Zworykin Receives Rumford Medals in Boston
Dr. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin receives Rumford medals from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for outstanding contributions to the subject of motion pictures and television. He helped develop television and the electron microscope, guiding RCA research and earning the 1940 Modern Pioneer award from the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Zworykin
Rumford
Boston
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Radio Corporation of America
National Association of Manufacturers
Florida Sisters Preserve Three Dead Bodies for 16 Years
Leigh Culley recounts how two elderly Florida sisters, the Anicorns, kept their father, a sister, and a Negro servant in unburied, hermetically casketed bodies at Pinehurst Seminary south of Jacksonville. The story follows the sisters’ isolation, the buried relatives, and the 18 years of decline, as neighbors and a visiting journalist uncover a haunting tale of obsession.
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Florida
Leigh Culley
Jacksonville
Fla
Duval
St. Johns
William P. Bacheller
Newport
R. 1
Gertrude Anhorn
St. Augustine
Minnie
Pinehurst Seminary
Gertrude
Fannie Anhorn
Pines
Palmetto
Elbert Anhorn
Bacheller
Rhode Island
Minnie Anhorn
Mrs. Bacheller
Remedy
Leo Witt
Miss Minnie
Mortning Witt and I
George Howell
St. Johns County
Windowless Army Ordnance Plant Dedicated in Gadsden
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson dedicated the $7 million Gadsden Ordnance Plant in Alabama built for forging and machining shells. The initial order covers 105 mm shell manufacture for the Army howitzer, with a windowless, fluorescent lit, air conditioned machine shop and five forging lines ready. Dedication set for 2 30 P.M. C S T.
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Army Ordnance Plant
Gadsden
Ala
Robert P. Patterson
Gadsden Ordnance Plant
Congress
North
Alabama
C-S.t
Lease-Lend Bill Heads for Quick Passage in House
Washington predicted to approve the 5.985 billion dollar lend-lease bill with little change amid bipartisan support. Leaders expect debate to close today and passage by tomorrow night, with amendments to bar aid to Russia under consideration.
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House
Russia
John Taber
Rn.y
Appropriations Committee
Stephen A. Day
R-Ul
Robert F. Jones
Ohio
William P. Lambertson
I- Ran
Lambertson
Taber
George C. Marshalls
Clance Cannon
Th House
Canno
Natlong
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Hitler
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Bendix
RINSO
Adyer
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M. J
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