Central Earth May Be Compressed Gas Core
AP News reports astronomer editor Sky and Teles proposes the earth’s center is compressed gas rather than nickel iron. South African author R B Borcherds argues the core contains surface minerals, with extreme pressures and temperatures up to 190 000 Fahrenheit at 1800 miles deep and 25 000 tons per square inch at the center. Oxygen as heavy as lead and hydrogen density near one thousandth of a cubic foot are cited.
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AP News
New York
Sky and Telescope
Astronomical Magazine
R. B. Borcherds
South Africa
Borcherds
Borcherdi
Earth
Appeasement Dangerous, Eden’s Stand Highlighted by Analyst
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt Mackenzie revisits Anthony Eden, tracing his rise from prodigy to foreign secretary who resigned over appeasement. The piece emphasizes Eden’s conscience, leadership, and warning that appeasement remains perilous, citing Churchill era praise and Eden’s enduring influence.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Anthony Eden
Eden
Eton
Oxford
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Mresolini
League of Nations
Duce
Rome
Ethiopia
League
Italy
Berlin
Real Postwar Boom In Jingle and Box Top Contests
A postwar boom in jingle and box top contests offers large cash prizes and goods. Advertisements promise prizes from $25,000 cash to cars, mink coats, radios, and homes. Contests attract scrutiny from federal agencies to ensure impartial judging and avoid ill will. Contestants submit entries with box tops, aiding sponsor sales and possible product feedback. Uncle Sam taxes winnings as income. New York City first used traffic signals in 1918.
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New York
Jreasons
Federal Trade Commission
Uncle Sam
Virus Pneumonia and Its Challenge to Health
A 1948 style health column describes virus pneumonia as an increasingly common illness, its milder onset, diagnostic clues from fever and X rays, and limited effectiveness of penicillin and sulfonamides. Emphasis on rest, nutrition, and gradual recovery with convalescent caution and need for more study.
North Carolina Alcohol Sales Rise in 1947 Report
Raleigh February 4 the state board reports 1947 liquor store sales totaling 41 053 234 with Durham 4 788 085 Wake 4 461 382 and new white stores in Mecklenburg Franklinton and Louisburg adding 3 219 293. County totals show varied gains and losses from 1946 with several counties listed. Kansas Mississippi and Oklahoma remain the three dry states.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board
Durham County
Wake
M. Burg County
Mecklenburg
Franklinton
Louisburg
ABC
Beaufort
Bertle
Carteret
Chowan
Craven
Cumberland
Dare
Edgecombe
Greene
Halifax
Lenoir
Martin
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Onslow
Pasquotank
Pitt
Tyrrell
Vance
Warren
Washington
Wilson
Franklington
Low
Asheville
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Dr. Caldwell
William Lash
Eileen
Willoughby
Ohio
Bataan
WAC
Chagrin River
Eden Black
Chamberlain
Poland
Britain
Dominions
Churchill
House of Commons
England
Socialist Party
Packard
Guilford Motor Corp
N. Wrenn St
High Point, N. C
New York City
Scott
Amerika
R. J. Scott
Herman N. Bundesen
MND
Store Syndicate
Fme.t
Kansas
Mississippi
And
Ollerhoma
Dry States
Union
Teemers
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