Aerial New Army Planes Down Two-Maybe Four Nazis
Army bomber forces battled three dogfights over the Atlantic as B 24 Liberators from overseas bases engaged German Focke Wulf Kondners. Capt Maxwell of Pink Hill North Carolina helped destroy one fighter and likely downed another while his Liberator was shot down. Others including Capt Gerald L Mosier of Waverly New York and Lt Frederick W McKinnon Jr of West Roxbury Massachusetts scored hits on multiple Nazis during convoy protection.
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New York
Army Almstag
Atlantic
Tar Heel
HD. Max
H. D. Maxwell
Pink Hill
N. C
Maxwell
Gerald L. Mosier
Waverly
N. Y
N. J. Wynkopp
Cementon
Focke- Wulf
Frederick W. McKinnon, Jr
West Roxbury
Mass
McKinnon
Ration Roundup and War News Tangles with Burma Scene
Ration details for meats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and fuel oil are listed with expiry dates through late 1943. A Burma Population figure, a retreating bomber, and Allied action are noted in the same column, highlighting wartime strain and air combat.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Senators Agree Teachers Are Underpaid On Home Front
Washington reports senators debating a bill to authorize 300 million dollars yearly for federal aid to schools. They agree teachers as a group are underpaid, with many leaving teaching for armed forces or higher paying jobs. The bill would distribute funds to raise salaries and equalize education funding while sparking debate over federal control and local sovereignty.
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J. Marlowe & &G
Washington
Sen
Hill
D-Ala
New York
Mississippi
Taft
Ohio
Ents
Prisoners May Be Used As Pin Boys In Bowling Halls
The Bowling Proprietors Association of America announced in Chicago that war prisoners of war might fill the pinboy shortage in bowling alleys. Chairman Louie Petersen said Chicago has far fewer pinboys now, threatening tens of thousands of keglers. The plan envisions paid POWs who could not freely leave, with some women already used in similar roles.
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Chicago
Associa of America
U of Prisoners of War
Charles V. Falkenberg
Falkenberg
Louie Petersen
Jersen
Michigan
Petersen
Chicago subway opening marked by dummy parade
Large crowds gathered on State Street to see a dummy dressed in a remnant style of the nineties used in a dedicatory parade for Chicago's new subway. Police rescued the dummy before any clothing was taken.
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Chicago
State Street
Subway
Professor Aids Navy In Saving Air Pilots
Navy researchers credit former NYU psychology professor Walter H Wilke with developing methods to help flight trainees hear commands above 130 decibel cockpit noise. Lab tests show voice pitch and clarity affect comprehension, with 15 percent of experienced instructors failing to be understood on first attempt. Wilke’s flexible training aims to fix voice habits so pilots can hear and be heard in the plane’s roar.
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Elliott Chaze
New Orleans Naval Air Station
New York University
Navy
Walter H. Wilke
Wilke
Army Air Force
U S 14th Air Force Attacks Luku Salween Area
American fighter bombers supported Chinese ground forces in western Yunnan targeting Japanese troop concentrations and supply dumps at Luku near the Salween. Additional U S planes hit three undefended enemy airfields in eastern China. A separate Chinese communique reports Japanese forces in the Sku area broken and retreating. SGT Howard L Ostler of Chelsea Massachusetts credited with a plane destroyed and another as probable in the Wewak raid.
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Yunnan
Luku
Salween
Suray
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Suku
Burma
New Guinea
Howard L. Ostler
Broadway
Chelsea
Mass
Wewak
Telephone Gal Is Quite A Girl And It Costs Her More To Live
A War Labor Board panel weighs higher wages for Chicago telephone operators with a study showing weekly living costs. Union president Emma I Jascot testifies operators deliver messages for many, including aiding non-English speakers and aiding service members. The panel considers an $8.50 weekly increase as contracts dating from 1943 expire.
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Chicago
War Labor Board
Chicago Telephone Traffic Union
WLB
Leslie Hackett
Emma I. Jascot
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Guadalcanal
Laura E. Weber
Union City
N.J
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
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U. S. Navy
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