Air power and wartime aviation insights from General Arnold
General H. H. Arnold emphasizes air power as turning point in World War II, noting U S forces hold the world’s largest air arm with 2 385 000 officers and crews He outlines Allied aims to destroy enemy air power and to strike cities with improved navigation and weather forecasting. The Army Air Forces report also notes a favorable safety record and that combat flying remains perilous. Honduras uses the lempira valued around 50 cents.
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Royal Air Rce
Erman
Rman
United States
Arn
George C. Marshall
U. S
Alles
Svessia
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Army Air Force
RAF
Northwest Airlines schedules coast to coast route hearing
The Civil Aeronautics Board will hold a final hearing February 28 in Washington on Northwest Airlines plan for a Minneapolis–St Paul to New York coast-to-coast air route via Milwaukee Detroit and Cleveland. The route would link Seattle to New York shorten the trip 279 miles and connect major industrial centers.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Northwest
Minneapolis - St. Paul
New York
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
NWA
Seattle
Washington
Honolulu
Alaska
Orient
Busi
Minneapolis
St. Paul
United States
New England
Duluth
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Viroqua Youth on Destroyer Sunk by Nazis in the Mediteranean
Viroqua native F2c Gale H. Groves 22, on 30 day leave after 15 months in the Navy, married Clarice M. Marx of Ferryville. He served on USS Beatty before it was sunk by German planes in the Mediterranean during the invasion of Sicily, after assisting searchlights and machine gun nests near Bizerte. He returned to the United States, was picked up after the sinking, and plans to rejoin duty in New York City on January 10.
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Viroqua Youth
Mediterranean
Bizerte
H. Groves
Navy
Groves
Clarice M. Marx
Ferryville
Viroqua
West Prairie
Ford Naval School
Dearborn
Mich
Norfolk
Alcor
U. S. S. Beatty
Mediterranean Sea
Beatty
Sicily
United States
Italy
States
Helen Hart
Copeland Avenue
la Crosse
New York City
M. A. Drake
Household Finance Loans Offer Quick Private Cash
Loans to workers without endorsers or guarantors available from Household Finance. Choose salary, car, or furniture loans from 20 to 300 dollars with monthly installments and all charges included. Apply by phone, letter, or in person to obtain fast cash for debts, taxes, medical bills, or helping relatives.
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Ss Reese
Yeu
Household Finance
M-4 Prime Mover To Aid Drive On Berlin
Springfield reports that the M-4 prime mover, an 18 ton tanatype artillery tractor, will support U S Army heavy gun pushes toward Berlin. The vehicle hauls guns crew and ammo, withstands mud with crawler treads, and carries a .50 caliber machine gun for protection. Full scale production has been under way.
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Springfield
Ill
Uncle Sam
Berlin
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
U. S. Army Ordnance Department
Tractor Division
Allis-Chalmers
Contractor Peter Rasmussen Dies at 79 in Wisconsin
Peter Rasmussen, 79, head of Peter Rasmussen & Sons Co., a contractor with statewide work, died Monday in Oshkosh. He retired ten years ago after a long career in contracting. Survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Peter Rasmussen
Peter Rasmussen & Sons Company
Let's Be Fair Letter on Crystal Ball Gazing and Traffic
Editor notes letters must be signed and credits withheld in some cases. A reader disputes T. L. Blinn's Crystal Ball about the North Salem road, arguing signals, crossings, and property impacts. The letter defends existing routes, rail crossing costs, and taxpayer taxes while urging fair consideration of citywide effects.
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Tribune
T. L. Blinn
North Salem Road
C. B. and Q
High Bank
George Street
Gillette Street
Caledonia
Rose Street
C. B. and Q. Railroad
C. B
Swifter Coverage of War News Promised
Palmer Hoyt, retiring as domestic director of the Office of War Information, pledges faster and more accurate war news integration into battle plans. He cites Tarawa as best coverage and commends Marine Corps coordination at Tarawa and New Britain. Healy, new managing editor George W. Healy Jr., commits to timely, realistic military updates within security limits.
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Washington
Palmer Hoyt
Office of War Information
Hoyt
George W. Healy, Jr
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tarawa
Famed Violinist Menuhin Receives Adulation in Columbia
At a reception in Columbia Yehudi Menuhin is praised for a near perfect concert. He replies that he would prefer the admirer say he heard perfection rather than saw it, illustrating his emphasis on perceptual nuance over absolute labels.
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Columbia
S. C
Mr. Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Clipper Planes Carry 1500-Pound Concrete Patch
The Pacific Clipper demonstrated its size by flying to New York with a 1500 pound concrete patch in its hull, illustrating the aircraft’s substantial scale and repair needs.
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New York
Preparations Underway for Prisoners to Cut Pulpwood in North
In Marquette Michigan officials completed plans to house 400 of 1200 war prisoners sent to cut pulpwood in the upper peninsula and northern Wisconsin. The prisoners arriving from Peoria Illinois will be quartered at Evelyn and Sidnaw CCC camps.
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Marquette
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Peoria
Ill
CCC
Evelyn
Sidnaw
Hartford Woman Seeks To Mail Christmas Message
A Hartford woman posted four letters to her husband serving overseas to ensure at least one Christmas message gets through. She told post office clerks the aim was to reach him with a holiday note.
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Hartford
Hearings On Prohibition Planned With First Witnesses
House judiciary subcommittee will start public hearings next week on national prohibition legislation. Prohibition advocates are set as first witnesses as lawmakers consider Rep Bryson's bill to ban beverages over 0.5 percent alcohol by volume until war demobilization ends. Opponents argue it harms armed forces rights amid war.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Judiciary
Hobbs
D-Ala
Congress
Rep
Bryson
D-Sc
Rampspeck
Georgia
McCoy Soldiers to Stage Play at USC
The McCoy Soldiers present a comedy at 8 p m in the USO auditorium for La Crosse public. Admission is free, limited by venue capacity.
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McCoy
USC
USO
la Crosse
Hair Woven for Overcoats and Shoes in Occupied Europe
The article notes that human hair is being woven and spun for use in the manufacture of overcoats and shoes across many occupied European countries. This textile effort highlights wartime resource use and industrial adaptation under occupation.
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2Nd Fl
Fifth Avenue South
Lacrosse
Batavian National Bank
Adolf
Austelle
Jersey
U. S. Pat
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