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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
12
Five Chicago researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago report a method to protect bone marrow from radiation. By inducing anemia before exposure, subjects produced more blood cells and marrow damage was reduced, suggesting a potential safeguard against atomic bomb or X ray radiation.
A British Gurkha patrol killed two Chinese insurgents in Kedah state while they carried Siamese travel permits. The event marks the first documented evidence of Chinese Communist infiltration from Siam into rebellious Malaya amid regional tensions. Siam's police chief Luang Chattrakan denied reports of armed bands operating across the border.
Tokyo August 24 Japanese Premier Waitoshi Ashida asked General Douglas MacArthur to buy more rice so the Japanese could have an extra bowl a day. Officials at MacArthur headquarters were expected to view the proposal unfavorably. It would require about 550000 tons of additional grain imports costing about 55000000 dollars.
Robert Barr a 46 year old janitor facing eviction fatally stabbed landlord Frederick Kuehn 63 three times with a World War I bayonet after eviction proceedings began. Barr claimed I blew my top and was held without charges.
Adrian Texas August 24 two men died in a light plane crash near the town yesterday. George T McDonald 34 of Plainview Texas and Ira Jones about 50 of Tucumcari New Mexico were killed in the accident.
W. G. Murray, a 60-year-old Washington, D. C., man, traveled on horseback back toward civilization after his twin engine Cessna vanished on August 7 during a flight from Edmonton to Grande Prairie. He was found at Lonely Nose Creek 75 miles from Grande Prairie by the RCMP. The search by the RCMP cost over 35,000 dollars and Murray faces questions upon his return about the missing aircraft and his nature holiday escape.
Police seek killer of filling station owner Sidney A. Young 63 found shot to death in his Redlands station. Wife reported his wallet with $200 and a wrist watch missing. Police investigated the robbery as the cause.
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