Britain Praises ATA Atta Girls in War Effort
ROSETTE HARGROVE reports from London on Jacqueline Cochran praising Britain's female Air Transport Auxiliary pilots. The ATA, formed with eight women, grew to fifty active pilots with more on reserve. Pauline Gower leads the ATA, noting women’s crucial wartime roles from ferrying aircraft to potential bomb damage support, with pilots like Amy Johnson’s successor and others logging about 2,000 flight hours and thousands of passengers. The piece portrays the pilots as capable, diverse, and committed, countering the notion of merely ornamental entrants.
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Rosette Hargrove
NEA
London
Jacqueline Cochran
U.S
Atlantic
England
America
Britain
Air Transport Auxiliary
Winston Churchill
Ata
Pauline Gower
Atta
Pauline
Amy Johnson
Air Ministry
Raf
Germany
Winifred Crossley
Joan
EL Am
Haifa Bombed Heavily Amid Arab Coast Siege Action
Haifa on the Palestine coast endured a heavy two hour bombing before dawn as raiders likely French or German targeted the British oil depot. Tel Aviv faced an air raid alert while Jerusalem residents sheltered. Australian forces pressed an encircling move toward Damascus as talks on armistice surfaced but French reps reportedly rejected the British ceasefire offer.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Damour
Sydney
Frederick Stewart
Fish Biting Well in N C
Py here is the first edition of Anglers Antics a concise North Carolina fishing notes. E A Cousins Swannanoa reports a 21 1 2 inch rainbow trout from Davidson River. A Creech Goldsboro landed a 3 pound tarpon after a 31 minute fight. George B Cannady New Hanover Fishing Club notes Spanish mackerel near Wrightsville Beach.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Asheville
E. A. Cousins
Swannanoa
Davidson River
Hatteras
A. Creech
Goldsboro
Wrightsville Beach
George B. Cannady
New Hanover
Women Air Transport Auxiliary pilots face service limits and pay
The account notes ATA pilots reach age limits and serve actively with pay of six pounds weekly for junior officers and seven pounds ten shillings for seniors. They must feed and house themselves and buy their kit, lacking free medical or dental benefits. Enlistment requires a stiff flying hour test, and during the blitz forty pilots ferried 400 aircraft for 800 hours, marking a notable wartime contribution alongside RAF exploits.
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Amy Johnson
ATA
Pauline Gower
RAF
Caliban and the Ace of Gibs Aboard Calibans Trap
Angus faces a lethal mob ride as Spike Mudge plots to kill him. A daring escape turns when Angus overpowers a gang, binds Spike and others, and hijacks a truck toward New York. Fate shifts as a creamery driver becomes a prop in a dangerous escape.
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Amxus
Spike Mudge
Angus
Trigger Tim
Butch Mc Gillicuddy
Harmon
Spike
Butch
Tim
New Jersey
Luigi Castaloni
Garvin Fitzwater
Park Avenue
Hennessey’s
Ngus
Buddy
Dee
New York
Adoreen
Reveille Crashes With Public Address Pipes
A snide note on reveille waking soldiers, suggesting use of an axe on the phonograph. It notes bogie cadas from reveille to taps are recorded and transmitted over public address systems to all parts of the reservation.
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Signal Headquarters
Outdoor Writers Meet Aboard July 12 16 In North Carolina
The Outdoor Writers Association of America gathers at Elizabethtown-Five state lakes in Bladen County stock ed with 3600 bass fingerlings to support fishing. Jones Salters and Singletary Lakes host most fish. Permits from the area forester at Jones Lake enable limited fishing. Governor Broughton attends with guests including Maryland and Delaware governors for a boat trip to Hatteras.
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Elizabethtown
Bladen County
Jones Salters
Singletary Lakes
Jones Lake
Alanteo
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Hatteras
Broughton
Maryland
Delaware
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Air Transport Au Auxiliary
Scho
Margaret Cunnison
Lois Butler
de Haviland Aircraft Company
Rosemary Reese
Alta
Monat Friedlander
Observer Corps
Joan Hughes
Chesterfield
the Navy
NBC
Topyright
Ciccer & K
N.C
Outdoor Writers Association
Manteo
Caliban
Caleb
BY Norman Kahl
WEA
Adpreen
Cassaloni
Hormon
Holman
Addie
Butch MccGibbcuddy
Nelly Don
Clarllee
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