Flying Boxcar Brigade Opens Japan Korea Airlift
Major General William Tunner, famed Berlin airlift chief, leads Far East Air Force combat cargo command shuttling between a southern Japan base and Kimpo Korea. Cargo planes deliver eight ton loads as bombardment grows and Kimpo keeps moving forces.
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Japan
Seou
Kimpo
Korea
William 4H. Tunner
Far East Air Force Combat Cargo Command
Inchon Harbor
Seoul
William L. Roberts
Tunner
Combat Cargo Command
CCC
Four Postmasterships Approved by Senate
The Senate has approved postmaster nominations in Texas for Aubrey Lee Davee Brady Lucile Fairman Goldthwaite J Smith Cluck Leander and Hulan P Armstrong Menard with the approvals announced from Washington on September 19.
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Washington
Senate
Texas
Aubrey Lee Davee
Brady
Lucile Fairman
Goldthwaite
J. Smith Cluck
Leander
Hulan P. Armstrong
Menard
Woman linked to Galveston death case charged in Texas check forgery
Paris reports a woman in her mid twenties, Delma D. Bell, was arrested on federal charges of check negotiations and forgery tied to a 1947 Galveston death by own action case. Secret Service says she is the identified suspect. bond set at 1500 dollars as authorities connect notes and beach evidence to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Galveston
Forrest V. Sorrell
Dallas
Secret Service
Delma D. Bell
Clara C. Faust
Sorrels
Texarkana
Department of Public Safety
Sorrell
Bell
Houston
Dodson Hanes
Phoenix Wind and Hail Storm Causes Massive Losses
Phoenix faces estimated damage exceeding 1 billion dollars after a hurricane force wind and hailstorm. The one hour storm severely damaged Sky Harbor Airport with 22 planes crushed and 22 more possibly repairable, left 25 families homeless, and injured several, including a critically injured 19 year old bricklayer. Damage to homes, glass, and crops is being assessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Sky Harbor
Tony Galen
Louis R. Jurwitz
Glazer
Jurwitz
Woods Seeks Tighter Rent Controls Expansion
Housing expediter Tighe Woods reportedly urged authorizing new rent controls that would cover residential property and allow ceilings on commercial property and real estate sales. He framed these as personal views not official policy, while Congress debates possible changes to the law amid uncertain prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tighe Woods
Associates
Budget Bureau
San Francisco
Woods’ Associates
Truman
Congress
Woods
Denver
Senate
House Banking
Spence
Coed Seeks Air Force ROTC Admission Stirring St Louis Unit
St Louis University coed Margery Lawton 18 applied to join the school's Air Force ROTC, claiming Air Force rules allow any student to enroll. Major Aubrey Bouck will refer the case to Tenth Air Force headquarters at Selfridge AFB Michigan as he weighs mobilization fears and her commission prospects in the Women’s Air Force.
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ST. Louis
INS
St. Louis University
Women's Air Force
Maj
Bouck
Tenth Air Force Headquarters
Selfridge Air Force Base
Mich
Godfrey Discovers Potential Singing Star Aboard Naval Base
Radio and television star Godfrey, on a two week training cruise at Pensacola Naval Air Base, auditioned 21 year old sailor Julius Larose of Brooklyn New York who could become a singing star for Godfrey's radio TV show. Larose is slated to appear on the show soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
INS
Godfrey
Pensacola Naval Air Base
Julius Larose
Aviation Electronics
Brooklyn
N. Y
Larose
Airmen Die as B-29 Crashes on Okinawa Takeoff
Three men died when a B 29 bomber crashed during takeoff on Okinawa. Radio operator James P Cooper was unable to escape. Firemen Richard J Patterson and Lt Paul Minn and Col Jack Morris also perished in the rescue attempt.
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Tokyo
Okinawa
Far Eastern Air Force
James P. Cooper
Clara V. Cooper
Easton
Cooper
Richard J. Patterson
Paul
Minn
Jack Morris
Elyria
Ohio
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Dave A. Tilton
Vancouver
Wash
Port Moresby
Dobodura
New Guinea
Naha
Ryukyus
Guam
Gen. Tunner
Atlantic
China
Ady
Guneges
Alessio
State Department OF Banking
West Fifth ST
Sunny Brook
Lone-Star Shop Service
ING
TM Guadalupe
R. J. G. Kubala
J. G. Kubala
Austin
Bill
Kentucky
Lone Star CO
San Antonio
Sunny Brook Iranp
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