Atomic Course Proves Experts Not Needed In Grasping Theory
New York City public school teachers attend an atomic energy course funded by the Atomic Energy Commission to understand basic nuclear science. Lectures and demonstrations aim to empower 1,300 teachers across public and private schools, with plans spreading to Chicago Cincinnati Washington and more.
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Earth
America
New York City
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Jacob Grenberg
Chicago
Cincinnati
Washington
Commission
Denver
Minneapolis
Electric Brain Will Translate Foreign Tongues
The U S Bureau of Standards is building an electric brain at UCLA to translate languages and perform tasks such as computing salaries and predicting weather. Under Dr. Harry Huskey, 20 mathematicians and technicians anticipate speeds of 16 000 additions and 4 000 multiplications per second with memory for 60 000 words and three foreign equivalents per English word.
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University of California At Los Angeles
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Rates Increased In Warsaw Hotels
Warsaw hotels raised all room rates by ten percent. An average room with bath now costs $125 per month. Facilities compare roughly with a third or fourth rate American hotel.
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Warsaw
Poland
Pony mare in Kenilworth aged 38 years it is said
In Yabba Yabba near Kenilworth a pony mare is reported to be 38 years old though her exact age is unkn own. Her head and mane have gray hair from age but she remains in good condition overall.
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Kenilworth
Australia
Yabba Yabba
Atom energy basics demystified by experts
Experts urge public education on atomic energy describing its basic facts and controls as accessible to non scientists. Karl Compton and Pike emphasize that understanding nucleus and reactions is not reserved for college graduates. Attendees at New York lectures ask many questions after talks.
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Karl T. Compton
Military Establishment
Research and Development Board
Pike
New York
Italy Builds First Postwar Luxury Liner
Venice reports the Esperia, a 10,000 ton postwar luxury motorship, will cruise the eastern Mediterranean under Societa di Navigazione Adriatica.built at Monfalcone in just over two years for about 5 million dollars the ship marks Italy re reconstituting its merchant fleet and signals future vessels like Conte Grande and Conte Biancamano for South American service.
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Mediterranean
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Esperia
Finmare
Egypt
Lebanon
Palestine
Italy
Cantieri Riuniti
Monfalcone
Trieste
Milan
Genoa
Great House of Suffering in Singapore Described
Milton Marmor reports on Sago Lane's House of Great Suffering, where dying inmates wait for death in overcrowded conditions. The piece details a British licensed system, daily physician visits, and the economy around funerals and coffins. It notes a ship's technical specs juxtaposed with the grim housing issue.
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Singapore
Sago Lane
Chinatown
Sago
Syracuse Tennis Faces New Season Under Hank Baron
Hank Baron, who captained last year’s Syracuse University tennis team, returns as coach for this year’s squad guiding junior and senior players through early practices and lineup selections.
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Hank Baron
Syracuse University
Economic Expansion of Poland Predicted
Ambassador Oskar Lange predicts Poland will raise industrial production to 95 percent of prewar output in the next six years and 35 to 45 percent above 1948-49 as part of a broad modernization. He notes 1948 total production was 40 percent higher than before the war and calls for extensive technical training. Lange, a former envoy to the United States, remains active in Communist party affairs and UN participation.
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Warsaw
Poland
Oskar Lange
Lange
Radio Polskie
Communist United Workers Party
United States
United Nations
First Woman Judge Appointed in Japan
Mitsuko Ishiwata a 45 year old former law student is named Japan s first woman judge She is among 123 graduates from the Judicial Training Institute of the Japanese Supreme Court and is likely to be assigned to the Tokyo District Court She began studying law eleven years ago.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mitsuko Ishiwata
Judicial Training Institute
Japanese Supreme Court
Ishiwata
Tokyo District Court
Cleanup zeal stirs Hobart housing chores tale
Hobart Oklahoma notes Charlie Klein plans to aid civic cleanup with house chores proposed by his landlady during cleanup week. The home tasks listed by the landlady prompt Klein to moderate his promotional enthusiasm for the project.
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Okla
Charlie Klein
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