Tiny Spanish Town Is Nest of Spies
In La Linea near Gibraltar spies from the United States Great Britain Germany and Italy mingle in bars and hotels while watching ships planes and movements across the bay. The wartime town hosts about 52000 residents including 4000 Portuguese and Gibraltar natives.
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Nest of
Madrid
Nacional
Belmonte
Iberia
Sevilla
la Linea
Spain
Bay of Gibraltar
Bay
Gibraltar
San Roque
California
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Army doubles generals since World War I peak
The army now has over 1,000 generals, more than twice the 552 peak during World War I. The War Department withholds exact counts as a military secret while the navy shows a much larger general officer total. The current force supports a postwar army larger than its World War I strength.
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Washington
War Department
Navy
Navy Land
Coast. Guard
Chutists Energy Pills to Offset Fatigue
British paratroopers who landed in Sicily were supplied with energy tablets to combat shock exposure and fatigue. The ra tions were devised by War Office doctors scientists and dietitians and include a mess tin ration with bully beef or stew biscuits smoke leaf heating tablets and emergency rations of energy tablets barley sugar chewing gum malted milk condensed milk and water.
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London
Sicily
War Office
Britain cuts weekly liquid milk ration to 2 pints
London reports the weekly liquid milk ration falls from 3 to 2 pints. The move aims to bolster manufactured milk for the fighting services, with no cut to allowances for children and expectant mothers.
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Britain
London
New Way to Find Range of Vision From the Air
Pan American Clippers pilots devised a method to compute visibility range from altitude. They claim range equals the square root of altitude times 1 225 miles, yielding 39 miles at 1 000 feet, 123 miles at 10 000 feet, and 194 miles at 25 000 feet.
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Air New York
Pan- American Clippers
Dog Scares Him in Load of Potatoes
Milwaukee police report a commission firm truck driver found a frightened fox terrier among a fresh carload of potatoes. The dog rode nine days from Phoenix, Arizona, and appeared unharmed.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Phoenix
Ariz
Skip bombing proves safer than torpedoing in warship attacks
Army Air Forces tests begun at Eg lin Field Florida in January 1942 show skip bombing to be safer and more accurate than torpedoing. Ship or masthead bombing allows lower level release with less exposure, and faster, more maneuverable planes reduce costs without bombardier crew needed.
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Army Air Forces
Army
Eglin Field
Fla
Black Particles Provide Whitest of Substances
Titanium oxide, one of the whitest substances used to brighten paint, is produced from black ilmenite ore. Ilmenite is separated, calcined, then processed into titanium oxide. Beyond paint, it aids cosmetics, rubber, and light leather production. Domestic supply grew after New York Tahawus deposits boosted availability despite earlier shipping disruption.
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United States
India
New York State
Tahawus
Power use and fuel costs in tractor operation
The text compares farm power use to mules, noting high costs when engines run full load. It cites gasoline consumption of 1.8 gallons per hour under full load versus 1.3 gallons for half load, and suggests maintaining full work by wider implements or multiple machines. It also mentions using higher gears and throttling to match job speed.
Rail fire losses decline in 1942 across American roads
U S railroads recorded 1942 fire losses of 5 781 608 down 22 percent from 1941 7 457 758. Average loss per mile was 21 74 and per fire 1 259, with 4 593 fires, and wrecks caused the largest single factor losses at 1 298 627. Smoking and matches produced 862 757 in losses. Unknown causes totaled 835 795 and miscellaneous 368 383.
Caution urged for home dry cleaning safety
The Safety Council warns to use non-flammable solvents for home dry cleaning and avoid skin contact. Clean outdoors on a windy day with hands away from the solvent and keep children and pets away. The message stresses careful handling to prevent accidents. Never arrive for a date with St. Peter ahead of time.
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The
Safety Council
St. Peter
Stabilizer Keeps Tank Gun on Target
Washington reports tests on proving grounds and in combat show a new gyro stabilizer from Westinghouse boosts firing accuracy of moving tanks by hundreds of percent. Army Gen. L H Campbell Jr states the device helps M 3 tanks fire 75 mm armament accurately while in motion, outranging German tanks. Production now matches national tank output.
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Washington
L.H. Campbell Jrr
Ordnance
Army Service, Forces
Campbell
Inventor Walter Irving Turns Subways to Airfield Runways
Walter E. Irving, president of Irving Subway Grating Co., opened a Emeryville plant turning “Magic Carpets” for the army air forces. The portable steel airfields, dropped by parachute, enable aircraft to land in remote or rugged terrain, a concept he proposed in 1929 and later proven essential during wartime.
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San Francisco
Army Air Forces
New York
Walter E. Irving
Irving Subway
New York City
Emeryville
Calif
Army
Irving
War Department
Ancient Iraqi camp reveals eight thousand year old humans
University of Pennsylvania archaeologists report Tel Hassouna near Mosul where early herdsmen camped beside fires. Finds include animal bones goddess figures and the oldest undamaged pottery of the period, showing links to Anatolia and the Caucasus.
