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Record Tokyo-Chicago Non-Stop Flight
One of the B-29s forced down at Chicago for fueling, on its proposed
Tokyo-Washington non-stop flight. The distance from Tokyo to Chicago was
5,995 miles. High winds prevented the non-stop plans to Washington. The
flight was made in 25 hours. Insert shows from left: Brig, Gen. Emmet
O’Donnell, Maj. Gen. Curtis Lemay and Lt. Gen, Barney Giles, leaders
of the famous flight.
Named to Investigate Pearl Harbor
The joint congressional committee named to investigate the Pearl
Harbor disaster of December 7, 1941, is composed of, from left to right:
Senators Alben W. Barkley (Dem., Ky.) f Walter F. George (Dem., Ga.),
Scott Lucas (Dem., 111.), Homer Ferguson (Rep., Mich.) and Ralph Brew
ster (Rep., Maine).
House members of the committee include, left to right: Representatives
Jere Cooper (Dem., Tenn.), J. Bayard Clark (Dem., N. C.), John W. Mur
phy (Dem., Pa.), Frank B. Keefe (Rep., Wis.) and Bertrand Gearhart
(Rep., Calif.). The committee may also investigate conditions on the Phil
ippine islands.
Claimed World’s Fastest Growing City
Mayor Eugene Bernard, left, enlisted local business men to erect
sign at entrance to Val D’Or, rapidly growing mining community in the
newly discovered ore zone of western Quebec, to prove that in 12 years
the city had an increase of 1500 per cent in population. Postwar plans are
for the handling of gold, zinc and copper from nearby mines.
Patterson Replaces Secretary Stimson
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Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, left, who has been named
by President Truman to succeed Secretary Stimson, right, as secretary
°f war. This was the seventh cabinet change since President Truman
took office. Patterson was made undersecretary while training in the field
with the New York NatlonaS Guard. He has been in charge of army
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THE HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA
Named as New Czars
Eric Johnston, upper, West coast
industrialist and president of the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce, who
has been appointed to succeed Will
H. Hays as the film industry’s czar.
Lower photograph shows Edgar L.
Warren, Chicago regional WLB
chief, who becomes labor czar.
Burton Appointed
Without a dissenting vote the sen
ate confirmed the appointment of
Sen. Harold Hitz Burton (Rep.,
Ohio) to the U. S. Supreme court.
Burton, 57, is a native of Massachu
setts and served as a captain in
World War I. He was former mayor
of Cleveland.
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ley Temple, formerly baby star of
the movies, shown in her bridal
dress as she was married to Sgt.
John G. Agar Jr. of Chicago.
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encing language difficulty as he
dickers with a Japanese rickshaw
boy for a ride in the ruined capital.
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This bombed-out area in the heart of Tokyo, near the imperial palace, shows the devastating results of
American fire bombing attacks. Each section of the city is responsible for clearing away its own debris
and the Japanese have been ordered to do a good job.
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Proposals by Air Gen. Henry H. Arnold for maintenance of a series of defense lines in the Pacific for
future national security is receiving growing support in congress. The latest proposal would provide major
fleet bases at Pearl Harbor, Guam, Saipan, Manus and Noumea, with a main naval air base at Mactan island in
the Philippines. The whole would provide chains of security far from the United States shores. The house
committee said the bases are needed to maintain peace.
Hurricane and Fires Strike Florida Keys
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More than 200 persons were reported injured in a fire at the Richmond
navy blimp base as a tropical hurricane reaching a peak velocity of 143
miles per hour swept across the Florida Keys. More than 50,000 persons
were driven to seek emergency shelter in South Florida alone. Hundreds
of homes were reported damaged and destroyed in the Keys.
Promise Delivery of Thousands of Tires
Tires, thousands of them, are shown moving out of the huge plants
of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company, Akron, Ohio, to civilian users
everywhere. The reconversion from military to civilian tire production
was almost immediate, and first line tires will flow, in ever-increasing
quantities, to thf civilian market.
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Paul V. McNutt, shown as he was
sworn in as commissioner of the
Philippines, a position that he held
before the fall to the Japanese after
Pearl Harbor attack. His appoint
ment met with the approval of the
Philippine government and people.
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