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Later he hopes to add more such equipment, pull Alaska's far-flung routes into a tight, efficient network, thus dominate the north completely. If & when that time comes, he has a still greater dream: break out of Alaska on routes already applied for and fly to Seattle, Minneapolis and Chicago, maybe even Russia and the Orient...
...Army's globe-girdling Air Transport Command is going to cash in on its system of far-flung routes, in most cases exclusively its own. Beginning this week, it will sell rides to qualified civilians on a limited basis. The qualifications: the trips must be in the interests of the U.S., must not displace any military traffic, will not be allowed where commercial facilities are available. Fares will average between 12? and 13? a mile, substantially higher (as required by an Army ruling) than the standard commercial rate for overseas flying...
Adding Up. Meanwhile, the great foray of the Third Fleet became the thundering climax of an air campaign that by all signs added up to a preparation for Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines. It had begun weeks ago with a series of far-flung operations, seemingly unrelated...
...miracle, which began so far back, showed most spectacularly on the transatlantic shore. British merchantmen and U.S. landing craft performed it in cross-Channel transportation. British ingenuity performed it by entirely new (and still secret) means of making open beaches almost as useful as ports. U.S. Navy specialists performed it in building up Cherbourg's shattered port to a capacity far greater than in peacetime. Army engineers performed it on the beaches and close behind the battle line. Loaders, repair men, railroad men, truck drivers, oil men, flyers stretched that far-flung performance farther & farther as the front advanced...
What kind of movies do G.l.s like? Who are their favorite stars? Last week a poll by far-flung TIME correspondents disclosed the following preferences...