Krakatoa Explosion Killed 36000 People in 1883
The Aug 27 1883 Krakatoa eruption killed about 36,000 people though no major town lay within 100 miles. Its shockwaves traveled 3000 miles by air and ocean waves rose on shores across four continents.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1952
Page
6
The Aug 27 1883 Krakatoa eruption killed about 36,000 people though no major town lay within 100 miles. Its shockwaves traveled 3000 miles by air and ocean waves rose on shores across four continents.
Bonn reports say George Boltwood. Western Allies push Adenauer to speed talks on a West German peace contract. The plan would grant near sovereignty and end the Allied High Commission in exchange for a 12 division army. Adenauer demands a German NATO voice and satisfaction of claims before joining a European army. High Commissioners McCloy Francois-Poncet and Kirkpatrick plan face-to-face with Adenauer today.
W. L. Duff a sanitarian with the Butler County Health Department completed a two week seminar at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware titled Building Better Sanitation sponsored by the Ohio Department of Health. Lectures by faculty from Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio State University. Dr John D. Porterfield Director of Health of Ohio closed the seminar with an address. The course was arranged by the Division of Sanitation and the Division of Public Health of the Ohio Health Department.
Washington officials unveil new military gear before a Senate committee as part of a 52 billion dollar appropriation. A room is filled with privately held devices covered by sheets while Pentagon leaders testify on weapons including an expensive bomb sight.
Winter starts and short trips keep engines cold causing blow-by moisture to condense inside the crankcase. When outside temperatures drop the oil set up and moisture accumulates, creating conditions that mimic rain inside the crankcase.
According to Italian sources the U S Mutual Security Administration plans to order 25 to 30 million dollars worth of small naval ships eight subchasers and 10 landing craft from Italian shipyards for Allies under Atlantic Pact. A U S Navy team is in Rome discussing a possible Italian construction program of specific naval vessels with Italy's Ministry of Marine.
In Mexico City a crippling electric strike ending after ten hours cut power and water, leaving pumps halted from noon until after 10 p.m. Six thousand workers of the Canadian owned Mexican Light and Power Co. returned to work after the Labor Ministry outlawed the strike. The protest opposed a 15 percent provisional wage increase granted 18 months earlier.
The January 22 American Airlines Convair crash in a residential district near Elizabeth New Jersey has claimed its thirtieth victim. Rosa Caruso, 52, trapped in the blaze after the plane struck her home, died yesterday at St. Elizabeths Hospital.
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