How Well In United States Prepared to Face 1960 Threat
Washington reports shadows of bombers looming over North America. May 1, 1960 briefing notes reveal US air force lacked 50mm and detector craft, no warning system, and no industrial plant ready. Yet officials say immediate attack unlikely if Panama Canal remains open and fear of carrier air from New York raids exists.
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United States
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Army Air Force
Perla
George W. Strong
Pann Canal
Georgi €. Alarshall
Congresshat
New York
Iuust
Thoman R. Philips
Coast Artillery Corps
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Phillips
Aena
Jen
Arnold
Army Afr Corps
Yen
Phillips Ant
Finland
Spain
Canton
China
Defense in Depth United States Air Command Plans
The article outlines wartime air defense concepts including active warning systems, interceptor and fighter planes, artillery, and balloon barriers. It discusses deploying detection stations from Alaska to Puerto Rico, a Northeast air command under Brig. Gen. James B. Chaney, and a broader plan to create a unified national air defense network with remote observation posts and specialized detectors.
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Aircraft industry urged to accelerate for defense needs
An American aircraft maker tours Berlin asks about a German four engine design. The German reply notes it was built and discarded for production fit. The piece argues the United States must expand plants and training to produce 60,000 aircraft yearly, with faster design-to-prototype cycles and skilled labor programs across major firms like Consolidated, Martin, Wright, Pratt & Whitney, Douglas, and Lockheed, as government orders push rapid mass production.
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Baltimoro
Chesapanke Bay
American Aviation
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Mario
Maryland
Tofey
Wright Aeronautics Company
Paterson
N. J
Pratt & Whitney
United Aircraft Corporation
Hartford
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Burbank
Eki Ljed
John H. Tourtt
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, Trade Association Group
Companions and Stars Highlight Midweek Movie Digest
The feature lineup includes The companion Jw with Joan Blendell and George Murphy in Murder on the Alt with Ronald Recan. Latest Pet News and realism pieces appear alongside Western and travel segments with Twenty-Mule Team and Alara en the Yukon Coming Noon. Other titles include My Little Chicksdes, The rool Aflen and Andy, Mog tents cammawian hit, and The Man Pram Dakota with Wallee Beery.
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Wale
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Rixtor
Alt
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Devine
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Yukon
Allee Fave
Fred Muse
Murray
Richard Oreens
New York
Eddie Center
Sahm Carflete
Cully
John Bréinbeck
Wilee
Wallee Beery
Mather
Council Designates Sprinkling Districts Amid City Plans
Regular session designates numerous sprinkling districts to be managed under the superintendent of streets. Districts span Main to various cross streets, including Broadway to Rodney and Warren to Park, with many extensions through Allen, Ming, and Stewart corridors. The report notes wartime aircraft output and employment shifts, detailing aircraft production and related industry bets while signaling broader employment changes.
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Spring Wheat Crop Estimation Pushes U S Output Past 700 Million
Chicago June 7 The nation faces a spring wheat crop forecast near 225 million bushels for the United States with total spring plus winter production around 721 million bushels. Crop expert C M Galvin, aided by James E Bennett and Co, cites favorable weather and a harvest about 34 million bushels below 190 levels. The forecast indicates domestic sufficiency for the fourth constructive season and compares favorably with prior years.
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Chicago
United States
C. M. Galvin
James E. Bennett and Company
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Gaelvin
Helena May clearings rise over 1898 levels
Helena bank clearings for May reached 14,494,785 dollars, more than 600,000 above the May 1898 figure and about 300,000 above April. The Helena Clearinghouse Association released the report yesterday noting May 1939 clearings at 12,780,066 and April 1940 clearings at 13,244,727. For the first five months of 1940 clearings totaled 66,966,775 versus 57,077,705 for the prior period. A stray line about a Manchurian tree and quarter rounds appears in the text.
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