Hope Rescue Progress Amid Radio Probes In Mine
Specialists from across the nation rushed in with radioactive probes to locate the trapped Fellin and Throne as rescue plans shift from multiple 12 inch holes to a potential larger bore. Geiger readings remained inconclusive and morale stayed high despite earlier near misses and reports from Bova who has not been heard from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellin
Throne
Richard Anderson
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda
Bova
Free Vacations Offered After Zermatt Typhoid Epidemic
The Swiss National Tourist Office says 310 typhoid victims from last winter's outbreak in the Zermatt ski resort accepted free vacation offers as compensation. Twenty selected Zermatt to show no hard feelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Zermatt
Entombed Miners’ Courage Inspires Rescuers In Pa Mine
Report from Sheppton Pennsylvania describes 11 days of entombment in an anthracite shaft. Rescue crews, masked to protect lungs, fan out with drills while crowds above share humor and hope as workers test for proximity using detectors and gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance
Richard Anderson
Naval Research Institute
Sheppton
Trapped Floyd Collins death ends five day rescue saga
The lone Kentucky cave incident ends as Floyd Collins dies after a 17 day ordeal. Rescue efforts included a 12 inch shaft and a larger reamed bore for a capsule. Also noted are details of Louis Bova’s fate and the continuing efforts to save the two survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Collins
Kentucky
Collins
Louis Bova
Film Czar Johnston Dies After 18 Years at MPAA
Industry figure Johnston dies at age soon after a career as president of the Motion Picture Association of America. He served 18 years and earned an annual salary of 100000 dollars. A lawyer by education he built a business career via the Brown Johnston Co., a Spokane electrical firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Electrical Jand Manufacturing Co
Brown-Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Johnston
Josef Stalin
Red
Harry S. Truman
National Labor Management Advisory Committee
Inter-American Economic Development Commission
Economic Stabilization Board
War Manpower Commission
War Mobilization and Reconversion Commission
District of Columbia
West
Motion Picture Association
Ina Harriet Hughes
William Carlin Fix
Herbert Butler
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Spokane
Wash
Motion Picture Association of America
Brown-Johnston Co
Spokane, Mich
Pennsylvania Railcar Derailment near Terre Haute
A pair of wheels derailed on a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train about 6:45 AM near Terre Haute causing the 7:58 AM Spirit No 31 passenger train to be rerouted over New York Central tracks. Pennsy official Bud Moore said the cause is unknown and no major damage occurred. tracks should clear later Friday at Farrington siding off the main line toward Peoria Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Terre Haute
New York Central
St. Louis
Bud” Moore
Pennsy Movement
Indianapolis
Farrington Siding
Pennsy
Peoria
Ill
A Spaceman’s Best Friend Diamonds in Space Research
A Oklahoma State University physicist Dr. William J. Leivo heads a team under Air Force and NSF grants studying diamonds as space transistors. He notes certain diamond types function as semiconductors at temperatures near 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, aiding space exploration. The diamond was first found in 1952 by Dr. J F H Custers in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
William J. Leivo
Air Force
National Science Foundation
J. F. H. Custers
Diamond Research Laboratory
South Africa
OSU scientist maps Ice Age life using snail fossils
Dr Aurele LaRocque, geology professor at Ohio State University, combines geologic and biologic methods to link Pleistocene snail fossils with present species. Since 1952 he has studied Ohio’s last Ice Age about 10 000 to 15 000 years ago. A National Science Foundation grant will extend the study across North America to reveal overall patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
North America
Ohio State University
Aurele LaRocque
OSU
National Science Foundation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anderson
Trellin
Elwood Tito
Felling
Charmbury
Gingh Hole
Stone Im Vicinity
Beod
Hein
Pallin
Throwe
Hazleton
Wabash Valley
Gene Battreal
Puritan Sportswear Corp
Dick Fulwider
Brookfield Clothing Corp
Meis
Davey
Tito
Dave
Hank
Salvation Army
Empire
C. Junior
Czar Johnston
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