New Sewage Plant Near Capacity Near Tucson
The city’s new sewage disposal plant four miles northwest of Tucson is operating at about 85 percent capacity, handling roughly four million gallons daily. A new automatic gate for feeding coagulant is awaiting acid shipment, with full operation expected in about four weeks. The combined plants are projected to reach six million gallons daily, and the dried sludge is used for city parks and golf courses.
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Tucson
Lloyd Burch
Burch
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Consolidated-Vultee
Davis-Monthan
Missionaries recall life aboard Japanese held ship
Missionaries rescued from Japanese imprisonment at Hollandia recount Allied air attacks near New Guinea that killed 70 refugees but spared them after recognizing the group aboard. Sister Ottonia and 105 others, including Americans, are resting at a U S Army hospital after 17 months in captivity and earlier moves through Bogia and Manum Island.
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Donald F. Caswell
United Press
Australia
U.P
Holandia
New Guinea
Ottonia
Mary Ruhall
Effingham
Hollandia
Sister Servants of the Holy Ghost
United States
Alexishafen
Sydney
Manum Island
Bogia
Madang
Japan
Borgia
Hansa Bay
Red Cross
Barbara McDowell
Chicago
Chicago Relief Administration
Ruby J. Cline
Columbia
University of Missouri
New Methods For Treating Burns Reported By Navy Doctors
Washington May 19 Navy doctors described two burn treatments in the medical bulletin. One uses thin sheets made from dried human plasma impregnated with a sulfa drug to stop bleeding and promote healing, reportedly curing long resisted wounds in six to nine days. The second method sprays medicated paraffin wax to occlude air and relieve pain, described as simple and rapid for handling many cases at once.
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Washington
Navy
U. S. Navy
Benjamin Pollock
Alan Adits
Vance
Southern Pacific declares extra dividend and details
NEW YORK May 19. Directors of the Southern Pacific Co. today declared an extra dividend of 25 cents and a quarterly dividend of 50 cents payable June 21 to shareholders of record May 29. The payment compared with a 50 cent quarterly dividend last May 27. In 1943 two 1 dollar payments were issued.
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New York
Southern Pacific Co
Gable
Mary
Teeth Cleaning Time: Americans Brush Too Little Surfaces
H. B. G. Robinson of the University of Washington Dental School reports from a study of 405 individuals that while many Americans use rotary or up and down brushing correctly they neglect less accessible surfaces. He presented findings to the International Association of Dental Research noting the average person spends a little more than a minute brushing.
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Chicago
Bwson
H. B. G. Robinson
University of Washington
International Association of Dental Research
Four States Meet at New Mexico Corner
The northwest corner of New Mexico joins Arizona Utah and Colorado making the only U S point where four states converge.
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San
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
United States
Kaiser And Son To Quit Brewster Corporation
Henry J. Kaiser and his son Henry Jr announce at the Brewster Aero nautical annual meeting that they are severing all connections with the company. They did not specify when the retirements take effect.
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Kaiser and Son
Brewster Corporation
New York
Henry J. Kaiser
Henry, Jr
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Navy Hellcats Shoot Down 21 Jap Zeros
At Truk on Apr 29 Navy Hellcat pilots shot down 21 to 23 Japanese Zeros in six minutes. Lt Cmdr Edward C Outlaw led seven aces, tallying five Zeros and one probable. Reeves and Hills each claimed several, with supporting team actions and strategy cited. Europeans discovered gold on the Brazilian plateau in 1693.
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Navy
Hellcats
United Press
U. S
Central Pacific
Truk
Edward C. Outlaw
Goldsboro
N. C
Outlaw
Donald E. Reeves
Pueblo
Colo
Holis H. Hills
South Pasadena
Cal
Richard H. May
Seattle
Wash
John A. Pond
Memphis
Tenn
Lloyd McEachern
Wellsville
N. Y
Harry C. McClaugherty
Narrows
Ralph
Schultze
Waco
Tex
Hill
McEachern
McClaugherty
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Associated Press
Steinfeld
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