The Swoose and the Flying Fortress Tale
Lieut Col Frank Kurtz leads a flight of the Flying Fortress amid the Philippines and Java campaigns. After escape to Australia, the squadron flies from Java to Broome then Melbourne aboard the Swoose, the general’s plane, surviving a perilous flight and continuing the war effort.
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Frank Kartz
Etghe
Ghelger
Australia
Java
Philippines
Broome Deld
Melbourne
Kurtz
Air Force
Buzz and Squeeze defend Darwin in bold air war notes
In Australia General Brett mobilizes air power from Darwin to Townsville. Al Mueller’s Mindanao refueling gambit ends when Corregidor falls and Pearl Harbor style pilots fight Zeros over Darwin. Buzz and Squeeze lead P 39s against Japs, boost morale, and train a new generation of fighters before a return home pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Air Force
MacArthur
Philippines
Darwin
Townsville
Brett
Moresoy
19Th
Rabaul
New Britain
Bataan
Corregidor
del Monte Field
Mindanao
al Mueller
del Monte
Navy
Coventry
Java
RAAF
Slugger
Pell
Ku- Pang
Timor
Squeeze
Kupang
Crete
Wupang
Moresby
Buzz
New Guinea
Owen Stanley
Lae
Unemployed Bill Lacks Washington
The article discusses left wing aggressors seeking Roosevelt for leadership as the Murray Kilgore bill proposing a $35 weekly unemployment pension for war workers heads for defeat in the Senate. It notes Byrnes possible retirement, Hillman CIO conflicts, and CIO-PAC splits in Salt Lake City, with references to George substitute plans and labor voting dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
Truman
Wallace
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
George
Byrnes
Jimmy Byrnes
Coughton Committee
South Carolina
White House
Supreme Bench
Chicago
Ed Kelly
Boss Hague
Flynn
CIO
Hillman
CIO- Hilitman
Salt Lake City
Bauer
Teele
Cio-Pac
Announc
Soft-Weight Baby Jacket Bonnet Crochet Pattern
Sewing Circle outlines quick crochet for a soft weight baby jacket and bonnet as a ready birth gift. The pattern uses a loose stitch for a lacy effect with beading at the throat and wrists and satin ribbon ties. Send 16 cents, name, address and pattern number to obtain instructions for Pattern No 6519.
Vigil Town of Vigils Cundigo Declares Shared Surname
In New Mexico the town of Vigils Cundigo is unique with every inhabitant sharing the Vigil surname. All 25 families trace male lineage to a single Mexican founder who settled the area generations ago.
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Cundigo
New Mexico
United States
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WNL
Paul Mallon
Western Newspaper Union
Ing
East Mone
Supreme Court
John Lewis
Sam Gompers
New Montgomery St
San Frantisco
Cali
Miggs O ES
Fleischmann
Cooke Fleischmann's
Recife
Chip End Paste Co
Fiechmann
Grand Central Annex
York 17
Towner City
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