Guided Missiles Fly In Midtown Manhattan Project
Revealing a hidden Manhattan lab nicknamed Project Cyclone, the Claude Neon REAC tests guided missiles using Reeves Electronic Analog Computer. The Navy sponsored facility simulates flight conditions with hundreds of runs, cutting timelines and costs versus traditional methods, while passersby smell a brewery across the street.
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Richard Kleiner
NEA
New York
Third Avenue
Fort Knox
91St Street
Project Cyclone
Claude Neon, Inc
Reac Reeves
EAC
Navy
Air Force
REAC
Claude, Neon
Claude Neon
Government Employes Pay Boosted
President Truman signed legislation boosting pay for about 1.5 million federal workers including 500,000 postal workers. Postal raises start at 3400 annually for many and up to 800 dollars a year, while white collar staff gain 10 percent to 800 dollars. The package also funds flood relief and civil functions, and tightens parcel post limits and weights across zones.
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Washington
LLP
Truman
Kansas
Missouri
Army Engineers
Columbus Portrait From New Book Sparks Debate
A recently discovered book written twenty years after Christopher Columbus's death presents a controversial and unorthodox depiction. It describes him as large and sharp featured with a long red freckled face, drawing criticism from historians.
Star Proxima Centauri Observations Reported In Australia
University of California astronomer Dr. Gerald E. Kron on leave in Australia reports new measurements of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the solar system. Collaborating from Mt Stromlo Observatory, Kron notes infrared brightness and extreme proximity of Proxima Centauri, about four light years away, one tenth the Sun’s diameter and cool in ordinary light.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Sinehicrate
Kron
Solar System
California
MT. Hamilton
Calif
University of Californnia
Australia
Gerald E. Kron
Lick Observatory
Commonwealth Observatory
Mt. Stromlo
Canberra
Jupiter
Hazen Leads Met Championship Card Play In New York
Metropolitan Championships open in New York with Lee Hazen a noted lawyer and card player among the entrants. The article details Hazen's winning hand in last year's Metropolitan, explaining how he managed to secure the contract and guide his team to victory through strategic play and endgame positioning despite opponents’ diamond and club threats.
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New York
Lee Hazen
Lee
West
Hazen
Dummy
East
Declarer
Dr Max Theiler Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Dr Max Theiler, 52, Rockefeller Foundation researcher, wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a yellow fever vaccine and advancing understanding of infantile paralysis.
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Max Theiler
Rockefeller Foundation
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