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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1947

Page

5

Snow and Rain Spread Across Midwest and Plains

A gray wet Novem ber dawned across the nation with snow in the Dakotas Minnesota and parts of Iowa Wisconsin and predicted for other Midwest regions. Rain stretched from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Pacific Northwest as forecasters warned for the northeast and Atlantic seaboard. Williston reported 3 below zero while Jamestown logged nine inches of snow. overall temperatures stayed near normal except in the west gulf states and Miami Florida where readings rose to 34.

Dakotay Minnesota Pats Towa Wisconsin Midwest Jamestown Mississippi Valley Plains States Pacific Northwest Feder Atlantic Seaboard North Dakota Williston West Gulf States Miami Fid

Two ex-convicts surrender after Wisconsin killings

Two youthful ex-convicts, Robert Winslow, 23, and Buford Sennett, 22, surrendered to a sheriffs posse after a 12 hour siege near Neillsville Wisconsin. They faced first degree murder charges in the slayings of a University of Wisconsin medical student Carl Carlson and assault on Janet Rosenblatt. The men admitted shooting Carlson and Rosenblatt and disposed of Carlson's body in the Wisconsin River. A second shooting claim linked them to wounding two teenage girls near Phillips on Aug 15.

Neillsville Wis Wisconsin William Coyne Dane County Madison Wisconsin Reformatory Robert Winslow Buford Sennett University of Wisconsin Medical University, of Michigan Ray Kutsche Clark County Young &x Car L. Carlson Janet Ron Rosenblatt Cleveland Heights Ohio Boscobel Herb Hammond Price County Winslow Sennett Phillips

New Rainmaking Method Circles Clouds by Chain Reaction

Dr. Irving Langmuir described a method to induce rain by adding ordinary water to cumulus clouds. The process targets clouds of any temperature, requires wind and thick cloud layers, and relies on a chain reaction among water droplets to trigger rainfall.

Irving Langmuir General Electric Research Laboratory Langmuir National Academy of Sciences United States Pacific Coast Tropics

Televised Navy Drill Advised by Navy Officials

The Navy is exploring television as a mass training tool for sailors. Comdr Noel Gaylor from the Special Devices Center says it could surpass conventional methods by using top instructors with high quality training material and syndicating it to trainees nationwide.

Washington Navy Noel Gaylor Special Devices Center Sands Point Nic Naval Research Gayiol

Tech Institute Site Approved by City Planning Commission

The City Planning Commission endorsed the proposed Technical Institute site at Hamilton Junior High School. They urged the Board of Education to acquire land from the current site to May Avenue and from Pacific Coast Highway to Alamitos Avenue and to obtain land between May Avenue and the Hamilton Bowl and between the estag Coast Freeway and VE when funds allow.

Hamilton Junior High School City Planning Commission Board of Education May Ave Pacific Coast Hwy Alamitos Ave Hamilto Bowl Estag Coast Fwy

Europe Applauds Truman Aid Plea Across Allies

Western Europe lauded President Truman's request for broad powers to speed world recovery while urging congressional control over funds. Rome's Independent praised his stance in Italy, and British papers hailed the move as a landmark step in the Marshall Plan. Paris press gave extensive coverage of the $597 million emergency aid for France, Italy, and Austria.

London Western Europe Truman Congress Rome Times of London Telegraph Irish Times of Dublin Paris France Italy Austria

Britain Denies Spain Weddling Charge

London reports the foreign office rejected a Spanish protest accusing Britain of interfering in Spain's internal affairs. The statement framed the dispute as a matter of nonintervention and asserted no British meddling occurred.

Britain Spain London Foreign Office

Reds suffer heavy losses in Manchuria

Peiping reports that Nationalist military commanders estimate the Communist Sixth Manchurian campaign has caused about 90,000 casualties as the operation remains essentially at a standstill.

Manchuria Peiping

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