RAF Slang and Harsh Discipline Highlight WWII Training
The text chronicles RAF language from early WWII days including terms like rhubarb and gun beat-up, the shift to modern phrasing such as aircraft, and the tensions between training rigor and morale. It notes a crash, a station commander’s stern rebuke, and the mix of boredom and danger in aircrew life.
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U. S
RAF
Gestapo
Service Police
Army
Navy
Saeas
Wood
RAF Jargon Translated From A Grim RAF Tale
An Allied World War II style brief notes three new pilot officers who crash on a training run. The station master rebukes them while an officer is browbeaten by the scene, and the airmen are described in a comic RAF jargon-to-English translation by Alfred Wall.
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RAF
Ptt 3
Sapan
Alon
Ehelish
Columbus and Toledo Reach Series Finals in Playoffs
In the American Association playoffs Columbus and Toledo won their semifinals to reach the league finals. Columbus beat Kansas City 4 to 3 in 13 innings, Toledo edged Milwaukee 1 to 0 as Edward Pyle pitched a one hitter. The final series begins Friday night with two games in Columbus and up to three in Toledo.
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Ohio
Columbus
Toledo
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Edward Pyle
Eddie Janyzewski
Colum- 8
Navy Pre-Flight School 43 Men Named to Varsity Team
Navy Pre-Flight School coach Col. Bernice W. Bierman names 43 men to the varsity squad for the season opener against Kansas at Lawrence, with 36 in a junior squad and possible later additions from cadets. Roster lists multiple cadets and ensigns across ends tackles guards centers and backs, noting shifts as the season progresses.
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Iowa
City
Navy
Searson
Kansas
Lawrence
Bierman
Sah Cae
Cade
Judd
King Matt ‘Bolger
Mal'Kuta
Harsian Ray
Antil
Gandt
Bill. Kolens
Bob Flora
Charles
Brado
al’ Greenwor
Joe S Kulbitski
Uards
John B
Gagé
Gene Flick
Eetius’ Kern
Ted Nemoth
Ensigh
Henry ‘Schrenker
Mate Starcevich
George Svendsen
John Hamnan
George’ Frye
Frank
Szalag
Bill Lenich
Quarterblacks
Coup- Pee
Fred’ Foil
Foreest
Eyashevski
Wayne
Football lineup fragments for Ensign Michelosem unit
A fragmented roster lists left and right halfbacks and fullbacks with Ensigns Cadets and Bus Mertes AM 3c names, scattered entries including Jankowski Benson and Paskvan among others. The text preserves the wartime service style and unit naming without complete lineups.
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John Michelosem
Dick Fisher
Bill Schatzer
Bob Swisher
Howard Hanson
Jim Langhurst
Robert Heer
Robert Grievedt
Seedee
Ed Jankowski
George Benson
George
Paskvan
Licenses For Antelope Hunting Drawn In SD
The South Dakota Game Commission started issuing licenses to 500 hunters selected by draw for the antelope season opening Oct. 3 in parts of Butte and Harding Counties. Donald Nygaard of Alcester was the first name drawn by three newspaper men, with William S. Morrison also noted.
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Pierre
South Dakota Game Commission
Butte
Harding
Donald Nygaard
Alcester
William S. Morrison
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East Side Grocery
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Huron
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