Little America Bases Buried By Ice Snow
The Stars and Stripes were raised again at Little America as Byrd’s Antarctic camps lie buried under heavy snow. The 1928 base is about 60 feet under by the surface, the second camp roughly 40 feet below. Experts aboard the USS Glacier seek a permanent base site for the three year IGY expedition, aiming for a location unlikely to drift, free of crevasses, and accessible for cargo from bay ice to the shelf.
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Richard Byrd
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United States Antarctic Expedition
International Geophysical Year
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Bay of Whales
Nally
Multi Sibling Tonsilectomies Target Quick Relief
Mrs. W. F. Watts of Miller and her six children aged 3 to 14 entered Jane Chinn Hospital in Webb City to undergo tonsilectomies yesterday. Mrs. Watts said the family chose the procedure together to get it over with.
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Webb City
W. F. Watts
Miller, Mo
Jane Chinn Hospital
Stepfather Cleared in 14-Year-Old Joe King's Death
In Little Rock police search for a new lead after Joe King age 14 was found strangled near Jacksonville. T Sgt James R King cleared temporarily after lie detector test. Sheriff Gulley says he may be questioned again as inconsistencies emerge with Mrs Kings account. Joe's father is Leo Swinney of Elgin Kansas.
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Joe King
James R. King
iChief
Sam Hallam
Tom Gulley
Air Force
Jacksonville
Itrailer
Hallam
King
Gulley
Dust Storm Threat Across Great Plains States
Field reports as of Dec 1 warn that dry soils and low rainfall left about 20 million acres in 10 Great Plains states vulnerable to wind damage. North Dakota South Dakota and Wyoming areas affected by the dust storm risk noted in the Chanute Tribune.
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Texas
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Washington
New Mexico
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Wilson
Oklahoma
Montana
Nebraska
Great Plains
Market quotes Kansas City grain prices and futures
Kansas City market report shows bids for wheat at 2.27 and 2.44 for various grades, corn bids around 1.45 to 1.48, soybeans near 2.31, rye 1.19 to 1.22, barley 1.05 to 1.10, and oats trading lower with white and mixed oats listed. Notes 24 car lots for corn and 12 for oats indicate shipment counts.
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