Navy Orders 12 More Mariners From Glenn L Martin Co
The Navy announced an order for 12 additional PBM-5A Mariners bringing total Mariners on order to 36. Deliveries start next year and run through the first half of 1949. The PBM-5A weighs 60 300 pounds, about 4300 more than the PBM-5, and is the largest amphibian designed in the United States. The aircraft serves as patrol reconnaissance or cargo carrier from shore airfields and can rescue personnel at sea.
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Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
R Martin
Mariner
Sky Queen crash rescue letters detail dramatic trek to safety
69 survivors tell of the Bermuda Sky Queen ditched 800 miles off Newfoundland. Coast Guard cutter Hibb and crew rescued all aboard as Boston dock welcomed the saviors. Passengers praise Captain Martin while some complain of overload. Public hearings set for Oct 30.
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Civil ‘Aeronautics Board
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Atlantic
Coast Guard
Hibb
Newfoundland
Sky Queen
Boston
Charlie
Coast “Guard
Harbor
Constitution
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Atrmanship
Charles“Martin
Miami
Fla
William’ Bostack
Shell Oil Co
Robert Laffer
New York
Patrick Quinn
Long Beach
Calif
S. S.chisholm Trail
Albert Ritchie
Andover
New Brunswick
Martin
Paul B. Cronk
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Red’ Cross
Navy
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England
Baltimore
Stewart Robertson
Line
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Robertson
Quinn
Cronk
Sky
Queen
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Navy Recruit Goal Missed Narrowly
The Navy announced September enlistments at 14 977, barely within two tenths of one percent of the monthly quota. Navy personnel chief T L Sprague reported August enlistments at 11 512, 23 5 percent short, with 7475 new signups for the month.
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Navy
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T.L. Sprague
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Body Found of 12th French Plane Victim
Naval base headquarters announced that a search near the Mediterranean recovered the 12th body from a French airlines crash off Cartagena Spain. The Friday crash carried 43 aboard. only two survivors were found.
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Cartagena
Spain
Naval Base Headquarters
Mediterranean
Notable Coast Guard Rescue Highlighted in Historic Account
A historical report recounts a daring Coast Guard rescue described as among the most remarkable maritime efforts. It notes the crew's courage seamanship and unwavering devotion to duty during a perilous incident.
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the Treasury
Law Head
Coast’Guard
Gill
Army Prisoner Train Ends Nightmare Run
Army guards recaptured six of seven escapees from a trans continental prison train moving from Greenhaven to Camp Cooke. James D Anders, 21, of Jamestown, N D, escaped and is hunted in Kansas. The train passed Las Vegas and Los Angeles with 87 guards and heavy armament. officials call the escape attempts numerous and the situation dangerous.
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James D. ‘Anders
Jamestown
Kansas
Wade D. Killen
Salt Lake
Las Vegas
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Camp “Cooke
Killen
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