1944 Newspaper Abstracts

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Weds., July 19, 1944:
p. 1 , c. 4  & picture p. 11, c. 2-3 -

Picture: Caption "READY FOR NEW SERVICE.  Col. Roscoe Turner, former
         Memphian and president of the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp.,
         was greeted by his cousin, V.M.Bell (right), when he landed here
         yesterday in his Stinson on the eve of the inauguration of his
         new charter flight service between Memphis and Detroit. (Story
         on Page One)

MEMPHIS TO DETROIT
        AIR SERVICE STARTS
        ----------
First Roscoe Turner Plane
        Takes Off at 7 A.M.

        The first step of Col. Roscoe Turner's dream of "aviation for
every community" will be achieved this morning when the first plane of
his new daily air service between Memphis and Detroit takes off from the
Municipal Airport.
        Operated as a contract charter service, the Stinson plane, one of
five four-passenger planes to be used in the new air service, will leave
the airport at 7, the time set by the passengers who have chartered the
plane.  At approximately the same time this morning, a plane will leave
Detroit bound for Memphis.
        Headquarters for the flight service will be the Book-Cadillac
Hotel in Detroit and the Peabody here.
        Colonel Turner arrived in Memphis yesterday to complete
arrangements for the flight service which he organized as president of
the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp. of Indianapolis.
        "The planes have been chartered by executives in Ford, Packard,
Chrysler and other war factories who must be able to get around the
country quickly," he said.  "In addition to helping them, we can offer
service to communities that have not yet had the advantage of aviation
flights."



The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Thur., July 20, 1944:
p. 10, c. 4-7 -

DAILY FLIGHT SERVICE
        TO DETROIT IS BEGUN
        ------------
First Plane Leaves Airport On
        Maiden Trip

        The first plane in the new daily flight service to be operated
between Memphis and Detroit by the Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corporation
of Indianapolis took off from the Memphis Municipal Airport yesterday
morning at 7 o'clock.
        Operated as a contract charter service, the four-passenger
Stinson plane was piloted by Harry Creasey of Indianapolis.  Leaving at
7, the time decided upon by the two passengers who embarked here, the
plane was reserved by two more passengers to be picked up along the
route, which goes through Jackson, Paducah, Evansville, Terre Haute,
Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Toledo.
        Ticket office for flight service is the porter's desk at the
Peabody.
        Soon after the first plane took off, Col. Roscoe Turner,
president of the aeronautical corporation who had been in Memphis making
final arrangements for his flight service, returned in his own plane to
headquarters in Indianapolis.



The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Mon., July 24, 1944:
p. 4 , c. 1-2 -

PLANE RACES, SKY AEROBATICS
        AT MILAN BOND RALLY, SHOW
                TO ATTRACT MANY MEMPHIANS
        ------------------

By Bettye Jeanne Claffey

        ...Plane races, with entries from all over the MidSouth, are
scheduled on the all-day program, which also will feature exhibition
flying, stunting, spot landings and performances from many of the South's
top-notch airmen.  Governor Cooper, Percy McDonald, representing the
Tennessee Bureau of Aeronautics, Col. Roscoe Turner, and many others will
appear on the program....



The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Mon., July 31, 1944:
p. 9 , c. 7 -

BOMBS TO HELP ARMY AIRMEN
        CELEBRATE TWO ANNIVERSARIES

By Bettye Jeanne Claffey

        ...From all reports Roscoe Turner's flight schedule between
Memphis and Detroit is working out in fine fashion....


The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, Mon., July 31, 1944:
p. 9 , c. 8 -

PLANES THRILL CROWD
        AT MARTIN BOND SHOW
        -----------
Army 'Grasshoppers' And
        Myers Trainers Take Part
        -----------
   Memphians Are On Hand
        -----------
        MARTIN, Tenn., July 30.-- ...Special guest was Col. Roscoe
Turner, world famous airman and speedster, who breezed in as a passenger
on his flight service making its daily run between Memphis and Detroit.
One of the foremost contributors to local aviation, Colonel Turner made a
brief speech over the loud speaker complimenting Mr. Staulcup and the
spendid job he has done with the airport....




Abstracts (c) Copyright 1993 Stephanie L. Sandy

    Data transcription by: Milton Sandy, Jr. Corinth, MS - July 19, 1994