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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-16

All Inspiring and applicable ser
mon at Centenary Church sun
daS morning.
Recent guests Of the Robert Z.
Gai..a;t family We.e the Allen
GSrqett family o: Takoma. Park.
Nh. md Mrs. Il. 0. Garrett Of
CascDerland "a s Betty sue Gag
nett expected to accompany the
Ann Garnet. Gtm1E home Ipr
an extended visit.
-.ir- and Mr. Henry Jamels>n.
Of Ca Ira were Sunday eyening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c II. Fer
gCson They were accompanied BY
nel niece and nephew Of Rich
mend Nh. and Mrs. j p STRAIT
ton were SUNDAY evening guests
in tAa same nnmc
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-16
Guinea

Z Master Sergeant and Mrs. Da-
xd j Maston were Friday din
raer suests Of M Set. and Mrs.
Andrew Walayan, and family. of
Richmond
Mrs G H. Smith. Of Walkerton
has been recent guest OF her
sister Mrs Warren Walker.
/, Mrs Warren Walker and son.
Howard Walker, attended the fun
.-eral Of her uncle Mr. Blankenship
IN Danville, on Saturday They
We're accompanied by her sister,
Mrs Capitola Green Of Richmond.
T J A Addleman spent the week
end IN Richmond with his daugh-
fter MIS- S " Ferguson, and
family
/ Georgia Visitors
Pfc Douglas f Davis. who is
stationed at Fort Benning. Ga.
came for the fourth of July, for
q brief visit with his parents. Mr..
<and Mrs. Ernest Davis and family.
!. Sunday luncheon guests at
! Hors du Monde" were Miss Shir-
/ Icy Old. Of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Davis and daughter.
Patricia Gail Of Jackson Heights;
Mrs. f w Blanton and daughter
Martha Elizabeth. Of Guinea
! Mills.
Guest in the Ernest Davis
home for the past week were their
daughter Mrs Donald f. Glenn
ent. and family Of New Hamp-
!. shire they were accompanied by
Mr.. Clements mother, Mrs. Mary
Clement. who was a guest in
1 the same home They expect to
leave for their home on July 16
i Mr. and Mrs Willie r. McAbee
and little son OF Farmville. were
Sunday luncheon guests in the
same home. Miss Gloria Gay
Barnes. Of Richmond. was also a
I Sunday luncheon guest
Mrs Conduit Matthews and
DAUGHTER Phyllis. went to Rich
mond,s Thursday, July g. They
] were guests Of their uncle Frank
4 Ransom and family.
Velden Davis Better
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-16
Cumberland Bible School Features
Former Missionary TO Cuba

= Miss Marjorie Helm, a former
educational missionary to Cuba
provided added interest this Weak
to the overflow crowd Of IS pQ-'s
at Cumberland Presbyterian Bible
School
The school BEGAN July and
will be concluded July lG Wth q
picnic supper at $50 p M ana
closing PROGRAM IN the church
alta p m
a resident OF Wilmington, Del
Miss Helm worked under the Wp-
mems Division of the Methodist
Churches a4 a missionary to Cuba
during l948 and l949
The slides She used were ol
Protestant education work in CHI
ba ana scenes Of The social and
industrial life of the country
Rev william orders. pastot 81
the church attributed the large
attendance to excellent teach
fng and efficient helpers Who haFa
given their time in order that tie
pupils may learn more about
Christ
The nursery department rs
headed by MIS- Nelson Johnson.
aided by Mrs Clyde Calhoun and
Miss Anne Simpson M ISIS AGNES
T1bDr Jiroofe tha t-;,,,I 4.,..,.s I'll t.,,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-16
Oak Forest

