Geiger Counters Sought for Civil Defense in War Prep
Washington officials discuss low cost Geiger counters for civilian defense use as scarce by Atomic Energy Commission. House subcommittee probes sale or surplus disposal of counters while Rep Scrivner questions civilian access and government control.
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Ashingtion
Civil Defense Planning Unit
National Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
House Appropriations
Rep. Serivnev
S. B. Akin
Army Signal Corps
Scrivner
Nash Car Pioneer Dies at Age 84
In Severe Hills on June 7 Charles W Nash a leading figure in American automotive history died at 84 after a career rising from a farm boy to industry leader He helped launch mobile units for civil defense and atomic development planning with state and national officials outlining volunteer spotter draws from teachers technicians and doctors.
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Cies
Charles W. Nash
Civil Defense
Nash
Mobile
Jessie
Atomic Development
Civil Defense and
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
G I Camping Equipment Sale Items Pack Outdoor Gear
Classified listing shows a wide range of camping goods including sleeping bags, mattresses, stoves, lanterns, tents, hammocks, packs, blankets, canteens, knives, forks, spoons, cast iron pots, water containers, life jackets, first aid kits, folding tables, hunting knives, shovels, tarpaulins, ropes, flashlights and more. Items include Navy and canvas variants and multiple sizes.
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JEEP
Navy
Herve
Boston University dais honors Lie and Canham
Trygve Lie United Nations secretary general and Erwin D. Canham head of the American Society of Newspaper Editors were awarded honorary degrees at Boston University’s commencement today in Boston.
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Boston U
Trygve Lie
Canham
Boston
United Nations
Erwin D. Canham
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Boston University
Mental Health Group Formed in Postwar Call to Aid Youth
New York announces formation of the International Council for the Mental Health of Children by psychologists and psychiatrists from 17 foreign countries. The council plans programs for treatment of men and delinquent youths, with models for state and municipal projects. Nash born 1864 in Illinois rose to lead Buick and GM divisions, later merging Nash with Kelvinator. he spent later years in Beverly Hills.
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International Counsell For
Chil Halleck Nash
Nash
United States
Ernest Harms
Children's Adjmente Tawa
Tutenk Meee
Wash
de Kalb
Fint
Mich
Flint Road Cart Co
Road Cart Co
Durant Dart Carriage Co
William C. Durant
David D. Buick
Buick Motor Co
Chrysler
Buick
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
Oakland Motor Co
Olds Motor Works
General Motors Truck Co
General Motors
Thomas B. Jeffrey Co
Kenosha
Wis
Keminator Corp
George W. Mason
Kelvinator
Mason
Beverly Hills
Grady Says U S Capital Ready for Asiatic Loans
Ambassador Henry Grady told the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East that American capital is available for developing Asiatic and Far Eastern countries if conditions are favorable for sound loans. He cited banks, the World Bank, Eximbank, and possible Congressional funds as sources.
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Madras
India
Henry Grady
United Nations ‘Economic Commission
Aste
Far East
Grady
U. S
Greece
World Bank
Los Angeles Bus Strike Settled After 12 Hour Talks
Los Angeles transit workers avoid a strike as the AFL and the company reach an 11th hour settlement. A 5 cent hourly wage boost retroactive to June 1 is agreed, with arbitration on a future raise and a new pension plan. Workers keep 40 hours weekly. top pay is $2.35. Federal conciliator Harry Malcom assisted.
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Los Angeles
A. F. L.amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Transit Jine
Harry Malcom
W C T U Leader Seeks Plan Reform
Evanston June 7 Mrs L Leigh Colvin president of the national WCTU urged Congress to bar Marshall Plan funds from financing alcohol. She argued the plan frees European currencies enabling grain from beneficiary nations to fund alcoholic exports to the United States.
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Evanston
L. Leigh Colvin
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Congress
Anti Communist Aims in Germany Western Power Pact
Washington reports that the German settlement is part of a broader anti communist strategy to reshape Western Europe. It centers on Ruhr coal and steel, Western German unity, and Soviet-Western ties, with France seeking security guarantees and limited power for a federal Germany under international Ruhr control.
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Washington
Germany
Western Europe
Europe
Ruhr
U. S
Britain
United States
London
Army Corporal Jumps From Transport Aimed at Home
A hitchhiking Army corporal leaped from an Army transport with an opened parachute in a bid to reach his newborn. He said he planned to jump over Oklahoma but landed near Memphis. Officer R E Bennett identified him as Lee Orange of Anadarko Oklahoma and said he was denied furlough. Orange was handed to Army authorities at Hot Springs.
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Little Rock
Ark
Qunahoma
Memphis
Tenn
R. E. Bennett
Lee Orange
Anadarko
Okla
Orange
Hot Springs
Ex-mayor Grace Green Miller dies at 85 in Jackson
Grace Green Miller, 85, former two-term mayor of Jackson, Wyoming, died yesterday in Ottawa. She led the city through notable years and left a lasting civic legacy.
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Ottawa
Jube
Grace Green Miller
Jackson
Wyo
Paris and Moscow talk edge toward German unity
The text notes that today’s agreements do not close the door to future unity of all Germany. It explains France holds key influence at the London conference and remains to respond. The accords were acceptable to the French government, but the French people and parliament have yet to be heard.
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Russia
America
Britain
France
U. S
Germany
Ruhr
Hitler
Moscow
Duncan's arthritis cure method offered at Long Beach office
A former treatment for arthritis rheumatism neuritis sciatica and sinus labeled the Duncan method claims lasting results after other methods failed. It notes offices at 1423 East 7th Street Long Beach and provides a contact number 62065 for further information.
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Duncan
D.C
7Th St
Long Beach
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