Swiss Navy on Lakes Guards Frontier Areas
Switzerland has created a regular Swiss Navy built from speedboats patrolling large lakes to deter foreign incursions by rubber boats or planes. Trained on lakes like Lucerne, Thun and Splez, crews are drawn from the army and home guard, wearing green gray uniforms, with anti tank guns and machine guns aboard each craft. Private speedboats would be requisitioned in wartime to bolster patrols and potential offensives.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Lucerny
Thun
Splez
Ater
Bruanen
Mac Wents
School Has Furnace Which Burns Smoke
The University of Illinois uses a home coal furnace that burns its own smoke. The U shaped furnace draws draft downward through the coal, causing volatile gases to form and then rise to burn as fresh air feeds the process. This design enables low grade fuels to burn where anti smoke rules apply.
Toynbee to Finish History Study Earlier Than Expected
Arnold J. Toynbee, long at work on his monumental Study of History, indicates he may complete the project sooner than his 1052 initial estimate. The author’s time frame suggests a closer completion date within the coming period.
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London
Arnold J. Toynbee
Leves
Powerful searchlights and radios on armed transports
The transports are built to carry regular army units and supplies. The waterways might, under certain circumstances, remain the only means of communication, once the roads and railroads along the steep shores of some lakes would have been blown up to slow down the enemy's advance.
Workmen uncover four churches buried under Malines ruins
MALINES Belgium AP Workmen clearing V-1 bomb ruins unearthed four churches built on the same site Saint Lambert Muizen lamithes The first church dates from the 8th century the second from the mid 11th century the third shows Gothic features with 1772 extension and the fourth was the former Saint Lambert church Tombs with skeletons were found among the ruins.
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Malines
Belgium
Alte
Saint Lambert
Muizen-laz Maithes
Saint-Lambert
Scientists Study Nerve Cell Learning at Illinois Tech
CHICAGO UP A husband wife research team at Illinois Institute of Technology reports progress on nerve cell learning. Dr Phil S Shurenger and Harriet Shurenger measure learning rates in a single nerve cell with dogs. They aim to study hearing in a spinal cell and relate findings to broader behavior with a $5,000 grant from U S Public Health Service. The US Military Academy dates back to 1802.
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Chicago
Phil S. Shurenger
Harriett
Illinois Institute of “Technology
Thei. U. & Public Health Service
Ope
Apstonians Preserve Literary Traditions at Club of Odd Volumes
Few Boston residents know the Club of Odd Volumes on Mount Vernon Street, Beacon Hill. The books lovers meet weekly for luncheons and monthly dinners, aiding members in completing their collections of favored authors and works.
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Sostoqn
Mount Vernon Street
Beacon Hill
Missionary entries rise in Japan after war
AP reports U.S. Occupation estimates show Chugilan missionaries approved for entry into Japan numbered 315 for the first nine months of 1949, while major denominations have gained about 93,000 members in the past year. Chaplains served Army personnel during World War II.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
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