Radar pioneers at Navy lab push early detection work
In the 1930s the Naval Research Laboratory advanced radar from crude experiments to sea trials. Led by Robert Page and Guthrie, with Albert Taylor guiding, the team refined high frequency pulses, overcame fund shortages, and produced the XAF prototype later mounted on the battleship New York for testing amid maneuvers.
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STOR
Naval Research Laboratory
Tist
Robert M. Page
Robert C. Guthrie
John M. Hightoweright
Associated Press
Ington
Potomac River
Naval Proving Ground
Dahlgren
Washington
Navy
Laboratory
Bureau of Engineering
Harold G. Bowen
Bowen
H. Greenlee
Greenlee
Taylor
Scrugham
Nevada
House
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Capitol
Jim Serugham
Jim
NRL
Congress
Hollis N. Cooley
Cooley
Greenless
Congressional
Leary
Page
Ously
Claude Cleeton
University of Michigan
L. R. Philpott
University of Idaho
John P. Hagen
Connecticut Wesleyan
Philpott
Hagen
Cleeton
Gebhard
Page, Guthrie
H. E Reppert
A. A. Varela
I. H. Page
E. L. Luke
Smithsonian Institution Museum
New York
Aztec Mosquito Relief Ad Promises Easy Relief
An old newspaper ad touts Mersana formerly Menean Heat Powder as a mosquito bite relief remedy for bites stings and itching. It claims soothing air and fragrance and suggests it leaves clothing pleasant to wear.
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Muromer
Escaped youth held after string of burglaries
Lionel Bernard a teenage escapee from a training institute was captured after admitting to three burglaries across D Masur and Sons Griffin s Poultry and Grocery and Holloway s pharmacy. He broke plate glass fronts and stole cigarettes shoes a shirt and trousers before leaving near Five Points.
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Lionel Bernard
B. L. Brantley
Brantley
New Orleans
Training Institute
Holloway's
Vaughan, Wright and Bender
Griffin's Market
Holloway
D. Masur and Sons
Five Points
Rhoades Bonds Reduction Ties To Tire Theft Case
O Speedy Rhoades, jailed on seven counts for selling stolen tires, saw his bond cut from 3200 to 1300 in district court with Judge Frank Hawthorn presiding. Four co defendants in the tire racket have bond status: Harvey Ramsey and Sylvester Cooper posted, while J T McClain and J W Cheshire remain jailed.
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O. “Speedy” Rhoades
Frank Hawthorn
Rhoades
Harvey Ramsey
Pargood Street
Sylvester Cooper
South Grand Street
J. T. McClain
South 3Rd Street
J. W. Cheshire
West Monroe
Osage Cattlemen Plan Barbecue Amid Short Beef Supply
Pawhuska Oklahoma June 4 The Osage Cattlemen's Association faces a shortage of barbecue beef for its annual convention. Committeemen, concerned about fuel for tours and transportation, obtain permission to buy beef coffee and sugar from the ration board. They plan to move benches on railroad flats and cattle trucks for viewing 235 000 prime cattle as today’s business session and the annual square dance proceed.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Cattlemen's Association
Oklahoma
Grasslands
Spond
Building permit granted for repairs at 24 Louises Lane
Building inspector Sam H. Awl issues a permit to Mrs. Eleaney L Coverdale for residence repairs valued at 1250 dollars with subcontracting details. The Dead Sea in Palestine is 1290 feet below sea level.
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Sam H. Awl
Eleaney L Coverdale
Louises Lane Avenue
Dead Sea
Palestine
Toe cut off to join Marines in Welch West Virginia
O'Dell Dye son of State Police Sergeant C. B. Dye sought a Marine career so fiercely that he had a toe removed after a clinic confirmed it would qualify him for service. A prior broken little toe on his left foot refused to straighten but did not deter him from pursuing enlistment.
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Welch
W. Va
Instructors Added at N J C Commerce Department
Two new instructors join North East Junior College commerce program Miss Pauline Rawlings and Mrs Mae Wyan Locke bring extensive teaching background in typing shorthand and business courses Miss Rawlings holds BS and MS in education from Indiana institutions and studied at USC Mrs Locke previously taught at Southeastern Hammond and has degrees from Bowling Green East Kentucky and Kentucky University joint honors membership noted along with prior high school commerce teaching in WV and KY Wolverines follow hunters to despoil traps a soon as set.
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Commerce
Northeast Junior College
Pauline Rawlings
Mae Wyan Locke
Rawlings
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana University
University of Southern California
West Virginia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Kappa Delta Pi
National Educational Honor Society
The
American Association of University Women
False Teeth Rock Slide or Slip
FASTEETH improves denture hold by sprinkling on plates. Prevents sliding or rocking with a non acidic taste. Controls plate odor and denture breath. Available at any drug store.
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Dry Comfortable Feet
Dust feet and shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease to absorb perspiration and prevent odors. Helps break in new or tight shoes by relieving friction. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease at all druggists for real foot comfort.
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Alien
Allen
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Doss
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American Petroleum Corporation
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N. J.C
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