Sustained Supersonic Flight Seen Imminent by Experts
Government research leaders told aviation officials that aircraft able to fly at supersonic speeds for sustained periods are imminent. The X-1 has reached about 1,000 mph at high altitudes, but fuel limits constrain endurance, while drag drops with altitude enabling higher speed with less power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
National Advisory Committee For’ Aeronautics Flight Pro‘pulsion Laboratory
Defense Department
Air Transport and Tech
Supreme Court Justice to Direct Noranic Fire Probe
A Canadian inquiry will be led by Justice R L Kellock into the Noronic disaster killing 121 and leaving 84 missing. Transport Minister Chevrier said the commission will start soon as a preliminary transport probe already begun. FBI fingerprint help is sought to identify the dead as more bodies are identified in Toronto.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
Noranie
R.L. Kellock
Lionel Chevrier
House of Commons
Ottawa
Department of ‘Transport
Great Lakes
Red Cross
St Michael's Cathedral
FBI
Washington
Royal Canadian Mounted Polies
Dominion
Tobin to Address Democrats Tonight in LA
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin arrived from the western states Democratic conference and will speak tonight before the Hollywood Democratic Club. Other speakers include President Harry Flannery of the 15th Congressional District Democratic Club and Attorney Robert W. Gilbert.
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Los Angeles
Sept
Maurice J. Tobin
San Francisco
Hollywood Democratic Club
Harry Flannery
15Th Congressional District Democratic Club
Robert Fw. Gilbert
Pennsylvania Dutch story crowns headless cat tale
In Penholders Pennsylvanian Dutch tale contest Rev Frank Ruth of Bernville told a story about a stubborn tomcat killed by rope gun and later found head in mouth after three days. Judges including US District Judge Guy Bard and state official Roger Bales weighed the entries.
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Penholds
Frank Ruth
Bernville
Pennsylvania
Ruth
Alec A
Om - Himael
Clarence Rahn
U.S
Guy, K. Bard
Manicipa Court
Robert Mays
Babs Hutton Returns Home to Seek Health
Princess Barbara Hutton 36 arrives in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth seeking medical checkup and rest. She plans a months stay at the Hotel Pierre while her fourth husband Prince Igor Troubetz koy is expected to join her. she weighs about 95 pounds and cites kidney and intestinal ailments from prior operations.
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Princess Barbare Hutton Troubeizkoy
Woolworth
Baroda
New York
Southampton
Princ
United States
Maharanee
Associated Press
Babs” Hutton
Barbara Hutton
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy
Barbara
Europe
Employers Reject Bid to Arbitrate Hawaii Deadlock
In Honolulu Hawaii the stevedoring industry rejected a proposal by Federal Judge George J B Harris to form a threeman ar bitration board to end the 14 day dock strike. W Russell Starr said arbitration failed to bring peace with the CIO Longshoremen in San Francisco and would not work in Hawaii. Harris suggested a panel including a judge employer and union rep. The strike and dispute also drew a complaint under federal strike breaking law against Matson Navigation Co and union charges of a conspiracy to bring 200 replacement workers to Hawaii.
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Honolulu
T. H
George JB. Harris
San Francisco
W. Russell Starr
Starr
Ha ‘Waii
Harry Bridges
Longshore
Harris
U. S. Labor
Maurice Tobin
Matson Navigation Co
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
United States
Rudolph Eskovitz
Matson
A. F. L.seamen's Union
Hawaii
I. O
Mystery Explosion Probed in Pasadena Area
Pasadena police investigate a mysterious blast in the Pasadena Eagle Rock region. Four squad cars searched near Annadale County Club and Colorado Street Bridge but found no cause. Many residents reported hearing or seeing a flash of flame and called police headquarters.
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Pasadena
Eagle Rock
Annadale County Club
Colorado’ St. Bridge
Jury Frees Atlanta Judge in Shooting of Wife's Lawyer
A Superior Court jury acquitted Judge Robert Carpenter after 59 minutes of deliberation in Atlanta. The case centered on a July 27 shooting of attorney John Lockwood, Carpenter’s former friend and Mrs Carpenter's ex-lawyer. The trial featured testimony about relationships between Lockwood, Mrs Carpenter, and Mrs Estelle Mann, with Barbara Carpenter's testimony on Lockwood's influence.
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Robert Carpenter
Barbara
Fulton County Superior Court
Atlanta
Carpenter
John Lockwood
A.P
Tlanta
Courtcom
Fulton Gounty
Lockwood
Philadelphia
UCB Professors Seek Voluntary Loyalty Oaths
U C professors vote to ask the regents to rescind last June’s compulsory loyalty oath policy. The academic senate proposes a voluntary standard while maintaining a policy against employing those whose organizational commitments could bias teaching. About half of UC staff signed the oath. contracts were being withheld from others.
