Washington Field Ordered Closed To Combat Craft
Washington National Airport tightens airspace banning combat type aircraft amid near crashes in the capital. The Civil Aeronautics Administration ordered all combat type planes to stay clear of crowded commercial traffic, with possible closures of Anacostia Naval Air Station and Bolling Field as discussions continue. The crackdown follows a November 1 collision that killed 56 people and ongoing complaints of close flyovers by military planes.
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James J. Strebig
Washington AP
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Quantico
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Missionary's Parish For Navajos Aims To End Illiteracy
A Navajo girl’s letter home highlights illiteracy among Navajo youth as 52,000 adults cannot read. Missionary Mine Hoskins travels 16 million acres in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah teaching Navajo first, then English, to rebuild reading skills in isolated hogans and desert settlements. The work, backed by the Home Missions Council, faces harsh travel and language barriers while expanding literacy among long underserved communities.
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Fort Deniance
Aria Nea
Phoenix
Irene Hickings
Iowa
Mine Hoskins
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
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Interdenominational Home Missions Council of
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Hogans
Clagser
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Navajo Names and Hospitality Recounted by Miss Hosking
Miss Hosking notes Navajos, many with multiple names, seek to learn English spellings and pronunciations. Despite poverty, they are hospitable, offering blankets, corn, and coffee to visitors in crude hogans. Miss Hosking also aids families, even driving a child 400 miles to hospital in an emergency.
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Edda Maroney
Hagens
Miss Hosking
Miss Haskins
Cinderella Complex Drives Popularity Of Giveaway Shows
Los Angeles reports that psychologists attribute radio giveaway show popularity to the Cinderella complex, with contestants seeking recognition and escape from daily life, while Georgia congressman Stephen Pace announces he will not seek reelection, citing fatigue and a desire for rest after 14 years in office. Pace, a long-serving Third District representative, has championed farm prices and supported administration farm legislation.
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Cotestant
Franklin Feating
University of California At Los Angeles
Shawe
Americus. Ga
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
Congress
Pace
Agricultural
House Agriculture Committee
Tol
B. T. Coatesion
Cuthbert
Special Ceremony Scottsboro Vet Gets First Government Home Loan
Vaughn L. Jones, a World War II veteran and early recipient under the Farm Home Loan Act, received a 4360 check to build a modern six room bungalow on an 8 acre farm near Scottsboro. FHA Administrator Lasseter and Senator Hill joined Rep. Jones and local officials for the presentation, highlighting the program’s aim to expand housing for farmers and ex servicemen. Jones, a VA trainee, has already purchased farm equipment, livestock, and a tractor, with mortgage progress and future plans for improvements on the Macedonia area property.
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Rex Thodias Scottshoro
Vaughn L. Jones
Scottsboro
Farmers Home Administration
Dillard B. Lasseter
Jones
FHA
Congress
Ers
Goesett
Bob Jones
f-Ata
Rnaw
Rep. Jones
Farmer Jones
Lasseter
Vaughn Jones
Lister Hill
Ala
Anther Speaker
Veterans Administration
Jong
Alabama
Harley Smith
John Sparkman
Carl Eliott
Jasper
Albert Rains
Gededen
Princess Margaret Seeks Early Zither Performance
Londres AP Princess Margaret Beret showed eager interest in an Austrian zither virtuoso Afton Karas 40 of Vienna due to perform at the Empire Night Club. The royal party including Sharman Douglas arrived early at six o clock to hear Karas play The Third Man theme multiple times.
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Afton
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