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Highland Park Press, 22 Jul 1943, p. 2

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E Former Deerfield Boy _ Dies In African _â€" Plane Crash . The crew of nine now may be superâ€" stitious as the bomber was returning from its thirteenth operation with the enemy when the ship was forced down in an air battle with twenty five Gerâ€" man planes. . Though the plane was badly damaged before it was abanâ€" doned, the crew were in good shape dfter spendnig only a couple of hours in the water before their dinghie was picked up. In The Nations Service ‘Lieut. Richard Kammanga, son of Mr. and Mrs; Peter Kammanga, forâ€" mer Deerfigld residents who now make their home in Chicago, has been reâ€" portedâ€"killed while on duty June 22 in North Africa as the result of an airplane accident. The crew of the flying fortress, Snowball, of which Lieut. William E. Peters of N. Linden avenue was pilot, were rescued from the North Sea by the British after a raid over Germany last Saturday. Fortress Crew and Local Pilot Forced Down In North Sea He leaves besides his wife and parâ€" ents, a sister, Margaret, and a brother, Robert. a Lieut, Kammanga was a Highland Park high school graduate and enâ€" tered the army air corps in May 1942 After completing his flight training in Texas and California, he received his wings and commission February 6 of this year, He had been serving overseas since May, His wife, the former Florence May Russell of Deerfield, and his parents were notified of the accident last week, but no details were given. h-_h-‘diupmbwbhtn-hh-flnf&hu-fl.n}h-lfim "Last night we set a new production record," re the proud and *‘oviljdphcdhu-'b hunâ€"umn*um-m encourging words Mrs. Davies writes to her son oversess. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Supplying Vital Rlectric Power for Var Production in Northern TWlinsis Pic. Anthony Biagi is now stationed in Boston studying foreign languages under the army AST program. He graduated from Highland Park high school and attended Northwestern University School of Commerce enterâ€" ing service February 9. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Biagi of Green Bay road. Upon completion of the prescribed flight training course at the "Annapoâ€" lis of the Air" Cadet Rankin vill reâ€" ceive his Navy "Wings of Gold" with the designation of Naval Aviator, and will be commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve or a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. Money by Radio American soldiers overseas excludâ€" ing those serving in Alaska, Hawaii, Panama Canal Zont and Puerto Rico, may now send money home by radio. In a recent week more than 9000 soldiers sent nearly $1,000000 in amounts of ten dollars or more, with no maximum limit. Money may be transmitted to an inâ€" dividual payee or to a bank. The proâ€" cess is speedy and sure. Bonds may be purchased by this method if desired. Leslic A. Rapkin, Jr., 21, son of Mr. L. A. Rankin of 627 Vine. Ave., was recently appointed a Naval Aviation Cadet and was transferred to the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla., for intermediate flight training. Electricity has gone to war â€" don‘t waste it ! Pvt. Angelo Vanni, son of Sam Vanni of Homewood avenue, is staâ€" tioned at Camp Fannon, Texas. Anâ€" other son,, Cpl Hannibal Vanni, is serving with the army in New Caleâ€" donia. * Pvt. John Moran has been promoted to corporal at Camp Howze, Texas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moran of Oakwood avenue. Flight mechanic Donald J. Cameron recently completed 2 three month‘s course at LaGuardia Field, N. Â¥.C. reâ€" ceiving his present rating. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Camerâ€" on of Michigan avenue. C Stafllct.(hm'gcS.I.Jâ€"n‘lr.'nq enjoying a furlough from duties as instructor in the army visiting his parents on S, Linden, avenue. Sgt. Lyman has just completed an adâ€" vanced course of instruction in acrial gunnery at the Central instructors‘ school, Fort Mayers, Fla. He expects to resume his dutics as instructor at Harlingen Field, Texas. Capt. Daniel Davitt, former resident and High school instructor, was able to visit friends in town over the weekâ€" end. Corp. John Ott: Jr., Mrs. John Ott of ( Deerfield, is serving overseas. He has bee o quartermaster regin William Cruickshank, fireman first class, of Deerfield, is taking several weeks advanced training at Camp Endicott, Danville, R. L He wasâ€"reâ€" cently transferred from Camp Perry, Williamsburg, Penn. In at American Associated Press account by John Thompson in the Tribune, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Herman of Linden avenue learned that their son Ensign Randolph Herâ€" man who has been serving with the Asiatic Fleet is in the midst of fightâ€" ing on Sicily. Ensign Herman is a Lake Forest Academy and Hobart college graduate. A younger son, Enâ€" sign Grant Herman, is also serving with the navy. Oakley Mr. and aventue Prt. Robert M. Wolters is the son of A. E. Wolters, assistant principal !