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Patoka Register in Patoka, Illinois

25 Feb 1944

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Patoka Register

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Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1944

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2

Air Engineers Build Airfields Fast In North Africa

Aviation engineers in Italy and North Africa rapid built five airfields in three days around Sheitla and Le Ser. Brig. Gen. Stuart Godfrey leads the effort with bulldozers, digging trenches, and placing guns while advancing with front line troops in the Mediterranean campaign.

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Italy Thither Salerno Army Air Forces Mediterranean Tunisia Sicily Stuart C. Godfrey Godfrey Arnold Sheitla Northica Donald Davison No Man’s Land Davison le Ser Axis North Africa Tactical Strategic Air Force
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Wasted manpower complaints stir Navy draft debate

Washington reports fathers draft fuels discontent at home fronts with idle crews. Lakehurst survey cites 100 115 sailors to handle a blimp while Goodyear uses 15 civilians. many shore stations waste labor as 24 hours on 24 hours stand by pattern repeats. Slump in draft quotas shows 1943 monthly gaps with no Navy protest. Merry-go-round notes Dan Nee poised to succeed Bob Hannegan as Internal Revenue chief while Tom Corcoran plans China move.

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Washington, D. C Naval Dirigible Lakehurst N. J Navy Goodyear Lakehurst Commissary OGU Army Capitol Hill Army Navy Army-Navy Armed Services Truman Committee New Democratic Bob Hannegan Dan Nee Internal Revenue Kansas City Missouri St. Louis Hannegan Nee Tom Corcoran China
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