Construction Program Making Okinawa One of America's Most Modern Bases
Okinawa undergoes a vast modernizing build up to become a key U S base with expanded air fields ports and storage. Maj Gen Robert S Beightler oversees as Ryukyus commander and notes Okinawa's role as bomber base and staging area for amphibious or airborne operations. The Kadena airstrip expansion will accommodate large bombers such as the B 36 and B 52.
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Okinawa
America
Douglas Larsen
NEA
Japan
Far East
U. S
Ryukyus
Robert S. Beightler
United States
Philippines
Southeast Asia
China
Lake Industrial
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kadena Air Force Base
Beightler
315Th Air Division
Combat Cargo
Fuchu
Ryukus
Europe
Eses
Csainawa
Korea
U.S
High School Basketball Game Called Off By Travel Delays
A scheduled game between Barboursville and Montgomery high schools was canceled due to travel and signal issues. Montgomery had traveled to Barboursville and Barboursville planned to return, but the contest did not take place.
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Huntington
W. Va
Barboursville
Montgomery
FBI Examines Two Letters To Schuster
Federal handwriting experts studied two similar threatening letters sent to Arnold Schuster before his killing in Brooklyn. One letter was pushed under his father’s shop door days after Schuster helped police in the Sutton case. Police sought fugitive Frederick Tenuto, linked to the case, as a possible witness.
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New York
Arnold Schuster
Brooklyn
FBI
Schuster
Willie Sutton
Trigger Man
Frederick J. Tenuto
Philadelphia
Sutton
Tenuto
Hillbilly Musician Dies In the Chair
In Huntsville Texas Robert Lee Johnson 28 was executed in the electric chair for killing Dallas police officer Johnie Sides. He spoke of forgiveness before death and his nephew Marvin Eugene Johnson 21 awaits execution for the same crime set for April 9.
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Huntsville
Tex
State Penitentiary
Dallas
Robert Lee Johnson
California Hills
Johnson
Marvin Eugene Johnson
Johnie Sides
AEC Urgent H Bomb Priority Plea Delayed by Joint Chiefs
AEC Chairman Gordon Dean sought super priority status on materials for a $1.18 billion Savannah River atomic plant to speed H bomb and A bomb production. The request, submitted to Defense Mobilizer Charles Wilson, is being held up by the Joint Chiefs to weigh impact on other defense programs.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atomic Energy Commission
South Carolina
AEC
Gordon Dean
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Spe
Wilson
Manly Fleischmann
Joint Chiefs
Don’ts For Pimples and Irritations Promote Peterson’s Ointment
Don’t scratch or squeeze pimples to avoid infection. Peterson’s Ointment offers fast relief for itching pimples angry red blotches eczema and other irritations. Makes skin look better feel better 40c at all druggists. One Nation delights or money back. Ointment also soothes itchy feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
Hation
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Broad and Lindsay Sts
House Appropriations Committee
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Atomic Energy Program
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Congress
N. Main
Jimmie Murdock
Taffey
Salem
Rarilée
Handmacher
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Faille
Shantung
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