Atomic Bombs and Civil Defense Dominate National News
The week’s news covers the Soviet atomic bomb progress with White House confirmation of a second explosion and a British estimate of a growing stockpile. Civil Defense urges universal identity tags for civilians, while White House reconstruction funds for the Senate building are debated. The 1951 crop outlook is described as satisfactory with large corn and winter wheat harvests. Ridgway signals new Korean cease fire talks site at Panmunjom, draft reclassifications proceed, and the World Series grips the nation with the Yankees defeating the Giants.
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White House
Stalin
Russia
Soviet Union
Klaus Fuchs
Bruno Pontecorvo
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Agriculture
Kansas-Missouri
Agriculture Department
Korea
Reds
Enemgy
Defense Bond Drive Boosts Americans Hold Defense Bonds
The Treasury reports a record 34.566 billion in defense bonds outstanding as of October 1, surpassing June 1950’s 34.543 billion. The drive began September 3 and runs through October 27, with fewer bonds cashed last month and 6.2 million Americans buying bonds via payroll deduction. About half of U S families hold defense bonds, a share expected to grow.
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Treasury
Department
The
Rifle bullet height exceeds half its horizontal range
Jim Rhody summarizes John J. OConnor of Remington Labs on how high a bullet can go when fired vertically. He notes a 22 long rifle can reach about 3700 feet upward, more than half its maximum horizontal range, raising safety concerns for ground shooters near aircraft and dirigibles.
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John J. O'Connor
Remington Arms Company, Inc
O’connor
United States
Old Reliable Lure Favored for Late Season Bass Fishing
The article praises Pflueger’s luminous tandem guinea-tail spinner as a top bass lure for late fall, noting anglers’ preference if restricted to one. It also cites U.S. Forest Service data showing national forests had fewer fires from careless smoking in 1950 than 1949, with incendiaries rising.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Pflueger
Wildlife Management Institute
U.S. Forest Service
Virginia
Doll outfit sewing pattern features and yardage notes
A holiday sewing guide promotes pattern No. 1712 for dolls 16 to 24 inches with yardage details and a Fall and Winter STYLIST booklet. It highlights a jumper blouse set with front skirt pleat and pocket flaps and lists another pattern No. 3235 with yardage for sizes 12 to 42 and a size 14 jumper and blouse.
Place de la Concorde Rebuffs Glamour for Practical Redesign
After nearly three centuries Paris’s Place de la Concorde gains a stone block surface replacing wooden paving. The historic quadrant, famed for drama more than peace, traces its origins to 1763 with Louis XV’s equestrian statue and a fatal 1790 crowd disaster during a Dauphin wedding celebration.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
France
Louis XV
Tuileries
la Place Louis Quinze
Dauphin
Louis XVI
Marie Antoiette
Secret Young Man and Daughter's Hidden Fortune
A terse exchange hints at a secret wealth source tied to a silent older partner. The dialogue implies a risk to happiness if the daughter learns the truth about the narrator's earnings.
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