Algae Hormone Mystery Hints At Light Triggered Reproduction
Stanford researchers report algae of the species Chlamydomonas alter reproduction when exposed to light. The single celled plants fuse into a temporary diploid state and produce four offspring, hinting at a hormone like substance. 500 samples from sites in Deerfield Amherst Dover Charlottesville Roanoke Farmington College Park Mountain View and March Field reveal Deerfield specimens most productive.
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Alo Alto
Stanford Research Laboratory
Gilbert Morgan Smith
Professor Smith
Smith
United States
Deerfield
Amherst
Dover
Mass
Charlottesville
Roanoke
Farmington
College Park
Mountain View
March Field
Beltone Hearing Aids Claim Clearer Sound and Comfort
World leading Beltone hearing aid promises 2 to 6 times clearer sound with reduced feedback and enhanced comfort. It highlights professional fitting, service costs after year one, and home demonstrations from 272 Kress Building Long Beach.
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Trans- Wits
Beltone
Heltone
Kress Building
Long Geach
Doctor Amstutz records third local twin birth
In Goshen Indiana on July 3 Dr H Clair Amstutz became the third physician in the town to father twins. The event marks a notable local occurrence among medical professionals and their families.
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Stork Favors M
Goshen
Ind
H. Clair Amstutz
Surplus Craft Trades Boost Shipyard Conversions
NAV and Maritime Commission surplus craft, sold to speculators, salvage firms and private operators, keep work flowing to shipyards and marine services. With scarcity rising, small craft resale prices surge, while two medium landing ships near New York are slated for cargo conversion at Forster Shipbuilding.
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NAV
Maritime Commission
Sheen Redock
Marine Trading and Transport Co
New York
Forster Shipbuilding Co. Yard
Karl French
Panama
Flag- Forster Yard
Pacific
Allyn
Mobile Port Grows As Sixth Largest Foreign Trade Hub
The U S Department of Commerce ranks Mobile Alabama sixth among US ports by foreign tonnage in 1947 led by New York Baltimore Philadelphia New Orleans and Norfolk. In 20 years Mobile climbed from 24th expanding Latin American trade while boosting Far East Africa cargo with coal foodstuffs and metals. Concrete Alabama docks completed 1928 feature berthing for 22 ships plus rail and storage facilities enabling large ocean steamers to reach Mobile River through a 32 foot channel.
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Mobile Bay
Louis XV
Louisiana Colony
Mobile
U. S. Department of Commerce
United States
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Norfolk
Europe
Far East
Africa
Latin America
Central
South America
Chile
Alabama State
Seaman Veterans Ready Speakers at Long Beach Unit
John A. Richards Ship No 2 of the Merchant Marine Veterans of America trains speakers in Long Beach to discuss the wartime record of American merchant seamen. Captain Walt Benson Jr says the M M V A aims to educate the public about these sailors and their essential World War II work. The Long Beach unit is among many nationwide veterans groups formed during the war.
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John A. Richards
Merchant Marine Veterans of America
Long Beach
Walt Benson Jr
Benson
Fisherman’s Course Offered To Nebraska Students
Lincoln Neb July 3 University of Nebraska students are offered a fishing course covering bait casting and lure techniques. The program aims to teach basics of angling and gear handling to enrolled participants.
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Lincoln
Neb
GE University of Nebraska
Vanished Nations Last Ship Sails
Six men without a country sail aboard the Kegums ship as Latvia’s last vessels with the Latvian flag await orders in Baltimore. The Everaga flies Honduras now. Regums still bears Riga on its stern. Crewmen hope for entry to the United States to bring relatives from a German displaced persons camp. The Grands Shipping Co, once Latvian, now operates from New York.
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Baltimore
Russia
Latvia
Everaga
Honduras
Porta Cortes
Regums
Riga
Ausis Kerrs
United States
The
Grands Shipping Co
New York
Private American merchant fleet grows postwar
The privately owned US merchant fleet on June 1 totals 1217 vessels, up from 1092 in 1939, with 681 dry cargo ships and 478 tankers. Fifty-two ships are inactive, passenger ships have fallen to under one third of prewar levels, and government ships chartered to private operators drop from 833 to 724 since May.
