Glider Pilot Training Aims For Allied Offense
A wartime call for pilots to train as glider pilots outlines six weeks of preparatory work at civilian pilot schools, then glider instruction and cargo glider work. Lieut. Gen. H. Arnold and Allied leaders discuss Europe invasion plans, with emphasis on precise tow formations and landing accuracy for glider-borne troops and equipment.
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New York Johns Busy War Era Notables
John Anderson writes Billy Rose biography while John Gunter tours camps writing film scenarios. Johnny Long leads an Ice Show orchestra with six players expected to start papas. John Golden praises theater in war effort citing Joan Crawford’s nursery and $112000 donation. John Selby drafts a novel, John Charles Thomas vacations in Santa Monica, Johnny Green conducts By Jupiter orchestra, John Powers runs model agencies, John Cairns notes new Rivercool Tropical uniform fabric, John Boles stars in operetta film, J Edgar Hoover heads the FBI, Johnny Doughboy in Ireland with Tin Pan Alley reports noting his Rise to fame.
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John Powers
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John Boles
John Edgar Hoover
G-men
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
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Tin Pan Alley
Chile Tops World in Accident Death Rate
Chile records the highest global rate of accidental deaths, while the United States ranks second in the same category according to the report.
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Training glider pilots lead to Winged Commandos in Army
The United States begins with about 85,000 private powered pilot licensees from the CAA as candidates for six week glider courses. Among them 70,000 elementary pilot trainees stand out. Winged Commandos will be staff sergeants with flight pay near 180 dollars monthly and rapid promotion prospects.
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Night Trotting at Saratoga Sparks From Wartime Roast
Night racing returns to Saratoga Raceway for 63 nights through August 22 with day and night programs over a double meet July 27 to August 29. Grand Circuit week features the $700 Stallion Stake and Hambletonian-linked events, plus the $17,000 Frank P. Fox Stake and Horseman Futurity, with stakes totaling about $40,000. Notables include Vic Fleming, Seo Palin, Franklin Safford, and Clint Hodgin, among 300-plus horses at the meet.
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Jobs Plentiful for '42 Grads in New War Era
New offerings in winter business and industry show hundreds of jobs for 1942 graduates across colleges and high schools. Hunter College and Cooper Union report engineers and draftsmen in high demand as war industries hire women for engineering aids, drafting, and analytical roles. Actuarial training and insurance inspection positions open for women, with chemistry and physics graduates receiving multiple offers. Local notes include a tearful police chief remark in Williamson and a Nashville bus collision report.
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Allmany
Josephine Hammond
Hunter College
New York
Guy Gayler Clark
Cooper Union Art School
Don Clark
Naval Architects
Dean Clark
Iolea
Hie Hird Copper Union
Barnard College
Saratoga Extends Tiny Horse Tradition to Sulky Industry
Welt Rageway on Long Island and Wayne Smith are central to a summer scene as Saratoga broadens its heritage of small horses into harness racing.
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Colorado beet sugar leader and odd 1871 relics
Colorado leads beet sugar production among states. Clean spark plugs every 5000 miles and inspect distributor points. In 1871 Colorado Springs featured a spinning contraption called a spirit wheel. A customer placed four coins to receive a glass from a bartender. The Great Sal Plains of northwest Oklahoma measure six by eight miles as remnants of a prehistoric inland sea.
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