Fairchild to Open Chicago Plant with $20 Million Block
Fairchild will receive a $20.9 million contract to operate a new Chicago plant at O'Hare Airport for assembling C-119 Packets. The government will turn over government owned buildings including Civil Aeronautics Administration and Bureau of Public Debt facilities to Fairchild Engines and Aircraft. Production of Packets will continue at Hagerstown, Maryland. The 142nd Fighter-Interceptor Wing relocated to O'Hare in April as barracks expand at the field.
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Taft Faces Indiana Rally After National Policy Attacks
Taft promised Indiana voters strong support as he blasted the Truman administration. At a Republican dinner in Indianapolis hosted by Frederick J. Selartemeier, Taft urged backing for his presidential bid and criticized foreign policy and the European army plan. He argued the administration failed to plan for allied contributions and argued the Korean crisis showed mismanagement.
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Early Continental Army Soldier Engraving Unveiled
Rare engraving imported from Europe depicts a Continental Army soldier in 1775 dress by German engraver Johann Martin Will. The piece, among the first military portraits, marks the army’s birth on June 14 1775 with a legend noting coarse linen clothing and a long musket bayonet.
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Europe
Continental Army
Johann Martin Will
Continental Congress
U. S. Army
Boonsboro Man Named To Post In Crown Swiss Group
David Litton of Boonsboro is named to the executive board and junior program chair for the new state Crown Swiss cattle organization. He will select bulls for Maryland University breeding and attended the organizational meeting at Belvedere Plantation Calvert Md. Three Brown Swiss bulls were donated to Maryland’s artificial breeding program by Litton. Railroad train service employees are paid for miles per run.
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New State Crown Swiss ‘Cattle Organization
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University of Maryland
Litton
Fietvedera Plantation
Calvert
Boonsboro
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Wallace M. V. Lynch
Cecil County
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K-F Readies Boxcar Production at Willow Run
Detroit reports Kaiser-Frazer plans to build Flying Boxcars with Willow Run assembly to finish first aircraft by year end. The firm secures 25 million dollar credit and contracts with over 700 suppliers for cargo plane parts and materials. Additional defense work includes Wright R-1300 engines at Detroit and Lockheed components at Oakland plants.
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Kaiser
Frazer
Fairchild
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Detroit Engine Division
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Oakland
Calif
Boy Missing in Hagarm Town Reported by Father
Richard Aupert Faulders, a 16 year-old boy, remains missing since Sunday after being last seen in Hagarm town with two other youths. His father, Richard, reported the case to police yesterday.
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Aupert Faulders
Foundry Treat
Richard
Big Freight Trucks Hurt Nation Highways In Maryland Test
A six month Maryland road test shows 44 800 tandem axle loads caused 95 8 percent slab damage and 3704 feet cracks on a mile long lane. Other lanes show 1050 70 4 percent, 1269 58 percent and 196 26 percent damages. The study argues trucks pay little tax relative to road costs and warns 56 percent of high type roads usable by 1956.
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Maryland
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Highway Research Board
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