Atomic power promises in distant future for Hiroshima era
A modern science view predicts atomic energy will take decades to harness for homes and industry. Foremost figures like Dr. Vannevar Bush reflect on wartime origins, potential civilian uses, and the safety and economic hurdles of rapid adoption.
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Shrine
Hiroshima
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
F.D.R
White House
Pearl Harbor
Churchill
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
Milking Methods Revised By State College Experts
Dr C D Grinnells veterinary adviser revises milking for the State College Ayrshire herd aligned with Dr George Hopson of New York City. Mastitis control schools under John Arey proceed with plans for five more sessions in North Carolina towns including Newton Asheville Waynesville Charlotte and Concord. Hopson Demonstrates a 24 cow herd milking in 50 minutes with three units as two units run continuously. stall cock upgrades and automation expected to cut walking and milking time. Cloth towels to replace paper towels to aid milk letdown and cows will not be fed during milking.
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Raleigh
C. D. Grinnells
Agricultural Experiment Station
State College Ayrshire
George Hopson
New York City
North Carolina
John Arey
Newton
County Court House
Asheville
Waynesville High School
Waynesville
Charlotte
Concord
Hopson
Ernest Melin
Dan McLeod
Ayrshirea
Ginnells
Milkin
Jstall
Grinnells
New Machine Promises Perfect Pint of Beer
British scientists say a new system ensures beer never goes flat or muddy and a machine will guarantee a full pint every pull. The discovery, funded by brewers, aims to end short measures and improve customer satisfaction across pubs. Mercury lies far beyond us at tens of millions of miles away.
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George Brown
London
INS
Seleon
Nighttime trip to bus terminal sparks wartime peace bid
A narrator plans a late night trip to meet a daughter, retires early, but stays awake after a news broadcast hinting Japan might accept Allied peace terms. The moment stirs mixed emotions as the narrator prepares to listen for confirmation.
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Japan
Atomic Power Explained By Raleigh Man
Raleigh August 14 Dr Joseph W Straley spoke to the Rotary Club on the atomic bomb's power and the science behind it. He traced atom structure, neutron disruption of uranium, and the energy released in fission, noting 14.5 billion calories per gram and comparing with gunpowder dynamite and caseline.
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Raleigh
Joseph W. Straley
Rotary Club
Straley
University of North Carolina
Chadwick
England
Fermi
Italy
Perini
Hahn
Meitner
Strassman
Ferini
Nium
Soap Making Returns To The Farm
State College extension service home economics reports two standard soap recipes one for un cooked soap and one for cooked soap requiring six pounds of fat two pints of water and a can of high test lye to yield about nine pounds. avenues include fat cleaning sweetening rancid fat and a double boiler method with milk to remove strong odors plus a note on farm fire costs totaling about a quarter of a million dollars in the U S daily.
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Rales Au. 14
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Extension Service At
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Extension Service
Raleigh
United States
Ground Crews Support Mustang Skippers in Pacific Theater
Ground crews on Iwo Jima keep the Mustang fighters ready, then celebrate a returning flight with ribbing for the aborted planes. Crew chief Harold Beveridge and armor man Peter Ramnone guard their Mustang Miss French, while Jack Kelsey earns honors for a 9 hour 30 minute flight and a downed-flyer rescue. Magt. Amil V. Wittenberger leads the crew chiefs across the squadron line.
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Red Cross
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Facharanens
Amil V. Wittenberger
Jamestown
Missouri State Highway Department
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Oakland
Calif
Miss French
Peter P. Ramnone
Newark
Jack A. Kelsey
Tampa
Fla
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Kelsey
Lakeland
Und
Yast
Ramnone
Guam
Sunday Plane Drivers Study At Knoxville Institute
The University of Tennessee Institute of Aviation Psychology leads the world’s first effort to identify pilot error and train methods. Using volunteers aged 15 to 60, researchers compare conventional training with a theory under study using 18 planes and in-flight cameras to record instructor and student words and instrument use.
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Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee Institute of Aviation Psychology
Harmon Is Out Of Service Staying Silent
Former All-America halfback Tom Harmon was released from the army air forces as a civilian after nearly four years. He will join wife Elyse Knox and daughter Sharon in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with possible plans to return to radio sports announcing. He did not comment on football prospects.
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Wall Street
Japan
Collier's
Freling Foster
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Telganens
FT. Macarthur
Calif
Tom Harmon
Harmon
Army Air Forces
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China
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Old Bulb Shines Bright After 30 Years In Oregon Trunk
Mr and Mrs D A Ryder traced a trunk moved from Denver to Oregon over 30 years ago. They found an old electric light bulb inside that burned brightly, outshining contemporary bulbs.
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Mcminnville
Ore
D. A. Ryder
Oregon
Denver
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