Mrs. Williamson. of Albert.
Canada. is guest of Nj. and RMS.
w B. Stonnell
Mr. and Mrs Albert Jenkins
and Mrs Robbie Flippen of Cum-
berland visited Mrs. c. E. Meiis-
hard and Mr. and Mrs. w. $.
Anderson Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward MeinhaSJ
Of Farmyille. visited Mrs. c. I,
Meinhard and Mr., and Mrs. W
IS. Anderson Sunday afternoon4
"Ricky" Cole. of Fine Cre.k
Mills, is visiting Mr.. and Ms
Lewis Dawson. III
Mr. and Mrs. z. B. Anderson
visited Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jan-
kins of Cumberland Sunday afte4-
noon.
Mrs. 0. Q, Oliver and Mr.. an,i
Mrs A. r Pipjunge visited Nj
and Mrs. Lemmy Dowdy MOI
day.
Mrs o. 0. Oliver returned L
her home in Richmond MonGQy
after spending a week with AIr
and Mis-, A. T. Pipiunge.
Mr. and Mrs w. A. Smith. oi
Lynchbura. Mr.. and Mrs. j "A
Speas and Beverly Speas Of R.uh.
mond visited Mr. and Mrs. A. F
Pipiunge during the week cad
Nh. and Mrs. ". f. Wood Snc
children. Of Sandston. we're ciin-
ner guests in the same home ias
Tuesday.
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mother here.
Dr and Mrs. N, p Snead expect
to spend Thursday With their
daughter. Mrs. Dixie Nj Moore in
Norfolk.
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By James NARROW

loan. 1t it stays below 80 cents,
he keeps the 90-cent loan and lets
the government keep the wheat.
On six basic crops - wheat,
corn, cotton, rice, tobacco; and
peanuts the government must,
under pres emit law, guarantee
farmers 80 per cent of parity. On
some other crops - still according
to law - the government can fix
this support price at anywhere
from rs to so per cent of parity
or even zero to 80 per cent.
The Eisenhower administration
says there should be more flex-
Utility, particularly in the case Of
those six basic crops which now
are protected by a guarantee of
30 per cent of parity.
The theory is this: in times of
surplus, the guarantee can drop as
low as rs per cent of parity to
discourage production; and in ii D.
OF scarcity it can be raised as high
as so per cent to encourage produc-
ton.
The House on Friday voted to let
the guarantee range somewhere
between 8212 and 80 per cent on
the basic crops and at other fl
cures on some other crops. This
isn't final unless the Senate an
proves. 1t may not.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Braves May Hit
Million At Gate

MILWAUKEE, Up - The Mil
waukee Braves will hit the million
mark in home attendance the next
time they play at County Stadium,
but it appeared To-Day that the two
million goal for the season may
be tough.
The club had So dates in the book
and 965,OO6 paid admissions in the
till when it left on its present road
trip. The midSeason total was far
and way the best in either major
league, the New York Giants trail
ing by some 100000 with GIG, SOP
IN the National and Cleveland and
Baltimore running neck and neck
with 666, $50 and 661, 746, respective
ly, in the American.
The first million for the Braves
is a clnch on the first night of the
next home stand. The Brooklyn
Dodgers, who drew 1882 in their
only two previous appearances
appearances here this year, are
due In for makeup game July IA
and without any doubt will pull
the necessary 34,994 fans.
Still on tap at the stadium, where
the Braves set a National League
record OF 1926, 1897 in 1853, their
first year in the Middle West, are
"a dates. That makes a total oi
20 home engagements this sum.
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|Ciardello Risks
Title Shot In
|KilgoreBout

PHILADELPHIA R-Joey Giar-
dello risks his almost-certain mid
dleweight title shot in a 1O-round
scrap at the arena here tonight
with "upsetter" Billy Kilgore of
Miami, Fla.
CHS will televise the fight
starting at 9 pm, EST.
Giardello, third ranking 100 :
pound contender, tentatively has
been promised a full crack at
champion Carl (Bobo) Olson if the
latter successfully defends his
crown in his coming bout with
Rocky Castellani. The Olson-G iar-
dello bout would be Oct. 22.
But Giardello has to lick Kilgore
and do it impressively. This Kill
gore bout is another in the series
of "forget Langlois" fights for the
Philadelphia middleweight. Pierre
LangloiS recently took some of the
shine off Joey with a good lacing
in New York.
Since the Frenchman wouldn't 90
for a return bout, Giardello has
been attempting to regain lost
prestige against other available op-
position. He decisioned Honest Bob
by Jones several weeks ago. He'll
be heavy favorite against Kill
gore.
Giardeno has won 50 fights and
lost IL with draws.
A boxer with a not too Furnishing
jab through most of his career.
Giardello recently developed a new
style that has earned him a repu-
tation as a hard puncher.
Kilgore has a ELISA record with
recent wins over. the faded Jake
LaMotta, Jimmy Herring and
Ernie Durando.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Fifty Witnesses Back Story
OF Big One That Got Away"
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Up

