Wingless craft test to be tried by railroader Friday
Emporia Virginia will host the first test flight of Charles Pritchard’s wingless aircraft designed as a combined aircraft car. The 21 foot aluminum craft with fins, tricycle gear, a 90 horsepower engine and flight instruments could taxi on roads. Pritchard, a Virginian Rail Road foreman and licensed pilot, aims to commercialize the craft in southern Virginia if tests succeed. Government aviation officials will observe the test at Emporia airport with P R Steinman supervising.
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P. R. Steinman
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Virginian Railroad
Goodyear Aircraft
Virginia
Charles Pritchard
Billy Davis
Asheville School Board Responds to Supreme Court Ruling
The Asheville School Board says the U S Supreme Court integration ruling gave ample time to proceed calmly and with honesty in every move. It pledges an honest effort to meet the ruling against public school segregation and seeks cooperation from white and colored residents to ease the transition.
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Asheville
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Reapportionment and legal notes in Raleigh digest
The digest covers the General Assembly reapportionment issue tied to the 1950 census and notes from Attorney McMullan on court authority. It also includes side items on rural mail delivery, marriage records, religious belief, common law crime, and vehicle taxation principles.
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General Assembly
McMullan
MccMulli Aso
Five Killed in Alameda Plane Crash Near Edmonton
Five people died when a twin engine aircraft crashed about ten miles west of Edmonton. The flyer was identified as pilot 33 from San Mateo California and the victims included a crew member and passengers. Rescue efforts were hampered by difficult terrain and weather conditions.
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Edmonton
GOP Takes Compressional Ball Game
Washington report on a 124 to 0 victory at Griffith Stadium as Republicans surge in the congressional baseball series. Scoring included six official hits and several unscored rallies, while Democrats managed seven hits and four runs led by Glenn Davis of Wisconsin on the mound. An Earl Warren first pitch event opened the game for the Evening Star fund.
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Generis
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Wisconsin
Earl Warren
Evening Star
Children’s Fund
Biggest Building In Work is Projected For New York
Webb & Knapp with Billy Rose plan a massive air rights purchase over Pennsylvania Station to build the Palace of Progress in Manhattan. The project would cost up to 100 million dollars, reach 14 million cubic feet, and surpass landmarks like the Pyramid of Egypt and the Empire State Building.
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Webb & Knapp, Inc
Billy Rose
William Zecker
Webb & Knapp
Rose
Great Pyramid
Egypt
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
St. Peter's
Rome
Empire State
Three Winston Students Die In Accident
A car truck crash near Conway South Carolina claimed the lives of three Winston-Salem Reynolds High School students Don Hoffman Don Jarvis Sale and Guy Tommie Ward III. Two others were hospitalized Thomas Marshall Turner and Charles Edward Buchanan.
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