Prospects For Test Improve
June 28 report from aboard USS Appalachian notes weather delays could push the first atomic bomb test to August, with only a few days of ideal winds expected before typhoon season, and discusses options including a second underwater test in Bikini lagoon if the July test is postponed. Meteorologists see slow stratosphere winds as a potential path to safe conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Uss
Appalachian
W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini Lagoon
Pacific
American
Philippines
Aleutians
Army and Navy enlistments reported by local offices
Ten men enlisted in the Army and one in the Navy as reported by local recruiting offices. Navy enlistee is Jose Humberto Montano of 1017 Erie Street for two years. Army recruits include Edgar R. Suarez, Gail Rogers, Ramon L. Felix, Maximo Erocho Soto, Jimmie C. Carpenter, Eddie Will Stewart, Robert Jacques, Ernest A. Virvizu, Rodolfo A. Ramirez, Juan Yslas, with listed addresses in multiple streets.
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Army
Navy
Jose Humberto Montano
Erie Street
Edgar RB. Suarez
Simpson Street
Gail Rogers
Lowell Avenue
Ramon L. Felix
Meyer Street
Maximo Erocho Soto
Niagara Street
Jimmie C. Carpenter
Clark Avenue
Eddie Will Stewart
Arizona Street
Robert Jacques
St. Mary’s Road
Ernest A. Virvizu
South Meyer Street
Rodolfo A. Ramirez
Juan Yslas
North Elder Avenue
Cattle Sell Sight Unseen After OPA Ceiling Lifts
Washington reports farm buyers are offering top prices for cattle sight unseen regardless of grade as meat demand drops to record lows. Hog marketings in 12 centers fell 37 percent, the smallest since 1937, amid fears prices will rise after the June 30 OPA deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
OPA
Helium Helps Asthma Patients, Says Tucson Supplier
Andy Martin of Martin Drug Co states helium mixed with oxygen eases lung strain for asthma sufferers. He notes limited local use, government controls restrict supplies, and a Tucson rescue in a last resort case depleted regional stocks. Martin operates a new warehouse with multiple medical gases and 15 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Martin
The
Martin Drug Co
Tucson
Martin
California
Broadway Tunnel
Small Orders Housing Spur by Drew Pearson
Civilian Production Administrator Jack Small orders CPR branch offices to accelerate veterans housing as race track construction faces criticism. In a closed meeting with major veterans groups Wesley Pearce of the VFW raised Monmouth county New Jersey race track plans, Small defended that project as started before new building controls and stop orders.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Jack Small
Small
Wesley Pearce
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Monmouth County
N. J
FALSE TEETH DO NOT SLIP WHEN USING FASTEETH POWDER
An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH an alkaline powder to sprinkle on denture plates. It claims the product keeps teeth more firmly set gives confidence and comfort with no gummy taste or sensation and encourages purchase at any drug store.
Shoreham hotel 250 room expansion questioned by VFW
The meeting heated as VFW official Jim Gillan pressed Small about CPA approval of a Shoreham hotel expansion adding 250 rooms to aid foreign relations. Gillan argued veterans housing and bathtubs shortage stakes deserved attention while Small claimed nonessential flooring would not hinder construction.
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CPA
VFW
Jim Gillan
Small
Washington
Shoreham
Gillan
CPR
Num
Housing items for Shoreham annex discussed by CPA chief
The CPA leader announced the shipment of essential housing materials to the Shoreham annex and said he had an appointment with the secretary of war before ending the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoreham Annex
CPA
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Truman names Clifford special counsel and Foskett naval aide
President Truman appoints Capt. Clark Clifford as special counsel and Capt. James H. Foskett as naval aide. Clifford replaces Samuel I. Rosenman who now practices law in New York.
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Washington
Truman
Capt
Clark Clifford
James H. Foskett
Clifford
St. Louis
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York
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