Aberdeen Proving Ground a Westward Army hub of testing
Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland employs over 15,000 staff, including 5,000 civilians, and spans about 75,000 acres. It tests all Army weapons from tanks to missiles, operates its own rail link, and hosts the ordnance board to decide weapons adoption and deployment. The facility houses a vast museum, conducts all-weather trials, and supports ordnance schooling and allied defense centers nearby.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Chesapeake Bay
Proving Ground
Baltimore
Doctors of Philosophy
Army Ordnance Proving Ground
Sandy Hawk
Ni J
Te Ordnance Board
Ee Combat Vehicles
Pate
Anane
Horn
Vanter
Korea
Ordinance
Ordnance School
Army Chemical Center
Edgewood
Navy
Bainbridge Training Cep
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AF Afarvinnd
A Bomb Effects Not Inherited Says Hiroshima Doctor
Tokyo Feb 18 Kyodo reports Dr Shuro Ueda a Hiroshima physician and geneticist released six year study findings to the Hiroshima Medical Association disputing lasting gene damage from the A bomb He said descendants will not inherit harmful effects and that radiation impact faded after about 1948 citing the August 6 1945 Hiroshima blast.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Hiroshima
Shuro Ueda
Hiroshima Medical Association
Ueda
Obituary notices from Hagerstown area
Obituaries list several local deaths with details of survivors and funeral arrangements. Ada T. Polack, Miriam Louise Winters, Mrs. Nannie Jane Cole, and infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy L. Jether are noted with churches, memorials, and burial plans in Hagerstown area cemeteries. Funeral times and local home names provided.
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Hagerstown
St. John's Lutheran Church
John H. Jones
the Guild
Women's Missionary Sovciety
Ellen Mumma
Boonsboro
Ada F. Midditekautt
William B. Leatherman
the Manor
Coffman Funeral Home
J. Edward Harms
Beavers Creek
Ada T. Polack
A.V. Polack
West Baltimore Street
Jacob E
Alice
Dunn) Albert
Byerly's
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Sop
Donald J
Irene M
Louise E
Edward P
George D. Albert
Suter
Scott R. Wagner
Rose Hill Cemetery
Miriam Louise Winters
Mulberry Avenue
Christ's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Etha L. Stotelmyer
Layton T. Winters
Laurana A. Winters
Haddonfield
N. J
Minnich
Frederick NM
Nannie Cole
Nannie Jane Cale
Spruce Street
Rankin J.cole
Church of the Brethren
Lave
Leslie M. Thompson
Silver Spring
Roy Harshman
Benevola
iKlwoad HH. Kennedy
Randolph Itrowns
Cleveland Downs
Ada Powell
Eva Tavis
vArtincton
Blanche iGossen
Haymarket
Mingich Funeral
Paul M. Robinson
Rest Haven Cemetery
Hardy L. Jeather
Chewsville
Washington County Hospital
Smithsaburg
J. Odell Zechman Offieliuting
Tip on Building Program Best Rewards Town Tips
Local Daily Mail offers cash prizes for community tips. Winners from Toa West End, Virginia Avenue, A Rantoni Avenue, and Gapland receive £1 each for reports on a rock on Western Maryland tracks, a pursywillowa blossom, a garden scene, and an eight month old child’s medical issue. Prizes announced in weekday notices. winners must call business office to collect.
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West End
Maryland
Pen Mar
Virginia Avenue
Daily Mall
Military personnel honor several service members during Exercise Snowfall
In Exercise Snowfall at Camp Drum New York and surrounding stations three soldiers Pte Thomas Berry Pfc William Delauter and Pvt Charles Smith are listed with addresses and training milestones. Sgt Charles Shatzer recently returned from Korea and civilians Willam W Smith and John W Anders are named with Navy related postings and destinations in Africa and Jacksonville Florida.
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Parti ‘Cipating
Camp Drum
Thomas G. Berry
Potomac Avenue
Spe
Charles J. Smith
Smith
Fort, Benning
DeLauter
Henning
West Germany Told Pact Role Limited in NATO Structure
London Feb 18. The Big Three foreign ministers told Chancellor Adenauer that West Germany may participate in Atlantic Pact planning only as a NATO member for now. They discussed Germany's European defense payments, the four power appeals tribunal on war criminals, and a planned four nation ED C linking NATO with Western Europe.
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London
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Adenauer
Britain
France
Germany
Council Committee
W. Averell Larriman
Bonn Republic
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Sixtation European Defense Community
NATO Council
Lisbon
Beloifim
Netherlands
Italy
Luxenborp
Bio
Low Chick Orders Amid Feed Shortages Warn of Spring Adjustments
Maryland hatchery orders for replacement chicks are down as poultrymen prepare for mid April brander changes to ride rising egg prices this summer. University of Maryland extension poultryman Wade Rice notes tighter profits and speaks on feed and starter feed ratio issues affecting demand. Last month buyers bought about 114 pounds of feed per dozen chicks versus 12 pounds a year ago.
