Volunteers for Navy V-2 Rocket Test Rides Offer
Volunteers from the United States propose riding in a Navy V-2 rocket to study high altitude flight. Dr. T J Killian and other scientists say no reservations are being made yet while considering deceleration methods to keep a human alive during the nine minute flight. The Navy aims to test bigger rockets and the Neptune concept with a potential 200 mile altitude next year.
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Navy
T. J. Killian
Office of Naval Research
ONR
Ing
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Killian
Urner Liddel
E. R. Piore
Three Days Cough Warns of Danger and Creomulsion Promise
The ad warns a persistent three days cough signals danger and risks of chronic bronchitis if untreated. It touts Creomulsion as a non narcotic remedy that reaches the lungs to loosen phlegm and heal inflamed membranes, offering money back if relief isn’t quick.
Vandenberg May Pull Out Of Big Race
Washington dispatch reports Senator Vandenberg likely to announce he will not seek Michigan backing as president. A New Year letter to party leaders could spur a Republican scramble in Michigan for other candidates led by Dewey Taft Stassen and possible others who have worked quietly for rival bids. The move would clear the field for open competition at the Philadelphia nominating convention.
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Vandenberg
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Michigan Republican Organization
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Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Panama
United States
Republic of Panama
Panamanian Assembly
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Republic
Governor Cherry unlikely to call extra session says forecasts remote
In Raleigh on December 31 reports note petitions from several school groups and requests from at least two lawmakers for a special session. Rumors tied former Governor J M Broughton to the effort to lend prestige to a bid for the U S Senate. Governor Cherry argues a special session before the 30 is extremely unlikely and would be foolish.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
J. M. Broughton
U. S. Senate
Cherry
Hhe
Possible Special Session on State Salaries in NC
Lawmakers may wait for income tax receipts and fiscal year end results to decide on salaries and appropriations. If revenues rise and costs grow, no relief may be enacted. a July or August special session could occur. Also notes that the American linden is America's favorite honey tree for bees.
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Congress
North Carolina
Assembly
America
Sea Level Panama Canal Proposed Amid Atomic Age Debate
Brig. Gen. Mehaffey urges converting the canal to sea level arguing a sea level route would be harder to destroy with an atom bomb. The piece traces the canal’s history from French era plans to U S decisions and questions the cost and timing of a sea level alternative.
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Washington
J. C. Mehaffey
Canal Zone
Truman
Congress
Panama Canal
United States
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps
Panama
Count de Lesseps
Colombia
Isthmus
Isthmian Canal Commission
Atlantic
Pacific
Western Hemisphere
Four Guilford Residents Return From Farm Bureau Meeting
Four Guilford county residents returned from the American Farm Bureau’s 29th annual meeting in Chicago. They joined 157 travelers by special train and attended commodity conferences while urging government price supports at 60 to 90 percent of parity.
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Guilford County
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
R. Flake Shaw
Irby Walker
E. P. Sharpé
Eva Saleeby
Greensboro
Prisoners Given Guns for Rabbit Hunting Experiment
In Car nesville Georgia Sheriff T W Andrews of Franklin County rewards good conduct by arming six short term prisoners for rabbit hunting. The program included bailments to poste mearalei and a rabbit meal for the county prison table.
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Carnesville
T. W. Andrews
Franklin County
Bailetts
Saturday Date Set For Pest War On Starr Anderson Highway
A stick rock and dog rabbit hunt to curb agricultural pests is planned on the Starr Anderson highway a mile south of Gluck Mill this Saturday. No firearms or head-hitting with rocks or sticks will be allowed. About 75 participated last year, with expectations for a larger crowd this year. County Game Warden W Campbell urged all to join.
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Campbell
Negro to learn fate today in death row case
Governor Cherry was expected to announce whether he will intervene for Frank Black a 46 year old Black man condemned to die Friday in the state gas chamber. Black was convicted last October in Lenoir county for the slaying of William Lester Corey a Kinston taxi driver.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Frank Black
Black
Lenoir
William Lester Corey
Kinston
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