August 27, 1945

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HEADLINE NEWS

Aaf Alone Asks 3,800 Planes By Year End; Experiments Kept

Plant by plant schedule summary shows most builders with work set; experimental and development contract retention highlights immediate future; 6,000 Army craft seen needed during next 16 months.

By SCOTT HERSHEY5 min

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Further Caa Changes Seen as Special Probe Continues

More resignations and reassignments expected; two more regional administrations believed subject to Department of Commerce committee investigation on basis of reported "irregularities.”

By WILLIAM KROGER4 min

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German Jet Bomber Plans Reveal Novel Wing, Engines

Power progress indicates adaptability of new propulsion configurations to long-range peacetime carriers; major airfoil placed in swept-forward position on heavy JU-287 powered by combination of jet units.

HEADLINE NEWS

Sec Lists Aircraft Terminations

War contract terminations of aircraft producers, totaling $4,606,207,037 are disclosed in a report released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. They were filed in accordance with a recently adopted rule of the commission that companies report immediately cancellation of war contracts where the terminated portion of the contract is 20 percent or more of the total sales of the previous fiscal year.

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Text of Cab’s Proposed Part 42— Non-scheduled Carrier Regulations