Ramjets tested at 20 mile heights in Navy lab innovation
Ramjet engines up to 48 inches in diameter are tested at simulated altitudes of 100000 feet in a new 125 foot long chamber. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab conducts tests for the Navy Bureau of Ordnance with engineers from Bryan Cooper Associates and Consolidated Vultee supervising. The facility supports data collection to reduce flight tests and involves 14 industrial groups plus eight universities.
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Department of Defense
Ordnance Aero-Physics Laboratory
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Silver Spring
Bryan-Cooper Associates
Houston
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Consolidated Vultee
Navy
Lone Star Steel Company
Steel Company
Holiday Glades Fire Injures Five
A grass and brush fire 40 miles northwest of Miami tied up traffic for five hours and injured at least five persons. The blaze caused several automobile accidents and closed a heavily traveled road near South Bay, trapping at least five cars whose occupants fled on foot.
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Miami
INS
Florida Everglades
South Bay
Wind Tug Anchor and Law Vie For Control of Gambers Barge
A floating gambling barge named Pleasure Island near Colonial Beach Virginia drifted free in winds but was held 150 feet offshore by a small tug and one anchor. Federal law places the Virginia Maryland boundary at the Virginia low water mark allowing gambling and liquor by the drink across the river in Maryland.
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Colonial Beach
INS
Virginia
Virginia-Maryland
Potomac River
Maryland
Old Dominion
Pennsylvania G.O.P. Primary Follows 1952 Upset Tone
In Pennsylvania on May 15 Republican voters choose for US Senate and governor with national 1952 presidential implications. Duff and Kunkel lead the senatorial field with Cooke and Williams vying for governor, backed by Grundyism and party factions as Democrats prepare for a lightly contested renomination.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
US Senate
John S. Fine
State Superior Court
Duff
John C. Kunkel
Harrisburg
Jay Cooke
GOP
Charles S. Williams
Lycoming County
Kunkel
Cooke
Joseph R. Grundy
Grundy
Washington
Francis Myers
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Lone Star
Texas
Gibson
Model
rLo4texas Furniture Co
East 6Th ST
Holiday Glades
Philco
P. Wee
Rsaals
Southern Equipment Co
Marco
By d’Alessio
Nation's Eyes
Ate
Richardson Dilworth
Littl
Myers
Dilworth
Philadelphia Bulletin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Chicago Fair
George S. May Company
Central Division Engineering
Chicago
Manly
Dr. Scholl
Plate Glass
Employers Casualty CO
Plate Glass Police
Colorado Street
Chrysler
Plymouth
Smith Brothers
Brazos Street
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