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...Miles of Track. Importing twice what it exports, the country must write its budget in red. The kingdom's rail transport consists of one steam engine, two diesels, a few ramshackle freight cars, and only 200 miles of track to run them on. Between Tripoli, which is the country's largest city, and Fezzan, its largest province, there are no telephone, telegraph or radio connections. Nor is there much homogeneity between the three provinces. Except for the late years of Italian rule (1935 until World War II), Tripolitania (pop. 800,000), Cyrenaica (pop. 300,000) and Fezzan...
Died. Paul Henderson, 67, Kansas-born non-flying "father of airmail service," who, as second Assistant Postmaster General (1922-25), organized the first coast-to-coast airmail run, pioneered in the development of light signals to make night flying possible, retired to work as an official of National Air Transport, Inc.; of a stroke; in Washington...
...capacity (it is now operating 20% below); then, there should be small investments in the form of raw materials; and finally, after these steps are taken, there can be larger investments. In the meantime, Spanish workers must be trained in new skills, and the country's power and transport system drastically improved...
...team was headed by Colonel Philip Cochran, better known as the prototype of Flip Corkin in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates.* When Cochran reached India in 1943, Wingate's expedition had been called off for lack of transport planes. Cochran calmly announced that this was no problem ; gliders would do the trick. Through and sometimes over Wingate's persistent doubts, Cochran reconstructed the tactics of the campaign...
...hopeful development for vacationers in the national transport picture was the abandonment of a three-day strike by mechanics and flight service employees of Pan American World Airways. Through Tuesday, P.A.A. had managed to get 92 percent of its flights off despite the walkout but concern had been expressed if this degree of regular service could be kept up for long...