Largest Chlorine Plant in World Under One Roof
The largest chlorine plant in the world, using the Denora mercury process, is operating at Wilson Dam, Alabama, run by Monsanto for the U S government. The facility, adjacent to the TVA chemical plant, began test operation May 9 with full operation now underway and produces chlorine for Army defenses.
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Wilson Dam
Jim Smith
Florence Times
Associated Press
Ala
U. S
TVA Chemical
Monsanto Chemical Co
Army Chemical Corps
Amusements Today Film Schedule and Credits
Movie listings for AMUSEMENTS TODAY show multiple theaters with titles such as Princess Flight to Mars De Belle of New York Woman On The Run Hatfields Athens Strand Tanks Are Coming Elite Noose Hangs High and a note on mercury cell process and inventor Vittorio Denora. The listings include showtimes and cast notes, reflecting a bustling cinema scene alongside a technical paragraph on chemical production.
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Monsanto
Vittorio Denora
Sheffield
Italy
Young British radio operator charged with spying for Soviet envoy
William Martin Marshall 24, a former British embassy worker, appeared in magistrate court on a charge of passing state secrets to Pavel Kuznetsov second secretary of the Soviet embassy. He was remanded without bail for a week and could enter a plea at a second hearing. The case follows Britain's postwar spy scares with Klaus Fuchs and the Burgess MacLean事件, amid fears of a wider Soviet espionage network.
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London
British Foreign Office
William Martin Marshall
Pavel Kuznetsov
Marshall
Clyde T. Wilson
Moscow
King George’s Park
Wandsworth
William Hughes
Scotland Yard
Special Branch
Hughes
Foreign Office
Kuznetnov
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
Bruno Pontecorvo
Britain
Alan Nunn May
Canada
Huntsville Man Drowns After Wave To Wife
A 25 year old Huntsville man who could not swim stepped from a boat into the Tennessee River waved to his wife and disappeared. Firefighters searched the area near ana Landing five miles west of Highway 38 for his body after witnesses reported the drowning. Rescue teams used a rescinsator and dragged the river to recover the missing man.
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Huntsville
Tennessee River
Eugene Stephens
Huntsville Fire Department
R. L. Payne
Payne
Ana Landing
Stephens
Delayed Diploma Day After Kutzmill er Protest in Kitzmiller
In Kitzmiller Maryland about 50 students ages 10 to 18 led a street protest against school consolidation with Oakland. They carried a straw dummy bearing the namesake official and hanged him in effigy opposite the Methodist Church where diplomas were to be awarded. Principal later distributed the diplomas.
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Kitzmiller
R. Bowen Hardesty
Garrett County Schools
Maryland
Hardesty
Eisenhower shifts to questions over prepared speeches in Detroit
Eisenhower announced a decision to discard prepared talks and answer questions directly. He spoke at a Detroit breakfast with the civic reception committee and said he would show his convictions rather than rely on scripted material. He will hold a news conference tomorrow before heading to Denver.
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Civic
Detroit
America
Denver
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Rep
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Washington
Reece
Taft
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Production Lag Seen Death by Own Action
Lt. Gen. Edwin W. Rawlings warned that continued industrial lags threaten national security. He said some industries are complacent and slipping on production goals while addressing IBM plant expansions in Poughkeepsie. He warned Communism seeks global rule and urged immediate ramping of production to avoid national death by own action.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
U. S. Air Force
United States
Edwin W. Rawlings
Air Force
International Business Machine Corp
Tunisian Strike Over Poison Plot Sparks Quarters Protest
A spontaneous general strike erupts in Tunis Arab quarters after reports of a poisoning attempt at the Bey’s Carthage summer palace. Prince Chadley found white powder in soup prepared for dinner, prompting an inquiry by the Bey and a request to the French president-general’s office. The Bey governs under a French protectorate amid rising nationalist tensions.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Sidi Mohammed Ali-Almin
Carthage
Prince Chadley
Test Planned In New Oil Well In Pollard Field
Humble Oil and Refining Co plans production tests in its fifth Pollard field well the Lister B-1 west of Lister No 1. Results expected early next week. Gulf Refining drills T. R. Miller Mill Co. to reach Tuscaloosa formation and produce next week.
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Gulf
Alabama
Wreckage Sighted Of Missing B 29 Plane Over Sea Of Japan
The Far East Air Forces said wreckage tentatively identified as a missing B 29 Superfort with 12 aboard was sighted in the Sea of Japan between Korea and northern Honshu. No survivors were found. The aircraft had been on a reconnaissance mission when it disappeared Friday. The cause remains undetermined.
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Far East Air Forces
Sea of Japan
Midway
Korea
Honshu
Japan
List Strategic Reconnaissance
Air Force
Young Diver Dies From Falls Accident At Stinsons Falls
Keith Hammon, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hammon of Falkville, died at the Veterans hospital in Nashville from injuries after diving off a high bank at Stinsons Falls and striking a submerged rock. Funeral at Friendship church near Brooksville with Peck directing. Survivors include parents, five sisters and six brothers.
