FLIGHT tbat ph••• ot hi1tory which began with lagellen•a •ojage, ■ore thaa four- .•- hundred fifty year1 ago, the ftrat eircuaaa•i1attoa " of the earth. Today the newa -- that~ for tb• tirat. t1a•,•n airplaae baa tlowa arouad tb• world noa-ato • . At fort lortb, Tezaa,a giant Air Force boaber laa4ed todaJ, after ciroliaa tbi1 plaaet without co ■ ia1 to a.. ti,./- .!;. Hrt.11 •• at. HJ poiat.. Btu k ~ t.bia,An,a .=,a baa 4r••••d of tor 7ear1 2 aow IL baa happ~••d -- aroaa4 - the world.( DOD•I top. Th• plane •· a B-Ftft7·, late1t type•=--•• bo■b•r• The t1a• -- ninety-tour boar• aad oae aiaut•.-· ~ Qyerage apeed -- two-buadrel-tbirt7-alae ail•• aa boar, A Yict l1t&S :tu • • -ei-iataaoe d t.weaty-t.br•• t.boaaaa4 ~ I rour-baadred fifty-two ail••• only 1llgbtl7 1••• t.baa ~ the cirou■terenc• · ~f tbe earth at the ,qaator.Tit waa ~ a refu•l,)ob -- four retueli•I••·- Ta eacb oaae a load ~ of 1a1ollne taken up aad· pu ■ped iato the B-Fitty. " The refueling pl•••• were B-twent7-nine1 -- tho•• - l•aeaded 1ty-giaat• of the 1econd world war, playta1 1. the part of tankers. The four refuelings, spaced around the globe were -- in the Azores, the Persian Gulf region; the Phillipines, and Hawaii. The great adventure began at Fort Worth last Saturday, February twenty-six, shortly before noon -- eleven twenty-one AM. The name of the B-Fifty -- Luck7 Lady the Second. And was that lady lucky! Together with her crew ~f fourteen, chosen to aake such hiator7! The pilot -- Captain James Gallagher of Melrose, llinneaota. Well, Lucky Lady swept off from tbe Texaa flying field and went speeding East -- across the # , Aaerican continent, over the Atlantic, all the way to the Azores. There she was met by the first B-twenty- nine turned into a tanker. The B-twenty-nine waa in the air to meet the Lucky Lady; and contact was made -- with a gasoline hose. After which the globe-girdling plane flew on to the ~est, across Africa, across Arabia -- on to the ersian Gulf. There the next refueling point wa1 Dahran, a fabulous Arabian-American town--heart of the fLIGBT 3 / , rabian oil fields -- and a ■ oat appropriate place to gas up, while still flying. ,. -" Y happeJa' t.o know a good' deal aW>ut Baltreifi / / ~ / f1t ~ ough ! ~ have ne•er been there. A friend ot ■ ine, / ,, ,•x Tho~nburg, is a 1ort of unofficial aabae1ador out ~ / / the .1/ t' jua} , a priv•te citizen, whoae knowledge ot the / / . ,'ddle la1t and whose influence iD thoae ~•rt, ■ ate / / bi■ / i eort ot Repreaentative of A■erica. ■• owayaa I / 1• laad tllere, pr•••nted tt1 ( 1a by t,fle Sul tan , , 6t Babre" < / I / / t , ,, aakea l it bia I L"ell, Jr.~ ho•• al•~• part of the ti•e• IJ ~• ~ . . out. , ,{ heJ'e only een~l ■ont.ha -· ~go, I •••• forking o / 1 • , ,, job ~t econo ■ ic aur~,y condu~••4 by•~ ,, / Tbornbtr1. Be tell• ■ea lot about B•~•in, •••teat ~ / / / , / ce; · r or r•rl fillhing t.~ ha■ b~,it,■e a ~)"h cea\•r / y oil -• aad tctday the •econd r.1tuelia1 point. ,. ID tbe , ,,- / non-atop flight aroua, the •orld. F~•• the A•l•~d•4 I . , , P ea l fi•la'•r• of t1'e Ort· aa •• t.o ,t'hia t.w,t'nt.iat.h oariu" / / , / ploi/ot 1a11a■aaa&1• ••• oiilcu■aav~gat.t.o'n. ' ~/) _ ,.