Battle Over Airliner Output Divides Government Agencies
A broad dispute pits the War Department against Commerce Navy and State Departments over continuing construction of large passenger planes. The conflict centers on whether private firms should complete 88 DC-3 and Lodestar aircraft and related engines or shift all capacity to military production, with implications for airlines, jobs, and national defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Defense Commission
Priorities Board
Commercial Aircraft Priorities Committee
Office of Production Management
OPM
Army
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Commerce Department
State Department
South America
Great Britain
Charles A. Lindbergh
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Upper Level Air School Opened
MAURICE RODDY reports Wright Field opens the first army air corps high altitude training school for 120 officers. Capt. Otis Co Benson Jr leads lectures on oxygen use, high altitude physiology, and pressurized gear with demonstrations in a 40 foot chamber and flights to 38 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Roddy
Aero Medical Research Laboratories
Wright Field
Otis Co. Benson, Jr
Air Corps
Army Air Corps
B. 8
Kelsey
U. S
London
Britain
Turner A. Sims
Frank R. Cook
Rudolph Fink
Benson
J. W. Heim
John F. Hall, Jr
Ernest A. Pinson
Aero Medical Laboratory
Air Cadet Corps Membership Application
An applicant seeks membership in the News Globe Air Cadet Corps sanctioned by the National Aeronautics Association. The form requests name address age school grade and payment to cover a bronze pin membership card and aviation training outline mailed to the Air Cadet Commander at Amarillo News Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
National Aeronautic Association
News Globe Air Cadet Corps
Air Cadet Corps
The
News Globe
National Aeronautic Assn
Amarillo News-Globe
Napkin Tucking Etiquette Cited By United Airlines Director
Don Margarrell of United Airlines passenger service cites Auguste Escoffier as authority for the custom of tucking a napkin into the collar while dining. The article notes this quaint etiquette practice and its proper use to avoid wearing the menu on the vest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Margarrell
United Air Lines’ Passenger Service Department
Auguste Excoffier
Excoffier
Aeronautical figures urge CAA independence and CPT funding
Sen McCarran proposes returning the Civil Aeronautics Authority to an independent status and moving the safety board to NACA. The bill abolishes the CAA administrator post, shifts commerce secretary duties to the proposed independent CAA chair, and cuts civilian pilot training funds by half. Campaigners push for CPT continuation. notable honorees include Caldwell and Dryden. Albert Gail, co designer of the Messerschmitt, now teaches at Minnesota, claiming design work with Lassner in 1933 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Serviette Au Cou
Sen
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Safety Board
National Advisory Committee For Aeronnautics
Washington
NACA
McCarran
CAA
Secretary of Commerce
James H. Doolittle
Frank W. Caldwell
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
New York
Caldwell
Budget Bureau
Army
Navy
CPT
National Aviation Training Association
Col
Roscoe Turner
Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp
Indianapolis
William Ong
Ong Aircraft
Kansas City
Leslie Bowman
Fort Worth
Tex
Albert Gail
University of Minnesota
Germany
U. S
Gail
Robert Lassner
Bavarian Aircraft Works
Anson Weeks Injured in Highway Crash
Anson Weeks, famed orchestra leader, sustained a fractured left arm and head injuries in a highway collision south of Marengo Iowa. Karl Knauer and Harold Holmes of his Chicago-based orchestra were less seriously hurt. Weeks was taken to a Marengo hospital while the band members proceeded to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
U.P
Anson Weeks
Karl Knauer
Chicago
Harold Holmes
Weeks
Marengo Hospital
Youth Confesses Slaying His Friend
Albert St. Clair aged 21 told District Attorney Arthur Waite he killed his friend Jack Kuhn 44 a screen and fiction writer. Kuhn went to visit St Clair in Simi and was shot five times in the room then collapsed in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Cal
UPI
Arthur Waite
Albert St. Clair
Jack Kuhn
Waite
Kuhn
St. Clair
Officer's Charge Kills Youth in San Antonio Burglary
Felipe Lozano, 18, died after Police Investigator C A Dotson fired buckshot into his head as he fled during a tavern burglary investigation in San Antonio. Two others were held on suspicion. It was the tavern’s sixth recent burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Felipe Lozano
C. A. Dotson
Famed Model Plane Ace Reveals Plans for New Mono-Wheel
William Gough Jr renowned model aircraft designer shares plans for a new mono-wheel ROG model in two exclusive installments. He details building the speedy Mier and notes his 14 years crafting over 1,000 models including about 100 parlor ROGs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gough, Jr
Bill
News-Globe
Wm. Gough, Jr
Henry
Airmen and their Autographs Model Ship Guide
An indoors and outdoors model airplane guide explains using medium hard balsa for outdoor builds and lighter spars for indoor flying. It details propeller crafting, wing construction with ribs, dihedral setup, and finishing touches for a tiny 9 inch ship that thrives with careful sanding and dope for durability.
