Randolph to Train B-29 Pilots and Flight Engineers
Randolph Field announces a late spring shift to B-29 training for pilots and flight engineers. Maxwell Field and Roswell Army Air Field will convert to four engine transition schools with Lieut. Gen. Barton K. Yount detailing new commander roles and selection of pilots from Liberator and Flying Fortress experience.
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Ratroiph Maul
AAP
Maxwell Field
Eastern
Flying Training Command
Training Command
Roswell
N.ml
Army Air Field
Barton K. Yount
Second Air Force
Arkansas Gets Rocket Plant
The navy said the Camden Arkansas ordnance plant will be the principal rocket loading, assembly and storage facility when operational likely by March 1. The Shumaker plan will cost about 380 million, cover 110 square miles, and employ around 5,000 permanent workers, with about 10,000 men building it and 700 needed immediately. The facility will supply Mosk rockets to both navy and army, and will be the only naval ordnance plant focused solely on rockets.
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Washington
Navy
Camden
Ark
Shumaker
Hear Canden Wl
Toth Nself
Army
Anelagement
Cinder Front
Ordhavoc
Texan Rescued From Fortress in England War Action
Robbie Gat of Emily Texas was rescued from a fortress bomber crash in England on January 15. He is described as the sole survivor after the bomber’s wing and propellers tore free. He escaped under ammunition belts as the craft sank, parachuted at 3009 feet, and floated until rescued by a British Allied launch. The gunner belonged to a formation that bombed Merseburg.
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England
Gat
Robbie
Emily
Texas
Werth
Gil
Ule
Tits Pins
Merseburger
Coyotes Foil Air and Ground Hunts in Osage County
In Osage County Oklahoma, seven coyotes were killed after a daylong hunt by air and ground teams. Despite 83 planes and a large ground force, the coyote packs proved elusive across five million acres, with limited sightings and poor coordination cited as reasons for the low takedown. Maj. David J. Perry led Oklahoma's operation, but night-propelling coyotes resisted.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Jan
Osage County
David J. Perry
Oklahoma
Familiar Sign Found By General At Tingayen Beachhead
General Pit Wortanth inspected Tingayen airstrip yesterday and found an officers mess sign reading Officers' mess over a frame building at the south end. The same sign era spangled by wartime memories, while locals like 60 year old Grandma Fernandez care for pilots and their needs. American volunteers meeting included Col. John Alison and Maj. John Smith, discussing Japanese tactics on Luzon and Tingayen, as hospital beds fill with casualties anticipated in early days of the operation.
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Dy Prawe
Wurtjamith
Jim Philippines
Manila
Grandma” Fernandez
Thpine
Grandais
Eileen
Corregidor
Claire Chennault
Urektson
Flying Tigers
Chitis
John Alison
Guineaville
Fla
Maj
John Smith
Eagle River
Wis
Alcon
Philip
Cochrane
Burma
Byd
Dior
Amith
Allison
Truce Ends ELAS War in Greece
Athens reports a truce ending the ELAS rebellion after British forces secured a peace with EAM. Gen Ronald M Svoble said British troops would protect Greek power against revolution as demonstrators cheered the development.
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Athens
Elas Willie
EAM
Ronald M. Svoble
Yollarday
London to Paris Boat Train Resumed After Long Gap
Lundy dispatch reports the first civilian boat train to Paris in four years and nine months departing Lena. Secret notices instructed travelers to assemble. The resumed service will admit three classes: businessmen with government-certified journeys, relatives of wounded soldiers, and service members.
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Lundy
Lena
Paris
Haddysett and Hammett Pinkerton Detective Ties
Dashiell Hammett, Amaroni founder of the hardboiled school, is described as a Pinkerton detective who served eight years and worked on cases linked to Nicky Amatour and Arbuckle. This fragment hints at connections between early detective fiction and real agency work.
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Haddysett
Dashiell Hammett
Amaroni
Nicky Amatour
Arbuckle O
Mrs Niels Esperson Dies in Houston Building Pioneer
Mrs. Niels Esperson a Texas builder and widow of Niels Esperson died at her apartment in the Wick Hotel aged about 93. She and her husband planned the Niels Esperson office building, one of Houston’s tallest, and she carried out projects after his death in October 1922.
