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...little time picking a successor to James M. Landis, ousted a fortnight ago as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. The President's choice was a surprise: he was neither a deserving Democrat nor a pet candidate of the aviation industry. He was young Major General Laurence S. Kuter, 42, able Air Force strategy planner and administrator...
...President was flanked by the most impressive group of high-ranking military and Government officials he has yet taken to an international conference. For the military sessions there were Generals Marshall and Somervell, Admirals King and Leahy, Vice Admiral Land of the Maritime Commission, and Major General Laurence S. Kuter, assistant chief of the Air Staff, pinch-hitting for General Arnold, who is abed in Washington with virus pneumonia. For the diplomatic conferences, U.S. representatives included Secretary of State Stettinius, Harry Hopkins, OWMR Boss Jimmy Byrnes, Ambassador Harriman, and a host of State Department experts...
...Doctrine. Under the new setup, tall, desert-bronzed "Mary" Coningham became boss of the Northwest African Tactical Air Force. His deputy was an American: Brigadier General Laurence Sherman Kuter...
...Navy men, OPA's Leon Henderson, WPB's William Batt, OCD's James Landis and many another took their turns, the schools' job grew. From young (37) Brigadier General Lawrence S. Kuter they learned that the Army Air Forces relied on them to help train 2,000,000 flyers and ground men. They were exhorted to train 5,000,000 more industrial workers, to teach the U.S. people how to stop inflation, sell war bonds, enlist the nation's 30,000,000 school kids to collect scrap. They were even asked by WPB to contribute...
...Corresponding to G-I on the War Department General Staff. †Not to be confused with Colonel Harold H. ('"Pursuit") George, who last week was made a Brigadier General for gallantry in Luzon. **This week the Army got its youngest general: 36-year-old Brigadier General Laurence S. Kuter of the Air Forces, graduate of West Point in the class...