Grand Coulee Dam cooling cuts century task to five years
Engineers at Grand Coulee Dam Washington cooled 10 250 000 cubic yards of concrete by circulating cold Columbia River water through steel tubing embedded in the dam. The system used two pump barges 2 000 miles of pipe 2 miles of inspection shafts and six miles of galleries at an estimated cost of 1 400 000. Temperatures dropped from 182 to 45 degrees keeping concrete within safe limits over 60 to 90 days per section.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
U.P
Grand Coulee Dam
Nature
Columbia River
Girl 23 trains car pioneer in aviation history
Bakersfield California Evelyn Sharp a 23 year old pilot trains in Kern County Airport as one of the nations ten women flight instructors She earned national notice at 16 as the youngest licensed woman pilot and has logged over 1450 hours She soloed in Ord Nebraska and credits a board bill for her first flight She is a Ninety Nine Club member and would volunteer for wartime service if needed
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Bakersfield
Calif
Evelyn Sharp
Kern County
Jack Weffords
Pve
Miséo Sharp
Ninety-nine
Sunday Guests Visit Headleys and Kin Across Town
Sunday visitors joined Mr. and Mrs. Charles Headley including Doris Mae Pare Martha Headley Cari Starkey and William Headley in Indianapolis. Nearby gatherings saw Lester Powell Karl and Edgar with Hiram Canada and Elmer Bedwell calling on S E Risher and Nelson Bennett. William Powell visited his aunt Mrs. Charles Mock as Lester Powell and Roy Canada traveled to Charlestown. Mr. and Mrs. William Houchin and family visited the Higer household.
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Donald Pare
Doris Mae
Sifits
Kenneth Cline
Charles Headley
Martha Headley
Cari ‘Starkey
Indianapolis
William Headley
Lester Powell
Karl and
Edgar
Hiram Canada
Elmer Bedwell
Linton
S. E. ‘Risher
Houghton Butler
Westphalia
Nelson Bennett
William Powell
Charles ‘Mock
Patricksburg
Roy
Canada
Charlestown
William Houchin
William Higer
Bahamas Aid War Effort with Materials and Labor
Nassau Bahamas residents mobilize resources for Britain in World War II. The Bahamas War Materials Committee ships metal and surplus crops to England while restoring an old plant to process food. Volunteers provide labor and transport, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor promote Red Cross drives. Bahamas expects boat orders for the Admiralty as wooden shipbuilding declines.
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John F. Frankish
United Press
Nassau
Bahamas
U.P
Rawson ‘Square
England
Andros Island
Neville Chamberlain
Ministry of Supplies
Nasau
Admiralty
Ke Pos Ile
Cru
Miami
Pan ‘American ‘Airways
Seasick on Lake Crossing Shocks Ogden Traveler
A Southern Pacific traveler reported seasickness after watching mountainous waves during the 40 mile crossing of the Great Salt Lake aboard the Lucia cutoff. The remark challenges the line's appeal for Ogden to San Francisco traffic and highlights the lake crossing as a potential seasick risk.
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Ogden, Utah
U.P
Southern Pacific
Lucia
Great Salt Lake
Ogden
San Francisco
Lake
Funeral interrupted by radio fault at Bluffton church
In Bluffton a funeral was disrupted when a loudspeaker system fed a police call due to a radio harmonic jump. Radio technicians explained the broadcast shifted from one wavelength to another, triggering the unexpected alert broadcast during the service.
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Bluepfton
Ind
Bluffton
Ohio enacts public health laws expanding marriage exams
Ohio Gov Bricker signed a bill requiring physical exams for marriage license applicants beginning Aug 18 and creating a state lab to process syphilis tests. The package also creates non profit medical service corporations for mid to low income groups, a birth and death recording system, and tighter licensing for rest homes. Fireworks retail ban is delayed until next year to avoid merchant disruption.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ninty-fourth
Ohio General Assembly
State Health Department
Medical Service Plan
Ohio State Medical Association
State Department of Insurance
Labels of Indians Are Picturesque War Draft Letters
A Santa Fe report describes Navajo and Apache responses to the draft in World War II era lingo. It notes 4,500 Navajos signed up from a 50,000-strong tribe in New Mexico and Nebraska, many volunteering despite language barriers. Jicarilla and Mescalero Apaches sent 100 percent, with Barnabe Naiche among early volunteers. An 101-year-old Apache scout advised his grandson to join, urging participation for the country.
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Santa FE
N. M
U.P
Southwest
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Mussolini
Duga-Chee- Bekis
Air Corps
New Mexico
Arizona
Window Rock
Ariz
Jicarilla
Irvine family stage crutch races in Siskiyou
In Siskiyou California George Irvine and his son James race on crutches after injuries. James broke his left leg and George sprained his right ankle, turning misfortune into a quirky racing event for the pair.
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Siskiyou, Calif
U.P
George Irvine
James
Irvines
Sergeants Fall Ill After Offhand Nap In Camp Bowie
In Camp Bowie Texas two sergeants were left ill after a casual session of chewing tobacco. The general’s entrance prompted a startled gulp and within two hours the pair were sick and hospitalized.
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Camp Bowie
Tex
U.P
Local Folks Visit Relatives in Bloomfield and Detroit
Ada Loveaul spent the weekend with her daughter in Bloomfield. Mrs. Tom Young of Indianapolis visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jake Yung. Mrs. Joe Yung and family join Mrs. Gerald McGhee in a Flint trip. Harvey Wilson family on vacation. Frank Terhune family of Flint Mich visiting. M. J. Aikin confined at home with illness. Mrs. Clarence Beck to Detroit to join family. Kenneth Gray and son of Detroit visit their grandparents. Lucille Sims Horton of Washington DC visits Iris and Mae Hendrickson.
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Clarence Beck
Detroit
Mich
Kenneth Gray
Walter Gray
Lucille Sims Horton
Washington,d. C
Missey Iris
Mae Hendrickson
Idea of U S Tanks Carried by Aircraft Earliest Plan
Detroit reports a 1932 concept by J Walter Christie to transport a 54 ton tank by special bombing plane. The design featured caterpillar treads and a 400 horsepower engine, allowing speeds up to 100 miles per hour with wheels removed. The plan, not enacted in the U S, reportedly influenced German Army experimentation.
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Detroit
O.S
Crete
J. Walter Christie
Christie
U. S
Automobile trade groups urge car recycling to aid defense needs
The National Automobile Dealers Association cites 6,000,000 cars over ten years old last year and urges continued auto production to move workers to jobs. It notes high scrap rates since 1930 and argues replacements sustain industry amid war production demands. Women drivers rise as training programs attract more women.
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National Automobile Dealers Association
Defense
Association
NACA
Automobile Manufacturers. Association
NYA to aid physically unfit youths in rehabilitation plan
The National Youth Administration launches a voluntary program to rehabilitate men rejected for military service due to minor defects. An experimental camp in Durham, North Carolina will start mid June with medical services from local doctors under NYA cooperation. a second camp may open in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Washington, D. C
National Youth Administration
Draft Board
Army
NVA
NYA
NYIA
Durham
N. C
Madison
Wis
The
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S. Main
E. C. Turner
Banamas
FRONT
UH Ngisters Public Health
C.S.O
C.I.0
Dugger
U.S
Ough
B. Ralson
Oldsmobile
Ralston
Rhodenbeck Bros
Dearmin & Company
Wilkinson Lumber Co
E. J. Ecker & Son
Back of Cine Theatre
John
So. Main
American Legion
Post NO
Linton, Indiana
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