New Electronic Devices To Be Shown Airmen
The Civil Aeronautics Administration will present a series of demonstrations at its Indianapolis experimental station from November 8 to 23. Officials will show omnirange operations DME and a computer like electronic brain, ILS, GCR precision beams, surveillance radar, approach lights, and lightweight VHF transmitters for small planes. The program, part of a two phase plan, aims to ensure all weather navigation for military and civilian use and cost over a billion dollars.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Army
All Weather Airways
United States
CAA
Wildlife Service expands flyway biologist staff in east
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service enlarges its flyway biologist corps from four to eleven to boost migratory bird management. An aircraft is assigned to each flyway, with teams covering Atlantic, migratory marsh, and upland game birds across states from Maine to Florida and inland regions.
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Wildlife Service
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Fish and Wildlife Service
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Newburyport
Boston
Mass
Quebec
Martime
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
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Delaware
Virginia
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South Carolina
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Florida
West Indies
Harold Peters
Charleston
S. C
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Barbara Lowe Wins Honor At Winthrop
ROCK HILL November 8 U S Ann Davis of North Augusta has been elevated from temporary freshman class chairman to Presidency for the 1948 49 year at Winthrop college. Barbara Lowe of High Point North Carolina named vice president. Lucile Nelson Greenwood secretary. Betty Jean Barber Columbia treasurer. Freshman Senate representatives Winthrop Christian association and class cheerleaders and pianist will be elected soon.
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Rock Hill
Ann Davis
North Augusta
Winthrop College
Barbara Lowe
High Point
N. C
Lucile Nelson
Greenwood
Betty Jean Barber
Columbia
Senate
Winthrop Christian Association
Penicillin Progress in Venereal Disease Treatment
Duke University medical symposium reports penicillin greatly reduces the severity of gonorrhea and prevents prenatal syphilis in babies born to infected mothers. Experts note no single cure test yet and emphasize ongoing work to understand how penicillin works. Several hundred doctors from four states attended the three day meeting sponsored by Duke University of Medicine and Duke Hospital.
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Durham
Duke University
J. E. Moore
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Duke University of Medicine
Duke Hospital
Walt Whitman Autopsy Details Revealed By Duke Doctor
Duke medical professor Dr Josiah C Trent reports in Surgery Gynecology and Obstetrics that Whitman suffered pleurisy tuberculosis Brights disease fatty liver gallstones abscesses of bones and brain inflammation after a 1891 Camden New Jersey death His article includes five photographs and follows earlier national recognition in 1944 of his medical book collection.
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Durham
Duke School of Medicine
Walt Whitman
Josiah C. Trent
Trent
Whitman
Camden
N. J
Bright
Free political book offered at Powell Street bookstore
A San Francisco Powell Street bookstore distributed a $2.50 book free to the public on November 8. The title How To Predict Elections was offered at no charge to readers.
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San Francisco
Powell Street
Open House Set At Junior High School Tonight
American Education week is observed citywide with tonight's open house at Junior High School starting at 7 30. Superintendent Charles Carroll will discuss the state school commission report during the main program. Parents may inspect classrooms, meet teachers and the principal.
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Charles Carroll
State School Commission
Carroll
Parent Teachers Association
Recreation Staff Plans to Attend Greensboro Meet
Four members of the city recreation department will attend the fourth annual conference of the North Carolina Recreational Society in Greensboro starting Wednesday. The three day meeting runs through Friday with Shore Neal, Hubert Henderson, Evelyn McNeely, and J. J. Ellington listed among attendees and local advisory committee members Brooks Reitze also noted.
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North Carolina Recreational Society
Greensboro
Recreation Department
Shore Neal
Hubert Henderson
Evelyn McNeely
J. J.ellington
Brooks Reitze
North Carolina Recreation Commission
Goat jailed after escapes from Patrolman Panado home
In Clean, New York, Patrolman John Panado reports a pet goat captured after two escapes from his residence. The animal was detained by fellow officers following the incidents.
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N. Y
John Panado
Panado
Statewide progress in war on infant mortality
Dr. Stuart H. Clifford of Harvard Medical School reported at Duke University during the Eleventh Annual Medical Symposium that North Carolina has cut infant deaths to 37.3 per 1000 live births though still above the national 33.8. He noted neonatal death in the first month accounts for over half of infant mortality and prematurity causes over half of deaths. The speaker outlined a threefold plan with improved facilities and staff, revised obstetric methods, and a stronger pediatric program to reduce prematurity and improve initial care.
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North Carolin
Stuart H. Clifford
Harvard Medical School
Duke University
Clifford
North Carolina
North Carolina State Board of Health
Children's Bureau
Dillford
Duke Hospital
Feebleminded Parents Warned to Protect Children in NC
Dr Clarence J Gamble told the North Carolina Human Betterment League meeting that about 1700 North Carolina babies are born yearly to feebleminded parents with 26 in Davidson County. He noted the state law allows sterilization to prevent parenthood and urged public acceptance of the procedure.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Clarence J. Gamble
Human Betterment League of North Carolina
Davidson County
Gamble
League
Dr. Gamble
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Dr Gamble
Heart Attack Takes Life Of John D Sink
John David Sink aged 45 publisher of the Lexington Dispatch died last night of a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at his home. A Trinity College graduate, Sink led civic groups and politics, succeeding his father as publisher in 1939. Survivors include his widow two daughters his mother four brothers and two sisters.
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Lexington
John David Sink
Lexington Dispatch
Sink
Fred
Davidson County Young Democrats
County Board of Elections
Kirksey
Paige
Mary Cecil Sink
Robert F. Sink
USA
Charles C. Sink
Joe S. Sink
Fred O. Sink
Daphne Rose
Robert Philpot
Police Dog Steals Milk in Jamestown
Patrolman James O'Brien witnessed a police dog steal a quart of milk from a neighbor's home on November 8. The dog carried the bottle to a nearby lot, removed the cap and drank it. The officer saw no arrest was made, noting there was little sense in arresting a police dog.
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Jamestown
N. Y
James O'Brien
O'Brien
Milton eugenicist urges state aid for children
Dr. Gamble a Milton Massachusetts physician and longtime medical consultant for the Human Betterment League advocates a similar protective provision for the next generation. He stresses the law should shield children and cites the benefits of scientific approaches to public welfare.
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Gamble
Milton
Mass
Human Betterment League
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