Artificial Moon Test Speeds Into The Night Sky
Air Force scientists launch an Aerobee rocket from Holloman to release sodium vapor for a possible visible glow in the upper atmosphere. The test aims to illuminate a column of yellow sodium light, with visibility depending on emission efficiency and may be seen with the naked eye or only by instruments. The operation carries cameras to record the event as metal sodium pellets are released and burn through thermite at altitude.
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Air Force Scienists
Air Force
Holloman Air Development Center
Aerobee
Maryland Court of Appeals Hears Case on Foreign Raw Materials
Arguments heard in Annapolis over whether Peste et al supplied raw materials used in machinery manufactured outside Maryland for use within the state. Case tests state tax or regulatory implications and corporate sourcing rules.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Maryland
Truman meets Mayor Wagner after talks with Harriman
President Franklin D. Roosevelt era reminiscence aside, the article notes Truman’s private City Hall discussion with Mayor Wagner followed by a public press session. Reporters asked about Leonard Hall’s claim that Stevenson could be dumped midstream by Democrats before the convention. Truman dismissed plots, praising Harriman and Debapio as capable, and noting Hall’s own troubles.
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Friend
Bas
Eny
Wagner
Truman
City Hall
Quickll
GOP
Leonard Hall
Stevenson
Truman Harriman
Debapio
Neal
Tiny Vacuum Tube To Aid TV Reception
Owensboro reports General Electric Co announced a tiny metal and ceramic vacuum tube that will boost ultra high frequency signals for distant homes receivers. The tube, about the length of a paper clip, needs new tuners and converters before use and will mimic increased station power.
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Owensboro
General Electric Co
B Davis
Land Week Tour Highlights Maryland Conservation Efforts
Land Week tours in Frederick County traced seven years of soil conservation at Mrs Nellie Thrasher and R N Maller farms near Jefferson. About 225 visitors, including 150 youths from Silver Spring and groups from Calvert County Middletown and Washington County, learned from County Agent Henry R Shoe maker and staff about modern farming practices and large scale operations begun in 1948. County officials and Extension Service personnel explained how the program started and benefitted agriculture, with experts from USDA Soil Conservation Service and Forestry Dept discussing woodlot management and wildlife conservation. The tour continues into Washington County today.
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Marland
Frederick County
Nellie Thrasher
R. N. Maller
Jefferson
Silver Spring
Calvert County
Middletown
Washington County
Walkerside
Henrys R Shoemaker
Thrasher Farm
Miller Farm
Start
Edward F. Holter
Land Week
Maryland
Elmer Hodges
Charles H. Remsberg
Ed Davis
Fred Bull
Paul Galbreath
Frank Thasher
John Banard
USD A
Rhea Kincaid
Paul Anderson
George Schwartz
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
Henry Lakin
Maunee Ahalt
Jack Karoig
Lewis Rudasill
Forestry Department
Crops Developed Well Last Month Report Says Harvest Near Record
The Agriculture Department reported that crops progressed favorably in September supporting estimates that the harvest would be the second highest on record. Fall harvest progress has led to moderate increases in production estimates for cotton and hay.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural output shifts and Lebanon population figures
The report shows sorghum grain, rice, peanuts and tobacco rising slightly while corn and dry beans gain. declines occur in soybeans, flatseed, potatoes, sugarbeets, sweet potatoes and hops. Overall cropland volume sits at 106 percent of the 1917 49 base, with 1948 records at 108. Corn is forecast near 3 118 000 900 bushels, about four million above the September estimate. In Lebanon, about 8 000 Americans resided, per Surete Generale figures from Beirut.
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Lebanon
Surete-General Ip
Beirut
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