City Airports Show Profits From Municipal Operations
A nationwide study shows city owned airports as a group operated profitably in 1947 with total revenues of 8.92 million and costs of 8.19 million. English Field in particular earned about 1000 dollars per month, with officials predicting higher future rentals and cargo income.
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English Field
English Field Annex
Civil Aeronautics Administration
War Assets Administration
Miami
International
Dallas
Love Field
St. Louis
Lambert
Love
New York
LaGuardia
Newark Airport
Newark
Port of New York Authority
Oakland
Detroit
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Airport growth drives solvency with record earnings
The expansion of major airport operations shows an 85 percent increase over 1946 when only 14 airports earned over $100,000. The sustained growth outpaces earlier totals and sets the pace toward airport solvency as operations expand.
Pirate Gold Elusive in Charleston Harbor Tales
Charleston reports myths of buried pirate treasure linked to captains Teach Bonney and Bonnet. Only a single colonial copper coin has been found amid Civil War era hoards, while a WPA era dig yielded a glass jar with a few coins at an old race track site.
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Charleston
S. C
Teach
Bonney
Bonnet
South Carolina
Packets Return to the Mississippi River for Summer Tours
The Mississippi resumes steamboat excursions after a year’s gap. The Gordon C. Greene from Cincinnati replaces the sunken Golden Eagle and sails three day trips to Hannibal and Cairo, ten day runs to St. Paul and Chattanooga, plus week trips to Shiloh and Muscle Shoals aboard a steam sternwheeler with 175 sleeping seats.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Gordon C. Greene
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Greene
Hannibal
Cairo
Ill
St. Paul
Minn
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee River
Shiloh Battlefield
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Army Vanquishes Horses So Old Veteran Retires
Fort Lewis Washington veteran Sgt. Tom Sapash retires after 27 years as cavalryman as the Army ends mounted service. Daisy the horse was retired with other mounts last January and Sapash plans to raise horses in the future.
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Fort Lewis
Wash. U
Tom Sapash
Daisy
Sapash
Boy Survives Being Run Over by a Switch Engine
Norwich reports a two year old, Michael Quattrochi Jr., crawled onto railroad tracks from his yard and was run over by a switch engine. The engine passed over him and the child rose uninjured, wandering back to his mother amid eyewitness astonishment.
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Norwich
U.P
Michael Quattrochi
Michael, Jr
Citrus by products gain value as plant opens
The Citrus By-Products Co. in McAllen reports citrus prices down this season with grapefruit as low as $2 a ton. Molasses from citrus peel, once $12 a ton, now fetches $47. Initially used for animal feed, the firm tests processing it for human consumption.
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Mcallen
Citrus By-Products Co
R. B. McLeash
Paramount highlights and showtimes teaser
On an Island With You stars Esther Williams and Peter Lawford with cartoon and Paramount News. Screenings begin at 1 00 with features at 1 19 3 24 7 34 and 9 39. State The Big Clock features Ray Milland Charles Laughton Maureen O Sullivan.
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Paramount
Esther Williams
Peter Lawford
Cartoon
Paramount News
Ray Milland
Charles Laughton
Maureen
Movie Lineup and Showtimes At Local Theaters
Listings show O Sullivan with Donald Duck and Peggy Lee musical plus news items. Esquire presents Saigon with Allan Ladd Veronica Lake color cartoon with start 1 00 and features at 1 10 2 52 4 34 6 16 7 58 9 40 CAPITOL offers The House Across the Bay with George Raft Joan Bennett color cartoon and news Rialto shows Follow the Leader with Dead End Kids cartoon serial and news starting 1 00 with features 1 27 3 10 4 53 6 36 8 19 1002 REX presents The Iron Curtain with Dana Andrews Gene Tierney STAR Duel in the Sun with Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck LEON T Men with Dennis O Keefe Wallace Ford VICTORY Relentless with Robert Young Marguerite Chapman.
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O'Sullivan
Donald Duck
Peggy Lee
Esquire
Saigon
Allan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Capitol
Bay
George Raft
Joan Bennett
Rialto
Rex
Dana Andrews
Gene Tierney
Jennifer Jones
Gregory Peck
Leon
Dennis O'Keefe
Wallace Ford
Victory
Relentless
Robert Young
Marguerite Chapman
Drive-In Theaters Trail Relentless with Rob
A column lists drive-in venues and shows including Relentless with Rob at Palo Duro and That Hagan Girl featuring Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple. Night clubs Carlton Scales orchestra plays nightly while Dick Morton headlines Rainbow Gardens Rio Rameos. Panhandle clubs Ong Cat Club and Victoria offer nightly floor shows with dancing through the week.
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Rob Young
Marguerite Chapman
Palo Duro
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
Tascosa
Dick Morton
Rainbow Gardens
Rio Rameos
Victoria Ong
Cat Club
Tm Cc Panhandle
Bourke Family Produces Trio of Attorneys in Texas
In Weatherford the C. D. Bourke family stands out as three daughters becoming attorneys. Two sons in law or married to lawyers highlight a strong legal lineage with Mrs Gerry Chilcoat and her husband UT Law School graduates and Mrs Gayle Nuessle and her husband likewise Texas law graduates.
Doubling the Permanent Public Free School Fund
The fund rose from 56.9 million to 130 million dollars, while the University and A&M Permanent Fund increased from 27 million to 82 million. The current fiscal year collects five times more than any prior commissioner period, and delinquent School Land Interest Accounts were cut by 95 percent.
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