Oak Leaf Clusters Awarded to WWII Air Crew
Allied headquarters in Australia announces 24 oak leaf clusters awarded by Lieutenant General Kinney for exceptionally good air work in the southwest Pacific. First Lieutenant Irvine J. Borne of Baton Rouge and co-pilot earns the award for a dangerous April 1942 raid on Rabaul with three bombing runs amid extreme anti-aircraft fire and weather.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
G. C. Kinney
Southwest Pacific
Irvine J. Borne
Baton Rouge
Rabaul
Delta Air board fills vacancy and declares dividend
The Delta Air corporation board of directors met in the Central Savings Bank and Trust director's room Monday. A member elected to fill a vacancy had served since 1925 with a brief interval. A fifty cents a share dividend was declared. Radio sets in tanks cost about $304 each.
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Pany
Delta Air Corporation Board of Directors
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
L. B. Judd
First Cotton Bloom Found Near Winnsboro
Winnsboro La June 1 The first cotton bloom of the season known was found on the plantation near here of Mrs R L Segrest The cotton was planted in the spring and is developing on the Segrest plantation in Winnsboro Louisiana local notice confirms crop progress for 1920s era farm reporting.
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Winnsboro
R. L. Segrest
River currents and transport power comparison
A river moving at six miles per hour carries a transporting power 729 times greater than a river moving at two miles per hour. This highlights how modest speed increases dramatically boost practical transport capability due to flow rate and momentum.
Artist Samuel Morse Invented Telegraph Noted Painter
Samuel F. B. Morse, famed for the electrical telegraph, was primarily a painter and sculptor, not a scientist, shaping his legacy across art as well as invention.
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Samuel F. B. Morse
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