Lucky Lady II crew completes world nonstop flight record
The Lucky Lady II crew, first to fly nonstop around the world, landed at Carswell Air Force Base after 94 hours and one minute, having crossed seven seas and four continents, refueled mid air four times and flown 22,452 miles. Captain James Gallagher led the crew on the Beta B 50 version flight, with the mission described as strictly operational. Guards and medical staff prepared rest and sleep facilities as the crew began a four hour quarantine and recovery period.
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Ita
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Azores
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Saudi Arabia
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Visalis
Rource
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Larens
Sabata
Clark
Firid
Manila
Carswell
Hawaii
Generals Serve Coffee to Globe-Circling Fliers at Worth
At Carswell Air Force Base Worth Texas on March 3 Generals and colonels offered hot coffee to the crew of the first plane to circle the globe without stopping. Capt James Gui of Melrose Minnesota led the Lucky Lads crew as they ended their historic flight. Air Secretary Stuart Symington General Curtis Lemay General Roger Ramey and General Hoyt Vandenberg greeted the exhausted airmen who descended from the silver nose of the plane in winterized flight uniforms after a crisp clear close to the mission.
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James Gui
Melfrose
Minn
Carswell Sur
Anther
Ulanher Taughrd
Mander
Gallagher
Horr
Stuart Symington
Curtis Lemay
Strategic Air Command
Roger Ramey
Ooomera
Globe
James Gallagher
Hoyt Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Symington
Fort Worth
Missing plane crash near Del Rio kills nine
In Del Rio Texas on March 3 1945 the sheriff said a missing C 47 crashed in the Colorado mountains south of here in Mexico. All nine aboard were killed. The aircraft had been en route from Hen Itton Field Cliff to Kelly Field San Antonio. The search involved land and air efforts. Names released include Maj Lucian N Youngblood Sgt H B Jones George S Pennington Cpl Donald W Nutt Capt William R K Barnes William W McClure and Marcus Slayton. H Stewart listed as Navy address Manhattan Kansas. The Garden City experiment station set March 26 sunth feeders day program led by Dr Rufus F Cox and A R B Erhart.
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Chicago
Donald W. Nutt
Baker
William RK. Barnes, Jr
Marshall
Tex
William W. McClure
Venetia
Werden
Warread
Minn
T. Set
Marcus Slayton
Trion
H. Stewart
Navy
Manhattan
Kan
Garden City Experiment Station
Rufus F. Cox
Kansas State College
Cox
A. RB. Erhart
Garden City
Housing Shortage Persists in Lawrence Says Chamber Official
Lawrence faces ongoing housing shortage as Mrs. L. McPheeters, housing director for the Chamber of Commerce, reports scarce rooms for couples and families despite some availability. KU students and staff seek summer and fall housing. last month 85 requests produced five houses and eight apartments for rent. Local veterans and residents urged to register for the state bonus through the Chamber office in Dorado.
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L. £. McPheeters
Chamber of Commerce
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McPheeters
Dorado
Kan
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MecPheetera
Pleasant Grove Obscure Local Notices In Fragmented Text
A highly garbled local notice fragment mentions multiple individuals including Mr. Dye McMitat Mrs. Dye and various others with scattered references to families, deaths, gatherings, and community events. The legible parts hint at funerary overtones, family names, and social captions but lack coherent narrative or specific dates or places.
Flood Control Efforts Begin as Survey Crews Work Wichita
In Wichita Kansas on March 3 44 survey crews start flood control measures with Sedgwick County coordinating. The ARKAN reserve initiative aims to strengthen air force defense with a mobilization meeting held by the Wichita squadron led by D Arthur Walker.
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Ram
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Sedgwick
Arkan
Prissec
Ran
D. Arthur Walker
Ares
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