Supersonic Airplane Research Center Planned
Washington senators reveal army air forces plans for a dream city on a 100 square mile tract in the Grand Coulee region to house five large wind tunnels for full sized aircraft tests. The project, funded by a potential half billion dollars, requires immense power from Columbia river projects and awaits War Department, budget, and congressional approval.
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Washington
Sen. Mitchell
D-Wash
Army Air Forces
Sen
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R-Ore
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Oregon
National Advisory Council On Aeronautics
Air Forces
Pacific Northwest
Mitchell
Symington
Army Aeronautics
Germany
Army
War Department
Budget
Bureau
Congress
Senate
Foster Creek
McNary
Bonneville
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Sharply Boosted Social Security Benefits Sought
Labor Secretary Lewis B Schwellenbach urged Congress to raise Social Security retirement benefits. He sought increasing the minimum at 65 from 10 to 20 dollars and the maximum from 85 to 120 dollars, calling the current level pitifully inadequate. He proposed expanding coverage to 20 million more workers including 8 million farmers and farm workers and 4.5 million self employed and non profits. He also recommended disability coverage, veteran wage-interruption relief, and lowering the wife eligibility age from 65 to 60.
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Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Dream Home Dream Ends for War Bride in North Carolina
Eve lyn Caroline Poston a 16 year old British war bride sobbed that she only wanted a divorce from her husband after discovering the dream home in the United States was a shack in a North Carolina field. Police found her in a New York hotel after she had been missing since last Wednesday saying she spent one day with her husband, then took a train to New York. They listened to her story and then...
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New York
Evelyn Caroline Poston
United States
North Carolina
Bride ends North Carolina marriage plans after wartime match
The young bride, who met her husband in England during WWII, will live with her aunt in Bliss New York indefinitely. She plans not to return to her 28 year old husband, a former Eighth Air Force soldier, after disillusionment with life on his Salisbury farm. He hopes she reconsiders but accepts the separation.
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Emeline Shisler
Bliss
N. Y
Eighth Air Force
Poston
North Carolina
S N Needs a Coat of Paint on Ordinary American Farm
The statement describes a typical rural property, noting that S N simply requires a fresh coat of paint to improve appearances. No other context or details are provided.
Aunt and Uncle Take In 16 Year Old War Bride
Mrs. Eme line Shisler and husband Frank assume responsibility for their niece Evelyn Poston the 16 year old British war bride and say she may stay at their farm permanently unless she chooses to leave. The bride plans to travel from New York City by bus. The note adds a historical aside on the word mausoleum from King Mausolus and Queen Artemisia in 353 B.C.
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Mausolus
Artemisia
War Bride Leaves With Another Boy
Mary Cynthia Walker Clark a British bride who wed William Clark on shipboard and arrived in New York three days earlier. She disappeared from Utica with Clayton Dilbreth after meeting another man, leaving a note that she loved him. The case follows a hasty departure from her husband and rapid pairing with a new acquaintance.
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Utica
N. Y
William Clark
United States
Mary Cynthia Walker Clark
Snibson
England
Clark
New York
Clayton Dilbreth
Clayville
Utica farewell note hints at New York plans
Dilbreth was introduced to Mary on Thursday in Utica by Clark's cousin, who is also Dilbreth's sweetheart. The cousin said Mary was disappointed Bill did not stay in New York for night clubs, though Bill had a good job in Utica and wished to return to work. Mrs. Clark spent Friday with her husband, but Clark found a farewell note on Saturday when he came home from work.
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Dilbreth
Utica
Clark
New York
Mary
Bill
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