Waiting to Live in the Twenty First Century
Maurice F Crass Jr argues that America's chemical industry drives dramatic advances in civilian and military life. He cites huge research budgets, new materials from rayon to synthetic fibers, and innovations in fenders, grass control, coatings, and lubricants as evidence of rapid progress shaping postwar society. The piece notes billions in expansion and the need for skilled scientists to sustain defense and prosperity.
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America
Chemical Industry
Korea
Chemistry
Early 1938 TV Booths Link Germans in Public Telephony
Public telephone booths in several German cities offered two way television in 1938 allowing users to see and speak with each other, according to the National Geographic Society.
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National Geographic Society
Hermitage of Jackson Now Tourist Shrine
In Nashville, the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s estate, draws over 150000 visitors yearly with admission raised from 25 to 50 cents. The Ladies Hermitage Association, formed 63 years ago, fought plans to convert the site, preserving the mansion and grounds and keeping authentic features intact.
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Jackson
Nashville, Tenn
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Old Hickory
Nashville
Ladies Hermitage Association
Mount Vernon
Sam Houston
Andrew J
Baker
George H. Thomas
Andrew
Rachel
Tennessee
Tailor Made Medicines Seen as Possibility
A team of researchers from Chase, Pfizer and Company with a Harvard investigator outline how determining the chemical structure of tetramycin could enable chemical tinkering to create variants effective against diseases resistant to the drug.
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New York
Chas, Pfizer and Company
Harvard University
AEC Plans Synchrotron Study On Cancer At U C Medical Center
The Atomic Energy Commission plans to use a 17 ton synchrotron at the University of California Medical Center to test powerful X ray beams on cancer deep inside the body. The device will accelerate electrons near light speed and strike tungsten targets to generate penetrating X rays.
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San Francisco
AEC
University of California ‘Medical Center
Mt Everest Height Remains in Question Still
Mount Everest height remains uncertain. Estimates range from 29 002 to 29 610 feet, with authorities noting possible error. The mountain's mystery captivates climbers as campaigns by Swiss and British teams prepare for renewed attempts aided by Nepal.
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Washington
Mt. Everest
India
Indian
National Geographic Society
Himalayas
Nepal
Everest
Briton Will Seek Boat Speed Mark
John Cobb a 52 year old Londoner and world land speed holder plans to chase the water speed record with a jet engined Crusader boat. He aims for about 200 mph in trials on Lake Windermere this month using a 3000 hp Ghost jet engine, a three ton 31 foot craft with a 13 foot span.
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London
INS
John Cobb
Cobb
Britain
Lake Windermere
Sheriff Arrests Bar Owner Over 111 Cases of Illegal Liquor
Delivery all wet in Tupelo when Sheriff Mitchell Grissom encountered a suspicious car by the highway. A man was arrested after a voice asked where to place it and Grissom answered in the back seat, yielding 111 cases of illegal liquor bound for a local bar.
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Manufacturing Chemists’ Assn
Ashington
NEA
Crass
Crystal
San Antonio
Texas
Nevada
Early TV
Clifton Paisley
Texas Republic
Union
Great Britain
Canedy
Houston
Andrew Johnson
United States
Congress
West Point
Confederacy
Second Street
Dial
George
Leigh Mallory
Andrew Irvline
Earth
Tibet
Harvey Lathrop
Harvey H. Lathrop
Cedar Rapids
Iowa-Illinois
Iowa-Illinois Organization
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric CO
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