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Houston
J&j
Merte Esperson
Texas
Werwick
Niels Esperson
Esperson
Niele Esperson
Jap Govt Fall Looms in Tokyo Report
British forces push southeast Asia offensive with amphibious moves toward Mandalay. Commandos cross Kaladan and Lemra rivers and seize Myebin as 14th Army nears Mandalay. Tokyo warns of possible Soviet tone and reports losses including 20 Japanese planes in Hankow raids.
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Japan
Southeast Asia
Mandalay
Kaladan
Lemra
Myebin
Myznon
Rang
Nine Strikers Drafted in Newark Walkout Case
Newark January 15. A union official reported nine rubber workers who recently struck have been forcibly drafted. The nine, part of a 20 drafted group, were ordered for physical examinations after a weeklong walkout by 400 Rubberset employees over vacations holiday pay and bonuses. The case is described as the first reported work or fight action of its kind in Washington.
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Newark
N. J
Janus Castagan
Arishmakera Union
Ren
Aps
Rubberset Company
Blanc
Rebuilding Reich May Take 30 Years
Swedish architect Werner Tueeler, part of an international postwar reconstruction group, estimates Germany will need 25 to 30 years to rebuild destroyed housing. He projects at least 15 million Germans lost their homes and affirms the scale of housing loss.
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S.jurholm
Werner Tueeler
Xeronstricelion
Tom
Germany
British General Narrowly Escapes German Bomb In Italy
British General Bernard Freyberg, commander of New Zealand troops in Italy, survived a midnight bombing when a German shell crashed into his tent but failed to explode. The incident was reported this morning with no injuries and the general unharmed.
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AEW
York
Jan
Isi
New Zealand
Italy
Bernard Preyberg
Gucape
BBG Poeartedt
Enemy Losses In Italy Great
NATO reports heavy German losses repelling attempts to cross the Reno and Senio rivers along the Adriatic to the Apennines. Allied HQ says German forces dug in along the river banks and plan to hold. Western coasts see intensified activity, Serchio valley sees counterattacks repulsed. Allied patrols probe defenses amid heavy artillery. Temperature and weather details included from various fronts.
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Rome
Reno
Senlo
Adriade
Jhave
Adriatic
Apennines
Kessabliig
All Costa
Temperatules
WNI
Serchio
Janay
LAL Wien
Liaw
Hatton Fostan
Cheyenne
Wea
Amarillo
Yanks Hold Ground Amid Snow as Germans Retreat
Allied forces pressed through the line near St Vith and Bastogne with heavy tank and infantry actions. German command posts were overrun in several sectors as American Third Army troops and British units advanced, fighting through snow as they mopped up remnants and severed roads to isolate pockets of resistance.
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Laroche-Bertogne
U. S. Third Army
Ourbhe
Mousny
Frost
Rouffalize
Supreme Headquarters
Lower Price Ceilings Seen
W A Orth, OPA administrator, said today that a price control program lowering ceilings on certain nationally distributed consumer goods is expected to be announced from Washington. He could not disclose which products would be affected.
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Dallas
Van
W. A. Orth
OPA
Washington
Une
Orthgard
Ripley Offers $1000 Prize for Believe It or Not Contest
Ripley in cooperation with The San Antonio Light invites submissions for a $1000 Believe It or Not prize. Open to all, entries must be true and provable, with supporting evidence. Contest runs two weeks, postmarked by midnight February 3, with Ripley as sole judge and autographed book prize for winners.
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Robert L. Ripley
Ripley
San Anttonio
Ripley i
Esch
Simon & Schutter
Nazis Mine Trees For Road Blocks Near Bastogne
North of Bastogne Belgium January moving about the front lines reveals German delaying defenses. Trees felled to block roads with mines planted around blocks and in ditches. mines wired to branches and heavy snow complicates mine clearing and risks for bulldozers and sweepers.
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THIRD
Bastogne
Belgium
Jan. W
Teller
Breakfast Prep Notes for Ready Morning Routine
Guidance on planning breakfast, preparing ingredients the night before, setting the table before sleep, and using light, simple steps to reduce morning rush. Includes suggestion to catalog unused items via a simple ad style listing.
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Ved
Service Life Gold Seal policy offers $18 monthly protection
Omaha Nebraska advertises the Service Life Insurance Company Gold Seal plan with $18 monthly sickness or accident income, up to $850 hospital benefits, and up to $8000 cash for accidental death or loss of limb or sight. No medical exam, age 15 to 89, free 10 day examination by mail upon request to Dept. 149 Omaha 2 Nebraska.
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Omaha
Ner
Service Life Tesuance Company
Service Life Insurance
Nebraska
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