Radio Crews Nice Pals For Burma Front
In north Burma William F. Bonn profiles radio signal teams serving Stilwell’s forces. Tech F shotwell and Pvt Garlicks operate the mice patrol car while Tech Widner and Sgt Patterson man the other. The teams trade jabs over Texas and Kansas as they relay news from Russia Italy and the air war.
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William F. Bonn
Stilwell
Burma
BBC News
Russia
Italy
Germany
China-Burma- India
Mouse Patrol
Ed F. Shotwell
Richmond Hill
N. Y
Fred “Monks” Garlicks
Brooklyn
Milton Ader
Mt. Vernon
Ader
Texas
Kansas
Willard B. Patterson
New London
Tech
Charles E. Widner
Burns
Pat
Shorty
Nine Suns Legend: Hou Yi Shoots Down Surplus Suns
Chinese legend tells of nine suns burning the earth until the archer Hou Yi shot down eight, leaving one sun in the sky to restore balance and protect mankind.
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Hou Ih
Psychiatrists urge rapid invasion news to ease public stress
In Dallas on May 16, Dr. Guy F. Witt and Dr. Fred F. Rogers urged fast accurate reporting of invasion events to ease wartime uncertainty. They warned that uncertainty worsens stress and nervous breakdowns, especially among the elderly, during the big drive.
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Dallas
America
Guy F. Witt
Fred F. Rogers
Conestoga: Welded Stainless Steel Cargo Plane Debuts
The Navy announces the Edward G Budd Manufacturing Conestoga, a two engine 68 foot welded stainless steel cargo plane with side doors for simultaneous para troop and supply drops. It carries 10 400 pounds with a 3 500 mile range using auxiliary tanks and 165 mph cruising speed. It weighs 33 800 pounds fully loaded and adapts to troop transport or ambulance use with space for a jeep.
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Philadelphia
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Navy
Leonce Navarre Trial Set For June 15
Phoenix detective Leonce T. Navarre, 51, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder before Judge M. T. Phelps. The case concerns the May 2 killing of David Johnson, a patrolman.
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Phoenix
Leonce T. Navarre
Superior Court
M. T. Phelps
David Johnson
Yank Airmen Invent Devices In Emergency
Second Lt. Robert T. Krout of Stockton California modified a nose gun by wiring a .50 caliber bullet as a handle to remotely fire at a German fighter during a return from an attack on Brux. Navigator Second Lt. E. Van Hersett of Spokane was busy navigating the bomber.
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Dougald Werner
Fortress Base
England
Robert T. Krout
Stockton
Calif
Flying Fortress
Brux
Czech
Krout
St.ore E. van Hersett
Spokane
Ash
Fortress crews Down German Fighters in Intensive Air Battle
The bomber group claimed nine German fighters shot down in one mission and sixteen over two days. Tech Sgt. Bryson McHardy of Minneapolis improvised a radio extension to keep Morse contact after his equipment failed. The bomber landed safely at an English base on one engine.
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Bryson McHardy
Minneapolis
Airspeed Indicators Measure Relative to Air
Airplanes do not have speedometers they use air speed indicators which record the speed of a plane relative to the surrounding air rather than ground speed.
College To Give Scholarships Honoring Grad
Mary Hardin-Baylor College announces five Fannie Breedlove Davis scholarships for 1944 45 to honor the former student and W M U organizers. One $200 award will go to a 1944 high school graduate from Arizona Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico or Oklahoma. Applications due June 15 1944.
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Fannie Breedlove Davis
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton
Tex
Gordon G. Singleton
Arizona
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Davis
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas Woman's Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union
Woman's Missionary Union
Singleton
Southwest
W.M.A
Woman's Missionary Unions
Queen Anne Mother to Nineteen Children All Died Young
A historical note states Queen Anne of England bore nineteen children and all of them died in childhood, highlighting a tragic royal maternity in early modern Britain.
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Queen Anne of England
Him Quo 88 Dies After 60 Years In U S
Him Quo aged 88, third oldest member of a colony of thirty Chinese in the area, died at Gila county hospital. He came to the United States sixty years ago and had lived in the region fifty years as a cook.
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Globe
Quo
Gila County Hospital
United States
Megas Speak Vast Annual Word Volumes
Estimates suggest the average megacity resident speaks about eleven million eight hundred thousand words annually. Researchers note language use varies by culture and occupation, with larger urban centers exhibiting higher verbal output per person.
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News of World
Carl Zittlow
West Degree
Wis
Ed Stephens
Birmingham
Ala
Tee
Geaded
Leonce
Navarre
Pote
Lane
Kate Greenaway
College
H. H
Him Quo
U. S
Eyeo
Nathan Mur
East Pennington Street
Congress
Peel
California
Standard
Richmond
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