Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-20
NEW YORK.

My Secretary, Africa, Speaks:
Dear Boss--MoSt unusual con-
test I've ever seen was at Mitchell
Field the other day. Against a
background of jet planes, Air
Force truck drivers and motor
equipment drivers were Compel
ing to qualify for the Air Force
championships that will be held
later at Westover Field. Mass.
I never saw guys handle huge
trailer trucks and giant fuel
trucks so skillfully. The test
course would have been difficult
to negotiate in a small car. One
part of the course was outlined
with tennis balls spaced 20
inches apart. The double-truck
tires measure about 20 inches
and the driver had to pilot the
trucks through the lanes of ten
mis- balls without touching them.
Nassau County police say that
these Air Force contests have
done more for the improvement
of safety standards in the Long
Island area than anything ever
dreamed up before. In fact,
Nassau County police have be-
come so interested that they now
hold their own championships at
the field over a test course laid
out by Air Force personnel.
The commanding officer at
Mitchell Field is Lt.-Gen. Leon
johnson. A big Kansan he won
the Medal of Honor when he was
a colonel. He led the Air Force
raid on the Ploesti old fields, a
raid that did more to destroy
the effectiveness of the Nazi air
force than any other single raid,
save for the Air Force destruc-
ton of Nazi ball-bearing plants
in Germany. One of his officers
at Mitchell Field is West Points
famous football hero, Light
Horse Harry Wilson. Originally
from Penn State, Wilson went
.on to West Point and continued
his blazing grid career there.
AT the time, hecklers said that
Wilson went to West Point just
to play football and would drop
;out of the Army after gradua-
ton. More than quarter OF
a century later, Wilson is still in
the Air Force. Sally johnson.
blonde daughter of Gen. john
son, is carrying on the West
Point tradition of her family.
She marries West Points former
cadet glee club leader, 1t. VIII
. son Barnes, August 6.
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+: Sam Goldwyn after either
-: Marion Brando or Cary Grant
f: for Guys and Dolls" =. Bookies
giving 10 to l that Willie Mays
doesn't beat Babe Ruth's home
run record. Bryan Thomas
CHS dad operated on King
George VD honeymooning with
Margaret Richards. Ann Mil
: Ter dating DR.. Al Meitus. =. Not
one star night club attraction
set for the Saratoga racing sea-
son. A son for the Herb
Sussans eddie Fishers TV di-
rector. Gloria De Haven
: and Betty Hutton's ex, Charlie
: O'Curran, a duet. Broad
ways Zimmerman restaurant
: folded after 80 years in business.
=. Lionel Hampton to Europe
in September. -
David Selznick's son jeff pre-
fers Joan Vons. Ringing
. Bros. skipping Canada this year?
June Allyson undergoing
, medical checkups. Damon
. Runyon, jr.'s Father Footsteps"
an August release. Orson
, WelleS in Madrid. Daphne
Walker, England's figure-skating
champ, honeymooning with Rich
ard Hoyle. ;. Daffy Terry Moore
! dating Ed Pauley. Joe Pas
ternak wants Hal LIE Roy for
his next Metro musical. The
Charles Dreyfuses (Charles Boy
! er's p. a. expect a December
stork. Bob Kranendonk, Fred
Warning Glee Clubber, sings Sum
days at the Presbyterian Church,
Shawnee-on-Delaware
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Ann Blyth-Edmund Purdom's
: Student Prince" banking $780,
600 at Radio City Music Hall.
Canadian biggies expect
. Prime Minister st. Laurent to