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U. of C
University of California
Berkeley
San Francisco
Davis
Board of Regents
Southern
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
University
Robert Gordon Sproul
Academic Senate
Regents
Sproul
Truman to honor Boyle in Kansas City homecoming
President Truman and top Democratic leaders will attend a September 29 testimonial dinner for William M. Boyle Jr., new chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The event at Municipal Auditorium is expected to draw many guests, including Vice President Barkley and Speaker Rayburn, marking Boyle’s rise from Kansas City police start to national party leadership.
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Washington
Truman
Kansas City
Democratic High Command
William M. Boyle Jr
Democratic National Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Boyle
White House
National Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Senate
Boyles
United States
Pendergast
Thomas J. Pendergast
Old Tom
Otto P. Higgins
Higgins
State of
Missouri
Bryce B. Smith
Voters of
Jackson County
Harry S. Truman
NEW Careee
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Robert E. Hannegan
Natonal ’Committee
Tre
New Plastic Lung Repair Shows Natural Shape Potential
At the Colorado State Medical Society meeting in Denver, Dr. Allan Hurst described a snow white plastic lung material that mimics real tissue. The synthetic sponge supports natural lung fibers, anchors in place, and restores chest shape after tuberculosis damage.
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Enver
Colorado State Medical Society
Mauys
National Jewish Hospital
Denver
Allan Hurst
Lawrence Heightshoe
Denver Plastics Company
Hurst
Mother of Seven Goes to Prison for Forgery in Arkansas
In Rock, Arkansas, Mary Frances Morton, a mother of seven expecting her eighth child, pleaded guilty to forging and uttering an unauthorized government check. She was sentenced in U.S. District Court to two years. A prior probation had been imposed after a similar charge. In a separate report, Jerry Riggs told state police he shot his father, Harry L. Riggs, 48, in a cornfield after his father spanked him and refused money for a bicycle. authorities found the elder man with a bullet wound in the back.
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Car Rock
Ark
U.S
Mary Frances Morton
Jerry
Harry L. Riggs
Cornfield
R. C. Culp
Cattle Roundup Foreman Injured In Helicopter Crash
Vernon Texas September 20 Tony Hazelwood veteran foreman of the Waggoner ranch was injured yesterday while herding cattle when his helicopter crashed in a roundup near town.
Pagan family moved to front of public housing waitlist
Trouble beset Pagans, who lost three children in a December fire and faced hardship after Pablo, a merchant seaman, struggled to find work. Now the city housing authority places them at the head of the list for a first apartment in a public housing project, as they await twins next month. They rely on welfare and live in a furnished room.
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New York
Pablo
Marietta Pagan
Housing Authority
Death requested in boy’s murder trial
Buckhannon W V Sept 20 The death penalty has been asked for a 14 year old boy accused of killing his father. Upshur County Prosecutor D D Dennings asked for the death sentence in opening remarks to the jury. Jerry Riggs 14 of Tallmansville pleaded innocent to the Aug 3 shooting.
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Buckhannon
St! Upshur
D. Dennings
Jerry Riggs
Tallmansville
Jerry
Fire Chief and Hotel Dumbwaiter Fire Incident
Seattle report details Battalion Fire Chief Paris Adams discovering a smoldering garbage can rising through a hotel dumbwaiter after an accidental activation. The event occurred on September 11th floor duties yesterday as the fire found him.
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Seattle
Wash
Paris Adams
Hunter Accidentally Shoots His Parents in Canton Ohio
In Canton Ohio on September 2 John Reese, a 33 year old hunter, fired at a squirrel in dense woods. The shot struck his mother Hazel Reese in the hip and abdomen, seriously wounding her, while his father Homer Reese was hit in the hip and injured. both were taken to Mercy Hospital. Deputy Nick Maxin stated the squirrel was already dead in the hand of Hazel Reese.
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Canton
Ohio
John Reese
Reese
Nick Maxin
Maxin
Hazel
Homer
Mercy Hospital
Violinist Brings Serenade To Parkland Ward
Avrum Denoff, violinist of the Dallas Symphony, plays for a Parkland Hospital isolation ward patient recovering from bulbar polio. Judy Mandel sits nearby as the daily serenade unfolds in Dallas. The note mentions a young patient and a request number, with the scene set on a hospital window ledge.
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Dallas
Texas
Parkland Hospital
Judy Mandel
Avrum Denoff
Dallas Symphony
Oretra
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Supreme Court Justice
Etters
Tory
Tobin
Babs’ Hutton
Mrs. Carpenter
Barpara
Gudge Carpenter
George F. Gennara
Caspian
Lafayette
Ind
Michigan
Lyle C C. Wilson
Howard W. Blakes
Heightshoe
Longmont
Hunter
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