Communications Modernize Battlefield Radio and Wire Systems
The U S Army showcases advances in field communications including portable switchboards SB 22PT weighing 22 pounds for 12 lines and a building block design for 46 lines. A new lightweight field wire used in Korea weighs less than half and offers longer range. The first walkie talkie radios rolled off March 8, 1951, weighing 25 pounds with three variants for Armor Artillery and Infantry and ranges from three to five miles.
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United States Army
U.S
Signal Corps
Army Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories
Korea
Radio Corporation of America
Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories
Army signals to deploy integrated comms with new handie talkie
The Army Signal Corps plans to field a battery operated receiver transmitter unit as part of integrated communications. A Raytheon handie talkie and Bell Telephone Laboratories frontline vehicular sets are to be delivered soon.
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Army Signal Corps
Raytheon Manufacturing Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Numbers Racket Suspect Is Finally Caught by Patrolman
New York police had long suspected Haywood Barrier in the numbers racket. A routine stop led to a wallet drop reveal: five yellow slips with numbers. Barrier pleaded guilty with the judge remarking on the hair clue.
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New York
Haywood Barrier
Barrier
Barrer
State Department Growth Through American History
Washington report shows the State Department expanding from eight employees in 1790 to 17,000 today. Five thousand work in the United States and about twelve thousand abroad. The new building, once the War Department home before the Pentagon, houses most domestic staff with the department also occupying twenty other D C buildings.
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Washington
United States Department of State
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
State Department
War Department
Pentagon
Department
Washington, D.C
Cluster of Cabs Tips Cop To Illegal Poker Session
Milwaukee patrolman discovers eight taxicabs idle with no drivers at 2:45 am. He overhears a poker game in a nearby house as players shout bets and a winner. One cabbie charged with running a gaming house and others as patrons.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene Buraczewski
Baraczewski
Dewey Bans In-Car TV Equipment On New York Highways
Governor Thomas Dewey signed a bill making it illegal to operate an automobile equipped with a television receiver on New York public highways. The law excludes mobile transmitting units used by television stations or networks. Officials say the move keeps TV at home and out of trouble.
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Albany
N.Y
Thomas Dewey
New York Public
Commanders Laud Front Line Morale in Korea
A Pentagon general credits U S Army battalion commanders leading troops in Korea with superb training toughness and spirit. The letter recalls long nights in snow as battalions repel counterattacks and keep moving, praising the men and their leaders who stay steadfast under pressure.
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Korea
Pentagon
Oshkosh Traffic Officer Nets Drunken Driver
Lt. Harry Kripner of Oshkosh chased a weaving motorist after a third car hit his squad car. He helped the injured party, called for an ambulance, and after freeing his car from a ditch he caught the drunken driver who received a $100 fine.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Harry Kripner
Gosh
Kripner
Thief Steals Clothing Meant for Burial Garments in Chicago
An unidentified Chicago thief took $1,400 in new clothes from Horace Baker of Delaware, Pennsylvania. Police say the seven suits and 60 dresses were intended as burial garments to cover the front of a person, held by strings in the back.
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Chicago
Isis
Horace Baker
Delaware, Pa
Baker
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