A Bomb Supply Thought Near 100
Oberlin College chemist J R Campbell estimates U S stock of atomic bombs at 100 to 200. He notes production at about one bomb per week on a conservative basis and cites official Los Alamos testimony. Oppenheimer testified 200 bombs could be ready in peacetime, with 1000 possible in about two years.
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Washington
United States
J. R. Campbell
Oberlin College
Ohio
Armed Forces Chemical Journal
Campbell
Los Alamos, N. M
Atomic Bomb Laboratory
J. R. Oppenheimer
Congressional
Oppenheimer
Wedding Ring Theory
A historic idea suggests Egyptians wore engagement and wedding rings on the left hand’s third finger because they believed a vein connected that finger directly to the heart. This reflects ancient beliefs about love and anatomy.
Services Slated For Private Paul Vollette
Funeral services for Private First Class Paul Vollette will be held at Cook Funeral Home at 4 30 p m Friday with Rev David M Currie officiating. Burial will follow at Capital Memorial Park. Vollette was killed in April 1945 in Germany on a mission to observe enemy activity. He served with Troop B 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Vollette and a Ralph Vollette, all of Aus...
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Paul Vollette
Cook Funeral Home
David M. Currie
Capital Memorial Park
Vollette
Germany
85Th Calvary Reconnaissance Squadron
Ralph Vollette
Reburial rites set for Private Bennie F. Boatright
Private Bennie F. Boatright, DSC and Purple Heart recipient killed in France in August 1944, will be reburied at 4 p m Saturday at Cook Funeral Home with Rev. A D Eberhardt officiating. Burial will follow in Garfield Cemetery. Survivors include Mrs Maude Boatright and brothers Raymond and Woodrow Boatright of Austin.
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Bennie F. Boatright
France
Cook Funeral Home
A. D. Eberhardt
Garfield Cemetery
Boatright
Maude Boatright
Raymond Boatright
Woodrow Boatright
Austin
Burma Bombers Hit Rebels Near Moulmein
Burma bombers blasted Karen rebels around Moulmein on the Southeast Coast. The communique said heavy casualties were inflicted and 40 rebels were killed when Communists attacked near the capital, with the Communists routed by withering government fire.
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Rangoon
Burma
Moulmein
Old Hickory Statue Once Graced Constitution Figurehead
The frigate Constitution once bore a statue of Andrew Jackson as its figurehead, linking the ship to the famed general and future president.
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OLD Hickory
Constitution
Andrew Jackson
Lucy Rice Paintings Leave Mark At Texas Show
The Lucy Rice exhibit at the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs sold 20 of 27 paintings with more expected by April 30. The works were donated to the University Methodist Church to support its building fund, appraised around 7000 dollars, with patrons including J. E. Hickman and Dean T. H. Shelby.
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Lucy Rice
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Gibson Randle
Austin
University Methodist Church
J. E. Hickman
Texas Supreme Court
Fagan Dickson
Dean T. H. Shelby
Marvin Hall
J. A. Lanier
Paris
France
Bradford
Miss Andrews
Convicted Girl Put on Probation in Ohio Shooting Case
Louise Sharpe, 23, was placed on five years probation for the love quarrel shooting of Paul J. Streicher, 36, a Cincinnati druggist, Sept. 30, 1947. She had been convicted Feb. 28 of assault and battery. Streicher remains partially disabled from the bullet wounds.
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Cincinnati
Louise Sharpe
Paul J. Streicher
Brunet
Louis J. Schneider
Criminal Court
Miss Sharpe
Streicher
Sharpe
Teenagers Sentenced In Rifle Credit Union Holdup
Mary Jane Goens 16 and William Arthur Mack 17 pleaded guilty in district court to a March 31 holdup at the Rifle Production Credit Association and the shooting of Viola Alstatt. Mack received an indeterminate sentence up to 10 years in Buena Vista reform school. Goens was sent to the Industrial School for Girls at Morrison until discharge or age 21.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Mary Jane Goens
William Arthur Mack
New Indian Affairs Head Sworn In In New Mexico
Dr. John Ralph Nichols, president of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, was sworn in Thursday as commissioner of Indian affairs.
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Washington
John Ralph Nichols
New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Indian Affairs
Signet Rings Begin to Spread in Early Middle Ages
Old custom shows women adopting signet rings in the early Middle Ages. A signet ring served as a personal seal and status symbol, with gems and engraved motifs marking lineage and authority.
Burns Won't Keep Texan From Wedding
Fort Worth reports Miss Mary Elizabeth Griffith who is badly burned with her arm bandaged will still marry Shirley Anderson of Quanah on Friday. She was injured fighting a home fire Wednesday yet attended a spinster dinner that night and insists the wedding will go ahead as planned.
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Fort Worth
Mary Elizabeth Griffith
Shirley Anderson
Quanah
Temperature Comfort Range for Civilians and Nudis
The body functions best between 60 and 70 degrees when clothed and at somewhat higher temperatures when unclothed, reflecting how clothing influences comfort and metabolic response.
Northern Says He's Set to Go
In Huntsville a condemned murderer, 20 year old Buster Northern, said he is ready to die after the State Board of Pardons denied clemency. He told reporters he didn’t kill the 60 year old Oklahoma woman three years ago and spoke with Catholic chaplain Father Frank Braun as he prepared for execution.
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Huntsville
State Board of Pardons
Buster Northern
State Prison
Pardons Board
Northern
Oklahoma
Norther
Frank Braun
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