British batmen face complaints over diaper duty in RAF
British airmen at a Buckinghamshire RAF base protest the batman system after being forced into servile duties and dressing as flunkeys at officers balls. Airmen Holland and Harrison recount long hours of menial tasks and humiliating treatment, while MP Denis Howell calls for Air Ministry scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom A. Cullen
London
NEA
George Washington
Royal Air Force Base
Buckinghamshire
nornBia
Brian Holland
C. L. Dann
Dann
Little Rissington
Gloucestershire
Plymouth
Royal Air Force
Holland
Harrison
RAF
Denis Howell
Birmingham
Air Ministry
House of Commons
Howell
Batman
Kanab Utah a Western Movie Hub With Hollywood Ties
Kanab Utah has become a center for western movie making. Whit and Gran Parry run Parry Lodge and lure studios with reliable weather locations lodging and food. Over the past 20 years about 45 westerns have filmed in Kanab feeding the town’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nola Grant
United Press
Kanab
Utah
Hollywood
Whit Parry
Parry Lodge
Parry
Parry Brothers
Whit
Gran
Indianhead Patch Of 2nd Division How It Grew
Fort Lewis Washington recounts how the Second Infantry Division adopted the Indianhead star shoulder patch. Lieutenant Colonel Herringshaw launched a contest in 1918, with five francs prizes. designs by Sergeant Lundy and John Kenny competed before the final emblem of a red Indian head on a white star on a black shield was approved. Sergeant Lundy’s design was later replaced by the Indianhead on the U.S. five dollar gold piece designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lewis
Wash
William F. Herringshaw
Toulon-Troyon
France
Herringshaw
Louis B. Lundy
Texas-Mexico
Om John Kenny
Omar Bundy
le Fert Sous Jouarre
Chateau Thierry
John A. LeJeune
Lundy
Gadd Receives Four Life Terms for Oklahoma City Crimes
Gerald Wayne Gadd, 19, was sentenced to four life terms after pleading guilty to armed robbery, kidnapping, and rape for a violent Oct. 3 spree in Oklahoma City. He robbed a drug store, kidnapped two teens, assaulted one in the car trunk, and raped her. the other theft related to rings. He was captured in DeKalb County, Georgia after an exchange of gunfire and a failed Georgia robbery attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Gerald Wayne Gadd
Clarence Mills
Jack Wells
Gadd
Guaint
Wells
DeKalb County
Georgia
Letter marked addressee deceased reaches Pittsfield
Post master Donald R. Biron marked the envelope addressee deceased and returned the letter to a California woman. The letter was addressed to Oliver W. Holmes of Holmesdale Road Pittsfield Massachusetts, a 19th century figure and father of the late Chief Justice Holmes who had a summer home in Pittsfield.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Donald R. Biron
Smith River
Calif
Oliver W. Holmes
Holmesdale Rd
Holmes
Justice Holmes
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2Nd Division
CPW
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Pho
Lewis Griggs
Jacksonville
Texas
William Cowart
Dalton
Dallas
Griggs
Cowart
Portland
Ore
Otho Bell
San Francisco
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Robert S. Scales
Central Baptist Church
Om Sn
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
ANF
Sears Savings
kaRwony Noust
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Gore Lawton
Okla
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