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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1942)
1& CXZacn ET&TCMAIt &W ke)gev Sohsdor Honing, Aagwi I. Ita FACZ CZVZZi -; v . , XT; f "V v VSv- ft - -i"rif rr ii mi I'm i sagfrartfcioff;atBaVfeittftfr Now la production for the U. S. Army Air Forces, these Republic P-47 planes, known as tht "Thun derbolts," arc the fastest single-engined planes In the world, according to the Army. The planes, ingle-placed, all-metal, fighters, have done 6S0 miles per hour in a power dive test and in excess of 400 miles per hour In level flight. Superchargers take them planes to 40,000 feet when needed. U. 3. Army Air Forces plioto. , IK i j j j iiiij i . iliiiji W " M ' I. II II I I II T I l l t - - r J ' :v:.:s.v.:';.x.:-:v-::'':. . ' ' - ' : '(:; .yr'?, O.-:'' - '. y-':''-:::'?x3!c:':',,-if yi . - " ; i"; S -'r-i - . - - N "i V N X' I Little three-year-old Evelyn Miller feeds her brother Ronald, 1, with a bottle In a welfars noma In Philadelphia, Pa., after they had been found 'emaciated and semi-eonscions in a littered tenement flat. They are the children of a sailor serving aboard a U. S. destroyer. The mother, "apparently 111," according to investigators, was arrested on a chargt I of violating the Child Welfars Law. Superintendent oi Columbia, S. C-, schools, A. C Flora, above, has been named president of the Na tional Educational Association for the coming year. Flora, who suc ceeds Mrs. Myrtle Hooper Fan! of Minneapolis, was elected at the national convention of the N. K. A. In Denver. ( ' ' v-"t "t" t . 4, ILL 7- I Pretty Mimim Cabanne, featured Singer -with Horaoe Heldfa or cheetra, Jaa r iidlwnorary "Sweetheart of the 3nr by the man of th 13rd Infantry dJvfadon, Camp Arterbury, lad. THe-Chosc was aoe4 one aa Mies Cahaniw'a ifather to a olonel, her grandfa ther a retired major general and iher crtat-gtandfathar -general tn the Cava war., HeetHaaL ana was torn at an . Maintainlag a constant watch over the Caribbean area ander the c-. mend of Gen. Frank M. ABdrews are these U. S. Army gunners, mem bers of the larga force protecting the-vital approaches to the Panama Canst Constant trainii hsa prepared them for ny Axis trespaaaers; That eanwofiaged gun would be certain to make plenty of trouble for ayoae en-the recetotng end. , " r y. ,. v.-.-.ys ;,. : ,.: i .... . ... , ,. -- ; . r IMS DK1 IPD; W . " ain i i ii i i i ir i II h"1 i ' Heroic in their defense of Bataan and Corregidor before the bland strongholds fell to the Japanese, these Philippine Scouts receive 17. S. citizenship in an unprecedented ceremony at a hospital at Fort Dix, N. J. The Scouts, some of them still suffering from wounds received In action, ars shown taking the oath of allegiance. . (I.l.N.Phonepboto) With his first wife, center, and his second wife beside him, Robert Pruitt, 23, left, appears In Chlcajro Simy cnarge, ue artermath or an unusual baby case la a Chicago hospital. Mrs. Alice U t"' &nd No- 2' Helcn. nht, gave birth to babies the same day in the same hospital. - - i win. rnun wa ocuarea oaio xo ia grena Jury. , Simon Lake, pioneer In undersea boats, Is shown, left, with two . jn embers of the TJ. 8. senate military affairs sub-committee in Wash ington, explaining a model of new freight-carrying submarines which , ha designed. Senators Edwin C Johnson of Colorado is center and Josh Lee of Oklahoma at right. Lake told the sub-committee of a secret silencing device which he had perfected, claiming it could pave the way for a fleet of sub freighters which could elude planes, ships and other undersea craft Lake advocated cargo carriers capable of transporting 7,500-ton loads of bulky supplies and men to the fighting zones. (I. I. If. Phontphoto) A" Chicago's famous Stevens hotel, the world's largest, and the Congress have been taken over by the U. S. Army for housing trainees in the Army Air Corps and here we see Army men enjoying- their first meal in the. hotel's Boulevard room, once the dining' room of nationally-famous personalities. Chicago Is experiencing a hotel jam due to the Army's acquisition of the two large hotels, the increase in war industry personnel in the area and the influx of parents and relatives visiting soldiers and sailors. if "j ' . t Sohfiers are shown guardiHg- tiie tangicd remslaa af an army training' plane that eraeked ep on a parkins: J NT3. N. J. Killed in the craah were Lieut. GoL Geexs S. Smith, the pilot, and Major J. J. Sim ndaL The plane, flying at Ugh nhitado throagh a heavy rainstorm, suddenly nosedived and tore into the lot with such force that the aiotor plowed fifteen feet into the rroond, digging a big circular hole. Two parked cars wereshattered in the crash. I- S3l ... Filing suit for divorce la Los Angeles, 'Lois Andrews JesseL 19, charged her iU-y ear-old hnaband, George J easel, -stage jeonMunta with "denial and mhaasaa treatment.' Her-complaiateaidn piupeitj an itltiinnthad been arranred. The couple was married two years ago in Detroit, tfieb, i'ii m Accoi-ding to the caption axcompenyinf this picture, received in New Tork from neutral Portugal, the Japanese flag file over the U. B. naval base at Marlvelee In the phOippinesv The torn sign indicate t!tat a tattle took place here before the heroic defenders gave way ta the Japanese, . . Poised for its mission of destruction over -selected Industrial centers in Germany, this big four-motored British bomber is seen at an airport eumcwhero in England. Incendiary bombs are being loaded be- neath the big plana. , . r ; . - (l.l.S.Phonephoto) HH',y: !,(. M kiiki SnuLsg witi approval. Javier Cngat Is shewn after receiving a silver baton at the completion of his role in a tlm musical from members ef the east and the technician. Pictured with him (L tor.) are: Adolphe Meajoa, Carmen Castillo, Site Hayworth, Fred Astaire, and Una Romay. Cugat la now appearing at the Wsldorf-Astoria in New Tork Gty. '