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Lt Col Queru and Capt Jaennel (France) killed in plane by gunfire while on UN observation tour, Gaza; probe planned; Bernadotte comments
DETROIT, Aug. 28 -- On a raging, angry Detroit River this afternoon America's high-priced fleet of Gold Cup speed boats lost an expensive battle when caught between a downstream current and an upstream wind that churned the oval three-mile regatta course into a mass of rolling seas.
Finian's Rainbow, by E Y Harburg and F Saidy: comment
Blue Peter wins Hopeful Stakes; Snow Goose Saratoga Cup; meet statistics
IT is a quarter of a century since Allan Nevins published "American Social History as Recorded by British Travelers." And in that quarter of a century so much has happened to American social history and to the island whence the travelers came! What we have now is a new, better and even more entertaining anthology, with even better introductory essays and biographical notes.
1948Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic[†]
Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng is an American biotechnologist, businessman, chemical engineer, chemist, and inventor. He is one of the nine Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1948Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard.[†]
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 421 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Chicago, Illinois, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that crashed on 29 August 1948. The Martin 2-0-2 aircraft, operated by Northwest Orient Airlines, suffered structural failure in its left wing and crashed approximately 4.1 miles (6.6 km) northwest of Winona, Minnesota, about 95 miles (153 km) southeast of Minneapolis. A Civil Aeronautics Board investigation determined that the crash was caused by fatigue cracks in the wings of the aircraft, and recommended lower speeds and frequent inspections of all Martin 2-0-2 aircraft. All 33 passengers and 4 crewmembers on board were killed. The crash was the first loss of a Martin 2-0-2, and remains the worst accident involving a Martin 2-0-2, as well as the worst aviation accident in Wisconsin.