Navy halts super-carrier project amid civil-military rift
Defense Secretary Johnson orders a stop to the 189 million ton super-carrier plan, prompting reports that Navy Secretary Sullivan may resign. The action widens tensions between the Navy and Air Force over the value of giant carriers to national defense and joint Chiefs of Staff decisions. Paul Robeson also sparks controversy by asserting American Negroes would not fight for the United States against the Soviet Union.
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Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Eisenhower
Paul Robeson
Soviet Union
Robeson
America
Russia
Tough CAB Ruling Targets Non-Sked Airline Industry
The Civil Aeronautics Board plans to revoke its blanket permit May 20 for 110 large non scheduled carriers and about 2000 small operators. Large irregular carriers face individual licensing after investigations, with licenses expected to be granted sparingly. The move aims to curb flights masquerading under a blanket permit that competed with regular airline services.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Sked and nonsked Airlines Strain Under CAB Rulings
The piece argues that looser ground and air regulations let nonsked carriers cut travel fares and gain advantage while scheduled airlines face tighter rules. It notes that nonsked carriers may appear financially stronger on paper despite poorer safety records, and predicts CAB rulings will harm competition and small business until Congress overhauls the governing act.
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Ners
Congress
CAB
Paul Robeson portrayed as Communist enemy of America
Current Opinion labels Paul Robeson as ungrateful and disloyal, asserting he turned from religion to atheistic Communism, opposes American values, and backers Moscow plots. It claims his Paris speech testifies to allegiance to Soviet causes and urges Americans to renounce him.
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Paul Robeson
America
Rutgers University
Robeson
United States
Paris
New York
Moscow
U. S
Soviet Russia
Russia
China
Handley student places in State piano contest win
Betty Lou McFarland, 16, from Handley, earns a spot in the State piano contest. Frances Glassell Beale, daughter of Mrs. Richard Lee Beale and the late Col. Beale of Bowling Green, marries Robert Ware Smalley of Berryville at Bowling Green Baptist Church. A baby boy is born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davis of Strasburg. Mrs. Davis is Charlene Gibson.
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Betty Lou McFarland
Handley
Frances Glassell Beale
Richard Lee Beale
Col. Beale
Bowling Green
Robert Ware Smalley
Hubert Mulford Smalley
Berryville
Bowling Green Baptist Church
Lloyd Davis
Strasburg
Davis
Charlene Gibson
Allies Step Up Bombing and Anzio Actions In War Update
In 1944 reports, Allies press bombing of continental targets including Brunswick and other sites. Limited attacks also hit the central Anzio beachhead. R Gray Williams elected chairman of 11 local Democrats during Virginia party convention. Pfc Harrison Miller wounded in the South Pacific returns home on a 30 day furlough.
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Continental
Brunswick
Anzio
R. Gray Williams
Virginia
Pfc
Harrison Miller
South Pacific
Festival Queen Arrives as Police Direct Traffic
In 1939 Mrs Genevieve Garner arrives for city festivities. British youth are called to help and over 100 police are assigned to direct traffic for the festival.
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Genevieve Garner
Union Bank Plans Interior Redecoration in 1924
The 1924 item notes Union Bank announcing plans for interior redecoration. The Festival program adds fireworks for the first time. R. E. L. Saner, American bar chief, addresses state lawyers.
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Union Bank
R. E. L. Saner
Papa Discovers Home
Hal Boyle observes a new all American male who participates in home life, cooking and child care, debates garlic in meals, learns infant care, and even considers a psychiatrist for a child, signaling a shift from the old paternal role.
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New York
Pather's
Man of Pars
Mama
Papa
Daddy
Strength For The Day: Outlet To Life And Lightning Safety
Earl L. Douglas D D uses a Great Salt Lake analogy to warn that life without an outlet becomes brackish and bitter. He argues healthy flow of input and generosity yields balance and a sweet spirit. The piece also includes a Q A on grounding television antennas for lightning protection and proper line arrestors.
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Great Lake
Utah
Great
Salt Lake
National Bureau of Standards
Anemia Treatment and Causes by Dr Bundesen
Doctor Herman N Bundesen explains pernicious anemia as a macrocytic condition marked by large red cells and symptoms like weakness and pale skin. Treatment centers on liver extract injections over weeks, with possible adjustments for reactions, plus folic acid and B12 as helpful aids.
How's Your IQ Daily Quiz From Seventeen Magazine
A condensed question set tests general knowledge with 10 days of prompts and scoring cues. It asks about car instruments, Quakers, human torso, mouselet, Dr. Frank Porter, racehorse fitness, a wooden mortar tray, historic flight records, wireless telegraphy inventor, poker terms, and ship hull magnetism and direction.
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Society of Friends
Dunkards
Frank Porter
North Carolina University
U. S. Senate
J. Melville Broughton
Charles Lindbergh
Bill Odom
Wiley Post
Porter’s Crumbling Life Revealed In Quiet Confrontation
Beatrice grapples with Porter’s emotional burden as his mother Katharine Sanger discusses ambition and discontent. A trip to the Ramey plant hints at secrets behind Porter’s success, while Beatrice yearns for past promises and a stronger bond with him.
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Beatrice
Porter
Mrs. Sanger
Mr. Sanger
Paris
Katharine Sanger
Marianne
Frank Sanger
Ramey
Bonnie Watson
Macras-Smith Company
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The
Danville Register
Hal Boyle
Scott
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Tigris
Baghdad
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Earl L. Douglas
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