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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1947
Page
8
The newspaper page from Frederick reports local happenings and brief items dated September 1047. It presents short notices, community briefings, and regional updates typical of a mid century local paper with concise summaries and named local institutions.
Johns Hopkins scientists say it is theoretically possible to arm the U S with guided missiles that navigate by stars. They warn that propulsion, launch, and guidance challenges must be solved before any practical weapons appear while exploring space platforms and celestial guidance concepts.
Clarence C. Carty told Kiwanis members that Frederick’s water supply has fallen steeply in 30 years and will shrink further without conservation. He noted loss of bass, quail, dove and trout in streams, urging a general reclamation, reforestation, and soil conservation plan. He proposed Frederick city and county jointly acquire about 90 square miles of Linganore lands for preservation and planned use.
City officials warn the Fishing Creek watershed cannot meet needs as water tables fall and the Adamstown factory wells deepened. Carty urges funding to buy watershed rights, protecting the $300,000 invested in the water system while fish hatcheries relocate due to reduced flow.
In Waukegan a deep fissure is said to have formed in a stream bed allowing water to drain via subterranean channels, a theory not yet proven though the decreasing water reserve is noted as a basic fact. The luncheon meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel was led by Kenneth L. Metcalf, club president. Police report a four year old boy fatally wounds his sister with a sawn off shotgun in a two room flat while the mother is away and the father works.
Portsmouth Va Sept 2 An anonymous but reliable source says the aircraft carrier Midway sailed to test launch V-2 type rockets at sea. Naval spokesmen withheld detailed information citing confidentiality as the tests began with the rockets reportedly installed aboard.
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