Life Begins at 40 AAF Power in War and Peace
AAF marks its 40th anniversary with nationwide Air Forces Day events on August 1. The tribute highlights its growth from a three-man unit to a wartime force of over 2.4 million with up to 2000 planes, and surveys postwar demobilization, jet-age developments, and the potential for an autonomous air force.
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Army Air Forces
Air Forces Day
AAF
Air Force Association
Europe
Far East
Aeronautical Division
The
Signal Corps
Charles Def. Chandler
Edward Ward
Joseph E. Barrett
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
Arnold
Air Corps
General Headquarters Air Force
Army
GHQ
Chief of Air Corps
Ater
Germany
RAF
Japan
Northrop
Col
Clarence. Irvine
Hawaii
Cairo
North Pole
Honolulu
New York City
Robert E. Thacker
John M. Ard
Shooting Star
Muroc Army Base
California
U. S
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall Addresses Labor and Soil
UN ren Na LUNG reports Chaplain Peter Marshall, installed by Republicans to replace Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, spoke at New York Avenue Presbyterian on labor unrest soil conservation and GOP policy. He argued responsible employers align with Christian principles and warned erosion removes 300000 acres yearly, likening it to melting 1875 farms of 160 acres.
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Senate
Frederick Brown Harris
Peter Marshall
Marshall
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
GOP
Notes of a New Yorker humorous column fragment
Walter Winchell curates a satirical New Yorker column teasing Congress adjournment and social quirks. The piece riffs on flying saucers housing woes Churchill earnings and local stage life, packing sharp asides and dated pop culture jabs with names and places implicit.
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Walter Winchell
New Yorker
Russian Obstruction and New Diplomatic Moves Ahead
Paul Mallon reports that after the Paris conference Soviet obstruction grows bolder, opposing peace and Western aid. Marshall’s cautious approach seeks flexible policies, with Ruhr restoration and other steps developing slowly while warning that war or appeasement are unacceptable against revolutionary aims.
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Marshall
State Department
Paris
Europe
Russia
Ruhr
Lexicon satire and circus leadership shift in court ruling
H I Phillips lampoons ideology with a three letter word test for democracy and satire on isolation. The piece notes Robert Ringling being ousted as top circus official with John Ringling North returning after a court decision. Both leaders share unease akin to aerial performers.
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Astraddie
Robert Ringling
John Ringling North
Farm measures optimism in Senate restoration of cuts
Washington sources predict the Senate will restore most agriculture department cuts. They expect full funding for soil conservation at 267 million dollars, a lunch program increase to 75 million, and 48 million for farm surplus disposal. If conference agrees, the bill moves to the President with about 15 percent cut. The wool bill faces opposition due to trade policy concerns and potential veto implications for 1948.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Australia
U. S
GOP
Truman
Climax of World War I era remark on British class ties
In late summer 1918 on the Strand London, a writer recounts an encounter with two British Tommies and a nobleman. He argues that common soldiers have proven equal or superior to titled peers, signaling a new spirit in the nation and a shift in governance.
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Strand
London
England
Mile a Minute Cloth and Kitten Potholders Patterns
Crochet patterns offer a Mile-a-Minute Cloth with wide bands in red blue green or yellow and can be enlarged by adding bands. Includes Kitten Potholders pattern using gingham or linen scraps with embroidered faces, each 7 inches, both offered for 20 cents per pattern.
Glacier Striped by Grasshoppers Near Cook Montana
Millions of grasshoppers swarmed Grasshopper Glacier near Cook Montana. Insects were blown aloft then cooled by frigid winds and fell into the ice. Snow buried the grasshoppers, creating black bands up to 60 feet deep that still mark the glacier.
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Cook
Mont
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Joan
Clinton Playhouse
Connecticut
Riviera
Broadway
Lom Fong's
Paul Mallon
H. I. Phillips
Donnybrook
Walter Shead
Wright. Patterson
Sewing Circle
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Mae “Tm
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Akaton
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