Long range B 29 flight marks peacetime history
Twenty eight B 29s landed at Westover Field Mass after a refueling stop en route to Furstenfeldbruck Germany marking a long transatlantic hop. Lt Col Frank Ellis led the mission and officials noted it as experience for long range operations. The article also discusses proposed defense funding and draft plans as Congress considers expanding the Air Force to 70 groups.
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Westover Field
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Air Force
Furstenfeldbruck
Germany
Smoky Hill
Goose Bay
Labrador
France
Brest
Furstenfeld-Bruck
North Atlantic
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Frank Ellis
California, Ky
Ellis
Miners Return to Work as Strike Contempt Trial Looms
Thousands of soft coal miners resume work following John L. Lewis's call to end the month long strike. Some miners stay home awaiting the contempt of court verdict. production rises in western Pennsylvania and Illinois while 30,000 eastern Pennsylvania hard coal workers also return. If found guilty Lewis faces possible jail time and heavy fines, though previous penalties were reduced.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
T Alan Goldeborough
Doctors Hear Diabetes Talk From Panhandle Physicians
In Amarillo at the Panhandle convention, Dr. Edwin L. Rippy urged insulin and diet as key to diabetes care. He praised insulin’s 1922 introduction but stressed personalized food regulation and palatable diets to fit each patient’s needs and lifestyle.
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Panhandle
Cal Society
Herring Hotel
Edwin L. Rippy
Dallas
C. T. Stone
Galveston
Herring of
Texas
Southwest Medical College
Parkland Hospital
Rippy
Dallas Gofter
Amarillo
Rip- DY
Playful Women Push Baby in Buggy Into Path of Fast Autos
In Oakland on April 13 two women Elizabeth Allen and David Lee Allen pushed a 16 month old baby in a buggy into speeding traffic while claiming they were playing. Witnesses saw the stunt twice and the carriage spilled once. Police arrested them after they refused to heed bystanders. Authorities said the women had been drinking.
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Oakland
Cal
Elizabeth Allen
David Lee Allen
Busiest Man In Town for 30 Seconds
An unidentified driver nearly caused a wreck at Amarillo when a crossing bar dropped as a Santa Fe train neared. He lifted and pushed the car from the bars, escaping as the train passed. News tipster M F Robertson watched the incident from 3608 Line.
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Amarillo
Grand Avenue
Santa Fe
Gazelle
M. F. Robertson
US Dismantles Radio Range Station in Soviet Zone
Vienna reports the American radio range station 5 miles west of Tulin Air Base has been dismantled to meet Soviet demands. It will be rebuilt at Tulin. Russian authorities pressed for dismantling a week earlier. US British air traffic through the Soviet zone is reported normal again. Military trains cleared Russian checkpoints with little delay.
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Vienna
Austria
Tulin
Greeks Launch Offensive Near Bulgarian Border
The Greek Army attacked 1500 to 2000 guerrillas northwest of Drama and south of the Bulgarian border. Artillery infantry and aircraft supported the operation as part of an eight spring offensive, according to informed Salonika sources.
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Athens
Drama
Salonika
Radio Ser
Amarillo
Last Killing Frost May Be Yet To Come
The article warns of possible frost danger with temperatures near freezing at English Field and a record of late frosts in Amarillo as late as May 7, 1915. Mr. Winburn forecasts warmer weather with a low around 40 degrees tonight and a high near 15 degrees tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
English Field
Winburn
Amarillo
Approve Wage Hike For Federal Employes
The House Civil Service Committee approved two bills granting raises for federal workers. One bill provides a yearly pay raise for salaried Civil Service staff, another offers a 30 cent hourly boost for hourly paid workers and a $585 yearly raise for postmasters and postal employees. The action follows President Truman’s nomination of Herschel V. Johnson as ambassador to Brazil.
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Wasington
Npru
House Civil Service Committee
Postal Service
Principals Set Out Students in Strike in Wing Texas
About five hundred high school pupils in Wing Dallas County staged a one and a half hour walkout to protest the school board's decision not to reappoint two principals Drummond and Copeland. Board President Joe Seeber called the action premature and said a special meeting with students might be held to discuss the issue.
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Wing
Tex
Dallas County
W. D. Drummona
Princip
R. H. Copeland
Drummond
Inquiry Breaks Down Berlin Air Crash Hearing
A joint British Soviet inquiry into the April 5 Berlin air crash collapsed as they could not agree on hearing American and German witnesses. The report notes the dispute over witness inclusion and timeline.
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Berlin
Anti-Red Law Upheld by Three-Judge Court
A special three judge panel upheld the non Communist section of the Taft Hartley Labor Law in a 2 to 1 ruling. The CIO National Maritime Union had challenged provisions requiring union officers to sign affidavits claiming they are not Communists. The decision permits direct Supreme Court appeal. Also includes NLRB ruling that pensions are subject to bargaining under Taft Hartley.
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Washington
U.P
CIO National Maritime Union
National Labor Relations Board
Wilbur K. Miller
US Court of Appeals
Bolitha J. Laws
US District Court
E. Barrett Prettyman
CIO Union
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
NLRB
CIO
United Steelworkers
Inland Steel Co
Stalin Speaks on Faith in International Trust
Moscow April 13 Premier Joseph Stalin voiced belief that mistrust between nations can be eliminated with time and effort. He made the remark during a Kremlin dinner for the Finnish delegation negotiating a treaty with Russia, saying reforms will take a long period and that mutual friendship must be built between the USSR and Finland.
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Josef Stalin
Stalin
Kremlin
Russia
Harold Stassen
Finland
USSH
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