Engineers Work to Improve Carrier Takeoffs
El Segundo California June 18 07 Engineers using a 3 foot scale model air deck simulate aircraft launch from carrier flight deck. A bulky scale mockup at Douglas Aircraft plant records each movement with overhead cameras. Models built from balsa wood weigh lead to simulate real forces while cheesecloth curtains cushion landings at the runway end.
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Understanding the Federal Grand Jury System in New York
Washington report explains the federal grand jury function with a focus on New York subversion investigations. It traces creation, terms, and charges involving top communist leaders Judith Coplon Valentin Gubitchev William Remington and alterations in the Amerasia case. It also defines jury sizes and the distinction between trial and grand juries.
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Bpecia
New York
Communist Party
Alter Hiss
State Department
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Valentin Gubitchev
William Remington
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Family Profiles and Local Reflections of Sam’s Day
Fragmented obituary notes and family references describe Sam responding to his day’s end with a church remark about his cup running over. It mentions Mrs Elliott and daughter Maude Elliott, a romance professor at the university, living at 1416 West Seventh Street, and another daughter Louise Briese who resides in Rochester Minnesota.
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Rochester
Minn
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Douglas county nets 1949 Kansas sales tax refund
Douglas county received 173 438.09 dollars on Friday from the 1949 Kansas retail sales tax refund, part of a 12 500 000 dollar statewide total distributed after June 15. The funds are apportioned to local governments and used to reduce tax levies. Lawrence and district schools received the largest shares among major recipients. Mrs Minnie Eudaly noted Friday’s receipts were the second largest day on record for the treasurer’s office, with historical highs in 1946 and 1946 totals topping the figures.
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Lawrence
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Eudaly
Jane Cowl in Hospital for abdominal ailment surgery
Santa Monica Calif June 19 Serious illness has hospitalized Jane Cowl popular stage star of a former era and once called America s foremost Juliet A physician said she entered the hospital ten days ago and has undergone surgery to correct a chronic abdominal ailment The 65 year old Miss Cowl debuted in 1900s and appeared in Romeo and Juliet in 1923 and starred in Lilac Time Smilin Through and Within the Law She moved to Hollywood and is the widow of Adolph Klauber New York Times drama critic
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Calif
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America
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Adolph Klauber
New York Times
Sam Elliott Celebrated on 80th Birthday at Plymouth Church
Sam Elliott was honored at Plymouth Congregational Church for his 80th birthday. A bound volume of over 100 letters from friends, family, and associates was presented, praising his years of service at the church and the University of Kansas. Elliott, born June 18, 1870, in the Sunflower district near Lawrence, has served as a mail carrier, WPA support, and later as custodian and warden at Danforth Chapel, organizing and assisting with countless campus ceremonies and weddings.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
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Yellowstone Park
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Deane Malott
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Leon Flint
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Fluiott
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Rapids of a Mountain Stream Claim Girls Lives
Eagle Colorado June 19 two teenage girls entangled to their deaths in rocky rapids near the city. Both girls came from Denver families and were identified as Chere Musick 14 and Nancy Schrepferman 13. Mrs Musick survived after grabbing a branch. search for Nancy continued.
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Nancy Schrepferman
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J. Roger Musick
Sweetwater Ranch
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Ban Nixes Five Films From Malayan Screenings
The Pan Malayan Film Censor, Jack Evans, bans five films across the country. All the King's Men bars for an assassination scene, Three Came Back for excessive Secrets of Life for new interest, The Blue Lamp for excessive gunplay, Knock on Any Door for gangsterism, and another film, through Singapore and surrounding areas.
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Singapore
Jack Evans
MacArthur Outlines Far East Defense in Tokyo Meeting
General MacArthur defines Americas defense posture in Asia during a three hour session with Defense Secretary Johnson and General Bradley. He stresses seriousness yet feasibility, discusses American aid to Formosa and China, and notes talks on a Japanese peace treaty and U S bases in Japan. Efforts aim to shape Washington policy and future Prime Ministerial aims.
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Asia
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Bradley
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Suuca
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Saris Goehied
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Defense secretary to intervene in treaty issues claim
Col. Moi Behota, public information officer, reports Johnson’s cancer struggle in Far Eastern zones near MacArthur, implying American forces’ position in the orient. Japanese occupation concerns are secondary as the article notes. In Wichita, Kansas, June 18, Philip Mo Pothemus, 83, longtime independent operator who aided local newspapers, died Saturday. his widow and daughter survive.
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