~~ ~ - At ~;-B-twenty-nine deli•ered ita oar10 A A - - of gasoline, and then the 1aae thing happened at the J. FLIGHT 4 Pbillipinea and at Hawaii. toda7, Lad7 Luck ■•dust lap across the Pacific and acro ■ I leaterD Statea,\to Texas, coaing in tor a perfect landing at F~rt lorlb, two hours less th'-'1 four da71 after tbe 1 takeoff • ..- The pilot, Captain Gallaaber 1a11 there were no difficultie1 anywhere, excellent weather-· aad 1 7 tour refuelin&• at A I far distant place• went off aa aaootblJ as if at the boae flying field -- perfect tiain&, like clock'llorU ~ • ~a -------.,......_._.. _ _,_......._~~-- ~ 11J own intere■t in tbia 1• redoubled, beoaa■eJ.l ~ /\ooaa~teift'with the f ~ t flight aroaad the eor14 -- ao end of atop• that tiae. It waa in aiaet••• tweaty-tour, wben four aray · pl•••• took off to atteapt - - the firat aerial circuanaYigatioa. A 7oua1 ••••••• ~~ at the tiae, 1 ••• a1ai1ned to•••••' ,h1 ,w.,... 1, world fli&bt. Tbe plaaea, tlJ ~ J proceeded in abort bop•-· (,4.-J +P- ~ ~ - ~ ;'I\. iii ~ t. ~ ~ ~-J;:;:::\IL~ ,., areMd \he ••+-h~t.M- I -4tl•i-:--J /- ... . Tt • r t -- n y h r a:- Cll ar tbo11 b oa• t • r era r111ulia1 iat.o • aoaD ia ia for the JUla r of tops aade C,a that fir t. worl f i t. l It•~· l cag aill.ee l•1:t. ••t of " .. -- t at .. .,. at Ue tia• • • •-•t p •erY - n I t • a •il faa . t•11 !e%' a reaote f•tue.lf':!u est lar1e atep ia th• hi• tor ic t,actgi-o•Jad of todaya ea l i t • • • - - Ue qaeatioa a•r&. Toca1. •he• t~e ---- .---.. ...... call 1.o aeareat Air Force boaber ue. l u ia p tue toai t. ad a fe• ails out or the CitJ ia to tile Co• • proaptl • ore• flyiag field at Gal•••· l talk• ~ -:g_ 2~ .................... ~ - 1Ja 5 Officer. G•••r•l Bri&&•• aaa • ae tioa or -- t.•• q es1.ioa aart. i.PT -- - t i&aified a 1reat experiaeat i refaeliac. •••• tweat7 1••r• ago. !a Air Force 1.ruaport pl - ~ , . . ,,,,. eetioa lark, •~• ref••l•a iD tbe air ~- •• ··••4 t~• e .. $ FLIGH T 6 I ,........._ ,-aa, - . . ~ ~ ...__... ... 11.i. /_j' O Ca li fornia -- _ .- 1 ,.._~ ~ t ~ wia, _ efuelin~•• ~ • enera in tb,t"exploit told•• that the air■eD a ••re/Major and a Lieutenaat -- laJor I\ Tooe7 Spatz, later to beco■ e our Air Force Co ■aaader, T~ a ti•e-atar aeaeral; and 1-- Lieuteaan~C•••cLt, now~ Liautanao ~ ~ r a l :W G r Bri1111 ~ that. & ~ o r c e ~ b e t ~4 oia1 iate l•e / . .._ _ A ., /\ tbe oble■ ot ge ~ tiDI bea ly-loaded boab • air / th•• provi 1a■o~. Be the ■ wi tb : , • car101 of great tr1 ~ { • refueli•I added -- that )i i• late ■ t e loit r·•· ••• - / a triu ■pb of/_._.._ -- tbe preoiaioa -- / ~...,. ... 