Airplane Industry Built From Small Start to Global Power
Washington August 1 1946 The army began with a captain and two enlisted men to study the flying machine The Air Forces grew to 2 300 000 personnel and 65 000 planes By 1945 it dropped 2 000 000 tons of pombe on the axis and destroyed 43 000 enemy planes The RAF aided wiping out 30 to 80 percent of Germany’s 50 largest cities and plans to threaten Japan with 2 700 000 tons in 1946 if surrender is not achieved The article traces aviation from early 1907 to World War II and notes Henry H Arnold as an early aviator now leading the AAF The piece discusses strategic bombing and the evolving power of air forces.
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Washington
Army
United States Army Air Forces
Britain
RAF
Germany
Japan
AAF
Air Force
Division of Aeronautics
Wright Brothers
Army Air Forces
Arnold
Henry H. Arnold
Barney M. Giles
U. S. Army Strategic Ur
Philippines
James O. Guthry
13Th Aaf Fighter Command
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
William P. Blandy
Pacific Fleet
Ada Records Hazy Heat With 90 Degree Tuesday
Ada reports a Tuesday high of 90 degrees and a low of 73 as hot, fair weather continues. State forecast calls for clear skies and middle to upper 90s across the region.
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Ada
Empire State Building Toll Rises to 14
The Empire State Building crash on Saturday raised the death toll to 14 with the death of Joseph C. Fountain, 47, a Catholic welfare council employee who died after enduring 96 hours and receiving 25 blood plasma injections while aiding coworkers. More than 500 people donated blood plasma in his plea for help.
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New York
Empire State Building
Joseph C. Fountain
Rational Catholic Welfare Council
Fountain
Fire-alarm box pranklinked man sought in San Francisco
Police hunt a man linked to a new twist in a past tale about someone who places letters in fire-alarm boxes. A local firebug has been dropping blazing match folders into mailboxes in the city.
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San Francisco
P -Police
Army Moves to Avert Transport Crisis in Pacific War
The War Department outlined two steps to ease rail congestion from troop moves. It will turn over 25 000 troops a month to commercial airlines using 70 80 C 47 transports and 260 former pilots. It will also discharge 1 362 railroad veterans in Europe and recall 2 063 more with enough points for early U S return. Senator Johnson argued the army keeps too many men in uniform and urged faster demobilization.
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Washington
War Department
Senator Johnson
D.-Cole
Johnson
Senate Military Committee
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Colorado
Army
Europe
United States
Ada Rodeo Kicks Off Tenth Annual Event Next Week
The Ada rodeo begins next week August 8 12 marking the tenth annual rodeo with added seating and changes to performances. Quarte r horse show Hereford cattle exhibit return drawing more fans and room for attendees expected after previous crowds were turned away. A big parade by round up club members from Oklahoma and Northern Texas precedes the first show.
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Ada
Hereford Heaven
Oklahoma
Texas
Colony Increase Shown By Beekeeper
Oklahoma beekeepers had 52 000 colonies on hand July 1 up 11 percent from 1944. Winter and spring losses ran about 13 percent versus 16 percent last year due to sugar shortages, honey scarcity, and bad weather. Replacements this spring rose to 20 percent from 25 percent in 1944. Colony condition July 1 stood at 87 percent of normal, down one point from last year.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Veterans Hired Regardless of Disability in Beach Job Plan
Maj. Douglas Yule of Quincy Mass outlines a policy to hire war veterans without regard to disability and to assign suitable beach work for those unable to stand, highlighting inclusive employment practices by a plant operator.
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Maj
Douglas Yule
Quincy, Mass
Funds For State Supported Colleges Cut Off Temporarily
Oklahoma City August 1 funds for state colleges and universities were halted by state auditor Dr. J G Duncan amid a Supreme Court suit by Sen Robert Burns challenging the contingency fund and a constitutional amendment. Payments for the biennial appropriation of 16 million were not released and Duncan said he may extend the freeze pending court rulings.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Roberts
Kerr
J. G. Duncan
Regents For Higher Education
Supreme Court
Robert Burns
Burns
J. K. Wells
Regents
Duncan
Army Transport Makes Record Trip to Paris
The Army Air Force transport C-69 constellation landed at Orly field after a 3,660 mile nonstop flight from La Guardia New York in 14 hours 12 minutes. Lt Col Norman F Timper of Watertown Massachusetts piloted the plane and predicted regular 12 hour flights from New York to Paris.
