US Pilots Aid Chinese Wounded in Burma Rescue Flights
American enlisted pilots in Burma operate two seat grasshopper planes to fly wounded Chinese soldiers from the front to hospitals in India. Medics lift casualties from jungle landings into waiting planes, then to Indian hospitals for treatment. Pilot Ned Epps recalls the grateful Chinese soldiers and describes the makeshift but vital rescue network behind the lines.
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Burma
India
U.S. Army
Areps
Ned O. Epps
Raleigh
N.C
Patkoi Mountains
Air Transport Command Raises Airlift to China From India
U S planes based in India are delivering a higher monthly tonnage to China than ever carried over the Burma Road. The routes are the most difficult and dangerous in the world, with operations continuing day and night.
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China
New Delhi
INS
U. S
Air Transport Command
India
Burma Road
Readers seek guidance on war era issues and officials
A wartime letters page presents queries on Canadian WAC age limits, U S Army and Navy recruitment, pacifist peace efforts, and public safety. Readers requestContact details for officials, legal aid access, USO show participation, and clarifications on postal towns and the Coast Guard commandant of the Third Naval District.
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Coast Guard
Third Naval District
Political Stage: Soldier Voting Sparks Constitutional Debate
The piece questions whether President Roosevelt overstepped Congress by speaking for troops and ponders if his views are spread through military publications. It argues Congress should protect petition rights and suggests options to ease soldier voting including advancing conventions or moving elections to December for ballot counting.
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Congress
Wendell Willkie
Taft
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Scrap paper shortage hits Troy area prompting citizen disposal drive
Area papers report a critical scrap paper shortage as waste input falls short of need. Troy plants urge residents to clear paper from homes and deliver to dealers or drop at industrial plant bins. Cluett Peabody trucks fill daily. households urged not to wait for pickups but to act now. A separate note from Pittsburgh mentions Eileen McNearney selling 10 000 in War Bonds for a quiz show.
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Troy
Troy Industrial Salvage Committee
Cluett, Peabody & Co. Inc
The
Congrern
Torday
Salvation Army
King Street
Pittsburg, Pa
INS
Eileen McNearney
Pittsburg
Perfect WAC Found To Have Highest Marks
Fort Worth dispatch reports Jane Whiteman who enlisted last April drew nationwide publicity for her perfect physicals. She trained at Fort Oglethorpe with top marks and now serves at Fort Dix in charge of a motor transport staff car and related duties.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Jane Whiteman
Jane
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Dix
N. J
Seabees Build Lawn Mower From Scrap In South Pacific
Seabees in a Navy construction battalion fashion a lawn mower from jeep springs, tractor gears, and scrap plate. They cast a V pulley from aluminum and fabricate brass bushings to mount a two horsepower gas engine, using available salvaged parts.
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Salem
Ore
Anton Jaegler
Navy
South Pacific
Seabee
Simple Conception: Rubber Wheels and Tin Grass Cutter
Jaegler born in Hamburg and raised in Salem enlisted in the Seabers at Redding California. The itemized list includes rubber wheels and a tin grass cutter described as simple.
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Jaegler
Hamburg
Germany
Salem
Seabers
Redding
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Cal
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S. Paul Proctor
4Th ST
Fleischman
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Fleischmann
Palestine
Order
Eastern Star
Lansingburg Masonic Temple
Grace 5. Jennings
Elsie M. Christensen
William G. Groesbeck
Florence Marbot
Pulse of the People
Pat
Merciful Gods
Globe
Cohoes
Canadian Women's Corps
the Record
WAC
Canada
United States
Nurse Cadet Corps
Broadway
New York City
Horse Rooms
Wiley
Methodist
Watervilet
Presi
House
Washington, D. C
U. S. O. Camp Shows, Inc
Empire State Bidg
Miss Perkins
Labor
Perkins
Paul Caldwell Wilson
New York State Factory Commission
New York State Industrial Commission
New York State Industrial Board
Fhairman
New York
Rensselaer County Bar Association
H. J. Bartle
Burdett Building
Covella
Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Corvallis
Ww. M
Stanley V. Parker
William Holohan
Carl Gustavson
New Haven
Conn
Raymond E. Egan
Walter W. Law
Rose Brancato
New Haven Journal-Courier
Srey
Humphreys
Seabees
Orien
Buidegsi
Modernella
Alrd ST
Beauty Salon
BEN Katz
Fifth Ave
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Ceeling
Duncan Phyfe
Lawson
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