U.S. orders Finns to close 14 consulates by Aug. 1
Further curbs put on Helsinki’s envoy after restrictions on Americans
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Laval’s envoy will confer with U.S. on Navy in Egypt
Vichy seen trying to stir anti-American feeling in ordering ships to resist British
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Plywood used in plane
Washington –
The War Department announced today that the Air Forces have accepted experimental models of the Vultee BT-13 basic single-engined trainer made of plywood instead of aluminum. Successful conversion of this model to non-critical materials followed similar conversion of other training types and represents a saving of nearly 600 pounds of critical metal per plane, it was said.
Why so many Jap bombers went down is shown in this official Navy photo of the close-quarter fighting between sea and air forces in the Battle of Midway. Circles show what good targets the Japs made as they attacked Pacific Fleet units through heavy anti-aircraft fire. The splashes are from falling shrapnel. The Japs lost 275 planes near Midway.
Bold thinking needed to win, Seversky says
‘Weapons of tomorrow’ are our hope for early victory, he declares
By Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky, United Press air analyst
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If you write to soldiers, then read this
Many overseas letters returned because of faulty addresses
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Proof needed in ban on Reds, court asserts
California asked to show party is subversive to keep it from ballot
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McNutt warns of crackdown in labor grabs
Pirating of skilled workers to bring double-edged penalties
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WLB tries to end wages and prices race
Pay ruling reverberations sure to hit many fields of industry
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent
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