Death anniversary honors Major Richard Bong hero of Poplar Wisconsin
On the first anniversary of Major Richard Bong’s death the Bong Memorial Foundation highlights the air hero’s modest origins in Poplar Wisconsin. Bong shot down 40 Japanese planes, taught at Luke Field, and earned the Medal of Honor before a fatal test flight in 1945. The foundation plans scholarships and a shrine to preserve his memory.
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Richard I. Bong Poplar
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America
Poplar
Wisconsin
Bong
Superior State Teachers College
Superior
Pacific
Eddie Rickenbacker
General MacArthur
New Guinea
Markham ‘Valley
Rickenbacker
United States
Little Country
Dick Bong
Major Bong
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Richard I. Bong
Parisians Rebuild Shoes After War With Salvation Kits
Parisians begin repair of old shoes as Salvation Army ships 500 kits for 50 pairs each. Cobblers work in Armee du Salut welfare sheds to aid 25 000 residents who face costly new shoes and scarce leather. Many wear half soles of tires or improvised sandals amid postwar hardship.
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French Salvation Army
Armee du Salut
Paris
Texans Face Rising Pedestrian Fatalities Says Safety Group
About 260 Texans will walk themselves to death this year according to the Texas Safety association. Most victims will be struck while walking with traffic or from behind parked cars, with others dying crossing against signals or diagonally. Fatalities rise at sunset, peaking 7 to 8 p.m., based on the first six months of the study.
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Austin
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Texas Safety Association
Association
State-Owned Farms Aid Food Shortage By Boosting Output
Springfield Illinois four farms total 7 928 acres with a 1946 crop valued over 250 000 under Gov Green order to expand farming. Prison branches Vandalia farm and others operate for occupational therapy and job readiness, with diverse farm products.
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Ilinois Department of Public Safety
T. P. Sullivan
State Penitentiary
Vandalia
Dwight H. Green
Sullivan
Radar Gear Used to Explore Ocean Bottom Oil
New York report says radar will locate oil fields under 2 000 square miles of water in the northwestern Bahamas. A diving chamber team will start work immediately from the 112 foot mother ship Standby at Nassau after equipment arrived. Radar previously served by the Canadian navy in anti submarine work.
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Bahamas Islands
Nassau
Standa
Absence of Stomach Proves No Handicap
Boston doctor reports eighty nine residents lack stomachs yet remain well and happy. Removal of the stomach avoids cancer risk with a loop of intestine serving as substitute. One man has lived nine years without a stomach.
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Frank Lahey
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Lahey Clinic
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Aviation Notes Spur Courses At Colleges And Universities
Education programs will boost aviation momentum. Regents urge two year aero tech courses in Syracuse New York for high school graduates. Cornell buys Curtiss Wright lab in Buffalo for cooperative research. Illinois UT Northwestern expand aviation offerings and institutes. Guggenheim at NYU offers applied aerodynamics. Iowa Wesleyan starts aviation dept with 16 courses. A paraplegic pilot, Caster Sikorski, earns private license after training at Stevens Point. United States fellowships for teachers to travel abroad via low fare air travel plan proposed by Brookings official.
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Technical Institute of Aeronautics
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Cornell University
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
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University of Texas
Northwestern University
Institute of Aeronautics
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics
New York University
Iowa Wesleyan College
Caster J. Sikorski
Polonia
Wis
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Sikorski
Stevens Point
United States International Airlines
J. Parker van Zandt
Brookings Institution
A New Attitude Toward Russia Develops in Washington
Western Newspaper Union report discusses evolving U.S. views of Russia, arguing Russia is neither friend nor foe and suggesting peaceful coexistence without reliance on treaties. It warns against disarmament and urges maintaining armaments to avoid vulnerability, amid critiques of wartime propaganda and UNO lessons.
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Washington
Terrel
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Atkinson
Moscow
Paris
UNO
Britain
Munich
Ezra’s marriage scheme in a southern town
In a southern town the prize loader returns with a new wife. The mayor laments bachelorhood until Ezra suggests a sly plan. Ezra hints the mayor should follow his example and go where he isn’t.
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