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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1947
Page
6
The story describes the move of the largest telescope mirror up Mt Palomar in Southern California. After years of work and wartime delays the mirror will be tracked to the summit where it will offer near lunar distances and potential weather maps of Mars, thrilling science and public imagination.
The report cites a forecast of meat and supplies decreasing in the coming year, risking greater meat hunger for consumers. John F Xroq, chairman of the American Stout Institute, comments on machinery and policy debates while Forrestal criticizes UN machinery for inefficiency.
McKenny on Bridge discusses double of a no trump as businesslike. The hand in the world championship pair event features Mrs Helen Sobel of New York facing a calculated penalty. West opens hearts, East wins with ace and returns five hearts.
In a suit auction, Mrs Sobel defended after North Pass Pass Ide 1 Double Pass. Openings led to a sequence where Sobel won with jack, cashed diamonds, West s struggled to avoid endplay, and Sobel secured an overtrick when West discarded. The final position yielded Sobel the queen of spades and ace of clubs.
A 1947 radio program Q and A discusses sleep loss effects on performance and social class outcomes in a Midwestern town. It notes counseling helps and advertises Dr A E Wiggam's booklet How to Be an Emotional Grown-Up for 10 cents plus return envelope.
The Detroit Free Press notes a tardy but richly deserved honor to Dr. Thomas Francis Jr of the University of Michigan for developing the influenza vaccine that nearly eliminated flu in the Army. It recalls wartime fears of a 1945 outbreak and praises his role in preventing a possible epidemic.
A compilation of trivia questions and answers covers Niagara’s name origin, the 1862 ironclad oath repealed in 1871, U S surname counts, Olympic timetable, 1946 auto production and exports, college cost about 798 dollars, the Inter American Highway linking seven nations, voting rules in Australia, Indian hunting licenses, and demographic shifts in age and gender.
A garbled crossword style item lists clues and partial phrases about actors, places, and terms, with many OCR errors, lacking coherent narrative or clear news event.
The Dakota AN WP Dispatch notes a 60 mile front migration of snakes north and toads south in North Dakota. Observers question the odd phenomenon and self preservation motives, with speculation about why snakes leave the toads and whether salamanders may depart too.
A fragmented opinion piece critiques politicians and officials withabsurd hypotheticals about military training for women and economic policy while recalling distant geopolitical and economic topics. The prose mixes satire with vague references to asylum and restraint in wartime planning.
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