81. PETERSBURG, Fla. Up -
The master Of a party fishing YES
sci told here of "the big one that
got away"-and fifty witnesses
backed up his story.
Capt. ]. B. Mathews, skipper of
the Capt. Bae Strickland, and his
crew fought losing seven-hour
battle with 45-foot whale shark
in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday.
at was the biggest thing we've
ever seen outside a plaster cast
of a whale in the New York
Museum of Natural History" said
Karl Dronke of Newark, NJ, who
was aboard with his wife and son,
Karl Jr.
Mathews and his crewman, Mil
ton Sonny Payne, had an idea
they'S run into a specimen of the
worlds biggest fish when the Capt.
Bae Strickland showed off Sunday
for a days fishing in the Gulf,
with more than so persons aboard.
Mathews had spotted a huge
whale shark in the fishing grounds
so miles off Johns Pass a week
earlier. He hooked the whale shark
on a 37O-pound test line then but
the line snapped like a thread.
Sunday, he was prepared with
tackle" that included a foot-long
shark hook, three-foot chain leader
and 500 feet of five-eighth manila
line. This was double spliced into
the anchor cable which was an
inch thick, with the capstan as a
reel"
When the customers began haul
ing in cobia up to Is pounds, Math-
ewS knew the whale shark was
nearby, for these are free-loading
fish which trail the shark for It'd
bits.
The Capt. Bae Strickland made
dozen passes at the whale shark
before Payne sank the hook into
the big fish's lower jaw.
1.-THE crew played it like any
other fish," Dronke said. "Math-
ews kept a tight line on him and
Payne handled the capStan reel.
They'd throw the boat in reverse
now and then to take up slack.
then shut off the engine and let
the whale shark tow us. Some
the whale shark tow us. Some
aboard complained because the
captain wouldn't stop and let them
catch grouper.
The whale shark didn't seem
to bleed. AT least it didn't attract
any other sharks.
The party fishing boat Atlanta
came alongside and took off those
who'd had enough, but we stayed
So did about Is others"
The ships log showed the whale
shark toWed it IS miles during the
seven hours the fight lasted. Then
1t gave a lunge, snapped the line
and left. Mathews estimated il
would weigh $1,000 to 10000
pounds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
MAN Rests After
Lengthy Mud Bath

LOUISVILLE, Ky. N - Those
soft, white hospital sheets felt
mighty good to Levi Black, 80,
today.
The 2OO-pound, 6-foot Black was
resting up after being stuck for
perhaps "a hours in the goOey mud
of Beargrass Creek.
He said he fell into the creek
from a railroad trestle.
He thought he fell Saturday, he
said at first. Then he wasn't sure.
Hospital attendants said they
thought it must have been Mon
day.
In any event it was a "long
time" before some children found
him yesterday, Black said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Olson Faces Pedro
Gonzalez Tonight

OAKLAND, Calf. Up - Carl
(Bobo) Olson. kingpin of the mid
dleweights, stakes prestige but not
his crown tonight in a scheduled
1O-rounG fight with willing Pedro
Gonzales at the Oakland Audi
forum.
This will be Olson's tuneup bout
before he defends his title in a Is.
rounder with Rocky Castellani at
the San Francisco Cow Palace Aug.
20.
While Olson is lopsided favorite
he isn't taking his Rankin, Pa, op-
ponent lightly.
You can't afford to let I'D on
any of Them" is the champs OBJ
servation.
In % battles, Gonzales has lost
four, one on a TKO, but he has
never been counted out.
The nontitle 60 will not be
televised.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Sports Roundup
By GAYLE TALBOT

