U S Cavalry Still Has Its Uses In Desert Areas
Fort Bliss Texas July 14 Major General Innis P Swift asserts horse cavalry remain vital in deserts where motor trucks fail He notes cavalry can mop up after bombing planes and armored divisions and should be integrated with mechanized elements The First Cavalry Division trains across arid terrain near El Paso with an observation squadron and units from the 56th Cavalry Brigade and anti aircraft regiments.
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Glider Trains For War And Commerce Forecast
SAUGUS Calif July 14 Special News Service Hawley Bowlus a leading glider expert says glider trains for air freight will be common in the nation He notes German use of gliders for military and predicts airlines will use gliders for freight and air mail within five years He cites U S factories in San Fernando Elmira Joliet and Van Nuys and Army glider training at El mira and Joliet He credits Russia with extensive motorless flight and recalls his start in 1910 under a cottonwood tree learning to fly.
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Britain’s Air Power Grows as War Shifts to Russia
The Associated Press reports Churchill notes the Royal Air Force is bombing Germany at a higher rate than the Luftwaffe. The piece contrasts Britain's growing air strength with German superiority, and weighs Moscow Berlin claims, the Leningrad drive, and the wider cost in men, material, and time. It also reflects on communism’s test in war and civilian morale’s role in victory.
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British trawler downs Nazi bomber in flames
NBC picked up a BBC dispatch from Reykjavik Iceland reporting a British trawler shot down a German bomber during an attack. No location or other details were given, but the Reykjavik dateline was noted as significant amid American forces recently landing in Iceland.
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