Chinese Seek Planes Guns And Teachers
Chinese Expeditionary Force asks for more air support and artillery from the United States. American materiel arrives, with China needing teachers to train its troops. Transportation bottlenecks, fuel shortages, and dispersed front lines complicate supply, while American improvisation aids efforts. Officers include Lieut. Col. Virgil Fish and Maj. J. R. Johnston among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Reilly O'Sullivan
United States
14Th A. R. F
China
Hsiao I-Su
C.E.F
America
Hsiao
Burma Road
Rocky Mountain
Napoleon
Virgil Fish
University City
J. R. H Johnston
Clarksville
Ark
Acob
Crossword Puzzle Acknowledges German River Clues
Puzzle clues mix English and German terms with scattered letter hints. Entries include a river, beverage, and various household, zoological, and Latin cross references. The grid references 1 Go as in 1 Go as gossip and 31 Apostle of Christ appear amid cryptic style prompts.
Puzzle Clue List From Snewee to Evigus
A fragmented puzzle list presents numbered clues with mismatched spellings and partial words. The items include references to Greek letters elevated railways and French articles, alongside miswritten terms like Baltic dog strap and dry measure, suggesting a fill in the blanks style crossword from a historical page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeks
Chinese American Doctor in Malaria Plague Zone Reflects Hardship
Yee, a Chinese American doctor from Oakland, reports a malaria plague area where half of 140,000 have died in ten years. Twenty percent of American personnel have contracted malaria in three months, yet all recovered. Americans in Chinese units eat Chinese food as officers discuss front conditions. Military road projects show collaboration with local engineers. ordnance units improvise parts in the field. Sacramento notes Nova Beal retires after more than thirty years as California’s first civil service employee and longtime personnel examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee
Oakland
Cal
Earl Ringler
Johnstown
Ringler
United States
Harvey Gehr
Indiana
W. H. Burgwin
Missouri State Highway Commission
Civil Service Pioneer
Sacramento
SNS
California
Nova Beal
Miss Beal
State Personnel Board
Safe Passage for German Diplomats Sought
Argentine government asks Brazil the United States and Great Britain to guarantee safe passage for a repatriation steamer leaving Buenos Aires March 10 with members of the German diplomatic mission in Argentina. The plan follows the purge of Axis embassy officials, part of a diplomatic breach initiated by the Ramirez regime, aboard the Cabo de Buena Esperanza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Great Britain
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Edelmiro Farrell
Ramirez
Cabo de Buena Esperanza
United Press
Armament figures reveal extreme cartridge pressure
The Army Ordnance Department reports that a single small arms cartridge can reach over 50 000 psi at firing. This pressure drives the bullet to about 2000 mph and spins it at more than 200 000 revolutions per minute.
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Philadelphia
INS
Army Ordnance Department
Transfer of British Coal Miners Ordered
London reports an unofficial slow down strike by thousands of British coal miners prompted a ministry of fuel action. A test order forced 450 miners from Eastington Colliery Coombs pits in Durham to other jobs and required replacements. Output had fallen from 15 000 to 5 000 tons weekly, with potential mine closures and 2 500 miners moved if not restored. The slowdown began months ago in protest of a wage increase from 16 75 to 20 dollars and higher piece rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Fuel
Eastington
Durham
Millions of Italians Strike Against Nazis Across Frontiers
Reports from the Swiss frontier state that between three and six million Italian workers in Northern Italy have joined a broad strike against Nazi controls. Milan and Turin issued decrees ordering a return to work by March 8 with threats of deportation to Poland. Fascist authorities in Milan convened an extraordinary tribunal to manage the disruption as streetcar and bus operation crews were drafted to keep services running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Milan
Turin
Poland
Five Children Collect 4622 Pounds of Paper
George Volkhamer Jr and his three sisters Herma Marie and Susan plus 13 year old George Cortilet organized a waste paper drive on the south side. Over four days after school they filled a red coaster wagon and collected 4622 pounds of paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Volkhamer, Jr
South Side
George
Herma
Marie
Susan
George Cortilet
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Br. Edwards
Peterson
aCkons
Apostle of Christ
Snewee
Evigus
L—Space System
George Byers
Vicks VA
IB Certs
Frears
Axminster
Freas
Silex Coffee
Ems
Zarrhives
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