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Beacon FLIER Salute Endnotes
Edward D. Nass, Jr.:
Photographs courtesy of the Nass Family.
i Air Cadets Assigned to Hicks Field: Area Youths Go To Various Centers Upon Completion of Special Courses,The Washington Post, page L8, July 11, 1943.
ii Nass-Reid, Marriage Notice, The Washington Post, page 12, March 8, 1947.
iii 5000 Witness Langley Day Air Program,The Washington Post, May 8, 1950.
iv The Federal Diary by Jerry Klutz,The Washington Post, page B1, October 30, 1956.
v Juno Rocket Fails to Go Into Orbit: Balloon Presumed Burned When Controls Go Awry,The Washington Post, page A1, August 15, 1959.
Alice Rogers Hager: i Photo Standalone 9, The Washington Post, Dec 22, 1940, pg 14. ii Mrs. Alice Hager Wins Avon Award, The Washington Post, Nov 4, 1945, p. S3, Genevieve-Reynolds, and Congressional Records of 89th Congress: 1966. iii Alice Hager to Tell U. S. Democracy's Story in Europe, The Washington Post, Aug 19, 1948, pg B5, Peggy Preston. iv Ibid, note ii. v Lady Editor: Careers for Women in Publishing, Marjorie Shuler, EP Dutton, 1941, pg 38. vi Air Tour Ends Tonight, The New York Times, Oct 9, 1938, pg 9.
Mr. Marion C. Marshall Jr:
Biographical information and photographs/clippings courtesy of the Marshall Family.
Mr. William R. "Bob" Ashburn
[i] Beacon Field
Airport business records,The Washington PostJuly 30, 1942 pg 25,The
Fairfax Herald,1938.
[ii] The Washington
Post, March 13, 1942
[iii] ibid, April 16,
1937, pg 3.
[iv] ibid, June 13,
1940, pg 26.
[v]Ibid, July 30, 1942, pg. 25.
[vi] Fairfax County
Land Deed Historic Records.
[vii] The Washington
Post, Navy to Double Pilot Output at Anacostia, August 15, 1940, pg 1, and
2-Way Probe Begun: Mystery Fire Sweeps Hangar of Va. Naval Reserve
Airport,September 5, 1940, pg 1.
[viii] Fairfax County
Zoning Classification and Property plat map site #25608, dtd 12/1/52
[ix] "It's Easy to
Learn to Fly at Ashburn"promotional flyer; Washington Post ads.
[x]"Hybla Valley
Airport is Shut Down", The Washington Post,April 4, 1956, pg 26.