Hidden Connecticut air base camouflaged for Army fighters
A lonely tobacco-farm crossroads in Connecticut conceals a camouflaged Army air base for fighters. By August 1 more than 100 pursuit ships are to be moored, with Westover Field bombers aiding coastal defense across Massachusetts, Connecticut, southern New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia. The facility uses barnlike camouflage, single hangar, bone-dry red barracks, disguised mess hall, a church steeple radio tower, and false cemetery grounds. Runways blend with seasonal colors. turf rotated to mimic farming. hospital sites planned a mile away amid land acquisitions.
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Walter Gelb Hartford
Conn
Special News Service
Connecticut
United States Army
Westover Field
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
Plumb Center
Army
Malcolm KK. Moore
Trimble
Tenn
War Department
State of
Milk Mixture For Stomach Ulcers
A new medical discovery used by doctors treats stomach ulcers from excess acid with rapid relief in many cases. Also aids gas pains indigestion and heartburn. Sufferers can try Lurin at home by mixing two teaspoonfuls in a half glass of milk. Sold by Mann's and drug stores with guarantee or money back.
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Mann's
National Whirligs and Naval Debate Shape 1941 Politics
The piece argues Willkie clubs funded by Democrats boosted a presidential campaign and financed his post election publicity and foreign policy campaigns. It notes Roosevelt and Churchill promises, the British fleet issue, and the plan for a two ocean navy. It also covers defense production manager Knudsen predicting full employment within 12 months and the difficulty of winding down relief programs amid war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee
Willkie
New York
Air. Willkie
G. Q O. P.-ers
England
Hitler
Europe
Atlantic
United States
John Bull
Roosevelt
Churchill
Commons
Hull
Lothian
Britain
Knudsen
Congress
N.Y. A
Sanudsen
Defense
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Garner Is Honored By Insurance Firm
N L Garner of High Point is honored in Raleigh by Occidental Life Insurance for leading the company's agents nationwide in April business. Garner repeats January success of 1941, with W E Prentman noting optimistic national reports and progressiveness of High Point. Garner has been Occidental Life general agent since 1932 and is a known local business figure.
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Raleigh
N. L. Garner
High Point
Occidental Life Insurance Company
W. E. Prentman
Occidental Life
Garner
Trentman
Goebbels Style Tactics in Europe and America
The piece asserts that nations failed to unite against Hitler, enabling his divide and rule strategy. It argues Goebbels aims to replicate this in the United States by sowing division, provoking rioting, and turning the public against the President, with widespread partisanship already forming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
America
Joe Goebbels
von Ribbentrop
Goebbels
von Pappen
Writer of Fine Music Horizontal Pictured American Musician
Puzzle style cluing lists multiple lines and numbers including references to music terms and figures. The fragmentary item seems to be a crossword style puzzle with numbered clues and associations though many entries are unclear or garbled.
Military collapse and foreign subjugation warned in ominous note
A bleak prophecy describes a nation torn by infighting and weaponry turning into ashes. Foreign rulers send supplies and troops to influence the outcome, with Spain named as a remembered helper. The speaker foresees executions, concentration camps, and widespread enslavement for American quislings and Laval supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Hopkins Father Dies in Mountain City Tennessee
News arrives of George A. Hopkins 635 father of Rev. Julian S. Hopkins pastor of Green Street Baptist Church. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow in Elizabeth ton Tennessee as the pastor travels from here to Tennessee after learning of the death.
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Mountain City
Tenn
George A. Hopkins
Julian
Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
Elizabethton
Mr. Hopkins
Tennessee
It Was Cold It Was Cold Brother
Boston dispatch reports on the Antarctic expedition return noting temperatures to 72.6 below zero at Little America the coldest ever recorded. Dr Paul A Siple describes a glass chemical filling substitute and the crew left 75 molars behind due to tooth loss during the harsh journey.
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Boston
Antarctica
Little America
Paul A. Siple
Wilmington Housing Unit For Defense Workers
President Roosevelt approved federal funding for 13 defense housing projects including 900 units in Wilmington North Carolina for shipyard workers families. Demountable units numbered 570 with the rest permanent. 125 of the permanent units for Negro families and 205 for whites. Rentals expected at 20 to 30 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wilmington
N. C
Actress Mary Brian Weds Jon Whitcomb in Church Ceremony
New York magazine illustrator Mary Brian and Jon Whitcomb married in a church ceremony in the city yesterday before departing by plane for a two week Caribbean honeymoon. Brian, a Texas born former resident of Oklahoma City and Dallas, had not married before.
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Hollywood
Mary Brian
Jon Whitcomb
New York Magazine
New York
Caribbean
Whitcomb
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Infrared gear aids German subs and planes in darkness
Reports from multiple sources indicate German submarines and aircraft use infrared equipment to see up to five miles through darkness and fog. This may explain frequent night convoy attacks and the Channel Mosquito boats operating in poor visibility. Nazis reportedly adapt our secret bombsight, relying more on dive bombing and pilot skill.
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New York
S. Burton Heath
English Channel
Robbery at Laundry Run Ends With Time Tagged
New York on February 2 1941 two men robbed a laundry collector Lews Ozinsky and took seven cents. The pair learned of future collections and planned to meet March 8. By May 2 1942 Patsy Lassag, 24, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years for the case as his confederate awaits sentencing.
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New York
Lews Ozinsky
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