Postwar Uses For Airfields Are Many
Postwar plans envision airfields becoming airparks and feeder hubs to curb unemployment. States push aviation codes and land grants to support private flying and helicopter routes. Missouri explores private airparks and a feeder network. Los Angeles advocates a 100 city feeder service. Burlington assesses postwar helicopter passenger service routes.
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Sarsit Landing
Varios
Lesie L. Schroeder
Aerd
Tove
Missouri
Los Angeles
Civil Aeronautics Board
California
Central California
Elso
Burlington Transportation Co
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago
Denver
Rapid City
S. C
Kansas City
Met
Pan American Air Travel Rises Ahead of Last Year
Pan-American Avia reports travel between the United States and the Southern Republics is up 19 percent from last year. Express service shows a 15 percent increase over the prior year.
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Pan-American Avia
United States
All Express
Aden
Opera Star Helen Jepson Balances Home Life With Singing
Opera singer Helen Jepson, wife of Welter Dellera, says she spends one third of the year cooking and washing dishes and two thirds singing. She describes her domestic routine while preparing to return to the Metropolitan Opera this winter and tour concerts. Jepson, mother of son Riccardo born last September, credits housekeeping with grounding her, yet she remains a professional concert artist after years in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York.
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la Jepson
Nawcical
Welter ‘Dellera
Ladly
Miss Jepson
Metropolitan Opera
Ric Tardo
Metropolitan
St P
Deilera
Teaneck
N. J
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New York
Jepson
Pedris
Hother
Iher
Akron
D. Music
Chautauqua
Curtis Institute of Philadelphia
Goal—Opera
Philadelphia
Chicago
Greenwich Lieutenant Home from England
First Lieut Brion M Freebex U S Army Air Corps son of Mrs Alice Lennon of Greenwich and who made 65 missions over Germany has arrived from England to spend a 221 day furlough at home. He enlisted Dec 29 1941 and served at air bases in this country and England. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with four clusters and the good conduct medal. Upon completion of his furlough he is expected to be transferred to the Pacific war theater.
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Brion M. Freebex
U.S. Army Air Corps
Mirs
Alice Lennon
Greenwich
Germany
England
Froel
Draft Dodger Found Hiding Behind Skirts
New York FBI agents arrested a 2-year-old man posing as William Fred Christian after he hid behind a woman's dresses in a Brooklyn bedroom. Conroy described the suspect as a Se lective Service violator sought for two years who jumped bail and changed name and address multiple times.
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New York
Upi-E
EL Conroy
FSI
Willam
Plexnies
FBI
Conroy
Willam Fred Christian
Brooklyn
Nancy Oakes Marigny To Visit in New York
Mrs Alfred De Marigny the former Nancy Oakes departs by clipper for a six weeks holiday in New York She will teach Miami tomorrow and take a week in Nassau before going to Geneva New York to visit friends The De Marignys have lived in Havana for ten months since his Nassau acquittal last November 21 on a charge he murdered Mrs De Marigny s father Sir Harry Oakes
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Havana
Alfred de Marigny
Nancy Oakes
Clipper
New York
Miami
Nassau
Geneva
N. Y
de Marignys
Mra de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Belgium awaits Leopold as throne in exile report says
The British radio quoted Hubert Pierlot telling Belgian Parliament that King Leopold, then a prisoner in Germany, will return to the throne. Parliament met in Brussels. no regent action for Prince Cheries was announced.
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New York
Hubert Pierlot
Leopold
Germany
Belgium
Brussels
Prince Cheries
Three Japanese Destroyers Sunk by Navy Hellcat Fire
Washington reports that Navy Hellcat fighter planes destroyed three Japanese destroyers. Two were sunk off Chichi Jima about 626 miles from Tokyo on August 4, while a third blew up after strafing southwest of the Marianas on July 35.
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Washington
Navy
Chichi Jima
Tokyo
Germans Say Next War Won't Be Lost
The German Foreign Office reportedly stated via a British radio broadcast that Germany intends to win the next war and will remember the stance of neutral states during its critical hours. The broadcast quoted a Wilhelmstrasse message and was monitored by the X. S. C.
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New York
Germany
X. Sc
Ordnance Men Craft Unusual Jobs for Fifth Army
Soldiers in the Fifth Army ordnance units perform improvised engineering feats in Italy. John Hennessey and colleagues repurpose cans and junk into a vibraphone, jaw clamps, napkin rings, and even a baking oven and malaria sprayer. They value flexible, practical tinkering under combat conditions.
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SY Graham Hovey
Italy
John Hennessey
Wakefield
3Fasc
Malcolm Bates
Montgomery
Ala
Who & Spa puPey
Hennessey
Fifth Army
Fitts
Fifth Army Ordnance Companies
Ordnance
Bates
Edelhelt
John F. Wisniewski
Berwyn
Merk W. Clark
Odd Ordnance Craft Emerges From Fifth Army Front
Read about improvised wartime gear, including a pilot canopy modification and a plastic base for a glass, made from air plane canopy parts. An ordnance unit also describes lash cutters and eye lash tools created from welding rods and inner tire tubes.
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Pellers Iroiq
Donald ‘Beredt
Tatherton
Mina
Hennessey
Bates
Threefold Health Program Proposed by State College Expert
Dr Arthur F Davis of Pennsylvania State College proposes a three fold health program requiring collaboration of the home, school and community to maintain health after the war. The plan stresses joint effort for ongoing wellness and postwar recovery.
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State College, Pe
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Arthur F. Davis
Pennsylvania State College
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Studies on child care and health in early education notes
The article emphasizes ensuring proper rest and nutrition for children, with schools urged to provide periodic health examinations and recreational programs. It also mentions the early piano range of four octaves.
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