High Standards Set for WAF Acceptance by COL GE
Washington report notes strict WAF entry criteria stressing character intelligence health and youth as well as the same pay and advancement as men. It cites 33 job fields for women from radio to cryptography and says training facilities and bases will expand to boost recruitment.
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Wome
Air Force
WAP
WAF
Ning
Ar Force
Radio
Rata
Eiher
Oen
Mayflower Barn in England Draws Yankee Tourists
The Jordans village Mayflower Barn draws American visitors who seek a link to Plymouth Rock. Archaeologist Harris located beams from the Mayflower timber in the barn built 3,000 miles from its original voyage. The barn, 225 years old, has served town meetings and concerts, now facing beetle infestation as modernization advances.
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Loavan Vana
Jordans Village
Buckinghamshire
America
Jordans
Plymouth Rock
Britain
London
Rendal Harris
Pilgrim Fathers
Jordans Hostel
Lanc of
Thespians
Traitors claim Red trained Japanese POWs spy threat
Rep. Patrick J. Hillings alleges Russia has landed thousands of Japanese POWs trained in communism on islands near Japan, including Sakhalin, with Russian officers and Chinese Reds. He links this to the Yalta settlement and warns of potential uprisings aiding Korea. He cites confidential sources and notes past occupation policy under MacArthur.
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Washington
Nana
Russia
Siberia
Japan
Patrick J.hillings
R-Calif
Hillings
Sam Rayburn
Far East
California
Kwantung Army
Sakhalin
Hokkaido
Red China
Kurile Islands
Korea
Pacific
Richard Nixon
MacArthur
The American Weekly Pack and The Parade Offer
The issue bundles four sections News, Feature, The American Weekly Pack, Tee Comic Weekly Parade and The Picture Magazine. Priced at 15 cents per issue with no increase.
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TEE Comic Weekly
Picture Magazine
West Germans Get More Cars
West Germany shows a surge in motor vehicle licenses with 2,155,354 registered, up from 1,798,745 in 1933, though officials warn of severe traffic jams caused by narrow winding roads and city streets.
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Germany
West Germany
Hitsler
Pearl Harbor Defense Crippled by Limited Air Power
Pearl Harbor sits in semi preparedness with no active fighter squadrons from the Air Force or Navy. Transport planes can approach Hawaii unchallenged, while a four engine air cruiser nears San Francisco for identification. The Air Force plans to assign 45 bombers and 20 tankers to Hickam Field in coming months as Navy patrols and limited land defenses remain. The Army's Fifth Regimental Combat Team arrived from Korea and Hawaii awaits stronger air and sea defense options.
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T. H. Cxana
Pearl Harbor
Air Force
Navy
Hawaii
San Francisco
Kamchatka Peninsula
Air Force Pacific
H. Q. Hugtin
Japan
Korea
National Guard
Dols
Hickam Field
Barber Point
Army
Millions for Defense Not One Cent for Tribute
The piece recalls the 150th anniversary of the Tripolitan War and the U S stance of millions for defense not tribute. It highlights Stephen Decatur and the burning of the Philadelphia, Nelson calling it the most daring act of the age. It notes Decatur’s Washington home built in 1819 and now partly a museum.
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Herbert Hollander
United States
Mediterranean
America
Stephen$ ‘Decatur
U.S. S
Philadelphia
Tripoli
England
Horatio Nelson
Decatur
Washington
Th ‘Truxtun Beale
Passag
Commodore Truxtun
Life of Riley in Dublin Misread as Deserted by Shamrocks
In Dublin on a bleak day in O’Connell Street the Publican J. J. Riley hosts a discussion about the life of Riley as a poor, harsh fate in Ireland. The piece spans American backers, Irish conditions, and looming global tensions with a note that the full tale continues on later pages.
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Stanton Delatlase
Dublin
Nana
O'Connell Street
J. J. Riley
Riley
John Zowers
Uedr
O'Dooley
Y Dooley
Cromwell
County Antrim
Maren
California
Riley Winch
Hollywood
Randolph Field Named Top Site for Air Force Academy
The U S Air Force backs Randolph Field Texas as the leading site for its future West Point of the Air after a nationwide hunt. Seven sites remain under review in five states including Grapevine Texas Graystone County Colorado Springs Colorado Madison Indiana Charlotte North Carolina and Camp Beale California. Gen Carl A Toney Spaatz Jr heads a committee visiting locales to judge merits.
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U. S. Air Force
West Point
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Colorado
North Carolina
Indiana
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Randolph Air . Force Base
Grapevine
Tex
Dallas-Fort Worth
Grayson County
Colorado Springs
Colo
Madison
Ind
Charlotte
N.C
Camp Beale
Marysville
Galif
Carl A. “Toney
Spaatz Ret
Eisenhower Faces 69 Division Goal For SHAPE July Plan
The SHAPE staff outlines a difficult path to field 69 divisions for Western Europe defense by July plan. Obstacles include war authorization, Bonn’s stance on German forces, and rapid buildup to counter Soviet strength on the central German front. Roughly 200000 Allied versus 210000 Soviet troops would be involved.
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Nana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic
Germany
Eisenhower
SHAPE
Europe
Ased
Brussels
Bonn
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