Submarines to Use Atomic Power First In Series
S Burton Heath reports that experts expect the first practical atomic power use to be on submarines with a two to six year design window. Officials foresee a reactor enabling indefinite underwater cruising and no oxygen needs, while noting cost, engineering hurdles, and the Westinghouse-Argonne-Navy project underway near McKeesport and in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Burton Heath
NEA
Ittsburgh
Navy
Bettis
McKeesport
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
W. H. Zinn
Westinghouse
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Sun Experts Predict 12 Month Weather Forecasts
Smithsonian sun expert Dr. Charles G. Abbot says 12 month forecasts are possible for any city using periodic sun radiance fluctuations. He cites a near perfect 1948 Washington record and predicts a cool Fourth of July and a warm Christmas, with dates mapped ahead for each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Ashington
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Abbot
1949
Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
Brakeman Killed In Pennsy Wreck Near Johnstown
Johnstown Pennsylvania April 18 A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed at the Conemaugh coal dock three miles east of Johnstown. Brakeman R W Cook aged 38 of Pittsburgh was killed and two other crew members injured when the locomotive overturned and 30 freight cars derailed. The wreck blocked all four tracks and five wreck trains were dispatched to clear the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh
Man Discovers Auctioned Box Of Italian Goods His Own
In Providence Rhode Island Battestino J Zonfrillo of Pawtucket bid 13 50 to win a box of hand carved Italian novelties at auction for an unclaimed item with a 1 25 import tax. He later learns the box was consigned to him and the total cost exceeded the tax by 12 25, effectively paying for his own property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I—Battestino J. Zonfrillo
Pawtucket
Italy
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Snake River Plains
Idaho
Clark Goodman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
Nucleonics
Goodman
Shulan
Market Ave. N
Sun Expert
Smithsonian’s
Astrophysical Observatory
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
P. E. Watkins Company
4Th Street NW
Canton, C
Stark
R. W. Cook
Pittsburgh
First Savings
West Tuscar
Federal Loan Association
Awas Street
Canton 'S
Avisco
Dial
Ohio
Boulevard Record Bar
Canton’s Big Little Store
Perry Como
Maryland Ave
Frank DeAngeli
MS . Apbo
Kem
Koater
Stark’s Paints
Avalom MU
Hollywood
Stark’s Home Furnishings
Stark’s Housewares
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