World War II Chronicle: May 18, 1941
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Powerful new Allied fighters are discussed on page six: Republic’s XP-47B “Thunderbird” and Vought-Sikorsky’s XF4U-1 are reported to have a 2,000 horsepower air-cooled Pratt & Whitney engine. The Republic Thunderbolt’s maiden flight was on May 6 while Vought’s gull-winged model first flew in May of last year. The XF4U-1, soon to be dubbed the Corsair, holds the distinction of the first single-engine aircraft capable of flying faster than 400 miles per hour. The same P&W R-2800 Double Wasp engine powers the Thunderbolt, which features a four-bladed propeller instead of the Corsair’s three. This allows the big machine to also push past 400 m.p.h. The British model is the Hawker Typhoon, which features a liquid-cooled Napier Sabre engine that can generate over 2,000 horsepower…
George Fielding Eliot column on page 10… Sports section begins on page 34. 15,000 fans turned out to honor Connie Mack. Shibe Park, baseball’s first concrete-and-steel stadium, is now named after the Grand Old Man of Baseball. Philadelphia Athletics owner-manager Connie Mack Shibe Park, who is old enough to have been a young boy when the Civil War began. He is so old that he was a major leaguer before the stadium that Shibe replaced — the “Baker Bowl” — was built.
Both Philadelphia franchises — the Phillies and the A’s call the park home. The A’s play there until they move to Kansas City in 1955 and the Phillies stay until Veterans Stadium opens in 1971…
Navy’s Edward F. Hahnfeldt has upset mighty Al Blozis of Georgetown in the discus throw (see page 36)… War’s 89th week summarized on page 42.
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 18 May 1941. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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