombardiers and gunners from combat zones, sharing hard won expertise to forge teamwork among crews destined to control the Axis skies.
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Avon Park Army Air Field
Towles Band to Play at Mitchell House Dance
Towles Dance Band set for Mitchell Hall on Tuesday June 27. The event features Towles and guests including Jack Benny in a lively program with appearances at the Apollo and Town Hall venues. The orchestra will headline at the Palace on June date with Miles conducting.
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Towles
Mitchell
Wat Lowles
Jack Benny
Carn Daly
Apollo Tha Howard Theater
Washingboogie Club
Chicago
Ray Baltimore
Paradise Thesste
Trail
Town Hall
Pintye
Wealthiest Church Trinity Church valued at 27 million in Manhattan
Trinity Church in lower Manhattan valued at 27 million 879 thousand 400 dollars remains the wealthiest church in the United States and a leading faith institution in New York City. The structure sits at the head of New York Harbor with its real estate noted as a major asset.
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Trinity Church
New York City
United States
Lower Manhattan
NOW SHE SHOPS "CASH AND CARRY Without Painful Backachs
An old style advertorial touts a kidney relief product claiming to remove excess acid and reduce backache with a nightly dose. It promises 18 million kidney patients benefited and urges readers to ask doctors about the pills.
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Lee Paina
Iwellin Ns
Biennies
Avlaona Tr
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Hal Boyle
al MacKenzie
Ameria
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