World War II Chronicle: November 6, 1942
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On today’s front page Andrew Jackson Higgins, inventor of the famous Higgins boat, plans to build a fleet of monstrous flying boats. According to the article, Higgins’ six-engine plane would haul some 200,000 lbs. of cargo. That is comparable to a modern-day C-5 Galaxy, which can carry 281,000 lbs. Higgins Aviation only builds two Curtiss C-46 Commando transports before their contracts are canceled and their massive assembly facility near New Orleans is auctioned off. During the Apollo program Chrysler used the factory to assemble the first stage of Saturn I and IB rockets, later joining Boeing to build the first state of Saturn V rockets…
Speaking of Higgins boats, a Landing Craft Personnel (Large) is pictured on page three, about to unload Marines at Guadalcanal… George Fielding Eliot column on page 12… Clayton Knight article and sketch on page 16… Captured Afrikakorps commander Gen. Ritter Von Thoma” is pictured on page 20… Philippine Escape” series continues on page 22… Sports section begins on page 56, featuring a photograph of Sugar Ray Robinson and a column by Grantland Rice.
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 6 November 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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