Harmful World’s Finest Comics editorial critique questioned
George E. Sokolski condemns a Johnny Everyman tale in Worlds Finest Comics for portraying the United States as morally inferior to Soviet Russia. He argues the strip distorts freedom, democracy, and daily life, urging parents to question what children read and learn about their country.
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Lauretta Bender
Josette Frank
Robert Thorndike
Gene Tunney
W. W. D. Sones
C. Bowie Millican
Pearl S. Buck
Bess B. Lane
Johnny Everyman
United States
Soviet Russia
Nikitin Vashilov
Young People's Court
Soviet
Russia
Nikitin
America
Nikky
Everyman
Johnny
Texas A and M to Study Gulf Storms With Joint Project
College Station Texas July 1 The Texas A and M engineering experiment station will lead a joint weather research project with the electrical engineering department to locate track and log Gulf storms. A weather station will be set on campus and at gulf coast points with RD equipment and radar to study tropical disturbances and inland blue northers. Dr A A Jakkula and M C Hughes travel to Gainesville Florida to coordinate with University of Florida scientists.
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Tropics
United States
Southwest
University of Florida
A. A. Jakkula
Engineering Experiment Station
M. C. Hughes
Electrical Engineering
Gainesville
Florida University
Bomb Survey Calls for Decentralized U S City Systems
The U S strategic bombing survey urged decentralizing hospitals industry and government to lessen blast impact. It warned New York Washington Chicago San Francisco and other major cities remain vulnerable to atomic bombs. Cities with reinforced concrete and steel frames endure blasts best.
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Washington
U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey
Truman
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Japan
Earth's Age Recalculated at 1.725 Billion Years
Scientists report a revised estimate placing Earth's minimum age at about 1.725 billion years based on updated radiometric and geological data. The finding narrows previous uncertainty and informs paleogeology and planetary formation timelines.
Winters climate unchanged over 56 years study says
University of Illinois associate professor John L. Page reports Illinois weather records from 1889 to 1945 show no significant change in winters or summers, challenging old-timers’ views. He is compiling data for Climate in Illinois to be published this fall. Milk tops as the body’s best food. A cucumber is 20 degrees cooler than surroundings per farm authority Halsey B. Knapp.
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Champaign
Ill
John L. Page
University of Illinois
Illinois
Page
Schenectady
N. Y
Tucson Daily Citizen
Halsey B. Knapp
New York State Institute of Agriculture
Knapp
Nebraska
Peanuts Highlighted As Nutritional Powerhouse In Diet
An official notes high air and ground temperatures while cucumbers show signs of a self air conditioning process. The text extols peanuts for nutrition and versatility in meat vegetable dishes cookies and desserts.
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Saya
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Shortie
Land of Nod
Laura Lu
Lewella
Department Store
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Ern
Laure Laruare
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Taire
Diamond
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