Island Battlefield Turned Junkyard Supplies Industry
A ruined Pacific island near Iwo Jima shows signs of transformation as Japanese scrap, including planes, tanks, and barbed wire, is processed into usable metal. An American base maintains aviation facilities atop Mt Surabachi where the flag was raised in 1945, and a 350 man air force team continues to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mt. Surabachi
Maj
Harry M. Edward
Gleason, Tenn
Air Force
Surabachi
Japan
5Th Marines
U. S. Coast Guard
W. L. Rich
31St
NCB
Navy Construction Battalion
Iwo Jima
U.S
Mount Suribachi
Twin Chicks From Single Egg Reported in Britain
West Haddon England reports the first separate twin chicks hatched from a single egg in Britain. Wicksteed ratchets and observers watched the event as the first chick emerged from the big end, the second two hours later. The British Chick Producers Association notes such siamese twins have appeared before but not as separate twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Haddon
England
Britain
West
Rhode Island
Claude
Televised Blaze Kills Three In Apartment Fire
A apartment fire killed three people and a TV station aired a live window view shortly after the blaze began. Investigators had not yet determined the cause.
Barbershop Singers Schedule April Program
Lawton chapter of the Society to Preserve and Encourage Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America sets its annual program for April 5. Residents are invited to attend at 7 p.m., enjoying local quartets and performances by barbershop groups in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Society To the
America
Cisom
el Sppeer
iniiTea
P.m. Ensery
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Stark
Talest
Wyld
Everest & Jennings
Glasgow
Consultus
E. Darrel Evans
Koehler
Ross Seed House
Eta
Rae Petoes
Ory
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E Pho
Bookkeeping Service
Lawrence Bressman
Eeal
Eugene L. Bowman
S. 6Th
Henry Zwaan Hone
Heenes Bebene
Russian-controlled East
J. D. Clayton
Lawton, Okla
Colgate
Devel Reader
I'S Digest
Ion
Reader's Digest
Egal
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