First Airmail Pilot Flies First Route
SOUTH PLAINFIELD N J Hadley Field hosts Capt Eugene R Brown re creating the first airmail flight from Atlanta to Hadley Field The 792 mile trip took 53 hours under modern conditions weather delays stretched the schedule The Pitcairn Mailwing used the same craft as 25 years ago but with a mandatory radio installation flown under the old route pace and delays due to storms.
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South Plainfield N. J
Hadley Field
Eugene R. Brown
Atlanta
Pitcairn
Eastern Airlines
Brown
Philadelphia
Atlanta-Hadley
Labor unions clash with Eisenhower on labor policy
Labor unions turn critical of the Eisenhower White House over Labor Department staffing and policy. CIO resentment grows as the administration delays CIO nominee John Edelman, while AFL leaders attack fiscal and public works choices impacting credit, housing funds, and employment. Independent UMW chief John L. Lewis defends the Bureau of Mines chief amid Interior Department efforts to replace him.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Eisenhower
CIO
Labor Department
AFL
Martin P. Durkin
Durkin
John Edelman
CIO Textile Workers Union
Capitol Hill
White House
Edelman
GOP
Treasury
House of Representatives
Korea
Congress
News-Reporter
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Bureau of Mines
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Tuberculosis Decline Cited as Main Killer Reduction
WHO reports a 530 percent fall in tuberculosis death rates since the war, crediting mass screening with X rays vaccination milk controls and better medical facilities. By 1950, declines ranged from 32 percent in Sweden to 59 percent in Britain, saving over 430,000 lives across 21 nations.
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Geneva
Switzerland
U. N. World Health Organization
WHO
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
France
United States
Britain
Farm Realty Values Drop 2 Percent Nationwide
The Department of Agriculture reported farm real estate values fell 2 percent from November 1 to March 1, with declines strongest in the West. The index averaged 209 for the country, down 2 percent from November and 1 percent from a year earlier, with 1912-14 set as 100.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
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