Franco Spain Drives for Good Will in US
In Washington the Spanish Embassy launches a social and propaganda campaign to win 90 percent will toward Franco Spain. A New York PR firm and Washington counsel target influential figures to gain friendship, seeking NATO entry, UN lift on censure, restored relations, and a large loan. Ambassador Lequerica, inspector of embassies, accelerates Franco’s diplomatic push amid a reshaped embassy staff and GOP concessions.
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United Wapons General Assembly
Madrid
Spain
Chase National Bank
Hig
United Nations
Russia
Washington
Jose Felix de Sequerica
U. S
Norman Amour
Senor
Don German Bavaibar
Lequerica
Franco
Vicy
France
Dewe
New York
Andrew Gahagan
Charles Patrick Clark
Don Pablo Merry del Val
Clark
Department of Justice
Political Scientists Urge Revision Of Structure Of Parties
A select committee of the American Political Science Association studies a new organization scheme for U S political parties. Proposals aim to boost responsibility and cohesion, tighten platforms, and hold leaders to promises with mid term conventions and reformed national councils.
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Washington
NEA
U. S
American ‘Political Science Association
U.S
A. P. &. A. Committee On
Elmer E. Schattscheneider
Connecticut
Wesleyan University
Congress
Senate House
Georgetown Law honor man served as counsel on committees
Georgetown University Law School honors a man who served as counsel on multiple congressional committees. He was the first counsel for the Senate War Investigating Committee before Hugh Fulton became chief counsel. He served in the Army from 1942 to war’s end, then returned to Washington to practice. He has kept active, meeting many congressmen and hosting Wednesday evening soirees to discuss the Spanish cause, inviting up to 20 guests to the Spanish Embassy for dinners, and planning junkets for congressmen and labor leaders.
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Georgetown University Law School
Senate
Hugh Fulton
Clark
Washington
United States
Spain
Machine Helps Bureau Forecast River Floods
The U S Weather Bureau devised an electronic flood forecaster called an analog with two potentiometer sensors. It predicts river heights and crest progression, reducing manual calculation time. The device simulates river beds with adjustable condensers and resistors and uses upstream water level to drive electricity proportional to crest size.
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Washington
NEA
U. S. Weather Bureau
Political science study fuels debate on party control and terms
A study proposes National Council approval of Senate and House committee memberships to tighten party policy control. It rekindles Hatch's four year terms, a Norris idea, and reflects growing discontent with current political responsibility. Critics fear bossism and imitation of party discipline amid broader reform talk.
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Senate
House
National Council
Carl Hatch
Congress
Sen
George Norris
Nebraska
United States
New River Flow Model Uses Analog Electronics
The Weather Bureau’s new analog device, devised by Ray K Linsley with M Kohler and L W Fosket, translates river flow into a high crest forecast. It stores electric charge like water in a channel, governed by the same equation, and a pilot model exists with full deployment planned later this year.
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Ray K. Linsley
M.&. Kohler
L. W. Fosket
Weather Bureau
Market For Librarians Reported Wide Open
Norman Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma librarian program director J L Rader says the nation has about 18 000 unfilled librarian positions with demand from petroleum firms government agencies other colleges Library of Congress United Nations and reformatories. Only about five percent of the
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
J. L. Rader
University of Oklahoma School of Library Science
United States
Rader
Library of Congress
United Nations
Early river sensor model slated for trials
A first working model will be tested on the Potomac River with subsequent units planned for Cincinnati Kansas City St. Louis Tulsa and other cities as needed. The pre model cost about $2000 to build.
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Cincinnati
Kansas
Uie
St. Louis
Tulsa
Demand Can Be Filled at Present Reader Calls
A brief item notes that demand can be filled at present as a reader calls in.
Theaters Taboo Laws in Early Massachusetts
In 1730 Massachusetts banned all theatrical entertainment and in 1739 that ban carried a fine of 29 pounds for violation. The penalties show strict colonial control of public amusements and reflect legal limits on cultural life in early New England.
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Massachusetts
Umbrellas of asbestos used by German firemen
German firemen employ umbrellas made of asbestos to shield themselves from fumes issuing from burning structures.
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