NEW YORK R-Prlvate reports
reaching this corner that Charlie
Grimm was on the griddle at Mil
waukee and might not last out the
season appear upon investigation
to have been greatly exaggerated.
The normal amount of second
guessing seems to be going on,
but there is little indication that
the popular manager is being
blamed for the Braves plight.
Russ Lynch, sports editor of the
Milwaukee Journal, explaining
why a club which one year ago
was fighting Brooklyn tooth and
nail for the lead now is dropping
more than a dozen games off the
pace, has this to say:
Johnny Antonelli'S fine pitching
for the Giants has led to many
Slurs at the deal in which the
Braves gave Antonelli and another
left-handed pitcher, Don Liddle, to
get outfielder Bobby Thomson, who
broke his ankle in spring training
and may not get into a game this
season.
General Manager John Quinn
of the Braves knew what he was
doing, however. The Milwaukee
clubs inability to make runs shows
how greatly a hitter of Thomson's
caliber was needed.
Bobby averaged more than 100
runs batted in over the last five
seasons. At the same pace, he
would have driven in 40 or more
so far this season. The Braves
have lost IA games by one run.
How many of those might have
been turned into victories by
Thomson's bat? How much more
potent might Eddie Mathews have
been, with Thomson backing him
up? How much of a lift would the
additional power have given the
rest of the team?
"The writer has no doubt at all
that with Thomson in the lineup
from the start of the season the
Braves now would be right up
there with New York and Brook.
Ign. John Quinn made a shrewd
deal. He got what the Braves
needed. What a catastrophe Thorn.
sons accident was is becoming
more and more apparent"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Top Red Fired

WANNA P)-Ernoe Geroge,
Hungary'S No. 2 Communist, has
been relieved of his job as first
deputy prime minister and minis
ter OF the interior, Radio Budapest
announced last night.
Appointed as new minister for
interior was Laszlo Pros, who re-
portedly succeeded Gabor Peter as
head Of the ill-famed Hungarian
state secret police, after the Lat
ter's purge last year.
Geroge, Radio Budapest said,
Will be appointed to another i'm
portant position.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Legion Nine To
Battle Mikes

The American Legion Post q
baseball team will meet the Mikes
Plumbers nine tonight at 8 pm,
in the Wickers Field Stadium.
The game will serve as a tuneuu
for the Legion in preparation for
the State American Legion tour.
ney set for Miami later this mon.
tn.
Their lineup: Julio Santana, IS:
Roger Bean, CT; Leeburg Knowles
20; d. Carey, 3b; J. Carey. c: X
Kerr, IF; Hoppy McCullough. lib.
Leon Simms, If; P. Riggs. s
Yates, Parks and J. Tynes make
make up the Legion mound staff
Mikes lineup: E. Rodriguez, =.
"Papo" Quesada, p; A. Leon, Id:
A. Acevedo, 2b; ]. Rodriguez. IS.
P. Rodriguez, CT; G. Gates, IF, and
Solomon, If.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Tree Won't Do

BOSTON Up - An. apartment
house owner protested in court yes
terday that building a fire escape
would Just make it that much
easier for crooks" and suggested
a tree outside the building as a
substitute.
Municipal Court Judge Jennie
LOTHIAN Barron did not accept the
substitute and found the defendant,
Nishan S. Bagdigian, guilty of fail
ing to provide a suitable fire exit.
The Judge ordered him to provide
one within a week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
'MagsaysayH
Proved Strong
IslandLeader
BY DON HUTH

