Buick to Double Aircraft Engine Output in War Effort
Flint Michigan December 26 194? firm will move to double its airplane engine output under War Department authorization. Buick Division CEO Harroun H Curtice says tooling for defense projects is underway with new contracts being negotiated. Mass production of Pratt and Whitney horsepower aviation engines has begun as two automotive plants convert to major engine parts and sub assemblies.
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Flint
Mich
Harrow H. Curtice
Buick
General Motors Corporation
War Department
Toolig
Curtie
Eye defect delays Navy recruit's final pass
New Haven man from Cheshire, rejected several times for a slight eye defect, finally passed but in excitement developed a pulse too fast for the doctor. He was told to return in eight weeks for another examination.
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New Haven
Conn
Navy
Henry's Film Scores a Hit at Henry's Theatre
Henry's Theatre opens Keep Em Flying with Abbott and Costello. Martha Raye plays twin sisters in a laugh riot, with Carol Bruce William Gargan and Dick Foran also featured. Five new numbers are performed and a news reel caps the program.
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Henry's Theatre
Martha Raye
Martha
Carol Bruce
William Gargan
Dick’ Foran
Fairchild Contributes $25,000 to Aeronautical Institute
Sherman M. Fairchild chairman of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp donates 25000 dollars to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences to fund publication of technical material for aeronautical engineers. Major Lester D. Gardner says wartime limits require sensitive engineering data to be restricted to government lists, while ongoing materials for general circulation can still be published in trade journals. The fund will be managed by Fairchild Gardner and Charles H. Colvin of NYU’s Guggenheim School of Aeronautics.
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New York
Sherman M. Fairchild
Fairchild’ Airplane Division
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Tats City
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Lester D. Gardner
Gardner
Pioneering Aerial Camera Innovator Turns to Aircraft Engines
The individual who helped lay the foundation of the nation’s aerial camera industry later shifted to building airplanes and engines. The Fairchild Corporation now manufactures training ships for the U.S. Army at its local plants.
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Fairchild Corporation
U.S. Army
Route 11 Entered on Strategic List in Washington County
Route 11 spanning about 12 miles from the Pennsylvania line to the Potomac has been named strategic by the Federal government. Maryland and other states along the highway are drafting cost estimates to upgrade vital roads to military standards. Widening south of Martinsburg continues with progress on the 15 mile segment to the Virginia line.
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U. S. Rocie 1
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Potomac River
Maryland
Martinsburg
Virginia Line
Shoe Soles and Heels in Various Materials Listed
Classified notice lists men's heavy leather work soles per pair, men's leather dress soles per pair, men's composition hall soles per pair, women's flexible leather soles per pair, women's lints leather or composition per pair, rubber heels for men and women, and rubber heels for children.
Judge Dennis Named Chairman of Baltimore Commodity Rationing
Annapolis Md Dec 26 The Governor named Chief Judge Samuel K Dennis of Baltimore as chairman of the Baltimore district commodities rationing committee He said the aim is impartial administration and detailed federal instructions promise drastic restrictions on purchases The plan calls for a Commodity Distribution committee in each county and several in Baltimore City rubber tires will be tightly restricted exempting doctors police fire mass transit and wholesale distributors with penalties for violations
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Annapolis
Samuel K. Dennis
Baltimore
O’conor
Dennis
O’gonor
O'Conor
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Conflicting Reports On Wake Island Defense
Reports from Tokyo and Berlin conflict over Wake Island status with Tokyo claiming 3000 American officers and men defended the atoll while Berlin radio reported the island had been captured. Further details are unclear as dispatches diverge.
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New York
Tokyo
Wake Island
Berlin
Marines on Wake Island Battle Counts Grow Amid Reports
The United States announced 385 Marines and Navy men were on Wake Island. CBS reported conflicting axis accounts as fighting continued.
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United States
Wake
CBS
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