1uob •a•t di aaoea, tbe l1ore1, tbe Phillipi / / aad Ba•,><- General Bria&• iator . . d ■e aoreoe••r ot 10 ■•­ thia& oa the li1hter aide -- a repri•••-¢- ~~ to Captain Gallagher and bi• crew. They are 1ettin1 a bawl1D& out -- tor a Yiolation. Thia .. baaed oa the tact tbat in the Air force tbe re1ulatioa1 require V FLIGIT 7 ti•• boura of fl7ia1, aad a ■ore thorough in1peot1oa-- after fiftJ boura. But what did tho•• aon-atop ciroua- •••i1ator1 do? They flew tor ninety-tour houri, witboat ••~l'J coa1n1 dowa tor an inapeotioa! So tbe air••• at Spot••• field are aeadia1 thea a repriaaa4, t~• - teobaioal obara• beia1, oier-fl1ia1 their iaapeotioa ti■•• So, tello••• ooaaider 7our11l••d repri ■aa4e4 -- •bile tie wbol• couatry 11 obeeriaa Jou. The late newa on the flight eaphasizea the eleaeot of - - aecrec7. The reaaon for the oonoealaent waa explained this afternoon by General '- ur t i • • Le II ay • Be • a id : • 1 t we bad to d o t b i I i n war, it would ha•e to be secret -- ao we did it that way in practice.• lundreda ot air torce officers aad ■en ■uat - - ba•e known that the Lucky Lady Wft8 on her way aro•n4 the world. But, 10 little leaked out that the new1 ■en taken to rort lorth tor toe end ot the fii1ht bad no notion ot the atory they were co•eriq -- until they were told about it. One other aecret i ■ lifted likewi ■ e -- that ' 11 a prewiou1 atteapt at a non-atop round the world tliaht broke down and ended ' in f-ilure - · becauae ••x•• of engine trouble at the Asores. Thia happened laat Friday to another B-Fitty. Then the next day 1• the Lucky Lady ■ ade its own try -- and won out. All that secrecy, · bowe•er, tail ■ to conceal one fact -- the condition of the crew. The Air - 2 Force• are holding back precise infor ■ ation concernin1 the pb71ical etfecta on the air■en. But tonight a o•••••n beard a reaark aade b7 one ot \he er•• aa a flight surgeon •a~ matiq a JiJ•l••• pbyeical obect. ~ • ~clai ■ed tba air■an;-"I gained I four pound• up \here.• • ROCtET 1 le bear that the •tac Corporal• is bur•ied 10 \ deep in the ground •e •ill neYer find ~1f'Tbi1 ba1 a aini1ter aound; but •tac Corporal•~• the na■e ot~ I ~ rocket tbat recently -.shot into the air tor two bundred...,titt7 ■ilea. Tbe ■i•~~ tell baot to eartb A A. at a point 1oaewbere in the northern part ot th• lbi\e Saad• pro•i•& ground -- the de1ert or ■•• ltxioo. A• exteaai•• •••rcb haa been aade, bat no a11a of tbe fallia1 ~octet baa b••• round. Bence, \be ielief tbat tbe •1ao Corporal• bit 10 bard that tb• tra1■ent1 barfie4 tb••••l••• deep 1• tbe eartb. Tbi1 explaaatioa 11 11••• out 1 togetber wi\la a deaial of 1peaulatioD that the rocket ••1 h••• barned itaelt out lite a ■ et.rite, ••••• atreatin1 throucn apace at fi•• t•ou1aad ■ ilea an hour. Tbe aappo1ition ba1 been ezpreased -- that the friotio• at that 1reat apeed would 1•••rat• 10 ■acb beat•• to dia1olYe tbe roctet into tlaaing 1••· Bo••••r, •• are told tbat the Ar■y expert• with electronic equip- ROCl!T 2 ■ eat toilo••d the •wao Corporal• all the ••1 down to tbe around -- and tnow a , the rocket aaat baYe bit t,be earth. • The AaericanCo ■■unist party lead of the Reds in France and Italy. began when Tborez, l•••••• Coa■ uaist.1 declared that •1t rrance chorus f rench inwadecl by a So~i•t Army, the French Co ■■ unia a would welcoat tbt inwadera. • In Italy The Bed Cbiettaln 1 Toaal attiJollowed tbat 11p by making tbe •••• 1tateaent, In / / \ the Sowieta, tbe I~lian Couuai•t• tbe ene■,.{oo oow-r::':'owa Aaerican A ~ ia1ued \oni1bt by Co ■■uniat lational Cbair.