Rain Measurement Across U.S. locales Highlights Extreme Weather
A travel through rainfall lore shows Walsetz in inches or feet, Clearwater Washington with 129.7 inches annually, Mobile Alabama averaging 5.18 inches monthly, and Brawley California at 2.73 inches yearly. The piece notes how wet climates shape gear, houses, and daily life, with loggers in the Northwest enduring long rainwear and coastal houses with large windows.
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Walsetz
Olympia Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Coast Range
Pacific Northwest
Mobile
Alabama
Brawley
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Taft Delegates in Ohio Face Possible Eisenhower Shift
Col umbus reports Ray C Bliss Republican state chairman says some of Sen Robert Tafts Ohio delegates are wavering toward Gen Dwight Eisenhower. Bliss expresses full confidence that all Ohio delegates and alternates will support Taft in Chicago. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes two to six Taft delegates may declare prior to the convention they will switch if Taft cannot win.
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Columbus
Ray C. Bliss
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Bliss
Taft
Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eisenhower
Newsman Indicted In Lake Death
Sheriff McElroy plans first degree manslaughter charges against Charles B. Wilson photographer for the Ohio State Journal after a coroner's inquest into the Buckeye Lake death of Patricia Monro Miss Monro 23 youth page editor for the Journal rode in a motor boat May 19. Over 20 witnesses testified at the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
William McElroy
Charles B. Wilson
Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Patricia Monro
Journal
Wilson
Eisenhower to Speak at Denver Rally in Coliseum
Dwight D. Eisenhower will address a Denver rally at the Coliseum on June 26 at 9 p m EST. Governor Dan Thornton says the speech is a major bid for the Republican nomination and could be his final nationwide appeal before the Chicago GOP convention.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver Coliseum
Dan Thornton
Eisenhower
Chicago
Logan Route 1 and Area Social Notes
Myrtle Steele visited McArthur while Mrs. Elmer Petty and May Oney shopped in Logan. Logan residents hosted visitors from Mt. Pleasant and Roanoke. The Thomas home welcomed Raddel Farmer and Hughes among Columbus guests. Several local families attended Lake Hope picnics and a Lancaster songfest before a tent meeting closing.
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Myrtle Steele
Elmer Petty
May Oney
Logan
Fred Heinlein
Joyce
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Pearl Heinlein
Roanoke
Porter Heinlein
Mattie Heinlein
Harry Stone
Kenneth Rheinscheld
Ermal
Paul Thomas
Thomas Home
Jack Raddel
Marie Farmer
Columbus
Alva Hankison
Della Hughes
Albert Redick
Jimmy Rees
Athens
Ohio University
Delbert Davis
Lloyd Hinerman
Union Furnace
Clayton Kuhn
Bonnie
Gibisonville
Lake Hope
Fred Davis
Lancaster
Clyde Goss
Charles Williams
David Shull
Carl Glaspell
Ernie Shull
Garnet
Madelyn
Janet
Glaspell
David
M. O. Hutchison
Clarion
Pearl Thacker
Ethel Primmer
Carol
Carl
Will Rose
Gan
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
C. W. Riggs
Rheinscheld
Wiliam Gray
Jim Molihan
Community Visitors and Thanksgiving Socials Noted
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ellinger of Logan spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Robert Ansel. Nearby gatherings included Mr and Mrs Frank Wass of Fort Wayne and Mr and Mrs Cornell Wass of Indianapolis calling on Mr and Mrs Carl Engle and Mrs Emma Seymour.
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Lawrence Ellinger
Logan
Robert Ansel
Baker Rheinscheid
Frank Wass
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Cornell Wass
Indianapolis
Ind
Carl Engle
Emma Seymour
Ralph Hacker
Garry
Rockbridge
Arnett Griffith
Ora Beavers
Lancaster
Charles Lawrence
E. F. Bradford
Howard Blum
Luther Blum
Ted Helber
Shirley
Dana Lou
Bill Helber
Sue
Cheryl
Timmy
Roy Primmer
Kesboro
Heat Wave Grips Alabama With 101 Degree Highs
A blistering heat wave hit Alabama Friday with temperatures reaching 101 degrees in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and Mobile. Selma and Dothan reported 100, while Anniston logged a cool 93 as the U.S. Weather Bureau tracked the highs.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
U.S. Weather Bureau
Selma
Dothan
Anniston
Pioneer Dirigible Skipper Is Dead
Funeral services were held for Capt. Frank Robert McCrary in Oakland California. The 72 year old naval aviation pioneer was born in Lonoke Arkansas and graduated from Annapolis in 1901. He became a naval aviator in 1917 and commanded the dirigible Shenandoah in 1924, the year before its Ohio crash.
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Oakland
Calif
Frank Robert McCrary
McCrary
Lonoke
Ark
Annapolis
Ohio
Local Visits from Logan and Rockbridge Residents News
Mrs Ray Beougher and son Jef frey of Logan visited Oscar Beougher Monday and Mr and Mrs Andy Ellinger. Elwood Stiverson of near Rockbridge spent Saturday evening with Ralph Stiverson and family.
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Ray Beougher
Jeffrey
Logan
Oscar Beougher
Andy Ellinger
Elwood Stiverson
Near Rockbridge
Ralph Stiverson
Rail length changes with temperature not as expected
The article notes that although a mile of welded railroad rail could vary 4 to 5 feet between summer and winter, practical findings show this does not occur. It discusses thermal effects on rail length and the discrepancy between theory and observed behavior.
Toledo Surgeon Named AMA Head
Toledo surgeon Dr Edward J McCormick grows up in Alger Michigan area and is elected president elect of the American Medical Association at the 101st annual convention. He will assume office in June 1953.
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Chicago
Toledo
Ohio
American Medical Association
Edward J. McCormick
AMA
Newark Airport Reopens After Shutdown
Newark Airport in Newark New Jersey will reopen Monday after a four month closure following three crashes in nearby Elizabeth. The Port of New York Authority approved reopening with strict runway curbs and minimum flying weather rules to be enforced at the busy East Coast hub.
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Newark
N. J
Elizabeth
Port of New York Authority
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