The Pittsburgh Press (August 4, 1942)
Other defendant may get off with long prison sentence
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Ostrich also speeds from scene with plumes ablaze
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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.
Seaborne forces sent to back land threat; Allies attack widely
By the Associated Press
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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.
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.
Only known survivor, woman, 23, swims 7 miles to safety
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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.