Bombers Effectiveness Diminished by Stronger Anti Aircraft Guns
NEA Service writer Taul Manning reports that rapid improvements in anti air craft artillery have reduced bomber effectiveness. Despite faster far reaching and heavier loaded planes, modern anti air craft fire can down planes below 200 feet over fortified targets in under fifteen shots. German, French and English batteries are cited as capable, and air defense remains uneven as nations expect counter attacks.
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Taul Manning
NEA Service
Paris
London
Bel-' Tim
Europe
Germany
Berlin
U. S
Anti Aircraft Guns in Europe and Allied Comparisons
Report notes German and Allied antiaircraft guns and tactics. It cites Sweden's mobile Bofors unit as highly effective, compares 3 inch US guns favorably against German models, and mentions British, French, and Polish batteries while highlighting shortages in Poland and the need for more defenses around Paris. Contends bombing range measurement and spotting methods as ongoing technical challenges for both sides.
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Epala
Germany
United States
Europe
Sweden
Spain
Une
Poland
Paris
Plat
Helen
Devine
Buidel O
Sheik Mohamed Bin of Bahrain Thrills New York Sightseers
A visiting Sheik in Manhattan draws curious crowds and nightlife buzz as locals pause to glimpse his jeweled attire and entourage. He received gifts from showgirl Mary Dowel, including a portable radio, and observed Western club antics with measured reaction.
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New York
Manhattan
Potentale
Marajahs
Mary Dowel
Stutterin
Sam
Mohammed
Dimond Horsehoe
Frank Libuse
Frank
Hickory Dickery Dock Mouse Tale From a Cryptic Rhyme
Fragmentary text blends a nursery rhyme motif with garbled phrases about a mouse and farmer. The legible parts reference Hickory Dickery Dock and a running mouse, but the overall meaning is unclear and damaged. The item resembles a puzzle-like OCR fragment from a children story page.
Government neglects men’s clothes need in daybook
Washington Daybook laments government spending on ships roads and homes while failing to deliver practical fashion help for men after a hot day. Preston Grover tours the Agriculture Department noting its work on food shelter and textiles but finds no effort to create affordable, breathable everyday attire for men.
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Preston Grover Washington
Department of Agriculture
Warret
Portrait of a Division Head in a Fragmented Conversation
A young woman leading a division explains that Congress never appropriated funds for a project. The dialogue reveals casual, tense impressions as she recalls whether anyone asked about it while describing attire and a tense atmosphere during the discussion. The scene highlights gaps in accountability and unclear funding origins.
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Hu den
Congress
Fragmentary note hints at advantage and pockets
The scrambled passage mentions an advantage and someone digging in a purse and a drawer. It references pockets and a young person, but details are unclear. The fragment preserves a tense, casual tone and suggests a scene of possession or concealment amid uncertainty.
Chinese pen guerillas tour Japanese occupied China
A six month cultural tour by Chinese workers and artists known as the pen guerillas begins under leader Sheloy Wann. The group, a mix of playwrights poets essayists and artists, is tasked by the Chungking government to document China's struggle for freedom during occupation.
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Chungking
Gpi
Japanese Oceupiedt
Guenla
Sheloy Wann
China
The Young Lady and the Fast Black Bear in Cody
In Cody Wyoming a young woman photographing a Yellowstone black bear was threatened when a tourist fed the animal a wrapper. The bear chased her as she fled, nipping her, and she outpaced the bear toward safety while a tailor mended her clothing afterward.
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Black Bear
Cody
Yellowstone Park
Hungry guard proclaims hunger ends at prison yard
In Columbus Ohio a newly appointed guard delivers a bold claim to inmates, saying he will no longer be hungry after starting his job and orders the workers forward. In Hollis Oklahoma a school consolidation reduces Harmon County districts from 32 to nine, signaling major local reorganization.
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Columbus
Myruch
Firemen to pay for city water in Littlefield decree
City commissioners in Littlefield Texas have decided that only city firemen will be entitled to receive city water Cree. Officials including the imagor, commissioners, city attorney, Secretary and others will have to pay.
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Ray Day
Littlefield
Texas
Imagor
City Atorney
Exhibition of a couple at the World's Pair noted
A speaker named Harry Byer remarks that many people have never seen a full exhibition. He discusses an event at the World's Pair and suggests broader interest in such displays.
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Harry Byer
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