Radar gunsight in Russian hands feared by U S air force
Report from Wiesbaden Germany notes concerns that America’s secret radar gunsight for jet fighters may be in Soviet hands. Officials hedge on details while suggesting the sight could be in combat use with F 86 Sabres in Korea, though no official confirmation. European access is denied. no U S planes there carry the sight.
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Korea
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Mail for U S prisoners in Korea to be flown to Far East
Defense Department announced mail for known or presumed U S prisoners of war in Korea will be sped to the Far East by military aircraft. Previously such mail went by commercial planes to Hong Kong for distribution via Communist channels. Mail should show the inmate s grade name and service number and be addressed to the Chinese People s Committee for World Peace in Peking with prison camp details if known. The compound microscope was invented about 1590.
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Korea
Far East
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Hong Kong
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Chinese People’s Committee For World Peace
Peking
China
University of Kansas lands 4500 contract for regional water study
The Bureau of Business Research at the University of Kansas received a 4500 contract from the U S Bureau of Reclamation to study future industrial and municipal water needs in the Hutchinson Wichita trade area. Work to be completed by November 1952 directed by Richard Pfister with BDR involvement and health data support from Dwight Metzler. The project covers 16 Kansas counties and will classify industries as basic or service for regional planning. A separate note items the purchase of WCOL radio stations in Columbus, Ohio for 100000 by Secretary Sawyer and his family.
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University of Kansas
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Hutchinson Wichita Trade Area
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State Board of Health
Dwight Metzler
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Harvey
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Army creates curved barrel submachine gun for corner shots
Detroit reports the army perfected a curved_barrel M 3 submachine gun that shoots around corners with a .45 slug. The device enables 90 degree deflection, fires 450 rounds per minute, and can be swapped quickly. Designed for stealth use, it costs about $18 to manufacture and aids tanks in Korea.
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Joseph C. Soma
Detroit Arsenal
Korea
Wrong Diagnosis Alleged For Army Trainee
Senator Gillette says his son Frank Gillette was misdiagnosed with poison ivy at Camp Pickett in October, later found to have scarlet fever. Army doctors at Walter Reed treated him for seven weeks after confirmation, while the trainee was moved between Fort Meyer and Walter Reed amid concerns of broader misdiagnoses at Camp Pickett.
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Sen. Gillette
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Camp Picket
Mark Gillette
Camp Mrade
Camp Pickett
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Mark
Walter Reed Hospital
Fort Meyer
Potomac River
Infantry
Ease credit curbs end for 1942 and older cars
Washington reports that starting January 2 the Federal Reserve Board will exempt 1942 and older model used cars from regulation W. Dealers may offer best terms with a one third down payment and 18 month payoff. The move is seen as having little practical effect since pre curbs trade practices were often stiffer. The same item notes the average American consumes 148 pounds of red meat per year.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
West Point 150th Anniversary Medal Honors Idea
The medallion commemorating the United States Military Academy at West Point features both sides. One side presents the Academy coat of arms with a lion motif, while the reverse offers a symbolic depiction of military and educational aims of the institution.
Mathematical Genius Fails in Tax Evasion Case
New York December 28 a 58 year old income tax expert Morris Cooper-Smith was jailed for one year and fined $1000 for falsifying his 1947 state returns. Special Sessions Justice Eugene G Schulz called him a mathematical genius but said he prostituted it to teach others to evade the income tax laws.
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New York
Morris Cooper-Smith
Special Sessions
Eugene G. Schulz
Cooper-Smith
100 FAST ON THE DRAW
A father, a corrections commissioner, played fast on the draw with his 11 year old son and accidentally shot his wife. Ada Haynes, 30, was hit in the forehead and seriously injured. Police called it an accident.
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New York
James Haynes, Jr
Penitentiary Corrections
Haynes
Ada
Christmas bird count records near Lawrence and nation
The 1950 Christmas Bird Count near Lawrence tallied 50 species with participants led by Maurice F. Baker and James W. Bee. The nationwide project, run with the National Audubon Society and the Kansas Ornithological Society, began in 1899 and involved 432 locales and 4,875 observers last year.
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Audubon
Kansas Ornithological
Lawrence
Maurice F. Baker
James W. Bee
Bert
Helen Chewning
James 8. Findley
Henry Fitch
Richard W. Fredrickson
Paul Spangler
William B. Stallcup
J. B. Tordoff
Department Store Sales Rise in Week Ended Dec 22
Washington reports department store sales for the week ended December 22 were 2 percent higher than the same week a year earlier. For the four weeks ended December 22 sales were even with last year, and total year-to-date sales rose 3 percent over 1950.
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Washington
Fedral Reserve Board
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