Air Force Tests Parasite Plane XF-85 Starts Ground Run
The Air Force announced ground testing of the McDonnell XF-85 parasite jet fighter designed to fit in a B-36 bomb bay. The 15 foot long, 21 foot wingspan craft uses a Westinghouse jet engine for up to 650 mph, with retractable hooks for in flight launch and recovery.
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James J. Strebig
Associated Prées
New York
Air Force
Navy
Westinghouse
Muroc
McDonnell
St. Louis
Calif
Army Private Carrol Ehler Dies in Japan Accident
Tokyo May 13 The Army reports Pvt Carrol Ehler from Garden City Kansas died May 5 in Hakodate Hokkaido from injuries after falling from a moving Army truck His father Chris Ehler lives in Dresden Kansas.
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Tokyo
Pvt
Carrol Ehler
Garden City
Kan
Hakodate
Hokkaido
Chris Ehler
Dresden
C I O figures big funding push for 1948 election
Atlantic City May 13 The CIO Political Action Committee director said 250 000 aides will work in this year s presidential campaign He said no candidate is chosen until July when the CIO decides which candidate it will back The drive asks every CIO member to contribute a dollar and 60 000 to 60 000 000 voters are expected to participate in November
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Atlantic City
N. Z
Jack Kroll
Kroll
C I. O. Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Smelt Diet Ends at Laconia State School
In Laconia New Hampshire the state school staff and inmates quit after a week of a steady diet of 100 pounds of smelt seized from poachers. The municipal court ordered the confiscated fish for the institution amid complaints about the fishy meals and crowded conditions.
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Laconia, N.H
Laconia State School
By spies claim anti Nazi stance after return to Germany
In Stuttgart on May 13 two former German spies Ernest Burger and George Dasch declared they were anti Nazism. They recently returned home after Truman granted their release from prison. Burger said he turned himself in to oppose Hitler and Dasch said he risked his life to save Americans though he received punishment from the United States.
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Stuttgart
Germany
U. S
Ernest Burger
George Dasch
Truman
Burger
Hitler
States
Dasch
United States
Colfax School First Graders Send Blessings to Hoffman
Colfax School, South Bend, sends 19 handwritten letters to Paul G. Hoffman applauding his European Recovery Program work. Students praise his leadership, ask for help for Europe, and offer simple gifts and prayers. Hoffman read the notes and promised a reply from Washington.
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Hoffman
Europe
Wisioneron
Colfax School
South Bend
Ind
Paul G. Hoffman
Colfax
Economic Co-operation Administration
Vernon Litton
Stephanie Pawlak
Truman
Ant
Studebaker Corp
Donna Rybicki
Ival F. Newhard
Washington
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