Hit Twice in Chest Pilot Saves Plane in Tunisia
Capt. Fred W. Dallas, 22, Houston, Texas, and his crew battled Nazi fighters over Bizerte, crash landing their Flying Fortress on a mountainside after taking two bullets in his chest and multiple wounds. Bombardier Kermit Beahan, 24, and Waist Gunner Elmer Berger, 21, aided by a British patrol, survived the perilful descent and hospital care followed.
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Allied
North Africa
Fred W. Dallas
Houston
Tex
Kermit K. Beahan
Dallas
Beahan
England
Elmer M. Berger
Temple
Okla
Tunisia
Bizerte
William C. Lewis
Birmingham
Alas
Britain
Joseph A. Thomas
Pomona
Calif
China says Japan short of manpower as Thai troops aid Yunnan advance
A Chinese Army spokesman reports Japan has sent more Thai troops to reinforce three Thailand divisions on the Yunnan Burma border amid continuing fighting. He states Japan faces manpower shortages and resource strain, with scrap metal drives in occupied China and dummy guns on ships on the Yangtze. He also notes metal fittings stripped from Allied property in Shanghai.
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Chungking
Japan
Thailand
Yunnan- Burma
China
Yangtze
Shanghai
Canners to Consider Manpower Shortage at NYS Convention
Buffalo delegates open a two day convention of the New York State Canners Association to tackle manpower shortages rationing and price regulation. Howard T. Cumming says members will discuss securing goods quotas for the coming season with speakers from OPA War Manpower and Agriculture departments and Selective Service.
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Buffalo
New York State Canners’ Association
Howard T. Cumming
Department of Agriculture
Office of Price Administration
War Manpower Commission
The
Agriculture Department
Selective Service
Women Begin Radio Repair Courses For Three Month Expert Training
Women in New York begin courses in radio repair by the American Women's Voluntary Services to train expert radio repair women in three months. The program aims to create female "static-chasers" who can service radios and handle repairs professionally.
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New York
Subway Patron Falls and Rides Air Hose Mile Long
Carl Scheide a 32 year old war worker fell from a subway platform between two cars as the train moved. He grabbed the air hose and rode it for nearly a mile to the next station, emerging bruised but unhurt and planning to ride the cars again to work.
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New York
Carl Scheide
Scheide
Moscow Builds Civilian Defense Network Amid Looming War
Moscow's Osoaviakhim head says danger of air attack remains unlikely but civilian defense training must continue. Fifteen year olds now receive adult duties and 12,000 part time instructors have taught 2,000,000 people. Gas mask drill and extended hikes are spreading among factory and office staffs as the front nears 100 miles. the Moscow Bolshevik reports the program broadens.
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Chicago Daily News
Dnc
Moscow
Air Defense League
Osoaviakhim
Runkevich
Moscow Bolshevik
Rankevich
Men’s White Broadcloth Shirts Two for Three Fifty
Full cut pre shrunk broadcloth shirts offered at two for 3.50 with emphasis on value.
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Manhattan
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James H. Doolittle
New York City
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Coats
Salina St
David M. McGrol
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Sunday Herald - American
Ana
Petore
Fred Osborne
Cor
Salina
FB. Jefferson
Auburn
Fulton
Oswego
Utica
Ithaca
Salina Ate
Jefferson
Andorn
Falton
Dsween
Altes
Wells & Coverly
Kenroyd
America
Burlington Club
Stein-Bloch
Sale OF Manhattan Shirts
Cece Ao
Lacaleliel
S. Salina St
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