Jet Training for Air National Guard at Williams Base
About 40 Air National Guard pilots will learn to fly F-80 jets at Williams Base Arizona this fall. The first class of 21 is training now with a second class starting November 15. The program targets pilots transitioning from World War II era planes with future jet-equipped units. Students come from Maine and other states.
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Air National Guard
Washington
Williams Base
Arizona
Air Force
Maine
Seaman from Compton Sentenced for Joyriding
Woodrow Wilson Dillard, 30, a Compton seaman, was sentenced yesterday in Superior Court by Judge Fred Miller to one to five years in San Quentin after pleading guilty to a felony joyriding charge. He took a car from a parking lot on Alamitos Ave and was on parole for a prior felony from Nebraska, California, Georgia and Florida.
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Woodrow Wilson
Dillard
Compton Seaman
San Quentin
Superior Court
Fred Miller
Alamitos Ave
Familiar Names Dropped From Victorious Roll Call
The report lists familiar political figures missing from election tallies, including Republican Harold Knutson of Minnesota, Senator Joseph Ball, and Illinois Governor Dwight Green. Also noted are Democrats like Governor Mon Wallgren and Utah’s Herbert Maw, with several other GOP and minor-party names wiped from the rolls.
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Uashington
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Utah
Herbert B. Maw
C. Douglass Buck
Delaware
Idaho
George A.wilson
Iowa
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Wyoming
James
Business failures decline in latest weekly report
New York November 5 Dun & Bradstreet says business failures fell to 104 in the latest week from 124 the prior week. Despite the drop the total stayed well above the 70 failures in the same week of 1947 and the 22 in the corresponding week of 1946.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
United States launches large manganese air shipment to India
The United States announced a major air shipment aimed at building stocks of manganese for radio production. The convoy, described as the largest air shipment in U S history, includes about 600 000 tons or 100 000 pounds of manganese and more than 2000 radios and models, destined for Caracas and linked to India.
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Marty
Camden
N. J
Delht
India
Radio Corporation of
United States
Detroit Vehicle Output Edges Up Slightly This Week
Automotive News estimates total U S vehicle production at 112475 trucks 87073 cars and 25 002 trucks last week 88787 cars 22795 trucks this week due to 1948 model year Cadillac and Oldsmobile completion Readable figures show production shifts across autos and trucks in the United States.
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Automotive News
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
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Genee Acent
Broadway
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Philco
Leonard
Vous Sonja
Henie
Star
eScole
Westwood Corporation
M.I.B
M.J.B
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