MANILA R-For a man who
generally was considered political.
ly immature when he took office,
President Ramon Magsaysay has
done all right in his first six
months.
He has emerged victorious from
a direct challenge to his leader
ship within the Nacionalista party.
And at least part of his program
for easing the economic stresses
Of the Philippines has gone into
effect.
The Nacionalistas took in Mag
saySay and made him their pres
idential candidate when the Corner
defense secretary and Communist
Hulk fighter broke with President
Elpidio Quirino's Liberal party.
After his overwhelming victory,
old guard NacionaliStas moved in
to run the show. But they stubbed
their toe on q chief executive who
made it clear he was in the
drivers seat and intended to re-
main.
His greatest strength lies with
the people and party leaders know
it. The upshot of the party srife
was a peace conference recently
which approved a declaration rec
ognizing Magsaysay as chief
spokesman of the administration
and its policies.
Sen. Jose P. Laurel, wartime
puppet president under the Japan
csc, and other top Nacionalistas
supported Magsaysay. But there is
no more than an elastic truce with
the presidents top critic, Sen.
Claro M. Reco.
Recto was foreign minister un-
der the Japanese and has little use
for Magsaysay's program of close
ties with U. S. foreign policy in
Southeast Asia. He opposed the
agreement for U. S. military bases
in the Philippines. He supported
Leon Guerrero when the undersec-
rotary of foreign affairs exhumed
the old japanese war slogan "Asia
for the Asians" to express Phil.
ippine foreign policy. Magsaysay
Junked the slogan and sent Guer-
zero off to London as ambassador.
Magsaysay voiced support for
the system of collective security
against communism, and got an
agreement from the United States
to put the mutual security pact
Of 1851 into effect.
Magsaysay got most of his pro-
gram for agricultural and econom-
&c development through the last
session Of Congress despite the po-
hlcal turmoil. He has launched
big road building program. PR.
vate enterprise is helping to raise
money to construct wells in the
provinces, his pet project.
Magsaysay keeps in close touch
with the people. Not a week has
passed that he has not suddenly
taken off for the provinces. As in
the campaign, he goes among the
villages. If they need a new well,
they get it. Their complaints
against the government or local
officials are answered or taken
care of.
MagSaysay still is impetuous. He
Is given to hasty decisions that
occasionally get him in hot water.
But the sincerity of his actions
never is questioned.
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

TUESDAYS RESULTS
Chattanooga 6, Memphis
Mobile 1, Atlanta 0
Nashville s, Little Rock S Go innings)
WEDNESDAYS SCHEDULE
Chattanooga at Memphis
Atlanta at Mobile
Nashville at Little Rock
TUESDAYS BASEBALL RESULTS
SOUTH ATLANTIC
All-StarS 5, Jacksonville 3
INTERNATIONAL
Montreal 8, Buffalo 6
Ottawa Z, Syracuse
Toronto S, Richmond
Havana S, Rochester
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Columbus 9, Toledo
Louisville 4, Charleston
Minneapolis 4, Indianapolis
st. Paul Is, Kansas City
TEXAS
Dallas 6, Fort Worth
Oklahoma City IL, Tulsa
Beaumont S, Houston
Shreveport r. San An ohio
PACIFIC COAST
No games scheduled
ALABAMA-FLORIDA
Crestview Is, Panama City
Graceville 2, Dothan 0 (second game
unreported)
FortEsWalton Beach Andalusia- Opp un
reporteds
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mer, as compared with "a a year
ago.
Last year the Braves averaged
2S,527 fans per playing date.
They've averaged 26,SO6 so far this
year, a figure which projected TO
20 dates would give the club
], 1916, 420 for the season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07

The modern word fascist" de-
rives from the Fascist regime in
Italy which 60: its name from the
fasces, bundles of rods used as
symbols of authority in ancient
Rome.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
REMOVING MILDEW

Mildew on leather goods should
be removed Immediately. Wipe
with a cloth wrung out of mixture
of half denatured alcohol, half
water. Then dry in brisk current
of air. Leather also can be
washed in thick, mild soap suds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Boxing Results
TUESDAY NIGHTS FIGHTS

