Russians Reported Rigging Static Stations to Bloc West Radio
Franksfurt dispatch notes Russians are building about a dozen static stations in East Germany to jam West German broadcasts. Radio Stuttgart signals grow noisy east of Berlin as Copenhagen plan shifts frequencies, affecting AFN RIAS and North German networks.
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Frankfurt
Germany
East Germany
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Soviet Russia
Riga
American Forces Network
AFN
Russia
RIAS
Radio Munich
Radio Frankfurt
Luxembourg
Book backs Red First Plane Claim
The Russians publish a book and film to support the claim that Alexander Mozhaisky invented the airplane before the Wright brothers. Tass notes the works mark Mozhaisky’s birth anniversary and recounts a 1882 flight near Leningrad. Skeptics cite the Wright brothers’ 1903 Kitty Hawk first flight as the historical milestone.
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Alexander Mozhaisky
Wright Brothers
Tass
Moscow
Mozhaisky
Krasny
Leningrad
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Red Star
Element 98 Heaviest Atom Found by UC Berkeley Team
Researchers led by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg at the University of California announced the discovery of Element 98 californium. Bombarded curium cores with helium to create the new atom, which is highly radioactive and adds to theories on matter formation.
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Calif
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Glenn T. Seaborg
The
Atomic Energy Commission
California
China Reds Haul Down Union Jack In Shanghai
In Shanghai the Communist forces seized the Hawkins family home and others in Hungjao District, replacing the Union Jack with the red flag. Mr and Mrs W J Hawkins from Somerset England had lived there for generations and once displayed a 10 foot British flag while shells fell.
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Bill
Gladys Hawkins
Shanghai
Hawkinses
W. J. Hawkins
Somerset
England
Hungjao
Hawkins
Red Shanghai
Union Ack
Miracle Cat Survives 40 Hours in Kiln in Ohio
In Minerva Ohio Mrs Twila Carman staged a dramatic experiment to prove her cat Miracle survived a 40 hour bake in a brick kiln with heat to 900 degrees. The cat emerged singed but alive. veterinarians who doubted the tale were convinced by the witnesses and officials at the Metropoli tan Brick Plant.
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Minerva
Ohio
Metropolitan
Twila Carman
Ex-Cop Fatally Shoots Wife Then Kills Self at Home
Manville, La. retired New Orleans officer Louis E. Dendinger, 59, shot his wife in the back as she sat, then killed himself with a .38 pistol. Duracher says a December brain tumor left him going blind. Mrs. Dendinger reported in good condition at Charity Hospital.
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Mandeville
Carl Duracher
New Orleans
Duracher
Louis E. Dendinger
Dendinger
Charity Hospital
Guncotton Production Method Overview
Guncotton is prepared by treating cotton linters with a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids. The process converts cellulose into nitrocellulose, yielding a soluble or insoluble product depending on reaction conditions.
Texas Farmers Double Income in January
Texas farmers nearly doubled January income from a year earlier, the Agriculture Department reported. Texas farm marketings reached $196,636,000 in January, up from $101,484,000. Florida rose to $44,550,000, while Iowa led states with $232,255,000. Illinois and California followed with $151,100,000 and $137,029,000 respectively. Oklahoma and New Mexico also posted gains.
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Agriculture Department
Florida
Iowa
Illinois
California
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Seeing-Eye Dog Sacrifices Life in Fire Rescue
In Hot Springs Arkansas a faithful seeing-eye dog named Buster died while trying to locate and guide 63 year old Emma Clayton during a house fire. The dog led Mrs Clayton toward the door and then re entered the flames to search for her as neighbors carried her husband John Clayton 65 to safety.
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Buster
Emma Clayton
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