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"· , t . Gets Air Post William P. MacCracken, 14 2 7 Edgewood lane. Winnet~a. has been appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce under Herbert Hoover by President Coolidge. it was announced lase week. He will organize the new Department of Commercial Aviation. Mr. MacCracken has had wide experience in this line and during the war he was an instructor in aviation.