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By more than coincidence, on the 166th anniversary of Independence the U.S. had struck its first blow at Nazi-occupied western Europe. In truth it was a token raid of things to come, but a token with a sting. The raiders bombed three Dutch airdromes in all, at Haamstede, Valkenburg...
China Will Need. But the military supply situation is desperate. Lend-Lease stuff from the U.S. is piled up in India. Planes flying over the Himalayas, at heights where ice forms on the wings and pilots need oxygen tanks, cannot carry big enough pay loads to dent the Indian piles...
Earth bound. What kept the conference grounded was the ponderous problem of who was going to pay for what and who was going to run the controls. As to that. Canada, the U.S. and Britain had different ideas.
Lou Clay led off with a single to left and Thayer Drake sacrificed him to second. After Berg grounded out in advancing Clay to third, Clco O'Donnell sent his second hit to left field to score Clay. Gil Whittemore walked and Bart Harvey drove in O'Donnell when the...
Stay Home. The public, as usual, will suffer. In April the Army requisitioned 25% of all U.S. transport planes. Now the service will take another 150 or so. This leaves only 100-plus planes for regular airline service-not enough to carry half of the 3-4,000,000 U.S...