Word: plane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made some overtures of peace to the U.S. In all, he paid $3,671,065 in income taxes, $60,000 in penalties. This summer, after 25 years in exile, Henry Blackmer decided the time for his return had come. Last week he and his wife boarded an Air France plane at Paris and were flown to Boston. As they set out for Denver by train, it was easy to see that time had taken its toll with the Darling of the Gods. He was stooped and almost blind. But he still knew how to handle inquisitive reporters-he chuckled amiably...
Twelve persons were known dead and more than 24 persons were reported missing Monday night after plane crashes in central England, Oklahoma and Mexico...
Marriage Revealed. Margaret Hastings, 34, wartime WAC corporal who was beloved of the tabloids in 1945 when she and two G.I.s were stranded for 47 days in a remote New Guinea valley after their plane had crashed; and Robert Atkinson, 29, insurance salesman; he for the second time; on June 24; in Forestville...
Arnold never flew a plane to combat. In World War I he became the youngest colonel in the U.S. Army and the second-ranking air officer, but he was kept in Washington. His account of those years is the familiar one of War Department myopia, never enough and that too late. Billy Mitchell wanted to bomb Germany, but the U.S. hadn't a single bomber. When Mitchell was court-martialed in 1925 for his obstreperous advocacy of air power, his friend & follower Hap Arnold was sent off to rusticate at Fort Riley. Determined not to quit under fire, Arnold...
...projects will include the continuance and expansion of the purchase card plan-of the ten local merchants contacted, nine were highly satisfied with last year's results and intend to renew their affiliations; a national travel tour program similar to the international trips already sponsored; and reduced train and plane fares for students vacationing during the school year...