Brains Behind Planes Designers Shaping World War II
A compact portrait of leading aircraft designers across nations. Caproni, Messerschmitt, Heinkel, and British and American engineers such as Glenn Martin, Sydney Camm, and Hubert Fedden are profiled as quiet, pivotal figures behind fighter and bomber technology, with notes on their careers and personal temperaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Caproni
Germany
Messerschmit
Dr. Heinkel
Britain
United States
Glenn Martin
Enemo Tment Ytaly
Gianni Caproni
Mussolini
Ani
Nis
Ms Lime
Wally Messerschmitt
Messerschmitt
Hitler
Hitley
Heinkel
Messer
Warner Tanenile
Une Glen
Martin
Maryland
Gleym Martin
Youne
Hia Yaukey
Glen Maeiin
Mink Maythn
Mink Maythn Uveantt
Dewy
Alan Chouen
Glen
Arliwrd
Tn Klaann
English Channel
Blogiot
Los Angeles i
NYU
Tetter Aero-Engineers
Phyliss
Kingston
Camm
Hawker Aircraft
Lita
Trans Atlantic
Galt
Fedden
Canteen Orders Aid Gifts to Soldiers Abroad
The Australial Defence Canteen Service urges gifts to troops in Australia or the Middle East through canteen orders. Available at post offices, these vouchers act as money offers to ease parcel losses and postage costs, cashed only by issued soldiers, enabling purchases abroad without extra charges. Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Han King heads the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australial Defence Canteen
Australia
Middle East
ANU
Han
King
ATF
Control of Cutworms In Springtime Pests
With spring arriving, cutworms emerge as a major pest. Prepare Paris green bait with bran and water, mixing to a crumbly mass. Spread starter along rows, then broadcast across fields a few days before planting. Caution: bait is poisonous. use established handling methods. For cereals and maize, apply at 4o per acre when infestations are known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Shoute
City Without Women The Burma Road Tales
Air Nicol Smith recounts perils in Asia in Burma Road detailing Kochiu tin mines. He describes child labor, arsenic poisoning, and brutal mine guards, plus feudal wealth of Tin Kings and odd customs in Hanoi and French Indochina. Train travel reveals perfumed flowers masking choking smoke in tunnels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
Nicol Smith
China
Mgr. Smith
Burma Road
Gotland
Kochin
Ching
Mr. Smith
Asia
Kochiu
Lhasa
Tibet
Forbidden City
Smith
Hanoi
Barbara Hutton
Sesson
A Curiosity in Arithmetic in a Riddle Form
A man describes a sequence of arithmetic steps to reveal counts of deaths, living sisters, and living brothers. The friend follows the instructions, and the statistician explains that the resulting digits correspond to the number of deaths, living sisters, and living brothers respectively, though the wording includes archaic spellings and playful phrasing.
Roll of Honour lists Gloucester district enlistees in service
The Roll of Honour lists Gloucester district men who have enlisted or passed final medical exams and are now serving with the fighting forces. It notes that fresh enlistments will be acknowledged and appended as they enter service, and asks for authentic information to rectify omissions or errors. The long list includes numerous names and places such as Gloucester, Upper Bowman, Invergordon, Barrington, Belbora, Craven, and Stratford, reflecting a broad regional effort to record men joining the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Fullerton Cove Road
Williamstown
Newcastle
Randwick Hospital
Newcastle Hospital
Drs
Shah
E. Howell
Witneas
Wood
Warra
Toowoomba
Queensland
Prof
Sir
Lem
A. C. Alcorn
Goondiwindi
Shaits
Suam
Gomadi Phof
Sham
Commercial Hotel
Delhi
Marion Street
Ramiwick
Sydney
Paene
