Korean Airlift Records Set Amid Aleutian Skies
CAPT Francis R. Warner recalls Korean airlift missions from Travis to Kodiak and Shemya, highlighting a 12,260 pound payload in a DC-4 and a broader record of 20,000 tons of cargo and 92,000 personnel on 6000 trips to Tokyo over a year. He notes weather challenges, navigational demands, and his career spanning WWII, the Hump, and Berlin shuttle flights.
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Traiis Rn Force Base
Tring Teucht Opera
Shemya
Aleutians
Travis
Kodiak
Alaska
Air Force
Korea
Berlin
West Coast
Japan
Pacific
Great Circle
Russian Kamchatka Peninsula
Wake
Tokyo
Palin
MATS
Atlantic
Europe
North Africa
To Aska
Russia
India
China
International Air
Seaboard
Rise of Giuseppe DiStefano From Card Trick to Opera Star
New Yorks INS recounts how Giuseppe DiStefano transformed from a small town boy in Catania with a dress-shop mother into a Metropolitan Opera tenor. A barber, a daring audition, wartime escapes, and later acclaim across the United States, South America, and Canada propelled him to international fame. The 29-year-old star jokes about his busy life, jokingly calling himself Tarzan.
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New York
Ins
Guiseppe DiSteffano
Metropolitan Opera
Catania
de — DiStefano
Giuseppe
Singer
Guiseppe
LaScala
DiStefano
Italy
Peskis Cme Opere Deusen
Tetanya Opera Au
Imade
United States
South America
Canada
Tarzan
Blocking TV Screen Sparks Violence Claim
In Memphis a Wichita woman faced charges after an incident arising from her blocking a television view while decorating a Christmas tree. She alleges the action provoked violent retaliation.
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Memphis
Major card wholesalers hold convention in city
The 30 leading Christmas greeting card wholesalers met here this month. Temperatures averaged 80 degrees during the convention, reflecting a warm run of events in a busy gathering of industry leaders.
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ST. Louis
Bcards
Discard Strategy in Canasta by Oswald Jacoby
A detailed look at when to discard from strength or weakness in canasta. The article explains offensive hands with multiple pairs and a count, the value of discarding from three of a kind to disrupt opponents, and defensive hands built to out quickly with safe discards and early melds.
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Avery
Heeds Father's Advice But It Was Too Late
Chicago report of Bernard McMullen a youth who kept a motor scooter despite his policeman father Charles McMullen’s warning. He sought parental consent to buy the vehicle but was killed when his scooter struck a stopped truck at an intersection.
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Chicago
Bernard McMullen
Charles McMullen
McMullen
Bernard
Kansas Dust Bowl Gets Water Overdose
In Wichita Kansas pumps installed years ago to water park plants were used to pump water from the Arkansas River to the park. The flood water redirected back into the swollen river as dry dust bowl days give way to wet weather.
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Wichita Kan
Kansas
Wiichita
Arkansas River
Wood Park
Postmistress Credits Number 13 With Appointment
Carlton Kansas Mrs Hattie Belle Weber the town postmistress credits the number 13 with influencing her job appointment. Her application was sent in October she took the examination in November and her appointment came on April 13.
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Carlton, Kan
Hattie Belle Weber
Alaska Highway Opens to Tourists in 1948 Summer
The Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek British Columbia to Fairbanks Alaska opened to tourists in the summer of 1948.
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Alaska
Dawson Creek
B.C
Fairbanks
50 000 Year Old Lotus Seeds Brought To Life
Berkeley scientists report successful germination of lotus seeds from Manchuria believed to be 50 000 years old. Atomic age tests compare carbon levels to estimate age while exact dating remains uncertain. Researchers led by Dr. Ralph W. Chaney aim to refine the age assessment of these ancient specimens.
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Berkeley
Calif
Jin
Ralph W. Chaney
Contology
Universi Ot
Police chase ends in pedestrian death in Memphis
A Memphis police pursuit of a speeder halted a 100 week traffic-death free streak when the police car struck a pedestrian during the chase. The victim died, triggering an investigation into the high speed chase and its safety implications.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cera
Speeder
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U. S
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Oswald Jacoby
Kansas Dust Bowl
Pas Pet Ola Bottling CO
York
Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola Co
Blue Plate
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