Bombing Fires With Water Bags Helps Save Vast Ontario Woods
Ontario air patrols fight wildfires using water bombing with paper bags dropped from planes and helicopters. Beavers and rotorcraft deliver crews and gear to remote spots while aerially guiding ground crews, keeping a fire to small sizes and preventing major spread across vast forests supplying U S newsprint.
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Ontario
James Montagnes
NEA
Toronto
United States
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
New England
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Ontario Air Service
Teens hold many jobs and spend more on girls say study
Hal Boyle notes 70 percent of American teens work or earn extra money per a Lester Rand survey. Teens source income from grocery and drug stores, home typing, babysitting, and ushering. Girls aged 13 to 18 spend more weekly than boys, dating costs rise. dog-name trends shift with popular monikers like Blackie and Smoky replacing older favorites. Diamond Jim Brady memories evoke feasts, while oddities in the mailbag offer light musings on champagne myth and footnote trivia.
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Lester Rand
The
Youth Research Institute
Solons and Indians Meet At Darko Hearing
In Muskogee Oklahoma a House Interior and Insular subcommittee heard Indian leaders present divergent views on the value of Indian Bureau services. Ottawa Chief Guy Johnson of Miami said Ottawa modernization calls for ending government services while others urged continued protection funds or land gifts. Choctaw Chief Belvin acknowledged an eventual end to services but emphasized continued tribal leadership.
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Anadarko
Indian Bureau
Ottawa
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Indian Affairs
Interior and Insular Committee
James A. Haley
D-Fla
Ed Edmondson
Lee Metcalf
Montana
Harry J. W. Belvin
Durant
Choctaw
Five Civilized Tribes
Fire supply shortfall and draft plans headline September notes
The article highlights a 20 000 unit shortfall in the states fire supply for September. US troops land in the Tokyo area as President Truman seeks continuation of the 18 to 25 year old draft. Cameron College president C M Conwill and other college leaders discuss aid for needy students. Four Lawton men including Mayor R A Jones plan with WPA chief for a Lawton community house. Francis Cremer prepares to open US Standard Food store at 508 100. A merchandise and automotive display will be at Comanche county free fairgrounds. A Craterville Park dress parade features an Indian celebration. Coach Wilbur Randle announces Lawton High football practice opening.
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Truman
C. M. Conwill
Cameron College
Lawton
R. A. Jones
WPA
Francis Cremer
US Standard
Comanche County Free Fairgrounds
Craterville Park
Wilbur Randle
Lawton High School
Tourists Pester Moscow Envoys
Western visitors flood Moscow as 28 British guests check into the National Hotel near Red Square. Germans depart after a major football match while Sweden Denmark Holland and the United States plan tours. Congressmen may dine with U S Ambassador Bohlen as locals describe tourist routes to Red Square Gum and the interior.
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Red Square
Sweden
France
Denmark
Holland
United States
Norway
Leningrad
Moscow
Paris
Soviet Union
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Young Democrat President Will Not Seek Re-Election
DES MOINES IA Neal E. Smith current president and Des Moines attorney will not seek re election at the Young Democratic Clubs of America national convention in Oklahoma City on December 15. He says he will devote more time to Democratic Party work in Iowa.
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Young Democratic Clubs of America
Oklahoma City
Neal E. Smith
Smith
Young Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Iowa
Ancient floods shaped Washington DC terrain much earlier
Although ancient ice sheets did not extend to Washington DC area, floods from melting ice significantly formed the region's terrain around the city.
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Washington D. C
Buzz Bonnet Helps Spotter Find Planes
The Air Research and Development Command unveiled an electronic aircraft detector called a buzz bonnet. It fits a hard hat and uses an antenna and coil on top with a pulse amplifier and battery pack to help Ground Observer Corps spot low flying planes faster than sight. The device, designed for volunteer GOC observers in Rome New York, lacks a priced announcement.
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Baltimore
Air Research and Development Command
Rome, N. Y
Ground Observer Corps
GOC
Eight Polish Workers Die in Steelplant Accident
In Upper Silesia eight Polish steel workers were killed at the Polish Bobrek plant when a molten steel cauldron overturned. The Trybuna Robotnicza reports the factory management failed to enforce adequate safety measures while trying to exceed the monthly quota.
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Vienna
Austria
Upper Silesia
Trybuna Robotnicza
New Healing Substance Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
Science reports a new healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain without surgery. Bio-Dyne, used to heal injured tissue, is now in suppository form as Preparation H. Available at druggists with money-back guarantee. Reg. U. S. Pat. O. Ro.
Hero and Jet Propulsion Foundations in Antiquity
The principle of jet propulsion was understood and put into design form about 2000 years ago by Hero of Alexandria, the Alexandrian thinker. This early steam and motion concept laid groundwork for later propulsion science.
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