Women pilots prove safe and steady at Ohio State
OSU flight training at Don Scott field sees women win licenses and excel from coeds to capable pilots. Miss Helen Linn notes rising female interest, the ease of soloing, and comparable learning speed to men though with slightly longer solo time. G I bill supports costs for students and university personnel.
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Columbus, O
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Helen L. Linn
Ohio State University
Ale Rt
OSU
Don Scott Field
Miss Linn
OSA
Tests Of Newest Jap Bomber Rita Underway At Wright Field
Exhaustive tests on the Rita bomber designed by Japan are underway at Wright Field. The sole surviving aircraft was flown from Newark to Dayton by Col Harold E. Watson and Maj William J. Webb, marking the first American handling of the aircraft. Not pressurized, the Rita uses turbo superchargers for 30 000 to 35 000 foot flight, and the three-engine configuration resembles a mix of B 28 B 29 and B 17/B 24 traits.
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Wright Field
Ohio
INS
Air Materiel Command Headquarters
Wrightfield
Newark
N. J
Harold E. Watson
Air Technical Intelligence
Air Materiel Command
William J. Webb
Misawa
Honshu Island
Atlantic
Technical Service Command
Army Air Forces
RAF
Dayton
Man cuffs self with no key in Oregon test
Dick Hill fixed a pair of hand cuffs on his wrists for a final test but had no key. Police arriving with no keys freed him by cutting down a makeshift key to fit the restraint.
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Cool Bay
Ore
INS
Dick Hill
Hill
Electrification of Oil Wells Cuts Pumping Costs in Arkansas
Reports from the Southwest's oil belt say one company in Arkansas is electrifying 150 wells with electric motors for pumping and automated start stop times. They claim a 33 percent decrease in pumping costs and plan to bring at least 60 more wells under automatic control before year end.
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Southwest
Black Gold Belt
Arkansas
Nationwide push to curb hotel and public fire risks
Following Chicago La Salle and Dubuque Canfield hotel fires, cities from Milwaukee to Baltimore adopt strict fire prevention codes. Inspectors review fire escapes and exits, ban smoking in theatres, limit crowding, and push for fire-resistive basements. Major centers like Detroit Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Rochester Schenectady Richmond Minneapolis Los Angeles Berkeley Oakland Long Beach advance fire codes.
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Chicago
INS
U. S
International City Managers’ Association
Chicago la Salle
Dubuque
Canfield
Milwaukee
Old People's Home
St. Louis
Baltimore
Detroit
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Rochester
Schenectady
N. Y
Richmond
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Oakland
Long Beach
Calif
Lily Marlene Lyrics Rewritten by Yank Troops
The World War II era wartime song Lily Marlene gains new lyrics from American occupation troops in Vienna. The first printable verse questions homeward travel and shipping space after battles including Tripoli and the master race.
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Vienna
INS
Lily
Marlene
el Alamein
Stalingrad
Lily Marlene
Mr. Man
Tripoli
Mr. Truman
Longest U S Rural Mail Route Extends 26 Miles
A 26.4 mile addition to Paul Strawn’s rural route in Conejos river canyon brings the route total to 100.8 miles making it the longest rural mail route in the United States according to post office department records. The extension serves river resorts and will be maintained three months annually.
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Antonito
Colo
Conejoc River
Canon
Paul Strawn
U. S
Post Office Department
Smallest U.S. telephone system serves Tibbs Tennessee
A 15 station party line telephone system serves Tibbs Tenn a rural community. It uses captured Italian and German field telephones and operates via barbed wire fences. The system was established by a former soldier who worked as a radio technician.
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Tibbs
Tenn
Pawn Plan Studied To Stop Stolen Goods In KC
Kansas City police study a finger printing plan for pawn shop proprietors to require finger imprints before loans. A note mentions a diamond that glows in the dark when exposed to sunlight.
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Kansas City
INS
Nursery Expands to Double Capacity in Sullivan Missouri
The Meremac Forest nursery in Sullivan operated by the Missouri conservation commission will expand to double capacity. Expected annual yield after expansion is about two million trees of all types per superintendent Robert O Dawson. A note mentions 32 million rabbit skins produced 3 million khaki felt hats for the Australian army in World War II.
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Sullivan, Mo
INS
Merermac
Sullivan
Missouri Conservation Commission
Robert O. Dawson
Survivor Re-Enlists After Bataan Death March Loss
SCRANTON PA INS OP Peter Loss a 29 year old survivor of the Bataan death march reenlisted in the Army after serving six years. He bears cigarette burn scars received from Japanese guards during captivity.
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Scranton
INS
Peter Loss
Bataan
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