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Baghdad
Hitler
Iraq
Tel Hassouna
Mosul
Anatolia
Caucasus
Egypt
Mersin
Turkey
University of Pennsylvania
Fuad Safar
Department of Antiquities
Yankee ingenuity solves farm problem in Rockport
Roy H. Lane, owner of a 60 acre farm in Rockport, Mass, solved planting cost worries by selling the not yet planted 1943 crop to non farming neighbors. He secured 60 percent in advance and the remainder on delivery.
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Rockport
Mass
Roy H. Lane
Lane
Hidden Mayan City Revealed by Southern Mexico Forests
Ancient ruins uncovered as peasants clearing land near Hacienda Holcatzan, Campeche reveal a vast city complex. The site spans about a mile and a quarter, with low, well preserved buildings arranged around patios and several pyramids topped by temples.
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Mexico
Yucatan
Guatemala
Honduras
Tabasco
Chiapas
Campeche
Quintana Roo
Copan
Palenque
Uxmal
Chichen-Itza
Central America
Holcatzan
Sayil
Turnips as Silage Replacements for Winter Dairying
Dairymen without silos can yield six to eight tons per acre of turnips to substitute silage in winter cow feed. Arey advises 20 to 30 pounds of turnips per cow daily to boost milk, sowing in August on fertile ground with manure and fertilizer. Varieties like purple top and Pommeranian white globe are recommended. tops should be removed at harvest and feed prepared in small pieces to avoid choking.
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John A. Arey
Arey
tHe
Five Guianas and Their Colonial Ties
The five Guianas are British Dutch French Brazilian Venezuelan and the five form a water surrounded region in north central South America. The Casiquiare links Orinoco and Amazon forming an island of the Guianas. British Dutch and French Guianas are foreign owned with Britain the largest among them.
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Guianas
Guiana Group
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Orinoco
Casiquiare
Negro
Amazon
Venezuelan Guiana
Scrap Salvage Leaned Toward Return to War Effort
Thousands of tons of battlefield salvage are being returned to the United States. Repairable items are processed for reissue while scrap iron is disposed of through normal trade channels. The army is creating a segregation yard at a port of embarkation to manage the growing salvage tonnage under experienced officers.
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United States
Synthetic coatings replace rubber in military fabrics
When Far East rubber supplies dwindled, laminated glass sandwich resin coatings adapted to coat fabrics for army raincoats and other military items. The synthetic resin coatings equal rubber in wear, weigh less, resist air, sunlight, oil and grease, and stay flexible in sub zero temps.
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Far East
Antifouling Paint Helps Ships Save Fuel and Speed
A ship with a fouled bottom uses about 10 percent more fuel to reach normal speed. Antifouling paint is applied over anti-corrosive coats to reduce drag, saving fuel and potentially increasing speed enough to dodge a torpedo.
The Snow Evidence Unstable In Edwards Murder
Detectives Tom Drake and Sam Bailey retrace footprints in fresh snow near Edwards’s shack and infer the killer used stilts to transport the body. They suspect Nifty Shepp due to two inch square impressions and a trail from his property leading to the crime scene.
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Tom Drake
Drake
Morrison
Edwards
Sam Bailey
Bailey
Joe Lambert
Joe
Shepp
Nifty Shepp
Nifty
Tom
Long-Distance Walker Edward Weston’s Historic 1909 Journey
Edward Weston, age 70, walked 3895 miles from New York to San Francisco in 104 days and 7 hours in 1909, then returned the next year via a shorter 3600 mile route in 78 days. Earlier feats include 100 miles in Westchester County in 22 hours 19 minutes 10 seconds in 1868 and the same distance in 1870 in a New York rink in 21 hours 38 minutes.
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Edward Weston
Westchester County
New York
San Francisco
500 Tugs Keep New York Harbor Traffic Flowing Smoothly
The New York harbor area covers 431 square miles and requires over 500 tugs to prevent traffic snarls. Dispatchers on shore use megaphones and radio to coordinate operations as tug crews maneuver ships of immense tonnage with precise timing.
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New York Harbor
Shipbuilders Council of America
South America Builds Its Own Portland Cement
South American nations expand cement production with Bolivia and Chile increasing output. Peru reports rising output from 1940 to 1942 while Panama plans a new plant with a 100 ton daily capacity for 75 years using hydro electric power and local raw materials.
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Peru
Japan
Bolivia
One Cement Company
Chile
Sociedad Cemento Juan Saldada, S. A
Coquimo
Panama
Republic
la Estrella de Panama
Maria Eugenia
Chilibre
Textile mill expansion in South America during 1942
In 1942 Sao Paulo Brazil boosted textile production by 40 to 50 percent from the prior year due to new equipment and expanded use of spindles and looms. Brazilian textiles show improving quality and optimism for cotton yarn exports, with rayon output rising. Chile’s pattern differs as cotton is imported and mills rose from 16 in 1936 to 40 in 1940, employing 114000 in textiles with 4420 in wool.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Chile
Poultry Housing Rules Boost Egg Output
Overcrowding reduces egg production across breeds. Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Red and Wyandotte need about four square feet per bird while Leghorns thrive at around 3 percent square feet. More feed hoppers waterers and deeper litter lessen temp overcrowding but delaying culling drones is unwise.
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Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
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