Supersonic helmet aids pilots bailouts in tests
Santa Monica Calif The Army Air Force reports a new custom fitted helmet for supersonic pilots designed by Douglas Aircraft engineers to stay on during bailouts. Tests show current helmets blow off, stripping head protection and oxygen supply. Slots behind the forehead create a vacuum to hold the helmet in place and allow air to escape, preventing dangerous pressure buildup.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Army Air Force
Douglas Aircraft
Navy Waves to Sea Duty for Women Volunteers
The Navy Department announced that Waves will be assigned to sea duty on ships of the Military Sea Transportation Service. Sixty three billets will be filled from Hospital Corps volunteers, replacing twenty four Navy Nurse Corps officers on short duty. Each ship will host at least two Waves, with a 21 month tour. Eligibility requires 21 years old and 24 months in the Navy, with 28 billets in the Atlantic and 35 in the Pacific.
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Washington
Navy Department
Transportation Service
Navy Nurse Corps
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy to Build Second Atomic Sub Sea Wolf
The U S Navy plans a second atomic submarine named Sea Wolf with a power plant built by General Electric. A land based prototype is at West Milton New York ahead of early production. The Nautilus is priced at 29 million dollars excluding the power plant and the Sea Wolf at 32 7 million. Both submarines are contracted to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton Connecticut.
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General Electric Company
West Milton
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corporation
Groton
Connecticut
Connecticut Woman Governor For A Day
Hartford report notes the first woman to preside as governor for a day in Connecticut. Mrs Alice K Leopold of Weston, Secretary of State, filled the governor's chair while Governor John Lodge was out of state with two officials. Leopold had been elected Secretary of State for a four year term in 1950 after prior service in the state legislature.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Alice K. Leopold
Weston
John Lodge
Leopold
State Senate
New High Speed Camera Shows Record Framing Speed
LOS ALAMOS UC scientists unveil a new camera claimed the fastest ever built. It can photograph explosive phenomena at up to 3,500,000 frames per second, about 150000 times typical film speed, useful for self luminous events or those lit by intense explosive light in argon atmosphere.
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Los Alamos
University of California
Birthday Lodgepole WSCS Meeting in Spanish Theme
The Lodgepole WSCS held a church parlors meeting on September 17 to celebrate its 13th birthday. 38 attended as Mrs Elsie Carleton played Spanish music. Ruth Warner announced prayer groups and the Angelus Hour. skit participants included Cora Hoffman and Zella Guinn. $8 offered, lunch served, candles lit, and a $501.50 profit noted from Old Settlers Day.
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Lodgépole Wses
Elsie. Carleton
Ruth Warner
Aletha Campbell
Southwest
Aénu
WSCS
Big Springs
Marco Polo’s Oil Used for Water Proofing in Paints
Marco Polo noted as early as the fourteenth century that Tung oil, called China wood oil, endures water exposure. American paint makers still rely on it for quick drying oils, varnishes, and enamels in diverse coatings.
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Marco Polo
Mattco Polo
Fragmented Question About Bear Blood Plumping
A user asks if a bear plumps every drop of their blood to the bony tissues each vacx once every minute, a statement mixing biology and undefined term. The phrasing is unclear and appears nonsensical.
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