The Archive · 1939

Attack Squadrons

Also at Houston, at another field, will be the 53th pursuit group, with sixteen officers, eighty men, nineteen P-36a's (the newest pursuit planes) and one B-10 (bomber)

The Third Attack squadron, including ten oil seventy enlisted men and A-l7a planes will have headquarters at Temple, Also at Temple will be the 90th attack squadron, including 28 officers, 125 enlisted men and 25 A-l7a planes.

Eleven officers, 110 men and ten A-l8 planes, (the only two-motored combination ships of this type in the world's armed forces) of the Eighth Attack group will have headquarters at Waco, Austin will be headquarters of the Thirteenth attack squadron, comprising 28 officers, 125 men and 25 A-17 planes, and the 77th pursuit group, composed of sixteen officers, 80 men, nineteen PMC and one B-10 planes. Disclosure expected to come from the manoeuvres is the testing of aerial equipment, Some of the types of planes now in use may be declared unsatisfactory when the war games are over. Others may be approved as standard fighting equipment in the Government's drive to The causes of the accident are not yet known and both Mrs. Lillie and perfect its aviation division of national defence.—United Press, Mr. Wimsett will have to be questioned before these are definitel established. The car in which the party were riding at the time, was, as far as could be ascertained, coming down Broadway whilst the bus which was on the right side of the road, was coming in the opposite direction Another factor which will have to be (ken into consideration when establishing the causes of the accident, will be the slippery state of the road and whether or not any obstacles were in the way of either of the vehicles.

At a last hour las! night, Mrs. Lillie was reported to be resting comfortably and it was presumed that she would return to her home in Weihaiwei Road this morning. Mr. Wimsett's condition was also stated at being satisfactory, although he lost a considerable amount of blood and will Madrid to Have 600

Weddings Daily Madrid, Apr. 24.

During the next two months Madrid will witness something like 600 to 650 weddings a day. The reason for this extraordinary number is that the ecclesiastical authorities have strongly exhorted young couples married at registries during the Republican regime to have their marriage coni solemnized at church ceremonies. Since, however, there is lage of priests, mass weddings are being arranged.—Trans-Ocean. definitely be detained for some time. Mr. Wimsett is married and is the father of one child.

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