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U. S
National Federation of American Shipping
Federation
Dogs on Guard at Hanan Depot in Frankfurt
Twenty dogs are assigned to the Hanan engineering depot as guards replacing several D. P. guards. The plan uses one man and two dogs to guard an area formerly guarded by two men, enhancing security at the facility.
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Frankfurt
Hanan Engineering
D. P
Navy seeks 5000 Reservists in specific rates for active duty
The Navy announces a call for up to 5000 male Naval Reservists in designated rates to volunteer for a year of active duty, with a possible second year if funds allow. Eligible roles include radiomen, aviation machinists mates, aviation electronics technicians, yeomen, storekeepers, machinists mates, electricians mates, and beileermen in various pay grades. Existing active duty rules apply.
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Secretary of the Navy
Captain Held Responsible for Ship's Destruction
A Genoa tribunal sentenced Capt. John Fitzgerald in absentia to six years and full damages for the explosion of the Edmund Fanning in Genoa harbor on March 13 1947. The ship built at Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor sank after the blast killing six and injuring 17. The court alleged he loaded the freighter with dangerous materials without proper precautions.
Convict to polish fire trucks for false alarm
Boston July 3 UF reports Donald Burts 21 was convicted of ringing a false alarm and sentenced to one month polishing fire trucks at a nearby station.
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Boston
Donald Burts
Interior Bill in Walk-Through July Debate
The Interior Department appropriation bill became law this week despite criticism from top officials. President Truman faulted a rider requiring five years’ engineering experience for Reclamation Bureau leaders, aiming to remove two officials aligned with public power policy. Krug called the rider a loathsome thing during House hearings.
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Washington
Interior Department
Truman
Reclamation Bureau
Michael Straus
Richard Boke
Sacramento
Krug
House Executive Expenditures
Rep
Harness
P U C Man to Talk to Harbor Transportation Club
Arthur F. Ager of the Public Utilities Commission will discuss Public Utility Regulation in California at a noon luncheon of the Harbor Transportation Club at the New Masonic Temple in Long Beach. R. E. Dunn of Standard Gypsum chairs the program. a golf meet follows at Recreation Park. Reservations via J. E. Blackburn.
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Arthur F. Ager
Puthic Utilities Commission
California
Harbor Transportation Club
New Masonic Temple
Locust Ave
R. E. Dunn
Standard Gypsum Company
Ecreation Park
J. E. Blackburn
Long Beach
Hotel named O-Yes in Ono Lebanon County
In Ono Pennsylvania on July 3 locals report the new hotel called O-Yes stands in Ono Lebanon County with interest from residents and visitors.
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Ono
Lebanon County
Ed's For Style Ad Turns Seattle Jeweler to Groom
A delirious sales pitch from Ed Finklestein at Ed's For Style 1211 East Anaheim mocks a Seattle jeweler who hoards engagement rings. The narrator brags of product knowledge, promotional prices, and a wry self interest as he wanders through jokes about suits and a private eye.
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Seattle
Dan River
Finklestein
Rose Finklestein
Belmont
Ed’s
Ed's
Style
East
Anaheim
High Rent Row
Fine Avenue
Nm Town
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Ashleys
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Louis 8. Bennett
Coast Guard
Auxiliary Coast Guard
Los Angeles
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Louis B. Olsen
John Nearhout
John L. Steinmetz
Cyril S. Howe
Coast Guard Auxiliary
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Joe Heanig
Olsen
Niews OF the Navy
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Combatcrupac
Naval Base
R. T Means
J. McGaughan
S. Astoria
Ignacid C. Ponce
L. Ponce
Pacific Ave
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
John Weber
Featherneck
Ponce
Camp Mathews
H. B. Beace
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Rio de Janiero
Chow Ying-tsung
Thomas Pynkoop
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China
United Nations
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Genoa
Italy
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California Shipbuilding Corp
Republic Var
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Nebraska
Baer
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Federal Savings and Loan Intuinee Corporation
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