A B bomb described as huge as living room in Look article
New York April 23 Look Magazine prints what it calls the first eye witness description of an A bomb by Jim Berryman Washington Star cartoonist. He says he rode in a B 50 carrying an A bomb in a practice run and offers details on size weight and mechanisms while officials dispute if a real weapon was seen. Berryman cites a 40 second delay to detonation and notes the bomb’s dimensions and loading method amid claims of hundreds trained for atomic drops.
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Look Magazine Today
Jim Berryman
Washington Star
Look
Air Force
Berryman
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lock Magazine
Berryma
Ridiculous A-bomb fears mocked by airman at Savannah base
The News notes an airman dismissing sensational tales about the A bomb. He cites a trip from Hunter Air Force Base in Savannah and quotes Maj. General Roscoe C. Wilson on atomic energy operations. He argues it is time to end fearmongering about nuclear weapons.
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Savannah
Roscoe C. Wilson
Atomic Energy
Hoboken
Manhattan
Brooklyn
MacArthur dismissal mystery still unsolved
Aide Maj. Gen Courtney Whitney says General MacArthur does not know why President Truman stripped him of his commands. Whitney spoke at the Waldorf Astoria, noting the dismissal lacked military precedent and that MacArthur learned of the news by radio before official notification.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Waldorf-Astoria
MacArthurs
Washington
Tokyo
Lansdale Tube Co major item among defense project approvals
Washington April 23 The Defense Production Administration announced 94 defense plant expansion projects approved for federal tax benefits covering facilities valued at over 218 million dollars. Lansdale Tube Co Frederick Maryland electronic tubes 4.088 million dollars accounts for 75 percent write off. A bank barn burned near Urbana Monday noon with loss over 7500 dollars, insured. two Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Co. pieces arrived too late after a seven mile run to save the building containing hay and straw.
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Defense Production Administration
DPA
Lansdale Tube Co
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Urbana
Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Co
Luther Montgomery
Montgomery
Weather Records Washington Apr 23
Weather Bureau reports temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p m in Washington. Temperatures ranged from mild to warm with measurable rainfall in several stations. Observers note conditions across the district and log daily climate data for public record.
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Weather
Washington
Weather Bureau
Honors Papers To Be Read At Hood College Tonight
Two honor papers will be read this evening in the Meyran drawing room at Hood College. Miss Mitzi Weil of Garden City New York will present part of her paper at seven o clock on Aspects of Protestant Hymnity with the subtitle Discussion Based on a Study of the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal. She is a choir member and part of the Trident Club.
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Hood College
Mitzi Weil
Garden City
New York
Miss Stevens Honors Paper On Kachina Masks And Dolls
Miss Vivian Steven of Ottawa Ontario Canada will read at 7 45 pm her honors paper titled Kachina Masks and Dolls Symbolism and Use The presentation will include slides and cover the nature of Kachina their performance and related ceremony Steven has been active in YWCA affairs held offices in the organization and is involved in sports as a Riding Club member and senior class soccer manager
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Weil
Feld of Music
Hood
Vivian Steven
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Steven
YWCA
Eastern Star Meets in Maryland Grand Chapter Opens
The 53rd anniversary and rainbow session of the Grand Chapter of Maryland Order of the Eastern Star opened in Baltimore on April 23. The meeting will run through Wednesday as reports were presented at the opening session.
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Eastern Star
Baltimore
Grand Chapter of
Maryland
Order of the Eastern Star
Baltimore Leaders Preside at Business Session
The gathering was led by Mrs. Cladys Hill of Baltimore, worthy grand matron, and Richard Fischer of Baltimore, worthy grand patron, guiding a formal meeting in their official capacities.
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Cladys Hill
Baltimore
Richard Fischer
Rubber For Civilian Use To Be Increased
The Government announces a 10 percent May increase in rubber allocations for civilian goods. Excluded are passenger car tires, garden hose, athletic goods, toys and more. The NPA order lifts civilian rubber use to the 1949-50 level, with 90 percent usage in the first quarter.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Pearl Ormsby Fobes Skylark Completes Production Test
Stine Berd High Brattleboro Virginia April 24 Pearl Ormsby Fobes Skylark a registered Holstein Friesian cow owned by H Irving Stine Knoxville Maryland completed a 273 day production test official Herd Improvement Registry She produced 737 pounds of butterfat and 18682 pounds of milk testing 39 percent She was milked three times daily and was seven years four months old at the start of her test period.
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Stine Berd High
Brattleboro
Pearl Ormsby Fobes
Skylark
H. Irving
Stine
Knoxville
Fire crews fight street line fire in Genoa area
Pole on fire near an electrified line drew Uniteds pumper and a rose ladder from Citizens hook on ladder to Madist street. Firemen said high winds blew power wires into contact causing a short that started the blaze around 2 a m Monday. Genoa marks 500th anniversary of Columbus birth in 1951.
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Citizens
Madist
Genoa
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