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J. D. Hammon
Falkville
Veterans Hospital
Nashville
Stinson’s Falls
Cold Springs
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Friendship Church
Brooksville
Peck
Falkville 1
Ollie Moore
Dorothy Ratliff
Helen Sims
Gladys Wallace
Stella Livingston
James
John D
Eugene
Kenneth
Corder
Carl Hammon
Buckshot Found In Peas Forces Cannery Closure
In Walla Walla Washington a cannery found buckshot in canned peas. Officials dumped the pack as the incident followed the state trapshoot tournament held nearby last week in a 20 acre pea field.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Methodist campus leadership training draws 250 students
Winnie Fay Roberts of Hartselle joins 250 Methodist Student Movement delegates at Lake Junaluska for a 10 day leadership conference with the theme Witnessing for Christ on the Campus. Other items note births and hospital admissions in Decatur and surrounding areas.
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Page - Winnie Fay Roberts
Hartselle
Ala
Berea College
Berea
Lake Junaluska
Witnessing For Christ
Methodist Student Movement
Nothing Unlucky About Friday the 13th Birthday Cheer
Guynelle Smith celebrated turning 18 on Friday the 13th in Talladega with a party attended by 13 friends. Her mother Roxie Mae Smith, a local high school teacher, said the day held good luck rather than misfortune.
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Talladega
Guynelle Smith
Guynelle
Roxie Mae Smith
Talladega High School
Area Weekend Noted as Quiet Start Across Counties
Sheriff offices in Cullman Moulton Athens and Decatur report a quiet opening to the weekend with 13 arrests through Saturday night. Most were for public drunkenness. one each for reckless driving and non support.
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Cullman
Moulton
Athens
Decatur
Drunk Driving Warning From Gadsden Judge Motley Jr
Judge George D. Motley Jr denounces drunk driving and teen showoffs in Gadsden. He vows not to reduce any driving while intoxicated charges to reckless driving and orders highway patrol to review licenses of reckless young drivers. The warning follows Governor Persons call to curb highway deaths.
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Etowah
George D. Motley Jr
Motley
Court of Appeals of Alabama
Xxx
Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Gordon Persons
Alabamians Top Skeet Shooters
In Biloxi Mississippi on June 14 Jack Lovett Jr. of Montgomery won the small bore event by a 24 23 shoot off over C K Eckhardt while L G Adams of Mobile captured the 20 gauge firing with 74 of 75 targets. Lovett later beat Reed Kuljis and Link in a shoot off to take class A 20 gauge. All gauge competition continues tomorrow.
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Miss
Jack Lovett Jr
Montgomery
L. G. Adams
Mobile
Gulf States
Lovett
C. K. Eckhardt
Pensacola
Fla
Adams
New Orleans
J. D. Reed
Houston
Tex
Joseph Kuljis
Bill Link
Jackson
Weather War in Washington Clouds Battle Over Rain
Cloud formations are reportedly bombarded daily near Yakima and Wenatchee by opposing campaigns funded by wheat growers seeking rain and fruit farmers wanting dryness. Newspapers say a preliminary victory went to the wet side as rain could affect ripening cherries and other soft fruits during harvest.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington
Wenatchee
Red
Ozark Warehouse Destroyed By Fire
Fire destroyed a warehouse owned by Mayor Douglas Brown in Ozark on June 14, damaging property and prompting investigation. Firefighters battled the blaze as a crowd gathered, with authorities reviewing the cause and extent of the damage.
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Ozark
Douglas Brown
Benefits Of SS Must Be Sought
Social security headquarters warns that those entitled to the higher pension after July 1 should apply later in the year to receive the maximum. Congress raised pensions to as high as 80 dollars a month for those who earned 3 600 annually and worked six quarters in a covered job, with a six month lag before full $80 is paid unless a recomputation is requested within six months.
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Washington
Social Security
Congress
Jones
Social Security Headquart
Officer Feels Shark Moving Under His Raft
Ensign Eugene Lewis, 22, bailed from a plane at 7000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico early Monday and floated on a raft for 50 hours before being picked up by the tanker Sinclair. He recalled a shark swimming beneath the raft and sunburn as his worst discomfort while two ships and two planes missed him. He trained from Macon, Georgia to Boca Chica, Florida when the ditch occurred.
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Houston
Tex
Eugene Lewis
Gulf of Mexico
Lewis
Macon
Boca Chica
Fla
Language Spelling Variants Reflected in Older English Texts
The note observes that historic English usage showed multiple spellings for many words. It highlights how standardization is a relatively recent development and that reputable writers once favored flexible orthography.
Water From Sea Bottom Springs Anew In Gulf
A report notes that in the Persian Gulf sources drill or pump to obtain fresh water from submarine springs. The technique taps large fresh water reservoirs beneath the sea floor, providing a potential new supply for arid coastal regions.
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Persian Gulf
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