Navy Wages Push-Button War In Ordnance Lab
White Oak Maryland hosts a $35 million Navy push-button warfare lab described as the world’s most modern testing complex. The facility features giant tunnels, pressure tanks, and a 150-ton drop tower for projectiles, with continuous still photography and X-ray gear to study missiles, mines, and torpedoes in a non-magnetic building cluster designed by Burns and Higgins.
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Ordnance Lab
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Shingtan
Tagat
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Malcolm Nice
Bernard D. Gilbert
Inbecstery
Bill to Give Women Rights Signals Fast India Modernizing
A travelogue on India notes a bill promoting women’s rights signals rapid modernization. The author cites opposition from industry and political figures while highlighting progress with women in parliament and governance. Historical social norms, including purdah and veiling, are described as diminishing as women gain visibility and influence.
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India
Love Sparks House Debate In Ada Legislature
In Boise, Idaho, a legislative session features Rep B A Snow asking Ada County’s Edith Miller to marry him during personal privilege. Miller blushes then accepts after a moment of laughter, the assembly briefly lightened before resuming business.
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Boise
Ids
B.A. Snow
Coune
Tda
Achzecambi
Unclear item in Pawhuska class notes noted by school
Fragmentary report from Pawhuska Oklahoma mentions a senior class branch and various items listed as if part of a school or reformatory bulletin. Details are garbled with many unreadable words and stray phrases, making the main event hard to determine.
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Pawhuska
Graegg
Puwluske Fagh School
Antlers City Briefs Report Census and Local Notices
Antlers area reports a census of Pushmataha County school age children at 9,748 with 3,220 whites, 296 Indians, 128 negroes. Antlers district totals 612 students, 726 whites and Indians, 86 negros. Also notes alumni, local classes, and a memorial for Pie Ber Sheilor.
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Antlers
Schoos
Clarice Gregg
Pushtrataha County
Killer Stain In Blaze of Police Guns
Phoenix officers cornered Bill Ray Gilbert after a deadly desert crime spree. He fired on police, killing two men and a woman during a kidnapping before a final shootout left him dead. George Adolph Schmid, captured, faces murder charges as Florence Chisholm is held as a witness.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Bill Ray Gilbert
Arizona
Needles
Calif
Gilbert
George Adolph Schmid
Schmid
C. A. Jensen
Ed Langevin
Pele
Orme Moorhead
Dibert
Florence Margaret Chisholm
California
Mise Chisholm
Brighter Parents, Fewer Offspring
Stanford psychologist Dr Lewis M. Terman reports on 1,430 gifted individuals followed to age 36. He notes they have fewer children, yet about 66 percent test as smart as their parents, with high IQs and strong achievements. The group shows better health, earnings, military records, and marriages.
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San Francisco
Stanford
Asmart
J. Q
Makex
Lincome
Eisenhower Opens Red Cross Drive Chicago 1949 kickoff
In Chicago President Truman joined Gen Eisenhower to launch the 1949 Red Cross campaign. Eisenhower addressed about 4,000 volunteers at Medinah Temple while a national ABC radio audience heard the appeal. The drive aims to raise 960 million across the country as volunteers respond with call to generous effort.
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Chicago
Mar
Dwiger O Eisenhower
American Red Cross
Truman
Washington
America
Eisenhower
Red Cross
Medinah Temple
ABC
Three Departments Seek More Funds and Capitol Fire Hazard
Oklahoma lawmakers faced higher budget requests from three state departments while hearing a warning that the capitol building poses a fire hazard. Building superintendent Chet Smith cited poor boiler conditions and basement records as safety concerns, and noted the mansion is wearing out. The Board of Affairs sought about 12.2 million for two years to cover repairs and centralized purchasing, with the Industrial Commission, State Tax Commission, and others asking sizable increases chiefly for salary raises and operating costs.
