A view of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, Howard Hughes, and California Governor Frank Merriam (left to right) dining together at a banquet for Howard Hughes in Los Angeles, California.
From the Howard Cannon Photograph Collection (PH-00192). The Nevada Air National Guard is headquartered at the Nevada Joint Force Headquarters, in Carson City, NV. The Nevada Air National Guard maintains a presence in three of the state's 17 counties with a 64-acre (260,000 m2) site on the southwest corner of the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno, a detachment on Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs.
Description given with photo: "As Hughes Began Testimony, Washington: Like a "Hollywood movie set" is this general view of the Senate Caucus Room as plane manufacturer, Howard Hughes began his testimony today (Aug. 6) before the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee. At the witness table (center) sits Hughes (right) and the attorney for the Hughes Tool Co., T.A. Slack (left). On left, directly in front of the battery of newsreel cameras is the committee table. Credit (ACME) 8/7/47."
Description given with photo: "Hughes Turns Quizmaster, Washington: Howard Hughes (right) submits a list of questions intended for Senator Owen Brewster (R. Me.) to chairman Homer Ferguson (R, Mich.) of the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee. Hughes had said he could prove that Bewster's claims about Hughes' business were "a pack of lies" if he were permitted to cross-examine the senator. The written questions resulted. Credit (ACME) 8/7/47."
Description given with photo: "Goodbye Until Now. 17th --- Wash D.C., An unidentified bodyguard (left) helps plane-builder Howard Hughes gather his papers after Senator Ferguson ( R ) Mich., suddenly announced that the Hughes war contract probe would be recessed until Now. 17. The committee's inability to locate Johnny Meyer, press agent for Hughes, for further questioning is given as the reason for the recess. Photo by A.E. Scott. 8/11/47."