Two Directors Face Russian Farm Purge
Two state farm directors were fired and ordered to repay large livestock losses from last winter. Benediktov announced prosecutions for a Penza and a Tula Province state farm head amid broader purge warnings.
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Moscow
Soviet Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
Ivan A. Benediktov
Nikita S. Kruscchev
Benediktov
Haled
Penza
Tula
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
Amazon Floods Hit Villages Across Amazonas Region
Reports from Manaus indicate the Amazon and its tributaries are at spring high levels not seen in 40 years, flooding villages and fields. Amazonas Governor Plinio Goetho appealed for federal aid for victims along the Purus land Jucuas Rivers.
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Manaus
Brazil
Amazon
Plinio Goetho
Amazonas
Jucuas
Test Pilot Finds It Simple to Work Flying Platform
Palo Alto based Hiller Helicopters and the Office of Naval Research reveal a radical wingless “Flying Platform” tested by Phil A. Johnston. The device uses two counter rotating props to generate lift and balance, with steering by leaning. Early flights hover a few feet. engineers warn extensive testing remains before military use.
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Palo Altop
Phil A. Johnston
Hiller Helicopters
Palo Alto
Office of Naval Research
Johnston
Hiller
Office of Naval
Navy
Long Beach
American Ave
Hill ST
Stanley Hiller
NSISI
Russian Austria Official on Charity Balloon Flight
In Vienna a charity balloon journey carried Russians into Soviet airspace prompting arrests. Soviet soldiers detained the party near Arbesthal, later releasing the Swiss flyer Fred Dolder and others after three hours and sending them back to Vienna with apologies.
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Vienna
Austria
Udo Dng
Arbesthal
Tlig
Fred Dolder
Tig
Ers
Tot Drowns in Private Lake During Easter Drive
James Lee Wiehmann an 18 month old boy drowned in a private lake Sunday while his parents a brother and sister were en route to Easter church services. The father Herman Wiehmann said the child eluded a grandmother with whom he had been left.
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James Lee Wiehmann
Herman Wiehman
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