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Carl B. Allen is second from the left. He joined the flight as a journalist to document the journey.

53185. Passengers of Inaugural Trans-Pacific Service Welcomed at Hawaii

C. B. Allen is seated on the far left. He reported military and Veterans Administration news as a member of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald Tribune from 1946 until 1953. Major General William H. Tunner is conducting the briefing.

53186. Carl B. Allen at Press Conference on National Defense, Washington, D. C.

Several tobacco farmers displaying the success of root-rot resistant tobacco plants. Men are standing in front of root-rot resistance variety plants, with smaller, recently transplanted tobacco plants in foreground.

53187. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

Carl B. Allen at work during the inaugural trans-Pacific passenger flight of Pan American World Airways from San Francisco to Manila. At the time Allen worked as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune.

53188. Carl B. Allen During Trans-Pacific Flight

Primed leaves hanging in barn for curing. This grower in Cabell County primed 500 sticks from 1.3 acres of crop.

53189. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

Text on the back reads, "Ready to go aboard the Sikorsky 'Sky Pullman' Yorktown on a sight-seeing flight over New York City. Misses Jean Roy, Noel Pridgeon and Katherine McCoy with a World reporter "top off" the summer session at Columbia in a modern manner." C. B. Allen is pictured with the students.

53190. Carl B. Allen with Students, New York, N. Y.

A field of "Kentucky 16" tobacco in Cabell County. This crop was primed and around 500 sticks were taken from crop of 1.3 acres. Average number of leaves on stalk at time of harvest, after priming, was 16 leaves.

53191. Tobacco Farm in Cabell County, W. Va.

Curing barn in Cabell County, W. Va.

53192. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

C. B. Allen and nine other reporters in the interior of the Sikorsky Aerial Pullman "Yorktown," piloted by Chas G. Collyer.  C. B. Allen is pictured in the rear, fifth from the left.

53193. C. B. Allen with Other Reporters

A field of Kentucky 41A tobacco in Mason County, W. Va. This tobacco was primed and permitted to stand in the field until thoroughly ripe even in extreme dry weather.

53194. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

Williams family having dinner in their Doddridge County, W. Va. home.

53195. Doddridge County Family Dinner

"Looks as if we would have nice weather this afternoon. Not feeling so well today."

53196. View of White Rocks, Near Uniontown, Pa.