Glider rescue ends Shangri La valley ordeal
Margaret Hastings recalls the daring Shangri La diary finale as a C‑47 lifts the Valley of Shangri La glider from the heights. Lt Henry E. Paver and Maj. William J. Samuels guide the crew to a perilous pickup, paratroopers and natives cheer as the glider lands safe, with casualties and Crosses noted.
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Glider
Valley
Margaret Hastings
Sellowina
Gue
Major Samuels
McCollum
Decker
Dungallo
Paver
Catalina Island
Hollandia
Hallandin
Holandin
Guinea
Wally
McGotlom
Amy
Leutenant
Graves
Mach
McCollony
Wallers
Ufe
Mounitain Peak
David
Ship Ross survives 286 raids and typhoon in Pacific
The destroyer Ross endured 2860 rains, two mine blasts and multiple air strikes during a 30 day action packed period in the Pacific. After heavy damage and a forward engine loss, it was towed to safety and bombed again before being placed in a floating dry dock for repairs at Mare Island. The ship, launched October 1943, faced a dangerous voyage to Mare Island naval yard for permanent repairs.
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Wacee
U, & Dustroser Ross
Navy Iaid
Ross
Mare Island
Califa
Rogs
Hamohen Island
Tayi
MicArtity
Forvenc
Mit
Gomi
Benjamin Coe
San Diego
Tam
Mare Island Naval Yard
Milton J. Bilverman
Denver
Ramoen Shipbuilding Company
Ie Ros
Jap Newspapers Banner Red War News in Tokyo Salvo
A Japanese metropolitan paper carried bold headlines claiming Soviet Union declares war on Japan and Russia joins the conflict to cooperate in early moves. The dispatch quoted by radio described a coordinated front by Tokyo papers in reacting to the Soviet action.
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Red War
San Francisco
INS
Yoon
Hochl
Uys
Ing
Russia
Comet
Bahiver
Soviet Union
Japan
Dispatch
Television FM May Use Slow Planes
Postwar broadcasts could travel by airborne transmitter at 30,000 feet, with Westinghouse announcing a stratovision plan. The system would deliver coast to coast TV and FM, reaching remote farms and covering a wide 422 mile swath, projecting global reception via strato-airborne signals.
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New York
Westinghotice Hlectric Corporation
Walter Evans
Westinghouse
Evans
New
Room and Board Youk Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Fragmentary notice mentions room and board topics linked to Youk Pennsylvania and New Jersey. References Evans sale and Westinghouse, test flights this fall, and a standby plane concept from the Glenn L. Marlin company. Text is garbled with unrelated ads and misreads.
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Youk
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Naional
Udth
Evans Sale
Westinghouse Mready
FOO
Luerground
Glenn L. Marlin Company
Ise
Nihes
Evans
C. KE. Nobles
Paris
Texas
Casualties Rise 7489 In Week
Washington reports a sharp rise in naval losses and allied combat casualties reaching 1,068,216. The week end total shows 922,132 Army deaths 146,077 Navy deaths 63,287 missing or wounded figures and 122,027 prisoners.
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Washington
Army
Navy
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