First Radar Set Produced In Five Fast Months At Naval Lab
In the 1930s at the U S Naval Research Laboratory scientists led by Robert M Page and Robert C Guthrie developed radar detection as an ashore and sea based tool. After funding and sea trials on destroyer Leary and battleship New York the team demonstrated long range plane detection and began commercial prototype work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Research Laboratory
Robert M. Page
Robert C. Guthrie
Page
Taylor
Guthrie
Potomac River
Naval Proving Ground
Dahlgren
Washington
Navy
Bureau of Engineering
Harold G. Bowen
Bowen
H. R. Greenlee
Greenlee
Rep
Scrugham
Nevada
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Capitol
Jim Shrugham
Jim
Shrugham
NRL
Laboratory
Congress
Hollis N. Cooley
Cooley
Navy Department
Congressional
Leary
Claude Cleeton
University of Michigan
L. R. Philpott
University of Idaho
John P. Hagen
Connecticut Wesleyan
Philpott
Hagen
Cleeton
Gebhard
H. E. Reppert
A. A. Varela
I. H. Page
E. L. Luke
New York
Bombing of Macassar Relentless as Japanese Holdouts Face Allied Strike
Allied Liberator raid from Australia hit Macassar in Dutch Celebes, dropping 38 tons for the first time since Java. Two-way 2000 mile daylight mission damaged a Japanese cruiser and cargo ship, started dock fires, with only one bomber lost and the defender’s fighter crash noted. Ground action from Lababia ridge near Mubo and Salamau, New Guinea, repelled the Japanese third time in a row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Spencer
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Macassar
Dutch Celebes
Japan
Java
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
Hawaii
Liberators
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Lababia Ridge
Mubo
Salamau
New Guinea
Pioneer Conference at Peace Junior College Attends 100 Delegates
Over 100 delegates attend the Pioneer Conference of the Orange Presbytery at Peace Junior College in Raleigh. Rev. S. W. DuBose of Hillsboro directs the event, which concludes tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Pioneer Conference
The
Orange Presbytery
Peace Junior College
Martin H. Rawlyns Named Acting Collector in NC District
Martin H. Rawlyns of Washington is named acting collector of customs for the North Carolina district succeeding Lieut. Edward C. Sneed who has entered active navy service. Blue eyes in a white cat are said to indicate possible hearing loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Martin H. Rawlyns
Washington
North Carolina District
Edward C Sneed
Nightly Radio Schedule June 24 1942 War Era
Radio lineup listing program times and shows for Eastern War Time including news, serials, music, and comedy from 6:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. with stations CBS NBC and various entertainers and war programming.
Two Men Resign Posts In State Revenue Unit
GREENSBORO June 24 Felix A Alley Jr of Waynesville NC and Alvah Early of Ahoskie NC resign from the Internal Revenue Service Greensboro field division. Collector Charles H Robertson announced the resignations effective last Monday with no stated reasons. Early said he was moving to other work. Alley became assistant collector May 1 1941 and Early joined February 1 1942.
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Greensboro
Felix A. Alley, Jr
Waynesville
Internal Revenue of
North Carolina
L and
Alvah Early
Ahoskie
Charles H. Robertson
Alley
Early
Hail and heavy rains cause crop damage in Robeson County
In Robeson County northeastern section farmers report hail and heavy rains Tuesday night damaging crops with losses estimated at several thousand dollars.