Gloucester names and Royal Navy units listed in war notice
A long reader list records individuals connected to Gloucester and surrounding areas, including The Air Force and Royal Australian Navy personnel. It notes Fred Ellis who died at Madagascar on active service with the Hamas and directs readers to notify the Gloucester War Chest Fund secretary with regimental numbers and units as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Australian Navy
Eric Young
Gloucester
Barry Price
Fred
Ellis
Madagascar
HAMAS
Stuart
The
Gloucester War Chest Fund
Hy. Motood
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Pra
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Carson
Trurks
Winehcombe
Ticombe, Carson Ltd
Winehcombe House
Bridge St
Flemington
Farmers & Graziers Co-Operative Grain Vnsa Insurance & Agency Company
Advocate
Gloucester Advocate
Barrington ST
Harry Gregson
Wallis
England
Pierson
Clem Walsh
King St. Gloucester
L. B. Monro
Market Street
W. T. Howard
Taree ST
Dungog
A.lf
Garden of Roses Cafe
Jack Moutzouris
Bimbashi
Woondooma
Shahazagamp
Arao
Peg
Sharon Imp
Stackhorne
Eimbashi
D. H. Bartlett, Woondloma, Vin Barrington
A. Ninness
Upper Towma
Maytom
Ward's River
J. Boorer
Upper Bowman
G. W. Middle
Les Crane
Porkesdale
J. Crane
Invergordon
Joe Latham
William Titcume
Roger L. Rye
M. J. Kennedy
Bucca Wauka
Max Hayter
M. G. Willis
R.T. K. Watson
Invergorion
M. A. Unger
J. A. Bannister
G. W. Blanch
Upper
Bowman
A. R. Curran
Copeland
W. J. Harris
R. Koellner
Barnard River
Tom Langford
George Watson
S. D. Chinson
M. Shepherd
Harry Aspinall
Clift
J. Gordon
J. A. McRae
Belbora
M. Berry
Frank Monro
Herb
F. Rudkin
Berrico
W. Knowles
Peter Koelner
R. Laurie
Rawdon Vale
Les, McCarthy
Ronald F. McCarthy
Bowman Gersh Mills
Frank Drinkwater
J.T. Guyatt
Norman Corbett
Barrington
George A. McAlister
W. J. Drahan
T. Latham
Harrington
R. Berry
S. B. Collins
Rawards
J. J. Chartres
William Bates
Joseph Clarke
Craven William James Clarke
Craven Alexander Brown
Lionel T. Ferguson
Donald Gulgin
Stanley William West
Jack Gordon Portes
Russell Gorton
Percy H. Brindley
Stratford
Arthur Breese
Brett Jack
Vickers
W. V. Smith
Waukivory
Stanley Elliott
Pitlochry
Rupert Robinson
Hannaford
Keatn
W. Turner
Don Davies
Cobark
James R. Smith
James Curran
Bruce Lane
Austin Bartlett
Craven Creek
Erie Street
Frank Fennell
L. R. Clarke
Colin Spence
H. T. Shepherd
Norman P. Morris
James F. Hagen
J. Smith
Forbesdale
Percy W. German
CM. Rye
Rabaul
Sid Harris
Herb. Wilson
B. Godfray
James Hayter
E. Charlesworth
Bowman Richard Condon
Copeland John Francis Franks
Jon B. Breese
Bretti
Georgy A. Osmond
Cordon M. Tape
Allen & Arenks
Thos
Linne Pare
John W. Thompson
Charlié Merchant
George J. Mitchell
Alex. L. Watson
Gloucester Rr
Ambioay Smith
Gloucester River
John Joseph Higgins
Daniel Grady
Bowman Lindsay Neilson
James W Lasimore
Loucenter
Ronald Wo Turner
Stanley K Wilson
Glouceater
Tom Bleasdale
Waultivory
CU Fraser
Patt
Bethorn
Stan Robinson
Wanila
John Yavier
Liloucester
Durbridge
Stractor
Cecil Stokes
Craven
Hadley
Giro
AIR Force
B. F. Anderson
Gloucaster
FV. Munro
Greg Roos
Harold Rose
Fred Oldfield
Don Barger
Owen Grahine
Doug, Young
Jim Davey
Cart Ralph
Albert Hays
Doug Thompson
W. E. Dave
Wiliam Jones
L. W. Turner
Bull
HMI
Tom Hicks
Queen Street
E. Patmore
Hapmaness
Throwal
Seton
Hrandreds
Theuacmte
Australlems
Cmd
Hames
Allice
Micn
A.M.P. Society
Mutual Life
Exapire
Fun Samuel
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Chilemac
Prineet
Actiey, Anges
New South Wales
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Binces
Piey Stover Sy
Victoria & Pulteney Stx
Taree
W. FR. G. Davidson
T. M. Breckenridge
Industrial Department
K. McLeod
Munieralli Shah
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