IULoUhI MULTI , FIUhIS
MIAMI BEACH Paul Andrews $50,
Buffalo, NY, outpointed Chubby Wright,
19Osz, Reading, Pa, TO-
DETROIT Duke Harris, 149, Detroit,
outpointed Gene Parker, l46la, Indianap-
oils, 8.
Saayedra, 126, Torreon, Mexico, outpointed
- Nedleys 126. San Antonio. II
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WEDNESDAYS BASEBALL SCHEDULE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Toledo 1t Columbus
Charleston at Louisville
Minneapolis at Indianapolis
Kansas City at St. Paul
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
No games scheduled
TEXAS
Dallas at Fort Worth
Houston at Beaumont
San Antonio at Shreveport Cd
INTERNATIONAL
Toronto at Richmond
Rochester at Havana
Montreal at Buffalo
Ottawa at Syracuse CD
ALABAMA-FLORIDA
Panama City at Graceville
DOthan at For Walton Beach
Crestview at Andalusia-Opp
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Major League
Leaders

- NATIONAL LEAGUE
B B4[I,C Snider. Brooklyn. .s74.
RUNS-Musial, St. Louis, 70.
RUNS BATTED IN Musial, ST. Louis. q,
HTS Schoendienst, St. Louis, IA.
DOUBLES nider, Brooklyn, ~.
TRIPLES Snider. Brooklyn, O.
HOME RUNS Mays, New York N
STOLEN BASES Bruton, Milwaukee. II.
PlTCH1NG-A ntonelli. New York, 1za,
STRIKEoUTS Haddix, St. Louis, ~.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTlNG-Ayila, Cleveland, .353.
RUNS Minoso, Chicago, IS.
RUNS BATTED IN Minoso, Chicago, IS.
HITS Fox, Chicago, 102.
DOUBLES-Vernoh,W Washington, 20,
TRIPLES Runnels. Washington, II.
HOME RUNS Mantle, New York, II.
STOLEN BASES Jensen, Boston and
Minoso, Chicago, IL.
PITCHING Reynolds, New York. 81,
900.
STRIKEoUTS Turley. Baltimore. 1o3.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-07
Baseball Results
WEDNESDAYS BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE

WEDNESDAYK'S GAMES
New York at Brooklyn
PITTSBURGH at Philadelphia (2)
milwaukee at Chicago
Cincinnati at St. Louis
TUESDAYS RESULTS
milwaukee IA, Chicago 3
New York 5, Brooklyn 2
ST. Louis s, Cincinnati
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
wednesdays GAMES

baltimore at Cleveland
Boston at New York
Chicago at Detroit
(Only games scheduled.)
TUESDAYS RESULTS
Chicago 4, Detroit 0
New York 4, Boston /
Washington 5, Philadelphia
Cleveland IL, Baltimore 3
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INTERNATIONAL

x-Does not include second game Of
Tuesday night doubleheader.
y-DoeS not include Tuesday night game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
( ,ONVERTIPLANES: THE

AVIATION designers with fare for cross
"A breeding have come up with new flying
machine = the convertiplane - that is the
last word in versatility. Here is the design
that squares the circle: takes off and lands
like helicopter; SCOTS cross-country with
conventional airliner's speed and range.
The principle of the convertiplane already
has been successfully tested in fight. And
such optimists as Larry" Bell. whose Bell
Aircraft Corp. built the first plane to break
through the sound barrier, think that con-
vertiliners will start taking over good chunk
of the medium-haul passenger traffic in five
or six years.
The convertiplane will open new avenues
of aerial transportation that no one dares to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

dream of now" Bell says. Its advent will
mean that air transportation will become
available to practically every city in the
world, including those whose size makes it
impossible for them to support an airport"
The Pentagon is 50 intrigued with the poten-
tial military uses of the convertiplane that it
has let contracts to four major companies
BELL, Mcdonnell, Sikorsky and Kellett) to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

build test versions The British. who grabbed
a huge lead in the jet-airliner field before
American manufacturers even drew up blue
prints, appear to be trying to beat us into the
convertiplane market, too. The Ministry of
Supply has ordered from the Fairey Co. a full
grown 40 to so passenger convertiplane - the
Rotodyne - due to be flying within two years.
There are some people in the industry who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

It's a cross between helicOpter and airplane.
Designed to fly from rooftop to rooftop, it hit
ESQ m.p.h. and will cut hours off your travel time