Army helmet inspired by football gear beats bullets
The new American combat helmet, touted by Col. Keith F. Adamson at the Southwestern Proving Ground, combines an inner fiber lining and a modified football helmet design. It deflects bullets at close range, improves neck protection, and stays secure during prone positions and maneuvers, addressing issues from the 1917 model.
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Sie J. McNair
Tunisia
Keith F. Adamson
South- Western Proving Ground
Army Ordnance
Europe
Army Ordnance Engineers
Natives Adopt American Ballroom Style Aboard South Pacific Isles
Helena, Mont. The American influence, notably Hollywood, has transformed a native girl from the South Pacific into a formally gowned ballroom lady says Pyt. be H. Longmire. He notes a recent dance with two girls in bright colors dancing American style with soldiers. Also mentions the Andes reaching over 19,000 feet in Peru.
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Ordnance Weapons Designed for Use in All War Theaters
Army Ordnance gear proves versatile across theaters. At Attu Island Japs hid in interconnected huts and foxholes, silenced by .50 caliber guns and 81 mm mortars. The stinger caliber machine gun sees wide air and sea use, while the 81 mm mortar, weighing 136 pounds, breaks down for three-man transport and fires 30 to 35 rounds per minute against shelters and defenses.
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Southwestern Proving Ground
Europe
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
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United States
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MacArthur
Eisenhower
Tokyo
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Burma
Radar Eyes of the Armed Forces Discovered in 1922
The 1943 AP retelling notes Dr. Albert Hoyt Taylor of the Naval Research Laboratory first observed radio waves reflecting off ships, suggesting radar potential. Despite initial Navy indifference, Taylor and Carlos Mirick pursued experiments, later expanding to aircraft detection and shaping defense ideas for Washington and coastal defenses.
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Washington
Carlos B. Mirick
Naval Air Station
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Army Signal Corps
United States
NRL
Leo C. Young
Arsenal’s new WWII weapons head for the front lines
The Ordnance Department touts the Garand semi automatic rifle with steel bayonet and its high capacity ammunition as superior to bolt action rifles. The M 3 submachine gun and Browning machine gun are highlighted for light weight and rapid fire. A new trench knife and the M 1 helmet are added to combat gear as Attu wounds show lighter arm and leg injuries.
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Attu
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Bathing Cap Saves Girl Life in Cheyenne
Ruth Morris of Cheyenne Wyoming narrowly escaped death when lightning struck her head during a riding accident. A bathing cap worn by the girl kept the bolt from injuring her scalp as she rode a horse that fell, pinning her briefly before being freed by her parents. Doctors credited the rubber cap with insulation against the lightning.
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Ruth Morris
Ahfredd
Bith
Flashes of Life in a Sunny Patch of 1940s News
Mass arrest in Greenville involving Anna Craijt a 46 year old Negro woman for whiskey possession ends with a long struggle to load her into a patrol car and a jail cell that required careful handling. Fort Benning paratroopers cheer Pvt. Peter Geronimo as they jump. A Portland couple face a rent hike of 3.50 while expecting another child. An Indianapolis tale shows a man released from jail with keyless access causing police to hunt for officers. A Boston note ponders ancestors surviving without modern comforts. A Los Angeles incident reveals a boy in disguise as a masked robber with toy pistols. police identify him as a 10 year old.
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Greenville
Miss
Anna Craijt
Anna
Lawyer at 89 Too Young to Retire
Salt Lake City veteran Utah Bar member Wen ger, the oldest practicing lawyer, says he feels too young to retire. He plans to continue working despite aging sight and health. Wenger was Salt Lake Citys first judge when Utah joined the Union in 1896. American railroads now have 500000 fewer cars and 20000 fewer locomotives than they had in 1917.
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Wenger
Utah Bar Association
Ingere
Tong
Salt Linke City
Utah
Russians Spoof German Defenses in New Issue
The latest issue of Crovodite spoofs German coastal defenses with a full page illustration showing a lone gun and a single soldier on a crutch. Reporters behind the gun are described amid captioned scenes with improvised jargon and mocked captions.
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Crovodite
Sovl&l
Hetuyen
Creyparin
PMS
Gochvo
Berg
Mr Peace Goes to War and Returns After Long Absence
A man named Peace served two years in the U S Navy and returned home to find his wife and baby waiting in Mornday. His daughter, born during his absence, was raised by relatives while he lived apart. A Penstead woman later learns he is the grandfather of a local boy in Lapland.
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Jake Peare
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Celyenny Ideharda
Penstead
Htowab
Thas
Uyak Penve
Ton
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