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Possibility. World War II has the beginnings of an air theater envisioned by Billy Mitchell in Britain, where Sir Arthur Harris' Bomber Command and Ira Eaker's Eighth Air Force have more than the nucleus of the kind of organization airmen want, to prove or disprove their doctrine for all time. But the force is not yet prepared to hit Germany day & night with full strength. And even if it is built to that strength, the proof will not be conclusive. Men on the ground in Russia and in North Africa have weakened Germany too much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: The Test Postponed | 2/8/1943 | See Source »

...Friends of Music was founded by a smart Manhattan business executive named Ira A. Hirschmann (vice president of Bloomingdale's department store) in order to impress a lady pianist he wanted to marry. Some men buy their prospective brides platinum rings. Black-haired Ira Hirschmann gave Pianist Hortense Monath the New Friends to play with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Music's New Friends | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

...Nominating Committee of the student Council announced last night than an error has been made in the list of nominees for Junior Class officers. Jerry Miller Brown was nominated for poet instead of Jerome Ira Brawer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Election Erratum | 10/29/1942 | See Source »

...Jerome Ira Brawer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 28 Nominees To Run For 1944 Class Posts | 10/27/1942 | See Source »

Major General Ira Eaker, U.S. bomber commander in Britain: "There are enough airdromes now built and building to "accommodate all the Allied air forces needed for the destruction of Germany. I believe it is possible to destroy the enemy from the air. By destroying his aircraft factories you can put an end to his air force. By destroying his munition plants and communications you can make it impossible for him to build submarines. There is nothing that can be destroyed by gunfire that cannot be destroyed by bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: One Road to Germany | 10/5/1942 | See Source »

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