Florida Army school trains baby-faced aircraft mechanics
In central Florida a remarkable Army school trains young mechanics to fix combat planes under front-line conditions. Mechanics improvise parts from scraps, operate in shelters under trees, and work by night with jeeps and headlights to keep Liberator bombers aloft. Some served at Guadalcanal and across the Pacific, turning makeshift materials into functioning aircraft parts.
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Iburg
Fla
Florida
NGE
Aaftac Air Forces Tactical
Army-Navy College
South Paislands
Guadalcanal
CIES
Nics
Tokyo
McMillan Urges County Civilian Defense in War Effort
Roy L. McMillan of Heigh declared civilians must not slacken in war work at a Crory dinner honoring leaders in wha county civilian defense. He said the wha society has set a high standard for North Carolina and the Southeast in patriotic activity.
Fire fatality prompts inquiry into unattended children
Bridgeport authorities investigate a late night fire that killed four year old Joseph Ramos and his brother Clifton after their parents left them alone in a room. Police Lt Morris says authorities seek to determine why the Ramos children were left unsupervised as a broader note mentions US colleges and endowments with Harvard leading at 143 million dollars.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Ramos
Clifton
Joseph Morris
Earthquake Death Toll Rises as Cremations Hit 3500 in San Juan
In San Juan Argentina authorities report 3 500 bodies cremated since the quake last Saturday. Officials say the total will rise with more victims found as debris removal continues and 300 people remain critically injured.
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San Juan
Argentina
Turkish Premier Says He Met Von Papen Aboard Paris Radio
The German controlled Paris radio reported that Turkish Prime Minister Sukru Saracoglu granted an interview yesterday to Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey. Other Turkish cabinet members attended the meeting, according to the broadcast recorded by The Associated Press.
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London
Paris
Sukru Saracoglu
Franz von Pan
Turey
North Carolina News Highlights Ten Years Ago
A 1934 notice set from January recounts a district meeting of the American Loan officers led by Tom C. Niels of New Bern. A Negro man jailed 30 days for theft and vagrancy. Sinnett, a noted mystic, to answer questions in The Enterprise. District P.O.S. of A. to hold quarterly meeting. Prohibition gains pushed by campaign in NC. cotton spinning at a low December. House seeks President dollar devaluation bill. Will Rogers quips on headlines. TB sanatorium to take patients Monday with 45 waiting. Golfers Elizabeth Bowne and Annie Pegram noted. Democratic convention planned for New York. US fleet ships mobilized off Vera Cruz amid rebel activity.
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11Th District
American Loan
Tom C.niels
New Bern
North
North Carolina
Congressional House
Will Rogers
Madison Square Garden
New York
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mid-Winter Furniture Show Opens in Guilford County
The second week of the mid-winter furniture show begins Sunday with strong attendance anticipated and substantial buying noted. Local merchants expect the event to draw steady crowds through most of the week in Guilford County.
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Guilford County
Postwar Building Funds Proposed by South Carolina Senators
Columbia SC January 20 Senator Paul Quattlebaum and Henry R Sims of Orangeburg introduced a resolution to set aside one third of the state's treasury surplus for postwar construction and improvement of state owned buildings. The measure seeks funding for public facilities and government infrastructure.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Treasury
Paul Quattlebaum
Who
Henry R. Sims
Orangebu
Countess Edda Ciano Seeks Refuge After Husbands Execution
Countess Edda Ciano, daughter of Benito Mussolini, was reported to have taken refuge in a neutral country today, presumably Switzerland, after the execution of her husband Count Galeazzo Ci ano.
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Edda
Stockholm
Edda Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Switzerland
Galeazzo Ciano
Staunch British Backer of RAF Admiral Kerr Dies
Admiral Mark Kerr, 79, British air pioneer who helped found the RAF in World War I, died after a long illness. Son of Admiral Lord Frederic Kerr he joined the Navy in 1877 at 13 and commanded the Adriatic Squadron in 1916-17, later earning a lasting reputation as a foremost air advocate.
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London
Mark Kerr
RAF
Lord Frederic Kerr
Royal Navy
Britain
Admiral Kerr
Third Man Succumbs As Aftermath Of Gun Fight
Orangeburg S C January 20 Deputy Sheriff Gary E Fair ey of Branchville died at Tri County hospital the third victim of a Branchville gun battle that also killed Branchville Police Chief Walter Dukes and J C Street Sr Dukes died en route to hospital and Street died yesterday after being shot in the stomach
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Orangeburg
S. C
Gary E. Fairey
Branchville
Tri-County
Walter
Dukes
J. C. Street
Fairey
Street
Turkish steamer Truk sinks in Marmara Sea storm
A Turkish passenger steamer Truk of 1414 tons sank in a snow storm in the Sea of Marmara on a return voyage from Gallipoli. The cause of the disaster was not learned.
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London
Truk
Sea of
Marmara
Gallipoli
Reuters
Istanbul
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Pinehurst
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