Speedy New Airliner May Slash Fares
The Glenn L. Martin company sold five Martin 202s to Pennsylvania Central Airlines for 7 million dollars. The twin engine 40 passenger plane promises 30 percent lower fares and could outpace the DC-3. PCA buys 35 jets with delivery set for early 1947 and Martin aims to produce 700 aircraft yearly.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Martin
Douglas Aircraft Company
George L. Radcliffe
D-Md
Theodore F. McKeldin
PCA
C Bedell Monro
Glenn L. Martin
Monro
Laff-A-Day Twin-Engine Plane Lands At Airports Worldwide
The LAFF-A-DAY aircraft with Pratt and Whitney 2100 hp engines, 93 foot wingspan, and 29 000 foot ceiling can now land at any operating commercial airport. It climbs 1660 feet per minute and carries a 132 destroyer Swanson 112 Wilkes 92 Cook 12 attack transport Fallon 303 roster.
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Pratt and Whitney
Swanson
Wilkes
Cook
Fallon
Seattle
Procyon
Nagoya
Thompson
Attu
Denali
Alaska
Los Angeles
West Virginia
Honolulu
Mexico
Troop Arrivals Reported by the Associated Press on Coast Ports
Nineteen troop carriers with nearly 23 000 European veterans due at three east coast ports Tuesday and 22 ships with more than 11 900 troops expected at four west coast ports. Boston Newport News New York and San Francisco lists show units from the 8th armored division and various medical and service companies aboard ships from Marseilles Antwerp Oran and Le Havre along with miscellaneous personnel awaiting embarkation or arrival.
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Associated Press
Pacific
New York
Sea Porpoises
Marseilles
Engineers
First General
AAA
Wacs
Alfred Moore
William Graham
le Havre
Henry W. Longfellow
Jonathan Worth
Thomas Benton
Winfield Scott
Madawaska Victory
Mexico
Boston
Itzhugh Lee
Antwerp
Joseph le Conte
Oran
Newport News
West Point
Eighth Armored Division
Eighth Armored Division Artillery
148Th Armored Signal Company
88Th Cavalry
300Th Ordnance Company
229Th Ordnance
11Th
Military Police Battalion
Sommel Sdyjk
858Th
Joseph Meek
James Barbour
J. W. McAndrew
Richard Catling
John Trumbull
San Francisco
Monterey
Wheatland
Battleship Texas
Schuykill
Renate
Dawson
Cowanesque
Canfield
Albert S. Puleson
Alamance
Pierce
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Marylland
Destroyer
Cogland
Six year old becomes flying newsboy in Fort Wayne
Al Bennett Jr aged six landed a two place Aeronca plane at Smith Municipal airport and declared a vacation from first grade to become the world's first flying newsboy. His father, instructor Al Bennett accompanied him on the flight.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
al Bennett, Jr
Aeronca
Smith Municipal
al Ben
Middletown Father and Son Fly Lessons for Magazine Delivery
A Middletown man and his young son prepared to finish last deliveries in Chicago after piloting a small plane. The boy, Al Jr., is learning to read while the father teaches him to interpret cockpit instruments, aided by rudder pedal extensions and pillows for support.
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Nett
Middletown
Ohio
Chicago
Bennett
Civil Aeronautics Board
Army Paper Urges Raises for Servicemen Pay
Honolulu AP Stars and Stripes editorial calls for higher servicemen pay and adjust dependents allotments if civilian wage rates rise. It says dependents share in higher costs for food housing clothing and transportation and notes price level increases affect all at home. The paper says it does not want to favor civilians but argues for keeping military careers attractive.
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Honolulu
Stars and Stripes
Three Good Reasons St. Joseph Aspirin Chosen by Millions
The advertisement praises St. Joseph Aspirin for purity and fast action. It claims it is the world’s largest seller at 10c and offers value in the 100 tablet size for 35c, effectively about three tablets for 1c.
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St. Joseph
Fragments Reflect on Service and Civilian Reward
A garbled quotation contemplates a person serving his country and the need for financial rewards to keep pace with civilian life, implying a duty to ensure veterans are compensated fairly. The wording is incomplete but centers on military service and post service remuneration.
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Roseville
CCNY
Rushville
Joseph Hewes
F. A. C. Muhlenberg
Bernard Carter
Alex Wilson
Barry
Wales
Frederick Ball
Raymond
Manila
Cambria
Okinawa
J. Franklin Bell
Samar
Barnwell
Guam
Zoella
Zemo
ZEM
Photo Studio
Killian
Schaefer& Son
Jewelers
Kresge Building
Army
Harold
Shasteen
The
Church of Christ
Eighth Ave
OPA
United Steelworkers of America
CIO
Philip Murray
Act of Con
U.S
Department of Labor Index
American Iron and Steel Institute
Fifth Avenue
New York, N. Y
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