The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-16
AAF 4AI.II UNABLE TO GIVE
FUTURE PLANS NFS En-
BLuETHENTHAL F14Ixa Tx
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eastern United States ~.
ida and the other at MIME une in Fl..
At the latter point. Ays.le sbs Beach,
mnent m owns $1,000 acres @s govern.
tb,s sD,ooo .tfers acres adjoining undsS sad aa'
enough enough to permit sn sucs area "a! l!a,gs
without with ut isndangering civil CIVILIAN 'saiaag
fording the full four fOasa b,s not Al.
tset area d desired 1t was , pojntas ,sa mile
3ax Of population and travel ';,r and seeate'' s's
non-prohibitive cost, aiiqoFsd y a,
respect Bluenthentbal III. Ill which
not qualify. area does
AT Myrtle Beach and
f5eWs f19itsd from the arportWs W in s1Sst, s5ss
;na 1'eu 80 o'ates VIII be given .a t,,i.
ing from time to time AND NJ, sala'
ground forces retained .ta ana small
times Rep. Clark said a'e'e stal
Informed of the resnl,,
conference, J. Melville BrOnn,.a 81 a'
former governor who is sevvsN spssn''a'
counselor for the local I''sias sia as
com committee, Mite expressed the 'ts3o't S9S,
that the best course to be- t torsei sslei
now now is to seek to have BlusDsSSts1a rs-eSsa
ti thal airport retained on as';asa' ss iasa
tive basis pending decision Isl aA l., mac
AAF as I, to its permanent r po', Wy la he
needs' needs The field has been sr''Sa' wa;
clany announced as surplus e''''
No Correction
Rep. clark's report on II. NJ.
ference was substantiated, in in rss, vva'
by Col. E. v. shuyler, eye,p,iii, III part
ehlet examiner of the AAA AA'ctIss cSi..
OF staff. In telephone n convs..s s,Ie'
TIC ton with R. B. Page. chairman mana. :.
tne airport committee, yesterd.s sr y,
afternoon he explained thai 'tisa! dss:,
tlvatlon of Bluenthenthal fjeld S'Sy, Si
not have any connection with S.s ta
retension of Myrtle Beach ., "'s !.
permanent base. He is consider.s
qualified to speak in that bs bss y
a direct hand in the selection n, 4ts tss
AAF's permanent fields. ''
Both fields are entirely differ.
ent and separate propositions and
IN selecting Myrtle Beach the AAF NsT
did So with its qualifications '-., s,.
pecially the large bombing ranss ~
the primary question and all Ss. oss,
considerations secondary in ''r,. M.
ture. It is the policy Of the AAF
he continued, to select those field,
whose advantages are to the beet
interests of the service, both Al
the present time and in the future
Bluethenthal field, he explained
was used primarily for anti.sub
marine patrol and later for n,
training of fighter pilots. Myrtl,
Beach, on the other hand, is
bombing base and one of the tw,
largest east of the Rocky Noun
tains, the other being in Sebring
Fla: Both were selected becaus,
OF their extensive ranges and
comparable range would not b
available in the Wilmington area
He said that facilities, especial,
as to range, at Myrtle Beach ar
not only adequate fr present pro
grams but favored selection be
cause of its possibilities for an,
future use by the AAF in case 0
a national emergency.
| He stressed the tact that h
dominant factor in selection 0
locations OF permanent air inStal
lations is suitability to the need
and plans for the AAF and that al
other matters are secondary.
The air base committee confer
red in Raleigh Thursday with Nj
Broughton and Gov. R. Greg
Cherry regarding retention Of tn
field by the Army. Attending thI
meeting were Mr.. Page, Mr.. Heg
lett, Councilman Garland S. Cur
rim, Fred Poisson, E. L. White
and j. Holmes Davis. What actlO
may be taken later, in view Of th
conference yesterday in Washing
ton, is expected to be decided il
the near future.