Army depot preserves war materiel at Letterkenny in Pennsylvania
Story tours the Letterkenny Ordnance Depot near Chambersburg detailing the sprawling 22 000 acre facility storing surplus WWII gear for the eastern army posts. It notes 39 000 000 square feet of open storage 5 000 civilian workers and a tank farm with 300 containers housing tanks jeeps and armored vehicles.
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Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Jebert Daniele
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Washington
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German Officials Move Into Bonn Museum
German federal republic officials will reside in the Alexander Koenig museum in Bonn as space remains tight after bombing. The new government ministries may share the museum wing, with historic relics displaced by wartime destruction.
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German Federal Republic
Alexander Koenig
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Republic
Bristol to Honor Lewis Douglas with Degree
Bristol University named seven notables to receive honorary degrees at its October 19 ceremony. Ambassador Lewis Douglas is among the honorees, adding to a growing list of honorary distinctions in his career.
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U. S
Lewis Douglas
Bristol University
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Cornell scientists study mud to strengthen soils without cement
Men of U S Army Ithaca N Y cP A team of Cornell scientists study mud for the U S army. They report hitherto unrecognized forces in common dirt and how mineral composition and surface contaminants influence clay behavior and the solidification of mixtures.
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N.Y
Cornell
U.S. Army
Haly Has More Cattle Than In Pre War Years
Rome reports that Italy's cattle headcount rose above pre war levels with 7,023,000 cattle and oxen at year end 1948, up from 7,667,000 a decade earlier. Pigs exceed by 800,000, sheep unchanged, goats at 2,174,000, while horses lag at 72,000. The agriculture ministry aims for 8,000,000 cattle by end-1950 and 3,700,000 pigs via breeding.
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Italy
Central Statistica
Agriculture Ministry
Hunger Toll in Rangoon Narrows to 30 Percent
Official figures say malnutrition accounts for 30 percent of Rangoon deaths as the city records a daily average of 40 fatalities. An investigation finds many wage earners subsist on boiled peas and rice with meat fish fruit and vegetables unaffordable. Rangoon’s population is estimated at 7 500 000.
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Rangoon
Ran‘goon
Ant Eater Clears Drain Tractate in Tasmania
A mangled report notes an anteater used its steely claws to clear a dirt clogged drain in Tasmania after rains left the pipe choked. The creature, among the two most primitive furred mammals alongside the platypus, burrowed rapidly to finish the job in minutes.
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Tasmania
Thois
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