HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 13 VOL 7
FEBRUARY 13TH 2008
WEATHER; NICE, LOW HUMIDITY, 28/64 DEGREES
GAS STILL BOUNCING AROUND
MOM HAD TO TAKE SHANNOIN TO McKINNEY FOR SOME KIND OF IMPLANT SURGERY SO SHE PICKED HALEY JO UP EARLY AND I HAD HER TILL KELLY GOT HOME AT 5:30PM! I HAD KELLY BRING THE SUIT CASE I HAVE ALL MY OLD NEWSPAPERS AND WWII MEMORABILIA IN ALONG WITH SOME OTHER KEEPSAKES!
I’VE GOT NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT ON THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR, ONE PICTURE SHOWING A JAPANESE DIVE BOMBER BEING SHOT DOWN, THE JFK ASSINATION, BOBBY KENNEDY ASSINATION, THE POLICE LEADING JACK RUBY AWAY AFTER HE SHOT LEE HARVEY OSWALD! PHOTOS SHOWING THE BATTLES ON THE GILBERT ISLANDS, BOGAINVILLE, KWAJALEIN, GUADALCANAL, AND OTHERS! THERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE WAR IN AFRICA, SICILY, PHOTOS OF NAZI AIRCRAFT, ENGLISH, ITALIAN, AND A LOT OF JAPANESE! THERE’S A PHOTO OF AN AMERICAN CRUISER COMING INTO PORT FOR REPAIRS AFTER THE BOW WAS SHOT OFF IN SOME BATTLE! THERE IS A PHOTO SHOWING THE P-38 WITH A NEW TYPE DROP TANK THAT GAVE IT ENOUGH RANGE TO ESCORT BOMBERS TO AND BACK FROM BERLIN! THIS REFUTES THE CLAIM THAT THE P-51 MUSTANG WAS THE ONLY FIGHTER THE U.S. HAD THAT COULD DO THIS! THE P-38 WAS DOING IT BEFORE THE P-51 WAS ACCEPTED BY THE U.S.A.A.C.! THE P-51 WAS REJECTED BY THE ARMY BECAUSE OF LACK OF POWER ABOVE 18,000 FEET AND WAS SOLD TO THE BRITISH WHO IMMIDATELY REMOVED THE ALLISON ENGINE AND REPLACED IT WITH THEIR MERLIN! THEY ALSO SOLD THE MERLIN TO THE U.S. AND WE PUT IT IN THE P-38 WHICH IMPROVED ITS PERFORMANCE! PICTURES THAT SHOW THE ITALIAN FLEET AFTER IT WAS SCUDDLED AND SOME SHOWING IT IN ALL ITS GLORY ON THE HI-SEAS! THERE ARE PICTURES THAT SHOW RESCUE OPERATIONS AFTER SOME MERCHANT SHIPS WERE SUNK BY NAZI U-BOATS!
SINCE MOST OF THESE NEWSPAPERS ARE COMPLETE EDITIONS THERE ARE MANY OTHER STORYS OF INTEREST ALONG WITH ADDS FROM 1952-58 THAT LETS THE READER COMPARE THOSE YEARS PRICES WITH 2008. THE COMPARISON WILL SURPRISE YOU!
MOST OF THE PAPERS ARE “DALLAS MORNING NEWS” BUT THERE ARE SOME L.A. EXAMINER AND L.A. TIMES, MOST OF THE PHOTOS ARE A.P. AND U.P. I. WIRE!
FYI, I JUST GOT A CALL FROM MY DAUGHTER SHANNON SHE AND HER DAUGHTER AND FIENDS WERE SETTING AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS, SHANNON TOLD THEM HOW SHE USED TO IRON MY HANDKERCHIEFS! MOM HAD HER DO THIS SO SHE WOULD LEARN HOW TO IRON!
SORRY THIS IS LATE BUT THE INTERNET WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT AS I WAS TYPING IT AND JUST CAME BACK ON ABOUT 10:00AM MY TIME!
THAT’S “30”FOR THIS ISSUE
HOWARD
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