Pillsbury To Join Mothballs After World War II Service
Orange Texas AP recalls USS Pillsbury captured German U-boat U-505 on June 4 1944 in the South Atlantic. The eight man boarding party disarmed charges and saved the sub’s crew. Pillsbury to enter mothball fleet June 20 1945 near the June 7 1943 commissioning yard. Sub’s capture yielded enemy radio codes and torpedo tech. Also note Pakistan Karachi incident where President Ayub Khan blocked a man attempting to board Nasser and Khan’s security detains him.
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Guadalcanal
Bermuda
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago
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Pakistan
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Ayub Khan
Hagers town Band wins Cherry Blossoms parade prize
Hagerstown High School won the grand prize for bands in the Cherry Blossoms Festival parade while Georgia took the state floats title and Ohio led the general goings. The Defiance College Ohio choir float was named best in general floats, followed by the Jaycees of Washington and the George Washington Boyhood Home entry from Fredericksburg Virginia. Northwestern Senior High of Hyattsville Maryland led among state bands and Frederick High represented Maryland for the second year. The band, led by Sperry L. Storm with W Gray Buckley as drum major and Connie Michael leading majorettes, prepares for the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia later this month. Miss Rebecca Ann Thompson was honored on her 15th birthday at Brunswick City Park with a pink and blue cake baked by her grandmother, plus dancing, games and refreshments for many friends and family.
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Washington
Hagerstown
Georgia
Ohio
Defiance College
dJaycees
George Washington Boyhood
Fredericksburg
Northwestern Senior High School
Hyattsville
Rebecca Ann Thompson
Marlow Thompson
Brunswick City Park
Miss Thompson
Walter Axline
Philip Thompson
Gloria Jean Carey
Diane Longerbeam
Donna Eshbaugh
Joyce Hoffman
Sharon Duncap
Patsy Wever
Sharon O'Hara
Katie Danner
George Haws
Frankie Sisk
Bill Ferrall
Rita Danson
John Anderson
Charles Free
Joe Carey
Judy Webber
Faye Porter
Wilson Hardy
Frankie Burton
Gene Lerch
Skeeter Hahn
Sandra Duncan
Dinah Free
Tanya Whittington
Shirley Baker
Mary Louise Capino
Rose Foltz
Lindy Spurrier
Benson Haller
Rick Gail
Sonny Leathers
Careth Care
Woodrow
Local names listed for community event participants
Mary Longerbeam, Jun ior Clem, Charles Longerbeam, Benny Tuckers, Richard Houser, Robert Carty, and Duck Waddell are named among attendees for a neighborhood gathering. The fragment hints at a small town social or club event with several residents mentioned by surname and nickname.
Cancer Serum Works On Animals
Dr. de Carvalho in Chicago reported development of an antiserum that protects laboratory mice from leukemia-causing human blood. His work with transplanted tissues suggests cancers can be caused and transmitted by damaged human RNA in cellular protein factories.
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Chicago
de Carvalho
Dr. Carvalho
RNA Finds Clues From DNA In Cancer Research Talk
Laboratories and Rand Development Co reported on experiments during an interview and paper at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting. RNA is found in the cytoplasmic lake around the nucleus and follows directives from DNA to produce proteins. Past Pocohontas Council No 38 met at Red Men's Hall April 5 for monthly business. 13 members attended. Easter Seal bake sale and July 19 anniversary dinner were planned with committee members listed. May 3 event at Mrs Mackley’s home was noted. Club members shared refreshments and prayers. The Cumberland Sentinel’s Fort Hill High School was named best overall junior senior in a recent judging.
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Search Laboratories
Doctors Hospital
Rand Development Comp
Cleveland
Ipaper
American Assn
Nellie
Knill
Carrie Quinn
Birs
Velma Poole
Aileen Mackley
Elverna Norwood
Towson students win Norris Award at Maryland convention
A Maryland school newspaper captured the Norris Award Saturday during the Maryland Scholastic Press Association convention held on the Towson State Teachers College campus. The article notes nearby woods with era tidewater red cypress heartwood of eastern red cedar and pitchy southern pine.
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Maryland
Maryland Scholastic Press Assn
Towson State Teachers College
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