More cars sought to transport oil
65,000-barrel increase daily seen for East
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CIRCUS FIRE KILLS ANIMALS IN CLEVELAND
Flames sweep menagerie tent of Ringling Bros. as 5,000 watch
Elephant escapes
Ostrich also speeds from scene with plumes ablaze
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Radio men must list transmitters with U.S.
Radio men today called to the attention of amateur operators in the Reading area an order of the Federal Communications Commission requiring that all licensed and unlicensed amateur radio transmitters be registered by Tuesday Aug. 25.
Forms for the registration have been sent to the Reading Radio Club by federal authorities.
Officers of the club announced that a special meeting for the purpose of distributing these forms will be held at the American Legion home, 133 North 4th St., at 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10. Possession of transmitters, regardless of whether they are members of the club, may obtain the registration blanks at that time.
Jap ships off Moresby
Seaborne forces sent to back land threat; Allies attack widely
By the Associated Press
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U.S. bombers smash airdrome in Burma
New Delhi, India (AP) –
Flying through rains so thick pilots said it was “like submarine navigation,” American bombers have smashed Myitkyina airdrome in central Burma to such an extent the Japanese are unable to use it as a base for attacks on planes ferrying war goods to China, U.S. Air Force Headquarters reported today.
Added, to these monsoon downpours of tropical intensity as obstacles were heavier and heavier ground defenses thrown up by the Japanese in an effort to protect the airdrome, which bisects the Ferry Command transport line between India and China.
Naval air base hall destroyed by fire
Great Lakes, Ill. (AP) –
9th Naval District Headquarters announced that fire last night destroyed an uncompleted mess hall located in the center of the Peru (Ind.) Naval Air Base.
Lt. Arthur White, of the district press relations office, said damage, confined to the two-story building, was estimated at $150,000.
Fire departments from Peru, Logansport, Kokomo and Wabash, Ind., were called to the scene, he said.
Flames were discovered about 10 p.m. CWT.
HUNT CONTINUED IN BAY FOR 11 MISSING FROM FISHING PARTY
Group lost as cruiser founders
Only known survivor, woman, 23, swims 7 miles to safety
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Air-training student killed in hotel plunge
Atlantic City, NJ (UP) –
Edward Cross, 20, of Fly Creek, NY, an air training student, was killed last night when he fell or jumped from the third-floor window of a beachfront hotel.
Col. Robert P. Glassburn, commanding officer of the Army Air Forces Replacement Training Center, announced that a board of qualified Air Force officers would investigate.