August 6, 1951

August 6, 1951

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Alpa Switch May Aid Airline Relations

By William Kroger8 min

Headline News

U.s. Ocean Carriers Differ on Mail Rates

Headline News

Boyer Acts to Break Engine Bottleneck

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Headline News

Alpa Switch May Aid Airline Relations

New leadership to have same policy, smoother methods.

By William Kroger8 min

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Headline News

U.s. Ocean Carriers Differ on Mail Rates

U.S. international carriers have united forces in a drive to get a mail pay rate at least as high as Post Office Department pays their foreign competitors. Although skeptical of the advisability of separating mail pay from subsidy over international routes and baring the extent of their government support to foreign competitors, U.S. carriers have accepted the inevitable—namely, that Congress is determined to make the separation—and have adjusted their strategy to it.
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Boyer Acts to Break Engine Bottleneck

Harold R. (Bill) Boyer, newly named big boss of all aircraft production, promptly moved in to visit two major aircraft engine manufacturers last week to see what he could do about eliminating bottlenecks in that field. He was sworn in by Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson as Chairman of Defense Production Administration’s Aircraft Production Board.
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Move to Free Alpa Funds

Some of the tension in the intra-ALPA feud between David L. Behncke and the new group headed by Clarence N. Sayen was eased last week when attorneys for the opposing parties signed a stipulation that Robert G. Strait, union treasurer, can issue checks countersigned by both Behncke and Sayen.
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Aircraft Forgings Roll as Alcoa Strike Ends

Aircraft engine and airframe manufacturers heaved a sigh of relief, which was echoed by Defense Department officials last week, as the strikebound Cleveland aluminum forgings plant of Aluminum Corp. of America reopened after eight weeks of shutdown.
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Four-fold Rise Asked in Tools for Planes

Four-fold expansion of the machine tool industry, to step up U. S. production capacity to a rate of 50,000 planes a year by 1953 is called for by Defense Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson. Wilson said that complementing the plane production capacity he wanted ability to make about 18,000 jet engines a month.
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Headline News

Fechteler Named to Top Navy Post

Adm. William Morrow Fechteler, 55, Atlantic Fleet commander and a veteran of battleship and amphibious service, has been named by President Truman to succeed the late Adm. Forrest P. Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations and Navy member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

'bug-hunting' on the Avro Orenda Jet

Perfecting a ‘simple’ modern turbine engine has its headaches.
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EQUIPMENT

Teleflex Control Gets in Jet Act

'Around-the-corner’ control properties of the flexible system are finding turbine and turboprop uses.
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FINANCIAL

Forced Sales as Money-makers

W. R. Grace’s profitable experience in divestment of NAL and Eastern shares is matched by other firms.

By Selig Altschul5 min

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