Logbook portrait of L. G. Fritz pioneer air executive
Logbook recalls L. G. Fritz known as Larry, longtime Transcontinental and Western Air operations chief. Born in Marine City Michigan, he helped Ford Ford tri motor transports, flew first private contract air mail in 1926, and rose to vice president in charge of operations amid early aviation growth with TWA and Safeway airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G
Larry” Fritz
Transcontinental
Western Air
Fritz
Marine City
Mich
Larry
Henry Ford
Army Air Service
Park Field
Memphis
Tenn
William B.stout
Detroit
Chicago
Stout
Ford
Ford Airways
Cleveland
Maddux Airlines
California
Safeway Airlines
Earl Halliburton
TWA
Central Division
Kansas City
Texas-born Major Williams Wounded by German Bomb
Major Robert Williams, 39, a United States Army Air Corps observer born in Texas, was wounded by glass from a German bomb during a raid in London. He underwent eye surgery to save sight, with surgeons stating the outcome would be known after bandages are removed.
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London
Robert Willams
United States Air Corps
Maj
Willams
Army conducts attogiro training at Patterson Field Ohio
The army runs an attogiro school at Patterson Field Fairfield Ohio for training pilots and crews. The navy operates five aircraft carriers Saratoga Lexington Yorktown Ranger and Enterprise. A 10 percent non college student quota exists for CAA pilot training programs and duralumin is an aircraft alloy about three times stronger than steel with copper 3.5 to 4.5 percent manganese 0.4 to 1 percent magnesium 0.2 to 0.75 percent and aluminum at least 92 percent.
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Army
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Ohio
U. S
Saratoga
Lexington
Yorktown
Ranger
Enterprise
Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
U. S. Produces Lots Of Aviation Gas
The American Petroleum Institute reports a surge in 100-octane aviation fuel capacity. By March 1 refineries will reach 550 million gallons per year with potential to double in 12 to 14 months after $30 million in new plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
American Petroleum Institute
Institute
Pan American Plans Alternate Westbound Route Survey
Pan American Airways announced a survey flight within ten days to test an alternate westbound route from Europe to the United States via Bolama Port of Spain Trinidad San Juan Puerto Rico, 7200 miles long adding 26 hours to current crossings.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Europe
South Atlantic
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bolama
Port of Spain
Trinidad
San Juan
Porto Rico
Lisbon
Horta
Azores
Bermuda
Pan American Airways Wll
New Pan Am Course Aims to Double Lisbon Westbound Passengers
Pan American Airways contends that a re routing of westbound service would double passengers from Lisbon and ensure the highest regularity of trans Atlantic service. Many westbound flights have been delayed at Horta by strong westerly winds. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Airways
Lisbon
Horta
Gray haired pilots survive cross Texas rain flight in a Cub
Two young pilots C C Hays and the writer depart Grand Prairie in a 75 horsepower Cub. Weather worsens to a wall of rain as they drift toward Wichita Falls. Mist and flooded fields force an emergency landing in Henrietta, then a cross wind return to soggy fields. They ride out a day and a half waiting for better conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
C. C. Hays
Grand Prairie
Amarillo
Love Field
Dallas
Hays
Bowie
Wichhta Falls
Henrietta
Wings of the Army Boost S Bring Amarillo Fliers to Air Corps
HO Sports Editor Jerry Malin notes he must cope as Bill Britton prepares to join the Army Air Corps after February 12. Britton, backed by Uncle Samuel, will train in Ontario California and become a second lieutenant. Also headed for aviation training are John Satterstorm Earl Smith Herbert Underwood from Amarillo plus James Baldwin and D A McLain joining at Ryan San Diego and Cal Aero in Ontario. McLain is a Globe News aviation award winner. The Amarillo Air Service has trained top-notch air corps material. In other news the Wyoming fish and game commission reports 19 797 505 fish planted in the state's streams over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Bill
Army Air Corps
Malin
Jerry
Amarillo
Air Corps
John Satterstorm
Earl Smith
Herbert Underwood
Ryan
San Diego
James Baldwin
Borger
D. A. McLain
Hereford
Britton
Cal Aero
Ontario
McLain
Globe News Aviation
Canyon
Amarillo Air Service
Army
Phillips Revises Buying Methods for Oil Volumes
Phillips Petroleum of Bartlesville Oklahoma says from February 1 volumes of oil purchased in Oklahoma Arkansas and Kansas will be calculated using 100 percent tank tables with full deduction for sediment and water. Temperature corrections will add or subtract 0.125 percent for each degree below or above 60 F. No change in price postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kansas
Crude Oil Stocks Rise in Week Ended Jan 25
The Bureau of Mines reports total crude petroleum stocks at 260,093,000 barrels, up 159,000 from the prior week. Domestic stocks rose 412,000 barrels while foreign crude fell 253,000. Weekly production averaged 3,599,000 barrels daily, down 13,000 from last week, with runs to stills at 3,625,000 barrels daily and imports averaging 76,000 barrels daily, down 9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
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National Bureau of Standards
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Octave Chanute
Glenn L. Martin
Daniel Guegenheim
Aviation
Hal Morris
Philadelphia
Blanchard
Adams, Jefferson
Henry Clay
Robert Morris
Paul Revere
Ifp Xvi
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Pan American
Globe News
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Jerry Malin
William Kenneth
Bill) Britton
Wyoming Fish and Game Commission
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