Army's Iron Hat Recasts in Plastic Aluminum
The army tests a lighter plastic helmet with an aluminum cover serving as shaving mug cooking pot foot bath and water canteen while improving neck protection and ear clearance for radio operators. The design aims to reduce weight for airborne tactics and endurance, with 2 500 units ordered for field testing and potential adoption.
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Army
John Heats
NEA
Washington
Army Uartermaatér Corps Research and Development
Warren Stubdiebein
Stubbiebein
Soidier
Defense Department
Army Quartermaster Corps
Steven Crancey
New York
Musworm of Art
Grancey
Ney
Stabdlebein
Doctors Move Troops Through Rapidly At Ada Armory
A half mile of lines formed around the National Guard Armory Monday as doctors and assistants examined about 400 Guardsmen daily. The schedule included units from Ada WeWoka Okemah and McAlester with aims of physical exams and ongoing drill nights.
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National Guard
Armory
BR. Muntz
Rune Tung
Eva Warmiory
Ada
Alahoma
Alahoma Cit
171St Field Artillery Battalion
171St Field Artillery
Wewoka
180Th Infantry
Okemah
380Th Infantry
Konawa
Allen
Atoka
Roff
Field Artillery
Holdenville
Heldenville
179Th Infantry
Pouls Valley
McAlester
Sulphur
Seminole
Hartshorne
Wetumka
Red Cross Calls for Large Blood Donations
Washington August 21 The Red Cross urged heavy blood donations to meet Korea and expanded armed forces needs. The organization as the official blood procurement agency for the services said Korean needs have risen sharply and called on all Americans to donate. It noted shipments to the East and the use of excess blood for plasma and other military derivatives.
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Washington
Red Cross
Korea
Jast Sight
Americas
Japan
One Okla Man Killed In Action Reported
A brief defense department casualty notice lists a Native American service member, Levarine Goode, son of Wasae Goode, as killed in action with August 21 dated report from Oklahoma.
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Man
Levarine
Wasae Goode Son
Weekend Travel Deaths Sweep Oklahoma Roads
Several Oklahoma fatalities mark the weekend as the deadliest since 1950, with eight killed in state crashes and six more in highway incidents. Names identified include Renee Rogers, Cpl. Gerald Michelson, Richard Reser, Billy Joe Enstein, Har Neck, and others, with drownings, car rollovers, and a fatal Alabama collision adding to the toll.
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Oklahoma
Alabama
Renee Rogers
Gerald Michelson
Enid Vance Air Force Base
Richard Leroy Reser
Collinsville
Billy Joe Enstein
Ringold Rogers
Oklahoma City
Vinita
Har
Michelson
Enid
Reser
Highway Patrol
Rester
Young Ensley
McCar
Tain
Antlers
Pell City
Ala
Ivan Ellis van Dyke
Weatherford
Guy Randolph
Dana van Dyke
van Dyke
Charles George Shafer
Tulsa
Dering
N. M
Deming
Weby Zachary
Mesa
Colo
Prisoner Picture Misidentified as Korea War Photo
Lloyd Mabray, a Dallas hamburger drive in manager and former World War II sergeant, says a photo claimed to show American prisoners in Korea was actually taken in France in 1944. He guarded a pontoon bridge in a German labor camp liberation, noting the men were Europeans freed in Nancy, France, not Koreans, and that the Red Cross provided discarded uniforms.
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Dallas
Infantry
Korea
France
Lloyd Mabray
Mabray
Army
and Stripes
London
ADN
Han River
Seoul
Mozeile
Nancy
Red Cross
Poe
Kill 60 Snakes In Only Two Days
Grove Hill Alabama August 21. A UPA report describes a wooded hunt where a crew of woodsmen killed a total of sixty snakes in two days. They encountered rattlers and other species, including two old king snakes and thirty eight youngsters, then found another crown snake and a final group of venomous snakes in a second clump.
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Grove Hill
Ala
Carlisle
Oklahoma City Bond Issues Reported in Fragmented Notice
Fragmented OCR text notes a water bond issue approved by the attorney general for library improvements and separate school investments in Love, Woodward, and other counties. Details, figures, and full context are unclear due to garbled source text.
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Oklaboma City
R—A Pauls
Love County
Woodward County
Night Time in Korea Brings Soldiers Closer to Home
HAL BOYLE reflects on Korean nights soothing soldiers' fear and homesickness. In bivouac, the moonlit sky, distant rice paddies, and a Korean family’s sounds evoke memories of home. Capt. Dougherty and a private share awe at the stars and quiet, contrasting home nights with duty.
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Ay Hal Boyle
Korea
Edward A. Dougherty
Leonardo
N. J
Capt. Dougherty
Radar defenses seen as insufficient against US air attack
Washington dispatch notes that sparse radar and limited fighter coverage would likely miss many incoming bombers. Officials warn bases and industrial hubs, especially Washington, would be primary targets, with overall air defenses deemed unsatisfactory and vulnerable to an atomic threat.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
United States
Polar
U.S
Air Force
Sadsr
Weather Notes From Ohio and Nearby Cities
Columbus reports a near record cold with Ottic reaching a low on August 2. Liverpool recorded its minimum while Cleveland Dayton and Toledo posted subnormal temperatures in a string of city readings.
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Columbus
Ottic
Liverpool
Cleveland
Dayton
Crescent Fire Levels Two Buildings Early Today
A Crescent blaze destroyed Yenzer Brothers furniture and hardware store and the adjacent American Legion hall, with about 100000 dollars in damage. A bank suffered seven thousand dollars in damage while five second floor apartments were evacuated. One volunteer firefighter was injured by falling glass and treated at a Guthrie hospital.
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Crescent
Okla
Yenzer Brotherz Furniture and Hardware
Floyd Yenzer
Jimmy Carmichael
Guthrie
Crescent Volunteers
American Legion Hall
J. RN. Armstrong
the Bank
Guthrie Fire Department
Focal
Descent
Oklahoma City
Anthrax Probe Is Asked for Texas
Gov. Allan Shivers faces a request to investigate why five northeast Texas counties Hedrick eriver Hopkins Titus Wood have not been quarantined over cattle disease Anthrax. Texarkana stockyards manager Ruth Jacobe cites spread within a month. Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas embargoes curb Texas cattle shipments. Oklahoma patrolling Red River and turning back farmers with cattle.
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Texarkana
Allan Shivers
Texas
Texarkane Gazette
Ruth Jacobe
Hed River
Franklin
Hopkins
Titus
Wood
Gazette
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahorne
Red River
The
First Second After a Blast Can Mean Your Life or Death
Washington neA outlines a rapid action plan for the first seconds after an atom bomb detonation. Drop, curl, shield exposed parts, face away from the flash, seek cover, and stand after 10 seconds. Behind shelter or indoors stay low, cover windows, and scrub exposed skin to remove radioactive material.
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Washington
Japan
Pie
Windere
Strike Ties Up Big Republic Steel Plant in Cleveland
In Cleveland on August 21 a five day strike by Brotherhood of Railroad workers began at Republic Steel Corp halting iron steel and coke production. About 1 500 of 7 000 local employees were laid off, with mines south of the plant affecting nearly 1 900 workers. Finishing work was not halted and material was available to resume once the five day walkout ends.
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Cleveland
Republic Sut Corp
Promp A
Onepublic
F1 Mile River Terminal
Republic
Clyde
Ben
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