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Maryland
Wade Rice
University of Maryland
Chapman Calls for Federal Power to Close Unsafe Mines
Tony Chapman urges Congress to authorize federal action to suspend or close dangerous coal mines after a series of disasters. He cites prior state and federal notices on mine safety and argues stronger oversight could have saved lives, criticizing slow government response and inadequate inspections.
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Chapman
Ile Sali
Seven Children Under Four in Hattiesburg Tragedy
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on February 18 a family faces hardship as seven children under four years old endure exposure to pollution from exhausts and smoke. Rufus P Thornton, a field worker, was injured last November while working on a derrick but remains unemployed.
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Tornpie
Hattiesburg
Miss
Rufus P. Thorntons
Mark Monoxide
Reds Against Civil Rights Rally Sparks National Debate
President Truman’s civil rights proposals face opposition from white supremacists and extremists while labor leader James Carey of the CIO speaks at a two day conference backed by the CIO ACLU and NAACP. Delegates from many national groups attend as Carey says the report is widely acclaimed aside from a small minority.
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Washington
Truman
James BR. Carey
CIO
Carey
O10
APE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Avery
Communista
Four In Family Die In High Tension Electrocution
A father mother and two sons were electrocuted in Douglasville Georgia when a fallen high tension line snapped across a child’s waist as others tried to pull him away. The third child narrowly escaped the same fate. The victims were Tommy Chapman Heather Chapman Charles Chapman and Bryan Chapman.
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Douglasville
Hia Fam
Tommy Chapman
Hather
Charles
Bryan
Mira
Seven Die In Auto Smashup In Kaysville Utah
Seven members of a wedding party died when their car collided with a semi-trailer near Kaysville Utah. Victims include bride Nellie June Wilson Green 16 groom Martin Edward Green 22 and relatives Adna Wilson 40 Phyllis Christensen 38 Glen Wardsworth 38 and Clarence Sharpless 33. Elmer Green brother of two victims told officials the party was celebrating the wedding.
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Kaysville
Utah
Martin Edward Green
Nellie June Wilson Green
Ralph EK. Green
Adna
Wilson
Phyllis Christensen
Glen Charles Wardsworth
Ogden
Clarence Sharpless
Clearfield
Ural
Mariner
Elmer Bo Green
Parlin Wood
The
Brah
Gracie Fields Weds Radio Repairman in St Stephen's
Gracie Fields, famed British entertainer, wed radio repairman Boris Alperovici in a quiet ceremony at St Stephen's Cathedral. Fields, 14th marriage, and Alperovici, born in Bessarabia, arrived as a couple to begin their life together.
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Gracie Fields
Inte
Capri
Gracia Fielda
Boris Alpersovicl
St. Stephen’s Catherdral
Gracie
Alperovici
Thomanian Bessarabia
Car Break-In Reported on City Market Lot
A car parked on the city market lot was broken into Saturday night. The thief broke a left vent window, opened a door, and stole groceries valued at unknown amount. Police were notified.
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Charles Th Faulden
Cena
Komeone
Grocerica
Cireen Car Crashes On Highway 91 At Kaysville Entrance
A Cireen car failed to negotiate a curve on U S Highway 91 at the Kaysville entrance and crashed in the rafter. The incident caused damage and police investigated the scene.
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Cireen
Kaysville
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DR. Edwards
Potomac Edison Co
Thabert L. Carter
Commissaryman Rov
USN
Latimer
Mediterranean
Charles R. Shatzer
Philip Shatzer
West
Willam W. Smith
U.S. Navy
Barbara B. Smith
East
Franklin Street
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Jacksonville
Fla
William W. Smith
Nas Falron
John W. Anders
Homer Anders
Fairplay
Bawantely
Port
Lyautey
North Africa
U.S.S. Midway
Gibraltar
Sicily
Naples
European Army
Congress
Frank Leavitt
Afar Mountain Dean
Norcross
John Wood
U. S. Navy
T Ser
Daniel Ming
Pires
Pty Pasar
Adiipess
Aelia
N. Feebeler
Cléet Ar Nivil
Peninsylvania
Pennestvania
Federal Warnines
Diane
Auoust
Bureau of Mines
Atal
Chapman Stahs
Maytag Company
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Aonan O
Verne R. Martin
Newton, Iowa
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Miami
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Jacksonvilla
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Winter Coats
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