Freedom of the Air and the postwar world trade link
Baukhage surveys is how the vast international air transport system links the globe from Arctic to Antarctic with help from the American aviation industry. Colonel Mitchell argues freedom of air must be shared through international agreements, not fenced in, as nations claim jurisdiction over airspace and routes must be opened for peace and commerce.
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Baukhage
Air Che Air Transport Command
Arctic
Antarctic
Ut Ic
Baulhage
Caihan Otranon
Uncio United Nations
San Francisco
Crise
Neameowur
Alaska
Rio de Sanetia
Teeland
Botan
India
Australia
Honolulu
Atcs
Equator
Friends of
Commercial Aviation
Pentagon
AAF
William Mitchell
United States Army Air Force
Secretary of War
Air
Mitchell
War Department
Globe
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Partment
Chicagoo
Mitchel
Pearto
Chicago conference yields two aviation freedom pacts
After sharp debate the Chicago conference prepared two multilateral aviation pacts separate from the main convention. One offers two freedoms the right to fly over a country and the right to stop for non traffic purposes. The second provides all five freedoms with a notice option to deny the fifth.
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United States
Canada
Netherlands
Norway
Chicago
Matchell
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco Chosen as Seat for United Nations Conference
The 1945 United Nations conference to draft the UN charter will meet in San Francisco starting April 25. Delegates from 44 nations, about 1500 people, will gather amid full hotels and intensive protocol work.
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John E. Jones
Union
Yalta
San Francisco
United Nations
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Lapham Front “Atting
Joseph C. Grew
Department of State
Golden Gate
Russia
South Africa
Egypt
China
Europe
India
Philippines
Scandinavias
Greenland
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
World Peace Center
Mark Sullivan
Cmdr
Harold Stassen
Constitution Hall
Philadelphia
United States of America
Anthony Eden
British Empire
Wst
State Department
Coast City
San Franchisco Chamber of Commerce
Tians
Dif
Knobhill
Civic Center
War Memorial Opera House
Veterans’ Auditorium
Civic Auditorium
Mexico City
San Francisco Opera House
Veterans Affairs explains G I farm loan guaranty details
A Legion Auxiliary guide outlines questions and answers on farm loan guaranty under Title III of the 1944 Servicemen's Readjustment Act. It covers who can apply, bank roles, what qualifies property and farming operations, and eligibility for readjustment allowances.
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Charles B. Gilbert
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Charles B Gilbert
Norwich
Conn
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
United States
Barbs and policy shifts spark crossfire across industries
The April auto quota falls 25 percent from March to 1,500. Japan dissolves its old ruling party and forms the Political Association of Great Japan. Czark Petrillo seeks AFL Musicians Union leadership as Congress moves to curb what some call a labor rights violation.
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Japan
The
Political Association of Great Japan
Imperial Rule Assistance
Hirohito
Congress
Czark Petrillo
AFL Musicians’ Union
Petrillo
Smetterlin tours Chopin’s old Monastery on Majorca
Polish pianist Jan Smet erlin visits Valdemosa and Chopin’s home monastery. He learns the piano was taken by a Palma family and is reluctant to play it. A joke about Justice Hugo Black and lyonnaise potatoes follows, then a humorous aside about Mr. Mesoofsky and his son Izzie in the park.
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Jan Smeterlin
Valdemosa
Majorca
Chopin
Smeterlin
Palma
Raptuwe
Mr. Smeterlin
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Washington
United States High Court
Mesoofsky
Izzie
Mefoof
Poppa
Itzic
Mefoofsky
James Gordon Bennett Donts For Reporters Recalled
A historical note recalls James Gordon Bennett’s long list of reporter don’ts for the New York Herald era. The rewrite desk later changed a rule about hotel customers from patron or guest to inmate when referring to registered guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bennett
NY Herald
Don
Churchill reflects on archbishop death and wartime courage
In London a London pianist recalls a Cockney quip about robot bombs while RAF humor and a cook’s dog chase feature in wartime quips. At the Archbishop of Canterbury’s funeral Winston Churchill mourns a churchman and good friend who he notes died a teetotaler.
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Canterbury
Winston Churchill
Churchill
General Patton Glyph of Fury Emerges in War Legend
Reporters recount a Patton legend after the death of Gen Maurice Rose, noting his delayed reaction then a stark act. Patton is said to have drawn a German English dictionary from his jacket and crossed out the word mercy, signaling a ruthless resolve.
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Patton
Gen
Maurice Rose
Trainee at Georgia naval radio center reports missing planes
Prof Leo Reisman recounted a trainee at a Georgia naval radio training center whose station at the radio tower could not account for an incoming fleet. He signaled Pilot Jones with a call and faulty reply messages followed, indicating a delayed landing two hours later.
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Leo Reisman
Naval Radio Training Center
Georgia
Pilot Jones
Bird House Plans to Attract Birds in Your Garden
A vintage note explains bird house designs and proper features for bluebirds robins wrens and other tenants. It describes nest space dimensions sunny or shaded locations and approximate mounting heights. Pattern 277 offers actual size cutting guides and material lists for construction upon sending 15 cents.
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Pattern
Movable Type in 1409 Before Gutenberg Shown in NYC
An exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York displays 53 authentic metal type pieces used in Korea in 1409, challenging the view that Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type in the 1480s.
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Johannes Gutenberg
Johannes Guttberg
Korea
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
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Britain
Ienie
Reslome
Legion Auxiliary
Kipling
Twain
Golden Gateway
Mt Davidson
C. B. Gilbert
Bankhage
New Yorkers’ Notebook
Ivor Newton
London
France
Limehouse
Bulstrode Road
Kms
HEL Amr
CEP
Altay
Loulernie
Kentucky
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford
New York
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