Army Tests New Planes In Florida
Army Air Forces at Elgin Field Florida opened to reporters a look at the next generation of warplanes. Visitors saw B 29 Super Fortresses, B 17 Flying Fortresses, and a new P 51 Mustang canopy. They witnessed foreign aircraft such as MB 109 Messerschmitt and Focke Wulf 190, JU 88, Mosquito, and Whirlwind. Demonstrations included buzz bombing and a bottom of battleship attack using delayed fuse bombs. Elgin Field tests aircraft and equipment for combat use and tactics devised elsewhere. Lt General Doolittle trained his Tokyo bombing team at nearby Choctawhatchee National Forest.
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James J. Strebig
Elgin Field
Fla
United States
War Department
Tt Wee
Feld
Choctawhatcheetional Forest
Doolittle
Tokyo
Tenant jailed after cigarette fire in Berkeley hotel
A Berkeley hotel tenant fell asleep while smoking and caused a room fire that did 750 in damage. The tenant escaped injury but was jailed for violating a city ordinance prohibiting carelessness with fire.
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Berkeley
Cal
Stassen Seen Certain Of Six Nebraska Votes
In Nebraska incomplete results show Harold E. Stassen leading with 47,077 votes to Dewey 21,288 and Willkie 8,160 among 1,632 of 2,031 precincts, suggesting six Nebraska delegates for Stassen at the Republican convention. MacArthur in Illinois totals exceed 501,481 with Dewey at 977,225 in 1940.
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Chicago
UPJ
Harold E. Stassen
Nebraska
Douglas MacArthur
Finoises
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Ilinois
MacArthur
Ring sales surge in Chester wedding tradition shift
Chester jewelers report a wartime Leap Year effect boosting wedding ring sales. Many brides choose to buy engagement rings and wedding bands for themselves, and several are purchasing their fiancé’s ring in one transaction.
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Chester, Pa
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Chester Jewelers
Chester
Hoosick Falls War Years Update and Community Notes
Hoosick Falls reports a smaller Army contingent due to a new Selective Service deferment for 26 year olds, while Navy and Marine volunteers remain unchanged. Local leaders Galvin and Morin head the Army group with Morin as assistant, and Sawtelle and Wheelock under 26 in the Navy unit with Arasim as assistant leader. The Red Cross War Fund has reached 10,334.74 toward an 8,000 goal, with expectations to exceed 10,500. Clothing for Belgians is being collected under Kiwanis supervision, at the New York Power & Light office, led by Mrs. Jean Gavigan. A Clinton Club has formed for supervisory staff from local manufacturers, led by Douglas C. Bathelots as honorary president. The Bar-BQ Bowling League closed its season with a dinner, and Mrs. Richaird Stowell received a postnuptial shower. The T. C. Class of the Methodist Church plans a food sale at the Power & Light offices, with Mrs. Helen Smith coordinating. Fort Eustis, Va., reports Corp. Ralph B. Robinson begins days with Snow White tunes as his alarm, gifted by his wife.
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Navy
Marines
Francis A. Passano
Troy
William Kelly
Petersburg
Stanley Arasim
George E. Moore
Mulready
Arasim
War Activities Committee
Kiwanis Club
New York Power & Light Corp
Jean Gavigan
Nancy Parker
Gerald O'Neil
Francis X. Carney
Clinton
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Hoosick Electrical Co
Clinton Bateholts
Specialty Co
Douglas C. Bateholts
Robert Dewar
Edmund Heffernan
Joseph Cuddihy
Walter Young
Savles
Bar-Bq
Richaird Stowell
Helen Granger
St. Stanislaus’ Hall
T. C
Methodist Church
New York Power & Light Co
Helen Smith
Irene Jacobsen
Fanny Percy
Dog Tags as soldier identifiers and passes
DETAIL FOR TODAY DOG TAGS are the identification tags issued to every soldier. There are two, identical, and are worn around the neck by means of a chain, string or an old shoelace. To soldiers, they are known by no other name than DOG TAGS. And they are rarely removed, some soldiers having had them on since the day they were put there. DOG TAGS have a distinctive jingle all their own, somewhat like that coming from a pocket full of counterfeit money. In some posts DOG TAGS are a sol dier's pass in and out of the gate.
American People At Crossroads Waltemade Says
Henry G. Waltemade of New York warned the Buffalo Real Estate Board that the nation faces a crossroads between dictatorial government and private initiative. As president of the State Association of Real Estate Boards, he cited forces and schools of thought threatening private ownership and free enterprise at the Troy Real Estate Board meeting.
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Buffalo
Henry G. Waltemade
New York
Waltemade
State Association of Real Estate Boards
Troy
Troy Real Estate Board
Buffalo Real Estate Board
Waltemade warns of socialized policies against private enterprise
Waltemade urges defense of private initiative while opposing socialism in housing medicine transportation and industry. He cites a cross roads between a leftist utopian security model and a right wing path of individual rights and free enterprise.
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Waltemade
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