Yane Talk By £ V. HOSKING
Aviation Breakfast Club meets today at 11 a.m. at Municipal Airport lower deck. Eight speakers, each five minutes, cover topics from Kew developments to Long Beach Airport. VAR enlistment, Holi day on Wings flight, Western Airlines anniversary cachet, and CAA ID card changes for airmen.
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HE Aviation Breakfast Club
Municipal Airport
Johnny Paap
Woody DeSilva
Los Angeles International
Helen Moore
Orvide Cole
Maxine Hix
Irline
Mark McAllen
Hal Forrest
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach Aviation Commission and Airport Development
Glen L. Arbogast
Long Beach
Hird
Janice Cole
Palm Springs
Western Air Lines
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Western
Army Rejects More Fish for Soldiers
Washington April 7. The Army rejected a request to increase fish purchases as soldiers do not want to eat more fish. Rep Walter Norblad said he urged more bottom fish from the Columbia River area for economy. Col Samuel F Mays said military officials have had little success raising per capita fish consumption.
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Washington
Walter Norblad
R.-Ore
Columbia River
Samuel F. Mays
Aussie Pilot Near Home on Long Hop
SYDNEY Australia April 7 UP Capt. P. G. Taylor on the homeward leg of his blading trip across the Pacific from Sydney to Valparaiso Chile and back brought his Australian flying boat down in the Gambier Islands today. Taylor is mapping a trans Pacific route for future commercial airline traffic.
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Sydney
Australia
P. G. Taylor
Spi
Pacific
Syakney
Valparaiso
Chile
Gambier Islands
Taylor
Rose Queen Honored Among Foreign Beauties in Mexico
Eleanor Payne, queen of the Tournament of Roses at Pasadena, was feted among a large group of foreign beauty queens during Mexico's annual spring event in Mexico City on April 7.
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Mexico’ City
Eleanor Payne
Pasadena
Call
Mexico
B 29 Airmen in Okinawa Find Time for Studying on Bomb Missions
Okinawa based B 29 crews read textbooks on trips to targets as missions face little air opposition. USAF Institute USAFI offers 151 correspondence and 175 self teaching courses with 45 colleges, enrolling about 8000 monthly and serving 1.15 million servicemen since founding. The only cost to servicemen is a $2 enrollment fee.
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Okinawa
Washington
Korea
USAF
U.S. Armed Forces Institute
Gis
Madison
Wis
Armed Forces and Education Division
USAFI
Defense Department
Pearl Harbor
USAFT
Koea
Peninsula
U. S
Japan
Usafti
Truman Cane for Blind Vet
In Hampton Bays New York President Truman helps a World War I veteran who is blind by sharing a walking stick. The veteran Francis wrote the president seeking the cane, and the secretary promised another cane arriving this week. Francis, a Republican, quipped about the gesture.
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Hampton Bays
Truman
Hill Francis
Francis
Willam D. Hassett
Cupid Forgets Town in Rhode Island
Town Clerk Foster R. Sheldon reported no marriage license applications in a full month in South Kingstown Rhode Island. He blamed the lack of romance on cold weather and poor conditions, joking that only warm days moonlight or a council emergency session could revive marriages.
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South Kingstown
R. T
Brit
Foster R. Sheldon
Allied Council Meets in Tokyo for 137th Session
The Allied Council for Japan will hold its 137th meeting next Wednesday in Tokyo. No procedural matters are held over from the last meeting or submitted for session.
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Tokyo
Allied Council For Japan
Colleges Offer USAFI Courses Freely Enroll Students
The document notes that colleges offering courses through USAFI provide flexible enrollment. It mentions that a student can pursue many courses as desired and that enrollment is reasonably available across participating institutions.
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USAFI
Only Seven Survive of Civil War Army
In a snowy winter, seven of a once large Union Army veteran group remain. The survivors, aged 104 to 109, are members of the Grand Army of the Republic led by Dean James Albert Hard, 109, Rochester, N.Y. Their numbers dwindled from 13 at New Year’s to seven as three more died in March. Remaining are James Albert Hard, Uncle Joe Clovese, Douglas T. Story, William A. Magee, Israel A. Broadsword, Lansing A. Wilcox, Albert Woolson, and others.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Troianapolis
Veterans Administration
Grand Army of the Republic
James Albert Hard
Rochester
Joseph
Uncle Joe) Clovese
Pontiac, Midh
Louisiana
Douglas T. Story
William A. Magee
Los Angeles
Israel A. Broadsword
Samuels
Idaho
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Lansing A. Wilcox
Cadett
Wis
Broadsword
Hiram Gale
Seattle
Wash
GAR
John Hutchinson
Aya
James W. Smith
Lebanon
Ore
Peddler Sentenced After Swindle Tale Turns Tragic
In Tokyo on April 7 an unemployed peddler who advertised selling himself into slavery for 3139 or if no taker pledged to kill his wife and four children and himself is jailed. Police say he was wanted for swindling.
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Tokyo
Pojlice
Duplicate Bridge Winners Listed at Long Beach Club
In the master-point open tournament at Long Beach Duplicate Bridge Club in Town Hall on Wednesday, results were announced by director Mrs. Jean Parker. Section A North-South winners were Jack Mastain with Erla Davis and Betty Scambs with D J Spellman, with additional pairs listed. East-West winners included J Johnson with Sally Brown and Nedra Scott with Frank Toler, Betty Toler with Dr M S Lauer. Section B North-South winners were Dr D B McCarthy with Leo Meagher, John Harris with Al Jacobs, Joe Schleper with Harry Schilling. East-West winners Edith Wagner with Walter Whitson, Paul Wayte with Forest Clanton, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tummel.
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Long Beach
Leo Meagher
John Harris
al Jacobs
Joe Schleper
Harry Schilling
EastWest
Edith Wagner
Walter Whitson
Paul Wayte
Forest Clanton
Thomas Tummel
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First Western Air Lines
Cupid
Rhode Island
Allied Council
Mie
Maberdashery
Pie Long Beach
Abbey Rents
Glauss
L. R
Abbey Sales Rental
Brand Kew
Magnolia Ave
Faurray
Ted
Courson City
Harter
Barker Bros
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Crosley Custom
Shelvador
Rex Monty
Broadway
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