■an lilliM 1.. Foat.er and General Secretar1 lu1ene Denni1. They 1tate that, if war abould co■• ti with Sowiet lua1ia, the Co ■■ ud\at party in tbia country would in tbe word• ot ro1ter and V@ani1 - •try to defeat tbe preda\ory war ai■ 1 of a■erican i ■ periali1t1.• AU-. In Coagreas the••~• rewerber~tiona/\roe■ i ■ mediate, state■ enta tbat, in wartiae, tbis Red aanifesto would be•- trea1on. lhicb woald aee■ to be the accurate word. BLOClAD! l Sere is news about the blockade in Frankfurt -- aad our sy ■patbiea are extended to tbat Ru11iaa ■ i111oa $ wbicb retuael to l••••, altbougb ordered out of tbe A■ericaa zoa: of occupatioa. ~ beard about the■ A.. la1t ni1bt -- tbpae eight ■e ■bera of a repatriation co■■~ 1 •bo ba~e Dot bee■ able to repatriate a lot of Buaaiaa reta1••• wbo retu1ed to go ho••• The Bel li11ioa ••• liYeD a aecon4 deadliae and 1till ref•••• to l•llf• -- atill gri ■l7 1ta7ia1 iD the baildta1 pre- Yio111l7 •••i1aed to the ■ ai beadquartera. Today t.ll-, a••• •• ezplaaatioa -- wby tbe7 woa•t go. Tber. aaii t.he7 would be claaraect. •1th ~•••o•....- if th•r left t-belr . ~ poat without order• fro■ loaoow. Tb-,~•o•i••d ao aaob order• -- aad you caa i■a11•• what a obar1• of tr••••• ••••• iD tbe Bed .altopia. - Today tbe A■ericaa Military aatboriti•• threw a 1uard around the headquarter• of tbe li ■■ ion, while Ger■ an work■•• cut oft all water, 1••• electrical aad telephone co ■■unicatioD. l ■ericaa IP'• on gaard ••r• ordered to let nobody into the place or out -- until BLOCIADE 2 the Ruaaiana decide to 1ub ■ it to the order expellin1 th••• They are 1tandiag ••11•, deterained to bold out until loacow iaatructa the ■ to l•••• -- no ■atter wbat ordeal t b ~ • • to go tbrougb, blockaded a1 tbe7 __,tl,Atf are. TbeJ aiapl7 woa'\ 10 baot to tb• S0Yiet1, aa4 ,,.. tao• a cbar1• or treana. ~ Tb• la hit. -- tbeylc.)t!' 1 uotJ. ■ :I:•• Iii: a utecl tor water. lequeat ref•••4 -- laeriaaa Pro•o•t lar•••ll Clll& l fro ■ Chiaa -- the &Daouac••••t tbat a layal traaaport baa beeD banded oYer to the Co ■■aa11t1. lotb tb• offioer1 aad tbe crew participated ia de1ertla1 fro• tll• lat1oaal11t la91, tuia1 tbeir boat oYer to tb• aide of tb• B•••· Bat tJle latioaaltat Go••--••~ do•• ••t adait Ii EH~ lo••••r, \be report 1• iaalateat. Tb• ••••bip ••• foraerl7 tbe Britiab oralaer &arora -- ., 11••• to Claiaa.fTb• •••••l 11 reported to b••• a\eu . . H\ of 811aqlla1/illil: prooo;,._~ to \ho llarllor of Claof•" • " llel4 ltJ tbe le4a. ToclaJ at llaaa1llall Cbla••• lawal offloera r.ef•••4 eitber to oeaflr.a or~•••1 tbe repor\. FILIIDSTIR 1 ID la1biD1toD todaJ Senator Ru1aell LODI ■ ade bi• tir1t apeeob. Tbe aoa ot tbe late lia&tiab Bae1 Lo•i-.••Dt to tbe SeDate in the laat eltctio~• baa rt ■aiaed 1ileat -- awaitia1 appropriate oooa1loa tor aa aiir••• to the Beute. Tb• ocoaaioa wa1 todar.