Radar Study at Gila Bend Extends Radar Reach
At an abandoned Army airbase near Gila Bend Arizona scientists led by Dr John Smyth seek to extend radar television and ultra short wave radio ranges to about two thousand miles by selecting frequencies suited to weather. The Navy sponsors the five hundred thousand dollar project with weather data aiding forecasts and possibly revealing atmospheric changes before standard instruments detect them.
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Gila Bend
Ariz
England
Canada
Australia
John 8. Smyth
Navy Department
Bureau of Ships
Navy Electronics Laboratory
San Diego
Calif
Navy
A. P. D. Stokes
USNR
Dateene
Sentinel
Dateland
Addi
Tion
San Pedro
Smyth
John B. Smyth
Possible Link Between Klan And Bund Sought
Gov Ellis Arnall of Georgia asked President Truman for an investigation into possible links between the Ku Klux Klan and the underground German American Bund. The demand was reported from Washington.
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Washington
UPR
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Truman
Ku Klux Klan
Bund
Tucson VFW delegates to national encampment in Boston
Louis Menanger and Jerry Gump of Tucson post 549 travel to the 1946 VFW national encampment in Boston. Gump aims to meet housing administrator Wilson Wyatt. over 50 000 delegates from about 8 000 posts gather to set veteran policy amid key issues including potential women’s admission to the all male VFW.
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Louis Menanger
Jerry Gump
Tucson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Boston
Menanger
Gump
United Veterans’ Organization
Wilson W. Wyatt
Cmdr
John K. Dillender
Post 549
Center Opens wt 36 Unit For TB
A 19 patient tuberculosis treatment unit will open at Tucson medical center tomorrow, administrator Clyde W. Fox says. The Hopi Court is redecorated with private baths, screened porches, bright desert colors, and wicker furniture. Rooms feature philodendron, washable textile wallpaper, rugs, draperies, and panoramic cactus garden views. The unit includes fluoroscope, pneumothorax, and bronchoscopy facilities to make a complete TB care unit.
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Tucson Medical Center
Clyde W. Fox
Tuberculosis Unit Improves In-House Care and Visitation
Within the court have been provided so patients do not have to be transferred for treatment or diagnostic work. Nurses trained in the care of tuberculosis patients have been employed, and special attention has been given to provide wholesome, appetizing food. Doctors specializing in tuberculosis treatment prescribe procedures and isolation technique for employee and visitor protection. Visiting hours are 3 to 4 pm and 7 to 8 pm. No children under 16 may visit, and pets are forbidden. Accommodations range from 6.50 per day for a three bed room to 10 per day for a private room.
Only 21 Ships Still Tied Up In Lake Strike
DETROIT August 31 UP The CIO national maritime union yesterday called off its 16 day strike against all except 21 of the 400 ships it had sought to tie up on the five Great Lakes.
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Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
All Steel Buildings Farms Offers Custom Quonset Structures
An advertisement lists All-Steel Buildings Farms products with “Quonset 24” modules 24 feet wide and extendable in 12 foot segments, featuring roller doors solid front panels walk door and window in end-panel, and “Quoonset 20” at 29 feet wide with any length in 12 foot steps, including a walk door and two windows in the standard end panel.
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Central Press
Ace
Phon
John M. Harlow
R. A. Wilbur Jr
Associal
East Alameda Street
Klan
E. Broadway
Citizen Transfer & Storage Co
West Sixth Street
Allied van Lines
Subway Cleaning Service
Seita
Rangers
S. Sixth Ave
Flo-Kold
Sam
Polito
East Ninth Street
Parker Mortur
N. Stone Ave
Sonotone
House of Hearing
Scott Telephone
Beaudry Motor Company
Chrysler
Catalina Guest Ranch
M. T. Bleich
N. Campbell
Billy Durazzo
Willard Battery Sales
Aluminum
N. Main
OLD Pueblo School
Tucson Blvd
2Nd St
Charles le Pine
E. Congress
Sarah
Teddy
Studio OF the Dance
Moses
Teddy Keil
Shrine Club
Broadway
Goon
F.D.I.C
STRAN
Arizona Steel Buildings Supply CO
4Th Ave
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Electrolux Corporation Sales and Service
Thurgood
Sixth St
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
United States
U. S
Congress Street
Stone Avenue
Arizona
A. F. Kerr
G. D. Paris
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