Lincoln city plans broad postwar job project program
Lincoln voters face a bond issue for a wide postwar program in 14 projects including a new city auditorium a municipal stadium and hospital expansion. Committees of 271 Lincolnites reviewed proposals with architects and engineers and endorsed a plan to modernize streets sewer drainage parks and a large outdoor bowl while establishing a science based assessment system with a supervising official and citizen advisers. The council moved to public education maps ahead of the election and says bond payments will stay on an even keel after issuance.
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Stadinem
Lincoln General Hospital
Theo Berg
Kramer accused of mass killings at Oswiecim camps
A 21 to 25 year old Jewish witness testified before a British military court that Josef Kramer, commandant of the Oswiecim camps, ordered executions with a machine gun and dogs killing many prisoners. She swore he fired from a ditch and directed guards to attack. Several other officials share charges of mass murder and torture.
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Litenebutrs
Germany
Josef Kramer
Osrte
Belseh
Flaming Duich
Kramer
Quares
Woten
Regina Rosenthal
Wiacin
Ikem
Coffee Grounds Clean Aircraft Cylinders Speeds Repairs
American Airlines tests used coffee grounds to clean and polish aircraft cylinders and pistons reducing soak times. The process, studied with U S Army and Navy, aims to speed overhaul and boost revenue for coffee growers in South America. Engineer Gilbert Brower says the airline will import coffee for this purpose.
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Navy
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Gibert Brower
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Minders
Russian People Appreciate Aid of U S During War
State College and Rev Constantine Aurorof note that Russian people value American help in the war. Aurorof says Russians mostly seek their own country peace and deny any plan to build a new world empire. He points to broad Slavic ties and warns Soviet focus is on detaining their nation.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Constantine Aurorof
Russie
America
Aussie
Father Aurorod
Governor Proclaims Leif Erikson Day in New York
Governor Dewey proclaimed October 9 as Leif Erikson Day praising Norwegians for expanding world knowledge. He urged state citizens to display the flags of the United States Norway and Iceland.
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Albany
Dewey
Leif
Erikson
Norewmen
United States
Norway
Iceland
Stage Coach Driver Becomes Plane Pilot At Vail Field
James W. Monree year old solos at Vail Field after ten hours of dual training. He follows in the footsteps of his son Ralph as the youngest Southern California pilot, echoing a family history of pioneering work in aviation and early flight milestones.
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Los Angeles
James W. Monree
Vail Field
Les Montee
Ralph
Western Air Lines
Montee
Californie
E Thomas
Montes
California
Wyatt Dottie Indian Reservation
Ohio
Montee recounts homestead life amid dust and drought
In Kansas IST1 era memory, Montee recalls living in a covered wagon while building a sod house near Dodge City. He notes the drought, hardships, and a stubborn adaptation to frontier life as homesteading continued.
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Kansas
Mostee Bisses
Owe Vents
Dodge City
Montes
Smashland Co
Patrolman Resigns From Rensselaer Police
Harry Faas, longtime patrolman with the Rensselaer Police Department, advised the Public Safety Day committee on Wednesday of his resignation from the force.
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Harry Faas
Rensseler Police Department
Public Safety Day
Sion
Eichelberger Praises Army Record and Leadership
New York dispatch highlights General Robert Eichelberger as a respected frontline leader praised for his toughness and bold courage in jungle campaigns in the Philippines and Buna. The piece notes his role pushing through to Tokyo and his reputation as a soldier’s soldier during critical jungle fighting.
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New York
NER
Philippines
Geo
Bob Eichelberger
Tier
Robert
Ishelberger
Sre Hichelberger
Ivee
Elche Berger
Japan
Potsdam
Medal Rich Biography of General Eichelberger
A U S Army ground force commander who fought Japan earned many medals. The record cites two D S C awards along with the British Empire Knight Commander honor and several Japanese awards from World War I, which he returned. Born 1888 in Urbana Ohio, he studied at Ohio State and West Point, later serving in the War Department and staff roles.
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Eichelberger
War Department
Staf
Boant
West Point
Biberia
Urbana
Ohio
State University
Emma Gudger
H. A. Gudger
Asheville
N.C
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