-- • Jja tb• aoatllera tililt••t•• B••••l · l Loa1 aa4e bia ■aid•• 1peeob la the atte■ pt to talk to 4eatb tbt ■o•• to !I. aboli1b tllibaater,' lblob ••• appropriate ••••1b -- bi• tat.Iler, tbe lla1ti1b, baYia1 beea a loa1-411taaoe •••••• •• assc •-•a eca tillbaater~ ~ - la bla apeeob todaJ laa,ell Loa1 •••t ia\o ~firework• ae1orl)ia1 tk• aatl-fili)a1ter prop~••l la tbl•• wor41: IOBDIB , O•~ in Eaglaad tbe7 have a •&J of aakiD& cri ■•• iD tb• n••• aouad lite fict10D a,aterie1whicb detecti•• atorlea --- tho•• ~ Brltiah author• pts• out la /\. ..... plct•r•aqa• aty le. So to4a7 the Loadoa paper• tell of tie oa•• of tb• 1140• lit.la Tb• Pla•tic r1a1eraaila. &otaally, it look• lit• a 1nao ■• affair of ■aaa ••r••r --· aia r1ot1 ■1 tille4, aa4 bo41•• 4eatroye4 la ao14. T~at't, •~a\ Sootlaa4 lard bell•••• -- after tbe 11100- ••rr of 111•• poiatla1 to tbe ••r4er of tb• lliow lit• Tb• ,1,,t.10 r1a1•••all1. 1'a, 8ootlaa4 Yar4 1a1peo\or-1a-obar1• baa a••• t,ba\ •••■4• lit• 1o■etbia1 q•alat for aa lagliab ••'••- ti•• atory -- Iaapeotor Shell•J Br•••• ■• report• oa t~• 4iaappearaao• of Ira. Oliwer D•raad..,eaooa, 1la\J• at•• year• 014 aacl wealtbJ. 1 ■aa, wbo baa b••• ~•••*•• qaeatio•••, at.at•• tbat ~• ba4 aa appoiat■eat with lr1. Duraod-1-Deaooa to di1cu11 a buai•••• project. B• explain• that tb• wealtb1 · widow bad atubbJ fia1eraail1, and tb11 1be re■edied bJ artificial ■eaaa -- g1ia1 ~. plaatic Cie1•-••U-e, The bu11ae11 propoaltioa wa1 to 1• "" 1ato tbe •••lfacture ot ai ■ ilar ite.; tor wo■•• whoa• f1n1ernail1 are not quite riabt. Thia waa followed b7 tbe diaappearaaoe of Ira. Duraad.Ll>eacoa aad tbe di1co•ery ot ari■ eYideaoe of pre•loa1 aurder1, tbe lateat •icti ■ be1D1 tb• wi4ow witb tbe plaatic t1a1eraall1. ~ Thia baa a coaaterpa~t o••r ia tbi1 ooaatr,, Qraad Bapld1, licbi1••• where toda7 tbe polio••••• 1, iaweatl1at1a1 o•••• of ■ i11ia1 •o•••• •••k1a1 poaa1,1e Yictl ■a of a 1roteaque pair who are beia1 oalle4 •T~• Loael7 leart1 Ellleta•. Tb•J are a bald-beaded, to•pe-wearia1 daad7 ••••• r,raeade& aad bla two- aaadre4 po••• Jara■oar. To1etber tbe7 ••rked a 1ue of 1wiadll•& •o•••• to wbo■ reraaa4•• wrote -- •1oael7 heart• letter,. · Tbe7 b••• oeaf••••d three aardert,-{b• polio• belt••• there ••1 b••• b••• ••re. ~ Beaoe, tbe wideapread 1••••t11atioa today. 2. '-r ~ ? 7 w 4oJ, ... . µVi . '27 1&/'f'I . • TATTOO --- Here in the state of aahington they have had a mighty legislati•e battle to prohibit -- tattooing. That is, forbid experts of the needle to tattoo the akin of any child, without the consent of the parent,. The sponsor -- Representative Charle• Carroll, who gi••• a soulful explanation. Be saya that when he wa1 a youngster he waa in the ia•y; and you know th• way sailors like to ha•• their anatoay decorated with all aorta of pictures, an anchor, a battleahip, and e••n ••• ••■blanc• of the &irl a sailor ha1 in •••r1 port. Bepre1edati•e• Carroll says plainti•ely: •I •i•h no• that ay parent• had beat a tattoo on ae.• Rather than tho•• ornaaenta he had needled to hi• akin wbea be••• the Ba•Y• B• aust ha•• a rare aaaortaent -- to launoh so ardent a crusade aaainat tattooing. bd ae■ . lea Ille• what'• your crusade tonite? Anyway, Represem.ti•• Carroll fought to ha•• ,· a bill passed which would keep Jobnny fro■ romping into a ne ' edle shop and ba•ing all sorts of / picture• 1:i.o hie own ep~raia not witbou / t he foraal a