Marines Practice Water Landings After Surfaced Plane Crash
Lieutenant Homer Cornell of Cedar Rapids pilots a TBF torpedo bomber in a water landing off Espiritu Santo. Crew members brace for impact, deploy a raft, recover gear, and assist each other as the plane sinks. The incident reinforces the value of forced water landings and crew drills.
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Guadalcanal
Homer
Cornell
U.S.M.C
Espiritu Santo
Cedar Rapids
Peter J. Burke
New York City
Robert L. Johnson
Grove
Corporal Burke
Lieutenant Cornell
Johnson
Thequadron
John Sapp
U.S.M.G
Thermopolis
Wyoming
Comrades Laud Rescue for Co ordinated Evacuation
Eyewitness credits quick actions during the incident noting Dinatives and gear were removed skillfully. The group escaped unharmed and a letter of commendation is urged for the conduct shown.
Roosevelt urges extension of Guffey coal act
President Roosevelt calls for renewing the Guffey bituminous coal act in a June letter to the House Rules Committee. He warns the act will expire August 23 if Congress does not extend it before summer recess. The Rules Committee debates a stopgap extension to January 1 to allow Ways and Means time to act on permanent legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Congress
Rules Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress approves 12 month contract freeze across unions
Washington July 5 Congress backs a 12 month union contract freeze as an amendment to the labor federal security appropriations bill. The measure blocks NLRB action on cases where contracts have existed for up to three months. Chairman Truman calls it vicious legislation while Senator Brewster says it would stabilize labor conditions.
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Wahington
Congress
National ‘Labor Relations Board
Kaiser
West Coast
American Federation of Labor
NLRB
House
Senate
Truman
D.-Mo
Brewster
Maine
Goering Reported Ill in Reichsmarshal Condition
A Goering health rumor is reported from reliable quarters stating Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering is very ill with a nervous breakdown and serious heart trouble. The note appears in multiple newspapers cited by the Handels-Oe Sjoefattstidning.
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Goering
Dia Reatta Maakt Goeteborg
Handels-Oe Sjoefattstidning
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Former Kansas Governor Woodring Calls for Unity in 1944 Election
Former governor William Allen Woodring urged voters of both parties to unite behind constitutional liberal conservatives and resist a national program aimed at remaking America. He warned the 1944 election should not authorize domination by any president and called for a free enterprise system and adherence to the federal constitution. He spoke on radio and emphasized two party strength and bipartisan respect for rights.
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Needesha
Kan
Wat
Woodring
Oenner
Kansas
New Commonwealth
America
Phi
Kggf Coffeyville
Scout Trip To Lawrence Described In Eudora Update
Last Friday the Eudora Girl Scout troop visited Lawrence by bus traveling from 9 o'clock in the morning. They toured the Natural History Museum Spooner Thayer museum at K U and enjoyed a picnic in Clinton park. In the afternoon they swam at the Jayhawk plunge with assistance from Marilyn Rosenau and Barbara Johnson. Attendants included Jaldine Gloria Harris Betty Caviness Margie Rothberger Wanda Bernitz Shirley Rosenau Mary Ann Kidd Nathalie Weixeldorfer Karolyn Bloom Ruby Baecker Kay Kerwitz Ruth Reifschneider and Virginia Storey. Mr and Mrs Arden Ott hosted visitors in Lawrence.
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C. B. Johnson H. Reifschneider
Lawrence
Eudora
Natural History “Museum
Spooner-Thayer Museum
K. U
Clinton Park
Jayhawk Plunge
Marilyn Rosenau
Barbara Johnson
Jolly Stitchers Club
Charles Banning
Valley Chapel
Beldit
Elton Jones
Kansas City
Kan
Minnie
Douglas County
Herman Bohnsack
Arlene
G. Nieder
David
Roger
Local Visitors From Lawrence Area Spend Time In Town
Mrs. Grande Williams and daughter Jane visit with Mr and Mrs Ho while Jane and Miss Roberts await departure. Other guests include Mr and Mrs Neis and Angus Jane remain to spend a few days in the household.
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Kansas
Ana
Jana
Lawrence
Goonte Lothhol
Grande Williams
Jane
M mi
Roberts
Angus Jane
Sda Te
Boppe
Neis
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China ‘Sea
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Martin Patrol
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Mariner
ARMY
Skymaster
Ouglas
Rover
South Pacific
Gordon A. Growdeep
Margo
Mich
Associated Press
Guffey
Journal-World
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U.S
Nicholas Wel
Carbongone Amie
Arden
Peg ‘Gu
Adeline Stims
Ottawa
Clarence Day
Rand
Arthur Day
Joliet, IL
Arthur Ott
Josephine Gilmore
Wilbur
Combest
Pete ‘Neis
Eeer
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Corpal Hoppe
Fort Edwards
Cape Cod
Mass
Hoppe
Bpamis
Dickey
Song
Wendell
Jerry
Guy Bigsby
Kanwaka
Don Westheffer
Don
River Valley
Paul Frazier
Memorial Hospital
C.B. Johnson
George Lothholz
Albert McNish
Mignone
Henry R. Brown
Topeka
Augusta
Jas Sunday
Lena Eder
Brown
Henry Neustifter
Uate
Tles Durr
Oscar
Veral
Neia
Albert Wichman
Elmer Altenbernd
H. Cox
Cox
Fred’ Howard
Farragut
Ida
Chicago
William Bohnsack
St. Petersburg
Fla
John Howe
John Robert
Ed Howe
Robert Evans
John Moody
Tom Thornton
Hesper
Ed ‘Kalsh
Los Angeles
Joe Stanko
Stanko
F. G. Hughes
General Hospital
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Tonganoxie Jyith
W. C. Flory
Sarah Hausman
Charles Weill
Henry Deckwa
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Pate
Benen
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Yankees
Aaa A
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Safaia
Son
Vermont
Bugs” Bunny
Joseph E. Davies
Laurel and Hardy
Rio Grande
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the Family Theatre
Gene Autry
Tenderfoot
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Mary Lee
Aucene Colkary
Brewster Aeronautical
Axia
Yar Bonda
Torpony Botag
Payrgll Savisy
Uncle Sam
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