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IN MID AIR OVER
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Collision At Night Visible for
60 Miles 'Whole Coun
try Lighted Up'
Weatherford, Tex., Aug. 18
U.R) Eighteen men died in the
mid-air crash of two B-29 Super
forts last night.
Two crew members were In
jured They were hurled from
the disintegrating planes and
pulled their parachute ripcords
to float to earth.
The collision was visible 60
miles away. Sheriff Jake Long
of Parker county said he did not
see the actual crash but added
that "the whole country was
lighted up just as if you hpd
turned on the lights."
Wreckage and bodies were
strewn over an area of 10 miles.
Four bodies were recovered to
day in widely separated spots in
this area.
Both planes were flying very
high Douglas Gibbs of Weather
ford, reported.
"You could barely hear the
motors," he said. "One was fly
ing northeast, the souther south
west. I noticed only one light on
each of the planes."
Gibbs said he heard no explo
sion when the planes collided.
Six pieces of wreckage floated
down "looking more like me
teors than anything else."
He said there was a tremen
dous explosion that shook his
house as the principal piece of
wreckage from one of the planes
struck southwest of the town.
One of the two injured airmen
said ho knew nothing about what
happened. He said he was thrown
from the disintegrating plane
and pulled his rlpcord. Both in
jured men were treated for
burns and moved to a hospital
at Camp Wolters, Tex. i
Antelope Island. In Great
Salt Lake.Utah, has fresh
water well.
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Constance Moore makes a
luscious burlesque queen in the
sparkling musical-comedy "De
lightfully Dangerous," now on
the Craterian screen through
Tuesday. Miss Moore shares
honors in the comedy with Jane
Powell and Ralph Bellamy. Mor
ton Gould's famous orchestra
provides the musical back
ground. As a social feature the
Adventure Film at Rialto
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Scene from the adventure
drama 'Dangerous Passage,"
with Phyllis Brooks and Robert
Lowery now playing thru Tues
day at the Rialto theatre. Martha
Tilton, "radio's first lady
swing," starring In the musical
comedy hit "Swing Hostess," is
the twin hit on the program.
Craterian Is also featuring "The
Fleet that Came to Stay," the
first complete film report of the
Jap suicide plane attacks off Ok
inawa, a presentation of the
United States Navy and filmed
entirely under direct fire.
REROUTED TO U. S.
Marseille, Aug. 18 U.PJ
Three American troop trans
ports, carrying 7,043 men and
completely loaded ready to sail
to the Pacific, were rerouted to
to the United States yesterday
after receiving last minute
changes in sailing orders. The
shipments Included 40 service
and supply organizations which
served a relatively short period
in the European theater of opera
tions. The transports were the
USS H. H. Gibbons, General
Haas and Exchange.
Closing time for Clawirled Ads 8:30
m Too Late to Classify 12:15 p. m.
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OF MEN OVER 35
Washington, Aug. 18 4U.R)
Chairman James M. Mead, D.,
N. Y. of the Senate War Inves
tigating Committee said tonight
that there appears to be no rea
son why the army should not
lower the discharge age to 35.
The army recently lowered the
age from 40 to 38.
"No effort should be spared to
return the older men to civilian
life at the first opportunity,"
Mead said. He also said he
hoped plans to discharge 7.500,
000 servicemen in the next 18
months were conservative estimates.
C.A.T. SCHOOLS ENDED
Washington, Aug. 18 (U.R)
The war department announced
today that all army civil affairs
training schools with the excep
tion of the one at the University
of Virginia will be clased by
Aug. 21. The six schools affected
are Yale, Chicago, Michigan,
Stanford, Northwestern and Har
vard universities..
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Portland, Ore., Aug. 18 (U.R;
Portland milk distributors are
planning a veterans' training pro
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ice men return to the industry,
Charles Eckelmnn, president of
the Oregon Dairy Industries,
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Seattle, Aug. 18 (U.R) Major
northwest warplants moved
swiftly through reconversion
plans, gearing to abolish the 48
hour work week,' the graveyard
shift, and warning women ship
builders they will be at the top
of the list of those to lose their
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