All magnesium alloy plane boosts F-80 range and Army talks
IHE Air Force says a magnesium alloy skin on F-80 jet fighters could trim weight, boost fuel load and raise range by about 30 percent. Meanwhile 452nd Reserve Bomb Wing, led by Brig. Gen. Luther W. Sweetser, begins two weeks of annual active duty near Victorville with B-26s to drop bombs. civil aviation data and state laws are compiled for pilots and operators. Art Kelly named to Air Force Reserve Policy advisory staff. Plane Talk wraps for a three week vacation, resuming mid August.
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IHE Air Force
Air Force
Victorville
452Nd Reserve
Luther W. Sweetser
Long Beach Air Force Reserve Training Center
Desert
Long
Art Kelly
Siies
Western Air Lines
U.S. Air Force
National Advisory Air Staff Committee
Harold C. Stuart
Air Force Reserve
Kelly
Long Beach
The
Air Force Association
Southern California
Military Air Transport Service
Barkley Speech Set for Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner
Vice President Alben W. Barkley will headline the Jefferson Jackson Day Democrat dinner in Albuquerque on August 23. Tickets are priced at 25 dollars per plate.
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Barkley
Santa FE. N.M
Alben W. Barkley
Albuquerque
Eight UC Professors Lead Island-Hopping Far East Education Tour
Eight University of California instructors, led by Boyd B. Rakestraw, depart to establish 15 teaching centers in Japan, Okinawa, Guam and the Philippines to deliver the first two years of college education for military personnel under GI benefits. The eight professors will rotate among centers in Nagoya, Yokohama and Okinawa, with eight-week terms totaling 48 classroom hours for three semester hours credit. The program, begun in 1946, aligns UC Extension with Far East Command education programs to educate servicemen overseas, and supports officers and enlisted personnel near graduation. Comdr. Peter K. Wells, Capt. Robert W. Donner, Lt. Comdr. Raymond M. Har USN and others are noted in postings, with MATS overseeing air-transport education.
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Ight University of California
Jon
Far East
Boyd B. Rakestraw
Japan
Okinawa
Guam
Philippines
University of California
Nagoya
Yokohama
Orient
University of California Extension
United States Far East Command
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
Printing Veterans to Receive Service Honors at Labor Temple
Long Beach printers to be awarded service pins by the International Typographical Union in a 1 p.m. ceremony at the Labor Temple. Fifty year and forty year pins go to William R. Bloom of the Press Telegram composing room, Norman B Corby of Seaside Printing Co., John D. Sweeney of Seaside Printing Co., and Robert Dungan of the Press Telegram. Bloom’s 54th year in the trade includes prior stints in Muncie and St. Louis. Corby joined the union in 1899 at San Antonio. both men recall the era of tramp printers and the rise of typesetting machines as conditions improved.
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Long Beach
Labor Temple
International Typographical Union
William R. Bloom
Press‘Telegram
Norman B Corby
Seaside Printing Co
John D. Sweeney
Robert Dungan
Press- Telegram
Bloom
Union
Corby
LT. U
Muncie
Ind
American Press
San Antonio
Texas
E. 17Th St
Maysville
Sity
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Local
Family Seeks Clue to Reclaim AWOL Dog Ding How
The Gritz family from San Diego seeks help locating their missing dog Ding How, a shaggy Dalmatian-terrier mix, last seen near Long Beach after a move from Pasadena. Mother and four children, Toby Johnny Pixy and Rocky, appeal to readers as father serves aboard U S S Noble.
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Troby
Johnny
Pixy
Rocky
Cpo
Paul H. Gritz
Carmelo St
San Diego
Ding How
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Gritz
Press‘Telegram Newsroom
Toby
San Francisco
U.S. S. Noble
Pasadena
Long Beach Naval Hospital
European Air Transport Service Restores MATS Schedule
In Wiesbaden Germany a U S Air Force notice states the Military Air Transport Service in Europe is back to a normal schedule after drastic cuts. Officials gave no explanation but it is believed that large transport aircraft were diverted to the Pacific to support the Korean war and bolster facilities.
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European Service
Mi Wiesbaden
Germany
UF E
U. S. Air Force
Air ‘Transport Rvice
MATS
Europe
Uly Lr
Pacific
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EV. Hosking
National Association of State Aviation Officials
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Office of Aviation Information
Civil Aeronau- Hesghaminiatranion
Washington
News OF the Armed Services
U. C
Long Beach Naval Station
Peter K. Wells
USN
Naval District Headquarters
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington, D. C
Comdr. Wells
U. S. 5. Denver
Robert W. Donner
USAF
Helen K. Hall
Headquarters
Polytechnic High School
Donner
University of Hawaii
Raymond M. Har- Usn
Athens
Greece
U.S. S. Cowell
J. F. Lockner
Sixth St
Seal Beach
C. F. Chowenhill
USA
38Th Parallel Line
ATS Restored
Belton
John L. Burton
Kress
Tobn L. Berton
Long Benth
Calif
Long Beach Lumber
California
West Ansheim Blvd
Terminal Island
Hammond Lumber Car Company
W. Anaheim &T
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BUITE
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Packard
Cadillac
Chrysler
FORD
DE Soto Dodge Lincoln
Nuys
Sare
Ana
Auten
Owl
Masters Pontiac
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