Push-button flight may guide airline regularity in future
The U S Air Force tested a 2400 mile "The Big Push" flight across the North Atlantic with no human hands on the controls after start. The four engine C54 used automatic thrusters and ADF to steer from guide ships, aiming to reduce human error in all weather flying.
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Wilmington
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Some Don’ts for Pimples and Skin Irritations
Don't scratch or squeeze pimples to avoid infection. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief for itching Eczema red blotches and irritations. It makes the skin look and feel better. Money back if one application does not delight you. Also soothes irritated feet and toe tracks.
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Sailor Loses Ring in Copenhagen Water Drama
A Chinese sailor aboard an American ship drank at a Copenhagen waterfront joint and showed his girl companion a ring. She took it off for closer inspection and claimed it, but the couple fought, the ring was recovered by police just before the ship sailed. He dropped it while grasping, and a diver found the ring 40 feet below the surface after 10 minutes.
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Copenhagen
Iron Rugs Named For Oriental Rugs Durable Texture
In San Francisco an inspector notes that dealers called certain Oriental rugs iron rugs due to their exceptional durability long before the term iron curtain appeared in Europe. The sturdy rugs were valued for long wear and resilience.
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Oriental
San Francisco
INS
Europe
Hostesses Learn French to Aid Transatlantic Flights
In Chicago an airline interpreter volunteers a free French class for Trans World employees and federal inspectors, growing to about thirty students. The instruction aims to ease language barriers on long Paris to Chicago flights. The Marine beds note from the agriculture department appears as a separate detail.
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Chicago
INS
Mademoiselle
Gay Paree
France
Windy City
Oscar Lohner
Trans World Airline
Berlin
Templehof
Immigrations and Customs
Lehner
Birth rate among DPs highest in world says AJDC
Paris reports the American Joint Distribution Committee finds 60 births per 1000 in displaced persons camps, far above the 1946-47 US rate of 23.2. The survey notes an infant mortality rate is very low due to targeted care, with about 600 births monthly among Jews in DP camps and a projected 165,000 Jewish population if the rate continues.
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Paris
D. P
American Joint Distribution Committee
U.S
Aj.d.c
Poland
Rigid Traffic Rule Houston
A new Texas traffic law specifies hit and run drivers may be fined five dollars.
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Houston
INS
Texas
Highway code violators face five years jail sentence
The article states penalties for code violators including five years in jail and fines up to a specified amount. It also notes requirements to file accident reports within 24 hours for death injury or major property damage and mandates minimum standards for lights and brakes with highway patrol inspection.
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Highway Patrol
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