Old Exterminator and the Birth of the 23rd Fighter Group
A flyer's memoir recounts bombing runs over Burma and Assam in 1942, salvaging a damaged P 40 named Old Exterminator, transferring to General Chennault, and forming the 23rd Fighter Group. Praise for guides and sergeants, and a vow to fight as a team.
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Dinjan
Bonner
Haynes
China
Bomber Command
Chennault
ABC
Calcutta
Sadiya
Mexico
Micky
Bob Layher
AVG
Burma
Myitkyina
Bob
Army
Assam
Powers-That-Be
States
Chen
Bhamo
Shwebo
Mandalay
Maymyo
Kunming
Kittyhawk
Homalin
Mogaung
Lashie
Delhi
Berrigan
Magoffin
Briggs
Japan
America
23Rd
Claire L. Chennault
McNeven
India
Air Corps
Radio Tokyo
Tokyo
Kweilin
Movie Price Ceilings and Banquet Scenes Debate
Elmer Twitchell and Chester Bowles spar over movie admission ceilings while noting the abundance of on screen feasts. Twitchell jokes about 15 courses and colorized butter, suggesting prices drop if no dinner scenes appear. Bowles seeks lower theater prices and perks, with satirical quips on cinema value and food. The column weaves in political asides, Connecticut pride, and a brisk interlude of poems and riffs.
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Elmer Twitchell
Chester Bowles
Chester
Well-Fitting Slip Pattern for Heavier Figures
Sewing circle pattern No. 1281 offers a built up shoulder slip with waistline darts for a satin-smooth fit. It suits sizes 36 through 52 with 41? yards required for size 38 using 35 or 39 inch material, plus tailored panties to match.
Unclear quiz questions from Ask Me Another
The text lists ten trivia questions about mail limits languages weights direction poles transport routes kerchief shapes and historic heads. It references U S government mail rules language prevalence cork versus balsa wood population figures a phrase ibidh and a joke about a white explorer losing his head after sighting the Pacific.
Answers to a set of quiz style questions
The list provides brief factual responses: 1) seventy pounds. 2) Chinese including dialects with English as second. 3) balsa wood lighter than cork. 4) 138 100 874 total with a 6 431 599 rise since 1940. 5) anchors a weigh off the ground. 6) no the northern extremity of the earth's axis moves in a small area. 7) from Miami to Brazil or British Guiana for cheap overnight laundry service. 8) oblong. 9) ibidem in the same place. 10) Balboa beheaded for treason.
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Miami
Brazil
British Guinea
U. S
Balboa
Young Wright Builds a Business From Junk Bones
Orville Wright, at seven, hauled a wagonLoad of bones from junk to sell to a fertilizer factory. A neighbor balked at the smell but the boy said the odor bothered him not, as he pursued his small venture when wind blew toward the factory.
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Orville Wright
Orville
Young Wright
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