Allied airmen wear oxygen masks during night raids
Night raid crews now don oxygen masks from takeoff to landing after research shows eye red cells for night vision need more oxygen than day vision cone cells.
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
4
Night raid crews now don oxygen masks from takeoff to landing after research shows eye red cells for night vision need more oxygen than day vision cone cells.
Governors from 48 states met at Hershey to decry federal overreach and urge a return to state and local control. They proposed revising taxation between levels and pushing responsibilities such as agriculture water resources and timber management back to state hands.
The piece notes Pvt Eli Rungaitis in France with a tank destroyer unit and his family at 657 Jackson St. It discusses postwar federal state relations with governors urging state control, restraint on centralization, and a call for a partnership between Federal and State governments in reconversion.
First Lieutenant John E. Coyle reported for duty at the Carlsbad Army Airfield in New Mexico. He is the son of Mrs. J. E. Coyle and Mrs. Jean Eaton, who live at 215 Herkitt Street and 858 Gran Boulevard. Coyle was commissioned on September 6, 1942 after cadet training at Ellington Field, Texas.
Second Lieutenant Robert Fae reports for duty at Randolph Field Texas as a flying instructor under the RAF training commands He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Fisher of 610 Gareyner Street
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