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...driving many essential civilians into uniform. I have recently seen a school superintendent, a mathematics instructor, a physician and several essential iron-ore mineworkers, all of whom were not replaceable, join the colors because of this fear. An unthinking public daily cuts national civilian productiveness by thus forcing into combat service men who are properly exempted from service by age, dependency or draft-board action...
Curtiss P-40-single-engine, liquid-cooled. Most discussed of all U.S. combat aircraft, this fighter has the virtues of heavy hitting power, excellent armor, high diving speed, and the leakproof tanks common to all U.S. combat aircraft. Against the Zero it has proved, on the average, to be superior. But most P-40 pilots frankly say that they would like more altitude, if they could still maintain their advantages of superior firepower and protection...
Boeing B-17 (Flying Fortress). A tried and thoroughly tested model with an unequaled combat record (four-engine air-cooled, turbo-supercharged), the B-17 has indicated by its work in the Pacific, and over Europe as well, that it can carry out high-altitude day-bombing missions under the protection of its own guns and without fighter escort...
Scheduled to appear Thursday evening is State Gas Officer Theodore Sargent, who will speak on war gases. No spouter of complicated technical terms, Sargent is well known for his clear discussions of chemical warfare and the methods used to combat poison...
Global Task. After ten months of war the new army is largely unproved. Its commanders, George Marshall included, are unproved in the combat of World War II. Yet he is a commander, his is an army with a task unprecedented in military history. No other general has had to wage war on the total, global scale which now confronts General Marshall. His overseas force is spread over six continents, his men will probably have to fight on them all before World...