U S Explores Weather Warfare Weather Control Studies At issue
Washington reports say US officials would not discuss the project but a London paper cited studies on pactetiological and meteorological warfare. It notes potential to induce droughts to cripple food supplies and compares weather manipulation to air bombing in strategic conflict. Cloud seeding and silver iodide nuclei are described as possible methods.
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United States
National Defense Organization
London
International Committee’ For
Germany
Vincett
J. Schaefer
Irving ‘Patignivir
General Electric Company
Langmuir
Am‘erican Philosophical Society
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Police Control In Dayton Strike at Univis Lens Plant
Dayton, July 29. Pickets marched and shouted scab but police kept lines as Univis Lens Co. plant reopened for the fourth day. Sixteen officers guarded the scene with no violence as the strike continued without incident.
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Dayton
Univis Lens Co
Ore Glass Company
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Japan Needs Economic Boost Says Tokyo Leaders
Siegfried Lindstrom, recently resigned chief of the supreme headquarters silk unit, told the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce world trade committee that Japan faces a sad economic plight and needs outside financial aid. He said many Africans in Tokyo believe wartime business leaders were undisturbed, Japan could have solved reparations and rehabilitation problems.
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Tokyo
Japan
West Talks Aim to Settle Cold War in Europe
British, French, and American officials indicate readiness to press Russia for a general European settlement of East West differences while Moloov may be approached with a proposal to begin talks. Berlin police leadership remains disputed as two chiefs claim office and Russian authorities reject local orders.
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Germany
London
Britain
France
United States
State Department
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Berlin
Truman Seeks Price and Wage Controls Amid Inflation Debate
The plan links maximum agricultural prices to parity as set by the Secretary of Agriculture and creates a wage board to judge proposed increases. Taft warns the program could require a $60 billion annual federal budget and risk lasting inflation. Also noted is the origin of ukelele and Hawaii’s size and population.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Taft
Truman
G.O.P
House Banking Committees
Yugoslav Reds Elect Tito And His Candidates
Yugoslavs affirmed friendly ties with the Peoples Democracies yet noted strains with Bulgaria and Albania, dropping plans for Balkan federation for now. A protest was filed after Yugoslav charges Hungary violated diplomatic immunity and arrested a Yugoslav official in Budapest amid the Milos Morc murder case.
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Stalin
Red Army
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Albania
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Hungary
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Budapest
Milos Morc
Zhokov Boarov
Skate Boy Dete c tives Over Pocketbook Theft
Harold, nicknamed Skate Boy, identified two youths near the skate department as suspects in pocketbook thefts from two girls. He spotted the cap worn by one, tailed him from a local baseball game, and helped detain the suspect after a struggle. A second boy confessed, one purse was found at a home, the other discarded in a pool. Harold sustained a black eye but aided the arrests. Morro Castle now a naval station. Igla of Pines beach noted in Cuba.
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Harold
Municipal Stadium
Hagerstown
Morro Castle
Havana Harbor
Igla of Pines
Blue Eye the Cat Faces Rat Menace and Free Spirit
A house cat nicknamed Blue Eye stalks rats around St. Johns Church and East Antietam Street. She bears scars from bites yet remains agile and affectionate, dodging poisons and rebuffing contractor offers to stay freelance.
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St. John's Church
Antietam Street
Kempers
Mr. Kemper
Mrs. Kemper
Blue Eye
Tin Can Island Deserted After Volcanic Evacuations
Niua Foou in the South Pacific, once a thriving Tongan community, is deserted. Four hundred miles northeast of Nukualofa its 1200 residents were moved to Eua after lava devastation and difficult landings. The island, known to philatelists as Tin Can Island, was named for Charles Ramsay who delivered mail in a tin can from 1921.
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Auckland
Niva Fo’ou
Eua
Nina Fo’ou
Tin Can Island
Charles S. Ramsay
Russians Claim War Material Blast At Ludwigshafen
Reports conflict over the Ludwigshafen explosion in the French occupied zone. Survivors and workers describe a rapid fire and toxic fumes while investigations stall. 22,000 employees affected as 18 buildings are damaged. Rescue teams battle continuing blasts amid gas masks and heavy machinery. The article closes with a note on the Pisa tower height and lean.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Ludwigshafen
Farben
Bremen
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