Ordnance Man Honored for Skip Bombing Pioneering
Col S P Huff of the Ordnance Department Army Service Forces receives the Legion of Merit for exceptional achievement in developing and refining low altitude bombing. His work with Army Ordnance and the Army Air Forces helped popularize minimum altitude bombing, known as masthead or skip bombing, and provided a valuable tactical method still in use.
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Huff’s 50-foot bombing method reshaped aerial warfare
The article details Col. Huff’s push for low altitude naval bombing using time-delay fuzes. It notes early problems with timing bombs, later solving the land problem by 1937, and his technique of dropping bombs at 50 feet from planes at 250 mph to strike ships and tanks. Huff serves as Ordnance Officer at the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command, Eglin Field, Florida.
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Union Council Adopts Political Action Program
Officials of the District Industrial Union Council of the C. I. O. in the Troy Albany Schenectady area say they adopted a political action program to be submitted to upstate labor unions at a conference to be held within a fortnight. The council represents 62 006 workers and calls for renewing the no strike pledge, increased production, repeal of the Smith Connally anti strike law, subsidies to reduce costs to September 1942, and a fair tax plan based on ability to pay. The program will be proposed to the United Labor Council of the Troy Area, with 310 000 members, and Samuel Wattis predicts early adoption.
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Robbed Man Seeks Help From Gunman In Coffee Cargo Theft
Chicago truck driver Neils Hansen says he asked a motorist to chase thieves who stole his machine carrying 1150 dollars worth of coffee. He leaped onto a moving car, asked the driver to follow, but the motorist produced a pistol and ordered him off. Hansen reported the theft to police and watched both vehicles disappear.
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War Wife Measures Friendship By Her Yardstick
A war wife who has lived alone for over a year says she judges friendship by how people respond when she needs support. She recalls friends who invited her to parties but ignored her during hard times, treating her as a charity case rather than a friend. She notes she depended on them during her husband’s absence and was surprised by how many drifted away, suggesting women with war wife friends should reassess their own conduct.
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Dorothy Manner
Patterson Describes Rome Bombing and Allied Air Strength
Acting Secretary of War Patterson said Mussolini resisted removing military sites from Rome and keeping it immune. He cited reconnaissance showing heavy damage to two railroad yards, a steel works, a chemical plant, air base hangars, and airplanes. Patterson claimed Allied air strength in Sicily is ten to one over the Axis, with Axis airfields dwindling and ineffective. He reported over 40,000 Allied prisoners taken, with several divisions in action, and noted first combat for the 45th Infantry and 82nd Airborne in Sicily after Tunisia.
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Tearful mishap at Pittsburg Chemical Co chamber
A lachrymal gas release from a gasket breach in a Pittsburg Chemical Co chamber caused residents nearby to cry and seek relief until the gas dissipated. No injuries reported.
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Bombers Hit Grosseto Airfield in North Africa Raid
Allied air forces struck Grosseto and nearby targets with heavy Fortresses and Wellington bombers. Flying Fortresses hit the Grosseto airfield while Naples and Crotone facilities suffered. one enemy fighter and several Axis planes were accounted for in air combat.
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Middle East
Senator Smith Backs Sales Tax
Washington senator EB D Smith warned Congress must pass a heavy sales tax to avert national bankruptcy from war costs. He said revenues are far short and debt nears unpayable, noting potential exemptions for home food and children's shoes.
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Day Campers Plan Hudson River Boat Excursion
Y M C A day campers and families will ride down the Hudson to Kingston Point on the annual trip. About 100 have signed up. they'll lunch at Kingson Point and return on the day boat. Last week they toured the Troy Record Building to learn about newspaper making. Registration for next two weeks ends Monday with central branch option.
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Benny Will to Amuse Troops Soon Abroad
Chicago reports Benny Will along with Mary Livingstone and other entertainers headed for overseas duty with the United Service Organizations. The group also includes Larry Adler Anna Lee Winni Shaw and others to perform for American soldiers. Benny Will awaits a summons in New York before joining the tour.
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