Dust and Snow Storms Plague Midwest States
Dust and snow storms swept across western Kansas Oklahoma and parts of Texas with 60 mph winds reducing visibility to 14 miles while a blizzard hindered a bus with eight passengers traveling from Rawlins to Casper Wyoming. Northern California saw dust storms and a levee breach flooded 1900 acres near Corcoran. Weather extended to Illinois Missouri New England and New York with rain and flurries as Bell Laboratories researchers studied a gas chamber made from a pressure cooker for arcing contacts.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Wyoming
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Louis P. Merrill
SCS
Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas Plains
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Casper
Wyo
East
J Central Wyomisterday
Prairie Weorveys
Rawlins
California
Corcoran
Calif
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
St. Louis
New England
New York State
Bell Laboratories
Brooklyn Private Held Over Lieutenant Death at Ft Dix
Pvt Edgar Owens 21 of Brooklyn is held on murder charges after admitting in a signed statement to shooting Lt Richard Davenport 22 of New London Conn during Army training at Ft Dix New Jersey. Initial reports claimed a freak shell accident but autopsy found a .30 caliber rifle bullet caused the death.
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FT. DIX
N. J
Brooklyn
Harry Lapham
Edgar Owens
Richard M. Davenport
New London
Conn
Homer W. Kiefer
Owens
Lapham
Davenport
Stock Market Averages Move Mixed at Noon in New York
New York stocks show varied gains and losses at 1:00 p m EST with American Can and a few others advancing while firms like Douglas Aircraft and Bethlehem Steel slip. Major names including Coca Cola, General Electric, and US Steel appear among the active listings as trading continues.
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New York
American Can
American Car & F
American Sugar
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Aircraft
Borden
Briggs
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich
Gulf Oil
Illinois Central
Interchemical Corp
International Harvester
International Nickel
International T&t
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Kroger Co
Liggett & Myers Tin Lorillard
1 & Nash
Ensanto
Packard
Paramount Pictures
Ensade
Westinghouse Electric
Woolworth
Texan Sells Gravel Gives Away Gold Story
O W Watson of Bowie Texas runs a sand and gravel business north of Bowie on a 271 acre tract. He says every ton of gravel yields about 50 cents worth of gold and fossils. Gold and fossils were uncovered during paving for highway 81. UT geologists tie fossils to dinosaurs from a million years ago with a 99 pound rear leg bone found 15 to 17 feet deep.
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Bowie. Tex
O. W. Watson
Here
Watson
University of Texas
Wart treatment still guesswork
Berkeley UC scientist says no specific wart remedy exists. In trials he reports some cures from an anti wart vaccine and from injections of plain water, plus a non emitting X ray device and operations sometimes showing wart disappearance before surgery. He maintains warts are caused by viruses despite psychiatric theories.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
H. V. Allington
Allington
Eyewitness Says He Slept During Traffic Case
In Detroit Emanuel Cook testified he was asleep beside Hyman Adams who was charged with driving 40 mph in a 10 mph zone. The traffic judge censured the witness for sleeping and Adams received a 10 day sentence.
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Detroit
Hyman Adams
Emanuel Cook
Cook
George T. Murphy
Adams
Waste In Voice of America Scrutiny May Shape Funds
In Washington the top two Senate Permanent Investigating Committee leaders forecast that disclosures of waste in Voice of America operations will influence the amount of money Congress appropriates for the program this year. Secretary Dulles announced the resignation of VOA administrator Wilson S. Compton, stating the move predates the investigation. The session may feature Nancy Lenkeith as a witness. NBC-TV was set to televise coverage. Millions saw Howard Fast decline to reveal his wartime or current Communist status or stance if drafted for Korea.
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Washington
Senate Permanent Investigating Committee
Voice of America
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Appropriations Committee
State Department
John Foster Dulles
the Voice
Wilson S. Compton
Senate
Dulles
Compton
Nancy Lenkeith
Voice
Nbc-Tv
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Peacon
Rose
Vienna
Luziannia
Tomateos
Hormel
Bacon
Gerber
F.F.W
Large Box
van. Wafers
N. Main Street
Bob Vaughn
Mgr
Texan
Howard Fast
United States
Korea
Fast
Office of War Information
Catar
Kiiorong
Cecil
North Main
O. Beck
Thomasville Road
Eatl
Byron Haworth
Shop Penney
Penney’s
Chenille
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