Radium's journey from discovery to cancer treatment
The narrative covers the Curies isolating radium in 1898, its disruptive impact on atomic theory, and Becquerel's lab accident revealing its burns. It notes radium's modern use in cancer therapy, market history from $150,000 per gram to $10–$20 thousand, and a brief scanned Q&A on hypertensive heart and enlarged liver with diet and digitalis guidance.
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Professor Becquerel
Curies
Colorado
Utah
Pennsylvania
Belgian Congo
Great Lake
Arctic Circle
North Carolina and South Carolina Warmer with Frost Tonight
North Carolina shows slightly warmer this afternoon with a drop in chill tonight and Tuesday forenoon. Light to heavy frost possible tonight. South Carolina likewise warmer this afternoon and not as cold tonight and Tuesday forenoon with light scattered frost tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Fragmented Editorial Snippets From The Page
A collage of brief quotes and name fragments appears on the page with references to Hitler one world, Italy roads, and various authors. The text includes fragmented phrases about luminous escapes of thought and a village sleep window scene, ending with assorted aphorisms.
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E. Cuneo
Hitler
H. Klurfeld
Duce
Italy
E. Gilligan
H. Braun
Confucius
Anon
Warren Warns on New War Regulations and Fraud Risks
A government hearing features Warren criticizing new war regulations as enabling fraud and excessive contractor generosity. He claims the rules permit cover ups and invite improper payments, citing $356,166 in recoveries for substandard materials.
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Warren
General A
British Attack Jap Held Towns On Burma Coast
British troops attacked the Japanese held town of Maungdaw on the Burma coast as RAF dive bombers and Hurricanes hit enemy positions in the area. Beaufighters targeted supply lines, American Mitchell bombers sank ships at Katha and hit an air field at Bhamo, and bombers pressed on at Nabu junction despite weather.
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New Delhi
Maungdaw
Burma
RAF
U. S
Tenth Air Force
Katha
Irrawaddy River
Mandalay
Bhamo
Nabu Junction
Yank Planes Dominate Enemy Airforce Four To One
An OWI report credits American army and navy air forces with a four to one or better advantage over Axis aircraft. From Dec 7 1941 to Sept 1 1943 Army planes destroyed about four Axis planes per American loss. Navy claims four to five. Six months March–September saw enemy planes down by over two and a half times the previous 15 months.
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Washington
Ome of War Information
OWI
Navy
United States
Bng
Aioce
OWL
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Japan
Claire L. Chennault
China
Young Vestal Child Dies In Auto Crash
Charlotte report lists multiple fatal or serious incidents across North Carolina. Ten deaths cited include 15 month old William Ray Vestal from High Point injured fatally in an auto collision near Newton, plus several other victims from accidents and a rock slide at Fontana dam.
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Vestal
Charlotte
Carolina
William Ray Vestal
Claude B. Vestal
High Point
Newton
Ernest L. Bowers
Morganton
Auburn Glenn Farris, Jr
Oak Ridge Military Institute
W. J. Chandler
Lonnie Curlee
Mecklenburg County
Tommy Andrews
Chadbourn
Jane Dew
Hallsboro
Vonnie Curlee
Anson County
J. William Bartlett
North Fork
Buncombe County
George F. Baier
Fontana Dam
David Welch
Birdtown
Morgan French
Big Cove
Timpson Taylor
Shipyard and Coal Workers Return to Work in Nation
Thousands of Cramp Shipbuilding day-shift workers resume production after a six-day truce following a three-day stoppage as the union seeks a Senate Truman committee inquiry. In Indiana, only a minority return to King's mine at Princeton Mining with optimism that all 17 closed shafts will reopen by tomorrow morning per state observers.
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Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Senate
Truman Committee
Indiana
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
King's Mine
Princeton Mining Company
Thomas R. Hutson
Indianapolis
No Slesta incident at Indiantown Gap barracks
At Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania Pvt Lela Murray’s 2 10 a m alarm prompted all WACs to wake then return to bed. Pvt Mildred Williams had set the clock for an afternoon nap and failed to reset it.
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Slesta
Indiantown Gap
Pvt
Lela Murray
Mildred Williams
Meek Inherits Lemon Tree After Two Decades
Mrs. Sarah Austin planted a lemon tree in Salt Lake City twenty years ago and cared for it through many cold nights. It finally produced ten lemons, rewarding her patience and devotion.
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Salt Lake City
Sarah Austin
Flight of the Clippers Manager Strand Over Lost Teeth
Shelby Montana reports a bizarre incident as Big Louie Hillebrand grabbed and dropped his teeth into a flume used for floatation of sugar beets. Two days later workers recovered the teeth at the refinery pickup tables embedded in a beet, a curious accident at the sugar plant.
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Shelby
Mont
Big Louie’ Hillebrand
Allied advance along Volturno front amid heavy German resistance
British Eighth Army patrols kept contact with enemy as resistance intensified along the Termoli Vinchiaturo road. German counterattacks, fortified on the Massico ridge, signaled a bitter fight ahead, while engineers fortified bridge links and Allied air forces hammered targets across the Mediterranean.
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Guglonesi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Termoli- Vinchiaturo Road
Clark
Garigliano
Volturno
Gaeta
Pescara
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Voltturno
Middle East
Maritza
Rhodes
Cos Harbor
Dodecanese
Syros
Aegean
Rome
Alife
Capua
Ancona
Termoli
William R Graves Dies Near Cedrow After Illness
William Richard Graves 76 died Sunday morning at his home near Cedrow route one after several months illness. He was twice married. his first wife Elma Cox preceded him in death. Surviving are his second wife Mary Ann Lowdermilk, two brothers D R Graves Cedrow route one and Sammie Graves of Pisgah, two sisters Roxanna Garner and Emeline Williams Asheboro route three. Funeral Tuesday at three at the home with interment in Fairgrove Cemetery.
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Asheboro
William Richard Graves
Randolph
Martha’ Parks Graves
Cedrow
Route One
Elma Cox
Mary Ann Lowdermilk
D. R. Graves
Sammie Graves
Pisgah
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