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Sergeant Joe Louis, 29, was knocked down by his old sparring partner, Sergeant George Nicholson, in an exhibition bout for soldiers at Mitchel Field, L.I. Later Sergeant Nicholson protested almost apologetically that he had not really knocked Joe down with the punch, but by stepping on his foot had accidentally made him fall...
...Forces. It is almost four years since Army Test Pilot Lieut. Ben Kelsey flew the first P-38 across the continent in a near-record 7¾ hours' flying time, only to crash when one of the plane's engines conked out at Mitchel Field, N.Y. Before pilots learned to bail out by diving the plane and somersaulting forward, some had their legs sliced off by the P-38's tailpiece when they jumped. In high altitudes the complex electric system went haywire and pilots considered themselves lucky if they got home on one engine. Veteran pilots...
...investigated, found that the marks appeared to have been innocently made, had them erased. But meanwhile the pictures, without the results of the investigation, had been forwarded to First Air Force headquarters at Mitchel Field, L.I., where intelligence officers jumped to the conclusion that the markers were the work of fifth columnists...
...Milligan, G. B. Mills, Henry Mohr, A. M. Moore, K. C. Moore, J. R. Moorehead, R. F. Morris, R. G. Mountain, J. R. Myers, H. B. Myres, V. E. Newe, R. E. Owen, R. A. Parish, H. W. Park, Jr., W. E. Peavy, Jr., R. E. Pembrock, Jr., Perrizo Mitchel, Jr., C. W. Plumb, Jr., C. F. Printz, C. G. Purnell, T. B. Quiggle, H. S. Ray, D. J. Ritger, F. B. Rose, N. E. Schlenker, R. K. Scholton, D. C. Scott, J. B. Shuler, B. F. Simpson, W. E. Stapp...
...Mitchel Field had many a plan to defend New York City against attack. But every plan required some knowledge of the size, position and goal of enemy planes. In last week's alarm, with no such knowledge on hand, a general plan was improvised that included the best features of all. In exactly 20 minutes, Mitchel, its planes in the air, had established its defenses. Even in that short time, a lot of bombing can be done, as proved by the Hickam Field disaster. But it was not bad for a first attempt...