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itching to get: into: the; fight, they feel a queer sorr.of pride that they are flying these men to safety,. Sitting; in: the glass nose of the ship I pointed to the lines shining on the onstrument board showing where the stretchers were slung arid r.eniarked to Naviagotor Louis G. White, 25, of Louisville, Ky.: 'That is a strange cargo in the bomb racks.” *:He replied: ‘‘They are.the finest bombs we ever carried. • *WEATHER SCHOOL INGRAND RAPIDS OPENSGRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 4 W)— Seven hundred cadets, the vanguard of many more hundreds, marched to classes here today for opening of a new weather school of the army air force. ' ,The school, moved here from Chanute Field, is housed in eight buildings taken over-by the army for the duration-,-including the Pantltnd and Rowe holels and the civic auditorium.The first group of soldier students, beginning a nine-month course of advanced meteorology, qualified for enrollment with two years of college training that included specialized training in physics, mathematics and related technical subjects.‘■It's the toughest training course in the army, said Col. Edward C Black, commanding officer of the school.Present plans call for the train ing of 4,100 officers and enlistee men at the school, which will have a total personnel of 7,000 personswith 1,500 civilian employees. These include 1,800 cadets who will be commissioned ' second lieutenants on graduation; 300 cadet instructors, 600 enlisted’, forecasters, : ,200 enlisted weather observers, 100 teletype, maintenance men, 100 radio sound operators and.between 300 and 400 army' and civilian instructors.HALSEY(Continued From Page One)“To the Japanese people: That heavy rumbling you hear now will gradually grow into a shock of bursting bombs, the shrieking of shells and the clashing of swords on your own soil. You had better stop now before it is too late.Captain Miles Browning, chief of staff, interposed, saying: T think the admiral will agree it is safe to sav at this instance that we are engaged in a highly hazardous effort to rescue some white women from an island where they are in imminent danger of personal violation and death.There was no further elucidation or approximate location of the island.“What do you think is the significance to Tojo’s recent remarks?” I asked Admiral Halsey.“He sees the handwriting qn the wall, he replied, adding:“It was only a month age that he annihilated the United States fleet for the fourth time.“Do you forsee a United Nations offensive in all parts of the world in a short snace of time?
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Adrian Daily Telegram
Adrian, Michigan, US
Mon, Jan 04, 1943
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