Wounded Pilot Is Landed By Gunner
Marine Air Base Hawaii June 25 A rear gunner recalls Corp Eugene Card 24 of Oakland and Salem who described the squadron leader a Marine captain missing in action as he dove his bomber at 300 feet into a Japanese carrier near Midway. The ship sank after the blast and the plane crashed off its bow. Card, wounded, said the captain led the attack and returned in another bomber for a second strike.
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New Welding Class to Start Monday at Tucson High
A new electric welding course opens Monday at Tucson Senior High School with enrollment open. The program runs from 11 p m to 6 a m for six to eight weeks, based on individual progress, and applications are being accepted at the U S employment office on Pennington and Scott streets. Many graduates have found work in shipyards in Oakland or Los Angeles.
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Pennington
Scott Streets
Tucson
Oakland
Los Angeles
Survivor Flying Diary Fragment From World War II
A veteran recalls being chased by enemy fighters after returning to base. He describes looping away, joining a formation nicknamed the Japs, and encountering anti aircraft fire. He notes his plane sustained about sixty holes yet remained in flight.
Governors pledge cooperation with Roosevelt in war effort
At Asheville on June 25 the National Governors Conference unanimously pledged fullest cooperation to win the war. Resolutions urged support to preserve state taxation powers and resist federal takeover of unemployment compensation while maintaining the federal state system. Eyre would disqualify unemployment aid applicants who refuse to seek work in agriculture or in peat industry.
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National Governors’ Conference
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