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...Wanted" sign was finally taken down last week by the Civil Aeronautics Board. President Truman found someone willing to be CAB chairman. The job had gone begging since James M. Landis left almost three months ago. It had been turned down formally by two candidates and informally by half a dozen others, chiefly because the pay ($10,000 a year...
This willingness seemed to be the reason he had been picked to help supervise the billion-dollar airlines industry. "If they're looking for someone with an expert knowledge of the aviation industry," said he, "they've got the wrong guy. What I know about the CAB and its problems is no different from what the average citizen knows about it from reading the newspapers...
Last week a CAB examiner turned down all but one of Pan Am's domestic bids. The examiner, feeling that domestic lines now have enough competition, recommended that Pan Am be allowed to fly between Miami and New York City, but only with passengers booked for international flights. The full CAB board must yet pass on the recommendation. In the past, it has usually gone along with its examiners...
...When Cab Galloway first heard Toni Harper, he paid her the highest compliment in the Galloway scale. "That little gal," said he solemnly, "is real gone...
...Dance Director Nick Castle, who runs a school for professional children on the side, heard her improvising on Waitin' for the Train to Come In. He gave her a part in a Christmas revue. Toni stole the show. Later, she appeared in stage shows with Cab Galloway and a broadcast with Eddie Cantor...