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Joint Appropriations Committee
Capitol
Chet Smith
Capitol Building
Smith
Roy J. Turner
Board of Affairs
Industrial J
Tax Commission
LaFollette Rift in Germany highlights occupation tensions
Ex Congressman Charles M LaFollette of Indiana resigns after seven years as district director in Wuerttemberg Baden Germany under Military Gov Gen Lucius Clay. Report details Stuttgart protests over high prices, clashes with police, and LaFollette’s subsequent return home amid disputed decisions by General Clay and U S authorities.
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Nea
Charles M. LaFollette
Indiana
Wuertytemberg-Baden
Germany
Lucius 2
Clay
LaFeltette
Stuttgart
Relly
Schloss Plats
Easier to Get on As Man, She Says
Denver reports Billie Morrison who spent years living as a man after leaving her husband in Texas was arrested for impersonation following a confrontation with her daughter Judy. Morrison, who moved from Amarillo to Denver five years ago, said she doubts she can or will revert to female life.
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Denver
Mar
Billie Morrison
Texas
Wiliam Sanders
Sanders
Judy
Rome
Amarillo
Woman Falls Into Silo Shaft Near Little Roch Oklahoma Cow Rescue Echo
Mrs Elizabeth Byrd and her mother were milking when the earth gave way and she plummeted into a cistern shaft in their yard. Rescuers lowered a ladder and garden hose to bring her out. She escaped serious injury and recalled a cow in a silo in Oklahoma during the scare.
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Roch
Elizabeth Byrd
Oklahoma
Mrs. Byrd
Soil conservation district to air seed prairie in Stephens county
Duncan Okla March 2 The Stephens County soil conservation district will seed native prairie grass by airplane over three hundred acres in Stephens county probably tomorrow. Bob Brown, soil conservation service manager, says air seeding is faster and more economical than tractor drawn seed drill, once completed on two large scales.
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Duncan
Oka
Stephens County
Postwar aviation records surge as supersonic barrier nears
Douglas Larsen surveys postwar aviation progress across air force and navy records, noting supersonic claims near the S-1 and the rapid turnover of speed, distance, and altitude marks. He highlights major hold ers, including the Air Force with 26 of the best land plane records, Britain’s two, and the Navy’s longest straight flight. He also cites advances in in-flight refueling, radar landing aids, jet engines, and carrier jet operations, plus growth in commercial and private flying infrastructure.
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NEA
Washington
National Aeronautic Association
Weight Brothers
Therr
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Air Force
US Navy
Australia
Onto
Ise
Los Angeles
New York
Col. W. F. Council
California
Fickis
Godbey to Enter Plea of Innocent in Oklahoma City
Godbey, charged with murder in Oklahoma City, will plead not guilty by reason of insanity at his March 1 hearing in district court. Defense counsel William Moungée said Godbey will be ready for trial when his case is called. He was captured in El Paso after fatally shooting Earl Pruet in revenge. Pruet, formerly Jefferson County attorney, had prosecuted Godbey and secured a 35 year armed robbery sentence, before Godbey’s recent release from McAlester state penitentiary.
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Mar
Hoy
Frank Godbey
Stormey
William WI. Moungée
Godbey
Godkey
el Paso
Tex
Earl ‘Pruet
Jan. i
Pruet
Jefferson County
Att Armex
McAlester ‘State Penitentiary
Meunger
Anit Bwice
Mrs Hudgens Hurt In Car Accident
Mrs. Hudgens suffered minor injuries Monday after being struck by a car driven by Phip Brown at 102 Week East Main. The Ada resident was crossing the street in front of the Ada Theater when the crash occurred. She was taken to a local hospital for emergency treatment and later returned home. Brown, the city police officer who investigated, said he did not see her in time to stop.
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Edith Miller
Boise City
Snow
Indy
Ada
Mise Miller
Larry Muts
Luther Hudgens
Phip Brown
East Main
Hudgens
Ada Theater
Brown
Tennessee man reports brother to police for reward
A Tennessee man betrayed his brother by turning him in to police for a $106 reward. A doctor’s fee is framed as adding years if not draining wallets. A Nebraska ex off士cer faces shooting allegations as literary errors mingle with stray phrases. Bulls weighing 2860 pounds are noted in HalY.
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Hal Cocrran
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