*_lf(hland Park high school, and Mrs. RECEIVES GODD CONDUCT MEDAL Wolters, 1303 Judson avenue, and has been in the detachment at Denison university, Granville, Ohio, since last February. In a recent battery of tests in mathematics and physics in the basic preâ€"meteorological center at Denison for the detachment of the Army Air Forces â€"Training ~Command ~Private Sgt Mario A. Goffo of 414 Me Danicls Ave., has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal at the Field Artillery Replacement Training Cenâ€" ter, Fort Bragg, on the basis of his "exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity." The award is now available to men who have served for one conâ€" tinous year, though before December 7, 1941, it was made after three years of service. « Sgt. Goffo is a member of the Ninth Battalion, Third ©Regiment;, of the FA RTC. Thousandd of newly inducted soldiers have received their basic training at this Center and been sent to regular line organizations. It is th largest field utillfi‘nphccmt training center in the 1d. The actual medal, however, will not be manufactured or issued until after the war because of the metal restricâ€" tions now in effect. In its stead, the soldier will wear a red and white striped service ribbon. % Recommendation for the medal is made by the soldier‘s battery comâ€" mander and is noted on the soldidr‘s Service Record. Recreation clubs in England telling how American soldiers look to. these centers for. recreation. When asked what we on the home front can do for the men serving overseas, Miss Milicr said: "Write them fresuently and keep the tone of the letters conâ€" vincingly cheerfu‘ . Write regularly including those little details which will enable them to reconstruct faâ€" Miss Grace Lea Fearing, daughter of the YWCAâ€"USO director, Mrs. Grace Fearing, recently enlisted in theâ€"woman‘sâ€"reser ves of ~the â€"Marime Write Often Miss Barb: working â€" wi The textile industry is taking a growing interest in this new field. Wearing apparel after the war may be made of plastics. Success of the nylon stocking for women shows in a small way the demand for synthetic fibers. Because of their lighter weight, dimensional stability, colorful attracâ€" tiveness, and strengthening adyanâ€" tages, the future of plastics appears bright. â€" Plastics can be used for Wolters ranked fifth in the entire wroup. . These tests, covered the first quarter of the work. Since last February Private Wolâ€" ters has been in training for a secâ€" ond Beutehancy but the complete course requires 20 months of intenâ€" sive training, the first 12 months at Denison and the remainder at an advanced school where the enlistees become aviation cadets with inâ€" Perhaps Henry Ford believes 10 million new homes will be needed. Industries must be rehabilitated. Transportation modernized. And food made available for all. Competent forecasters see us after the war in the spittingâ€"onâ€"ourâ€"handsâ€" andâ€"rollingâ€"upâ€"ourâ€"sleeves stage. There will be lots of work to do. And there will be work for all. % an incentive. for people to themselves. Future Demands Billionaire industrialist Henry Ford believes people of the world will share more after the war. Nations are linked together now. African, Alaskian, and Panâ€"American highways will link us together even tighter. And transport pltnes are welding these links. Because millions must be fed, housed and clothed, fuller employment will come. Wages will be higher, markets bigger, and people will have more leiâ€" sure time. Perhaps free time will be There are many demands on the future. Leading scientists, inventors, and business men are most hopeful about the years to come. ‘They see the world grownig up again, They see much rebuilding, new fields of indusâ€" try, new products, and food for all. The belief is that people who are well fed won‘t start wars. When service men aren‘t talking about their girls, moms, and dads, and home towns, their conversations seem to drift towards the postâ€"war world. The future. The world of tomorrow is going to be a beautiful place. __ Work for All At Headquarters, Chicago Schools, )A.