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Paris
Army Air Force Transport Command
Orly Field
la Guardia Field
New York
Norman F. Timper
Watertown
Mass
Big Three Nearing End of Conference at Potsdam
At Potsdam the Big Three near completion of their sessions on a future peace plan. President Truman will fly to England to meet King George VI after his talks with Atlee and Stalin, then sail from Plymouth to the United States. Final communique expected Friday after all delegates depart.
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Potsdam
Truman
England
George VI
Attlee
Stalin
Plymouth
United States
White House
Europe
Washington
London
Moscow
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Yalta
San Francisco
United Nations
Augusta
Anderson to Inspect Underground Refrigerator Cave
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson will personally inspect the war food administration’s underground refrigerator cave at Atchison before endorsing its abandonment. The 10,000 cubic foot rock-bound vault, leased by the WFA, has cooled to 36 to 41 degrees with no food stored yet.
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Kansas City
Secretary of
Clinton P. Anderson
War Food Administration
Ata Kas
Anderson
Atchison
House of Representatives
WFA
Defense Plant Corporation
Eldon Richardson
United States
Richardson
Lloyd and George Kerford
J. F. Pritchard and Company
Hugh B. Mitchell
Mead
Barkley notes Senate slow on Truman domestic plans
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley warned that Congress has moved slowly on President Truman s domestic reconversion proposals while approving key foreign policy measures like the UN charter and international monetary agreements. He plans to present a October return agenda tracing Roosevelt era ideas and unacted Truman reforms.
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Washington
Barkley
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Senate
Japan's July Losses Pass 1500 Ships and 1300 Planes
Combined raids cost Japan at least 1,546 ships and small craft sunk or damaged in July and more than 1,300 war planes destroyed or wrecked. Adm. Halsey’s Third Fleet planes, including 290 British aircraft, destroyed or damaged 1,035 Japanese ships in two days of ceaseless assaults, and 1,278 aircraft were accounted for, most on the ground.
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Guam
Japan
Adm
Halsey
Nimitz
Associated Press
Japs React to Bombardment as War Intensifies
Guam reports describe heightened Japanese propaganda and civilian distress as B 29 and naval strikes intensify. Accounts note underground shelters, scarce supplies, and a grim outlook, while Allied chiefs announce massive raids and growing air power targeting Honshu and other war centers.
Restaurant Owners Meet With Anderson
Representatives of the Oklahoma Restaurant Association will confer with Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson at Oklahoma City Thursday to seek help for cafes short of ration points. Robrey Price will present the case on behalf of the state organization.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Restaurant Association
Clinton P. Anderson
Oklahoma City
Bason
Oklahoma
Robrey Price
Canton trainee fined for over crowding motorcycle lift
New London a maritime officer trainee Jack Willis of Canton Ohio gave three pedestrians a lift on a motorcycle. The act led to a $15 fine for overcrowding the vehicle.
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New London
Oklahoma to Welcome Anderson for State Talks and Visit
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson arrives in Oklahoma for a day of meetings with Gov. Kerr on agricultural problems. He will address farm and home week at Oklahoma A and M college after breakfast with the governor and a Capitol session. Restaurant owners seek audience over rationing food issues and a protein feed shortage will be discussed. Anderson also meets Oklahoma City Rotary club during the visit.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Today
Clinton P. Anderson
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Anderson
Robert S. Kerr
Capitol
OPA
Oklahoma
Army Men Wounded In Pacific Fighting
War casualties list Oklahoma soldiers in Pacific theater. Dead Pfc Theodore Muse Route 1 Red Oak. Wounded Pfc Dean French Woodville Pfc H C Hague Oklahoma City Pvt D C Harris Oklahoma City Pfc J W Muldrow Durant Sgt C N Wells Elgin.
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Pacific
Theodore Muse
Red Oak
Dean French
Woodville
H. C. Hague
Oklahoma City
D. C. Harris
J. W. Muldrow
Durant
C. N. Wells
Elgin
Fisherman 86 Wins 17 Inch Crusty Catch At Spencer Lake
Spencer Neb Aug 1 John Connor, 86, swam 100 yards to retrieve a pole line and tackle after a fish stole them from a fisherman at Spencer Lake. He surfaced with the tackle and a 17 inch cr
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Spencer
Nebr
Spencer Lake
John Connor
Connor
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Morrie Landsberg
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Hachioji
Nagaoka
Toyama
Honshu
Kawasaki
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Okinawa
MacArthur
FEAF
Radio Tokyo
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