Europe aid plan tests balance of power and costs
The text surveys U.S. plans for postwar European loans and reconstruction. It notes Britain seeks eight billion dollars, Russia six, with nine more for France and neighbors, plus machinery and goods. It warns of long-term security risks if Europe falters and highlights political friction in Britain under Attlee and Truman’s restrained domestic program.
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Europe
United States
Truman
Continent
Germany
Italy
Baltic
Black Sea
America
Britain
Russia
France
Belgium
Holland
Scandinavian
Poland
Canning
U. S
London
Washington
England
Attlee
Inner Aid Begins Relief From Upset Stomachs
Local testimonial touts Inner-Aid as a remedy for gas and bloating with claims of quick relief after meals. The ad describes 12 herbs cleansing bowels clearing gas and aiding liver and kidneys, urging readers to obtain it through High Point drugstores.
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High Point
Radar Set to Transform Coast Artillery Defense
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology radiation labs unveiled a seacoast fire control radar that can detect ships at 25 miles in bad weather and guide guns with five yard accuracy at 12 miles. It can distinguish many ships as separate light dots, even guiding via radio-telephone for ships lacking radar.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Cambridge, Mass
Radiation Laboratories
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Army Signal Corps
Iwo Jima
Radiation Laboratory
Ivan Getting
14 Day Limit On Pullman Reservations
Southern Railway officials announced an order from the Office of Defense Transportation increased the pullman reservation limit from five to fourteen days effective yesterday. The five day limit had been set in July during heavy military redeployment and rail capacity demands.
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Southern Railway Line
Office of Defense Transportation
Narrow beam wave length boosts target focus radar promise
The description compares a newly sent wave length beam with a narrow width of about one half a degree to traditional surveillance radar beams that were 60 to 80 times wider. At a range of 5 000 yards the narrow beam would be about 50 yards wide, offering sharper scope than prior land based sea surveillance.
Radar Identification System IFF Aided Allied War Efforts
Chicago report details how radar distinguished friend from foe using IFF. Belmont Radio Corp led development in 1942 with Army Navy cooperation, deploying ground units and aircraft transmitters. The system, adopted during Normandy, guides planes and gliders, with Belmont supplying most units and production exceeding 600 per month.
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Chicago
War Department
U. S. Army
Navy
Belmont Radio Corporation
Belmont
Sandy Hook
N. J
Wells-Gardner Company
Admiral Corporation
Astair
Eagh
IFF
U.S. Signal Corps
Air Corps
Middletons Accept Missionary Posts
The Rev and Mrs J Leonard Middleton of Raleigh have accepted positions as associational missionaries in the Roanoke Rapids Baptist association and will begin duties September 15. The Roanoke Rapids association is the largest in the state and includes 78 Baptist churches. Cuba has about 7,000,000 acres dedicated to sugar cane.
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Tarboro
J. Leonard Middleton
Raleigh
Roanoke Rapids Baptist Association
Roanoke Rapids Association
Fate of UNC V-12 Unit Is Announced
Chapell Hill Navy V-12 unit at the University of North Carolina will shift to inactive duty for most trainees starting November 1 as fall term begins. NROTC cadets 265 and 155 marine trainees remain after November 1, with 25 medical students staying until December 8. Postwar NROTC status to be set by forthcoming legislation.
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Chapel Hill
Navy
University of North Carolina
FE. FE. Hazlett, Jr
NROTC
University Medical School
Navy Department
May Prove To Be Another Army Navy Battle
In Chapel Hill a UNC student turned 18 received his government greetings and planned to buy civilian clothes after the Navy allowed off duty wear. An Army rejection, followed by a Navy reversal trapped the student and left the civilian seller wondering about returning his clothes and the Navy man about possible charges.
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Chapel Hill
United States
University of North Carolina
Navy Department
Navy
Army
Birds hatch in contrasting styles from eggs of different sizes
Describes how young birds emerge blind, naked and helpless when from relatively small eggs, while those from actively large eggs hatch down clad and ready for activity.
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