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Lumberton
Robeson County
Twin City Flier Dies In Crash
Five crew members of a Flying Fortress were killed when the bomber crashed on an island in the Mississippi River near Dyersburg Tennessee. Among the victims was 2nd Lt. James M. Odregaard 23 whose wife lives at 744 Arbor Road Winston Salem North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersburg
Tenn
Mississippi River
James M. Odregaard
Arbor Road
Winston-Salem
N. C
Terrapin Markings Surface Near Winston-Salem
A terrapin marked in 1913 by P. A. Transou reappeared near Mrs. Carl Harris’s home this week. The markings remained clear as the aged reptile was found alive and well. In Wilson, a lumber fire destroyed the Stantonsburg Lumber Company plant early Wednesday with no insurance and unknown losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
P. A. Transou
Carl Harris
Wilson
Stantonsburg Lumber Company
Stantonsburg
Here
Wilson Fire Department
Weather, Health, and Morale in Wartime Conditions
Weather affects health and morale by shaping germs’ surroundings and the body’s responses. Temperature, humidity, air motion, and pressure influence comfort, circulation, and disease spread, with 65 percent humidity ideal and 1–3 mph air motion cooling the skin while carrying bacteria.
Slaying Case: Tiffany Pinkerton Held Without Bond
A coroner's jury in Weldon ordered Tiffany Pinkerton, 40, held without bond on murder charges in the rifle slaying of Ernest Riddle, 42, who died after a statement linked Pinkerton to the shooting in Roanoke Rapids hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon
Tiffany Pinkerton
Ernest Riddle
Riddle
Roanoke Rapids
Pinkerton
Radio Schedule The June 24 1943 Broadcast Lineup
Thursday schedule lists WSIS programs from noon to 11:45 pm with shows like The Guiding Light Ma Perkins Pepper Young's Family and The Rudy Vallee Show plus news segments and musical features. Friday morning listings include The Eye Opener Do You Remember News of the World and Road of Life with various hosts and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jack Armstrong
Chicago Dance Orchestra
Cbs
Basic Highway Patrol
Farrell
Captain Midnight
Shrednik
Nbe
Henry Taylor
Quincy Howe
Olga Coelho
Cbs West
Mbs
The
Three Sisters
Charlotte Deeble
Orchest
John B. Kennedy
Cbs-Ban
Bill Stern
Nbce
Lowell Thomason
Midnight
Fred Waring
Nbc
Art. Hale
Wor
Wibr
Wjej
Kfye
Kaltenborn
Abc-Weeat
Keen
Cbe-Baste Dancing Music Orchestra
ebe-Dixie
Arthur Hale
Panny Brice
F. Morgan
Nix Kart Godwin
Biu
Mary Astor
Variety
Cbe
Mbhs
Henry Aldrich
Cbbe
Dixie
Chs
Bing Crosby
Music Hall
Bowes
Gabriel Heatter
Mbe
Dancing Music Orchestra
Rudy Vallee
Joan Davis
Cbs-Basic
cbs-Dixie Harmony Hall
Harry Wismer
Garry Moore
Jim Durante
Raymond Gram Swing
U. S. Navy
Che
Gracie Fields
Bii
Air Force
Paul Schubert
Bob Tucker
Mbr
Nbe-East
Nbe-West
Dick Todd
Carey Longmire
Light of the World
Lonely Women
Guiding Light
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Alice Cornell
Portia
Life
Sundown
Musto Shrednich
Orchestra
News of the World
Soldiers of the Press
Wer
Aldrich
Ewaneers
Gary Mooree
Jimmy Duragte
Esso
Piedmont Farm
Beso
Also Mentioned on This Page
John M. Hightower
Leo C. Young
Louis Aichard
Louis A. Gebhard
Matthew H. Schrenk
Rosalind Russell
Fred Macmurray
Cartoon & News
Roy Rogers
King OF the Cowboys
Smiley Burnette
of Las
Rena
Coney Island
Betty Grable
George Montgomery
Rialto A
Greer Garson
Mrs. Miniver
Pittsburgh
Marlene Dietrich
Randolph Scott
John Wayne
Walt Disney
Pluto
Moone
Moore
Eney
State Theatre
Alice Faye
John Payne
Jack Oakie
Lynn Bari
Frisco
Utah
Poste
America
Goney Island
Cesar Romero
Phil Sivers
Charles Winninger
Bn Cotton
State Revenue Unit
Twin City
Tara Ull Cti
Canada
P.S
Thomas D. Masters
WSIS
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