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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1944
Page
3
Fort Belvoir Virginia August 30 Army engineers unveil aluminum landing mats lighter than steel for temporary airstrips. The ribbed 15 by 322 inch planks provide all weather surface with faster lay times and greater load capacity. Also shown were armored cabs for bulldozers tankdozers a Sherman tank variant and portable camouflage kits with field power trailers.
An engineer unit can assemble an 864 foot steel treadway bridge in about five hours for rapid crossing of streams. The system supports most vehicles with pneumatic floats or fixed trestles. Mobile map reproduction trains on wheels offer a complete photo lab and litho plant, with the largest capacity up to 20 000 maps per hour.
Navy aviation marks 31st anniversary with claim that future strikes will dwarf past successes. Vice Admiral Fitch cites 100 carriers in or near action and 2,300 Japanese planes destroyed to 560 American planes lost. He says two new weapons and the Essex class carriers will expand reach, as carrier task forces prove decisive in the Pacific.
Allied mechanized forces surge through France driving German units back in a fluid campaign. Observers fear a chaotic German retreat may trigger sanctuary requests to neutral nations and prompt renewed talks on war criminals seeking refuge abroad.
Iroquois Indians living on the Cauugh nawaga Reserve fringe the LaChine rapids near Montreal are renowned internationally for steel erection and bridge building skill.
The Ouachita parish LSU Alumni plan September 15 gathering to honor Dr W B Hatcher newly appointed LSU president. Event at Northeast Junior College will feature a buffet with reservations through Prof Hamner. Gov James H Davis invited to attend. attendance uncertain.
E. B. Garrett announces the Home Appliance Company in Monroe as an authorized Hoover service agency. The firm will use special equipment and genuine parts to offer low cost repairs as a war time cooperative between Home Appliance and Hoover Company. Hoover, North Canton Ohio, now focuses on war production.
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