Million-Dollar Airport Opens At Martin Plant For Testing Airplanes
The Glenn L. Martin plant unveils a million-dollar airport complex on its sprawling 420 acre site adjoining a 210 acre car factory. The four runways include the east-west 4000-foot strip now in use and two others to be completed by mid December with a fourth by January. The surface uses a clay asphalt mix developed by Paul E. Tignor, providing a durable, water resistant and abrasive brake friendly surface.
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Glenn L. ——Ay's
Chesapeake Bay
Paul E. Tignor
Field Mneer
Martin Company
Tignor
Martin
Penthouses Nuisance To Mail Pilot
Pilot Johnny Miller lands an autogiro on a Philadelphia post office roof for air mail to Camden New Jersey. He reports penthouses at the roof edges threaten landing space yet he has a 89 percent success rate on five daily round trips. The experiment costs 24 827.52 for five months and carries 31 242 pounds of mail.
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Philadelphia
Park Avenue
Johnny Miller
Miller
Camden
N. J
New York
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Answers to Today's Quiz on Page Four
Answers listed include the Central European Standard Time Zone, a distance of 92 870 000 miles, confirmation Yes, Strait of Otranto, Associate Justice Pierce Butler, near Colorado Springs Colorado, pronunciation A bay ans, the letter sequence eee, Uruguay, and Federal Territory.
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Strait of Otranto
Pierce But
Colorado Springs
Colo
Urugua
Federal Territory
Finland Seeks Aid as War Fights Rage on Arctic Front
Helsinki reports heavy actions from Kuolajarvi to Karelian Isthmus as Soviet advances are checked. Parliament declares Finland the outpost of western civilization and asks for active help from civilized nations. Government authorized 2.5 billion marks to meet crisis.
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Helsinki
Finland
Arctic
Gulf of Finland
Kuolajarvi
Arctic Circle
Gulf of Bothnia
Karelian Isthmus
Mannerheim
Copenhagen
London
Reuters
National Tidende
Leningrad
Murmansk
Red
Politikens
Karelian
No Provision For Emergency In Wages and Hours Law
Richmond December 11 The state labor commissioner says the women’s wages and hours law has no emergency provision for the Christmas rush and enforcement will not be altered during the holiday season. The act limits women to 48 hours per week or nine hours in a day.
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Richmond
Thomas B. Morton
State Commissioner of
Dippy Doings In Snow Land Amid Odd Winter Weather
Denver reports wacky winter as mild conditions cancel snow for many regions. Golf and tennis replace skiing, water sprinkles the streets, and flowers bloom out of season. Hotels and fuel dealers cope with scarce snow and rising fuel sales as prairie fires and dry pastures dominate headlines.
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Havre
Mont
McDonald Pass
Continental Divide
Helena
Minnesota
Utah
Salt Lake City
Idaho Mountains
Christmas Card From Fort Madison Inmate Magazine
A full page card from Warden Glenn C. Havens and Fort Madison Penitentiary staff in the inmate magazine wishes prisoners a Merry Christmas and a Lucky New Year.
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Fort Madison
Tia
Glenn C. Havens
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Adams Family Faces Health String Of Illness
Nebraska City report details a run of illnesses in the Chris Adams family. Billy Adams contracted pneumonia then double pneumonia over the weekend, Phyllis Adams developed scarlet fever, and Jess Adams caught the mumps.
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Nebraska City
Strangers Of Deep Reveal Many Secrets
Marine work near San Clemente by the Velcro III expedition reports new life forms. A Los Angeles museum group uncovers Stone knives, pottery shards, and votive images from a wintering Indian site in Big Dog Cave.
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Los Angeles
Sam
San Clemente II
Allan Hancock Foundation
University of Southern California
San Clemente
John S. Garth
Big Dog Cave
Los Angeles Museum
Arthur Woodward
Doomed Man Plans Christmas Cheer Despite Death Prognosis
Claude J Bradley, given ten months to live from cancer, remains upbeat in a Brooklyn home. The 53 year old cement salesman hosts a Christmas card drive and keeps up his business, planning for holidays and a future after death. He last July held a wake for himself and vows not to give up, saying he feels fine and avoids alcohol.
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New York
Claude J. Bradley
Bradley
Brooklyn
First Graders Benefit as P T A Proposes 12 Cots
Centre Street School teachers note rural first graders struggle with early rising and browsing during the day. The Parent-Teacher Association votes to install 12 cots to help students rest during the day.
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Cumberland
Centre Street
Browzing
Parent
Prentis Named NAM President At American Industry Congress
H. W. Prentis Jr is pictured after his election as president of the National Association of Manufacturers at the Congress of American Industry held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
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National Association of Manufacturers
H. W. Prentis, Jr
Congress of American Industry
Waders- Astoria
New York
Food and Life yearbook reviews farming handbook
Washington dispatch notes the Agriculture Department releases a 1165 page yearbook titled Food and Life covering goats beans horses iodine calcium and chicken coop tips with curiosities on minerals in the human body and a quip about changing tastes as it hits shelves at the essice printing office today.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New England
South
Essice
Off-Record Dewey Reaction Sways Favorable Despite Mixed Reviews
Washington observers report a mostly positive but mixed off stage reaction to Thomas E. Dewey's opening campaign speech. Some praise its philosophy and delivery while others find it too general and lacking color. Midwest critics fault expectations and note no bold new points. Dewey remains a leading convention factor with strong delegate prospects.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Middle West
Supreme Court
Albuquerque High Wrestler Disqualified After Hard Hit
Manuel Garcia a 130 pound Albuquerque High School wrestler struck an opponent so hard the rival sprained a wrist. Officials stopped the bout and awarded the decision to the other wrestler.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Manuel Garcia
Albuquerque
Manuel
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Lynn Heinzerling
Victor
Snow
Denver
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M. E. Barker
Yule
Claude Bradley
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Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Yearbook of Agriculture
By Eddy Gilmore
Republican National Executive Committee
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