Boards Find Distance Is Best Defense Against Atomic Weapons
After Bikini tests two evaluation boards told President Truman that distance protects nations from atomic threat. The civilian board led by Senator Carl A. Hatch warned future wars may destroy civilizations and called for naval redesign to resist radioactivity. The military board stressed waterborne radioactivity as a major problem and urged immediate research into protective measures for ships crews and nearby populations.
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Bikini
Truman
Civilian Evaluation Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Commission
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Carl A. Hatch
D-Nm
Bikini Lagoon
Joint Chiefs of Staff Group
First American flag designed by Franklin and Washington
The Grand Union flag, said to be the first American banner, was designed in 1775 by Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, marking an early union of colonial symbols.
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Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Inflation and food shortages top worries in national survey
Princeton report on the first anniversary of the war's end shows inflation and food shortages as the principal anticipated problems for the coming year. Voters also reassess party competence with Democrats edging Republicans 51 to 49 as better suited for 1948.
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Princeton
N. J
Readers name inflation and shortages as top postwar concerns
The survey shows control of inflation, shortages of food and supplies, and maintaining world peace as the main problems for the coming year with inflation singled out by many. Strikes and labor issues, reconversion, and miscellaneous concerns follow, while opinions on party leadership for each issue shift from last fall to today.
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Cacti
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Canadian Soldier Rescued After Niagara Fall
Niagara Falls Ont August 3 A Canadian soldier Maj Eric Howard Latham age 20 of Hamilton fell 40 feet to a narrow ledge and was saved from a 190 foot plunge into the Niagara river. His shouts drew tourists and rescue workers to pull him to safety suffering a broken ankle knee and bruises.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara River
Eric Howard Latham
Hamilton
Record Output Of Suits For Men Is Forecast
The civilian production administration predicted a record output of 26,000,000 men s suits in 1946. CPA Administrator John D. Small based the forecast on nearly 12,000,000 suits produced in the first half of 1946, about equal to all of 1945.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
John D. Small
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