‘l':ynAi Forces Training Command, Plastics came into their own about arl. Harbor time. . Durable, decoraâ€" ‘¢ and dependable, they» were beâ€" ining to take the place of wood and cel. Scientists, engineers ,and chnicians are opening their eyes and cing plastics used as adhesives, comâ€" ementing the work of wood and el. The textile industrv is takine a FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, sCIENTIST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM where the Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy ‘RSâ€"Weeok Days #:30 to 8:30 i Saturtapt 296 sin to ® paw * ‘Tundays 190 $ to 5186 pas. may be read, borrowed, or purchased Avtihorized Christise Science"Literstere in English PT plastics Plastics can be used for t n the . Amercan Red idon since last Novemâ€" off in Chicago recently. wusiastic in her descripâ€" work of the Red Cross YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED To uss ThE Mi the M Farming will be (Special to the Highlang Park Press) The Future! 43 North Sheridan Road as been m Red improve Tech. Sgt. Davic Jenkins and his wife, the former Marian Pinnow, of Kankakee, are dividing their time between Kankakee: and Highland Park while Sgt. Jenkins is on furâ€" lough from Albequerque, N. M. He is the son of the Edgar Jenkins of Central avenue. Lient. John Epstein, ~son of the Harry Epsteins of Roger Williams avenue, has been serving as a bombâ€" ¢r pilot in North Africa. In the recent battle in the African theater, Lieut. Epstein was assigned to Genâ€" eral Montgontery‘s British 8th army. Cpl. Mervin Goldstead, who has been serving with the signal corps at Camp Crowder, Mo., is visiting his parents, . Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Goldstead / of â€" Highwood _ avenue, Highwood. _ Pvt. Warren Goldstead is also home on furlough. He will return to duties with the infantry at Nashville. Tenn. Miss Fearing has been in charge of the college subscription departâ€" ment of Time magazine in the Chiâ€" cago office. She attended Stetson university, Deland, Ala., and Rollins college, Winter Park, Fla. One of America‘s production wizards said. recently, "The only things that can‘t be made are those which we can‘t think of." American have always had lots of ideas and tremendous imaginâ€" ations." The future is bright. Service men will find plenty to do when they come back home after the war. Corps and is awaiting assignment to service. gone. Springs will be made of rubber, climinating squeaks, road noises, and shock absorbers. Bodies will be made either of plastic, plastic and wood, or aluminum. More space, more comfort will be available and passengers will sit dike a gunner in a flying. fortress with transparént plastics around them. Automobiles will be air conditioned at all times and air cooled in the summmer. Fenders and running boards will be It will weigh half as much as today‘s car and will be able to run 30 miles to a gallon of gas. The future has alwys been hard to believe. â€" It will be doubly hard to beâ€" lieve when the future automobile is seen. i 4 It might be shaped like an egg, a Leetle, a tear drop, or a flatiron. Because it combines the best radio and movies have to offer, television‘s future is promising. â€" With increased leisure, televisionâ€"combining sight and soundâ€"will improve our culture and thousands more will be able to see the best drama, dancing, paintings, and sculpture. ‘Television is seen as the principal source of news, education, and .entertainment. The New Auto f Just wait until youâ€"see the new peaceâ€"time automobile ! * Television projects the present. People like stories told with pictures. The success of the movies, tabloids end picture magazines proves this. Televisionâ€"the science of observing far away events as they take placeâ€" offers an interesting and lucrative field in the coming years of peace. Televised events will be seen in color and as clear as Hollywood movies. packaging, as water purifiers, for synâ€" thetic rubber products, material in aircraft and automobile bodies, for building materials such as insulation, indirect lighting, and as a substitute for . valves, faucets, fittings, and shower heads. % Aviation‘s Future No one can predict the future of aviation. The scope is too big. Possibilities too great. But this much is certain: If airplanes can carry tons of bombs, they can also carry food, machines, and ideas of good ill around the globe. Aviation has two new children in the glider and helicopter. Helicopters will transport mail from air liners to post office roofâ€"tops. Probability is there, too, that the heliâ€" copter might compete with the autoâ€" mobile ! Tales of Television Gliders will be used as sky trains rushing the delivery of vital products and speedily carry hundreds of people to new lands. ® Both will take their place in the world of tomorrow. (Continaed ow page 3) Thursdoy, July 22, 1943

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