God is My Pilot Boy Robert L Scott story excerpt
An archival memoir fragment follows Robert L Scott’s wartime journey from Mitehal Field to Africa and India. The narrative recalls training, requests for combat, a Brazil leg, the AVG’s legend, and a missed offensive as Bataan falls and Karachi delays threaten deployment.
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Robert L. Scott
Stobart Scott
Kelly Field
Texas
Mitehal Field
Nav
Fanaia
Real Purdul
Washington
Amertes
Florida
Brazil
Cobb
Ubang
Chad
Fort Lamy
El-Fasher
White Nile
Sudan
Khartoum
Blue Nile
Aden
Eritrea
Gara
Massaua
Red Sea
Yemen
Somaliland
Gulf of Aden
India
London
Bataan
Corregidor
Arabia
Arabian Sea
Gulf of Oman
Karachi
Haynes
Delhi
Pearl Harbor
Air Corps
China
Bii
Postwar wave to boost baseball and football in Los Angeles and beyond
The postwar era will bring a major sports boom with Los Angeles emerging as a top base ball and football center. Cities like Baltimore Buffalo San Francisco New Orleans and Dallas are eyed for pro leagues as audiences swell. Two major football leagues may form coast to coast as veterans seek excitement and players chase top offers amid fierce competition.
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Los Angeles
New York
Detroit
Chicago
West
Baltimore
Buffalo
Navy
Notre Dame
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Texas
Dallas
Atlanta
Green Bay
Ruth
Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Tilden
Man O' War
That Old Chair Reclaimed With New Seat and Enamel
An illustrated guide explains reclaiming a chair with a plywood seat blue paint and ticking trim. The process involves sanding enamel off to wood grain applying new seat cover and enamel drying between steps as described in a craft book offer.
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Beth Spears
Malcnit
High-Baeck
Radio Intelligence Cracks 87 Illegal Stations Since July
The Radio Intelligence Division of the FCC reports it has discovered and shut down 87 illegal radio stations since July 1 1940. Notably the Portland Oregon listening post was the first to detect the secret Nazi embassy station in Washington DC.
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Radio Intelligence Division
Federal Communications Commission
RIC
Portland
Gre
Washington, D. Cc
Eagle Trained to Hunt In Manner of Falconry
Dan and Jule Mannix, naturalists, train a golden eagle named Tequila to hunt for them. The eight-foot wingspan bird brings back prey such as a five-foot iguana, the largest game tackled to date.
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Asia
Europe
Dan
Jule Mannix
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Col. C. V. Haynes
Ivory Coast
Togoland
Cab Calloway
Africa
Gold Coast
Kano
Nigeria
Vichy France
Lagos
Niger
Natal
Chennault
AVG
Chiang Kai-shek
Rangoon
Lashio
Burma
Marine Corps
Japan
Army
Central Aircraft, Manufacturing Company
Camco
Java
Singapore
Radio Tokyo
Burma Road
America
Free
Flying Tigers
Tokyo
Doug
Aaltonen
Chiang Kai-ghek
Rush
Chicago Bears
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Sammy Baugh
Redsking
Garamy Baugh
Sammy
Grantland Rice
Ruth W
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Wis
Edssereeteas
St Joseph
ALOUT
Bfgoodrich
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Isbel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fishil
Firestone
Pioneer
Pacemaker
Voice of Firestone
NBC
Qoparight
Tata
Heestone
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