Brain came last in human evolution 50 000 years ago study says
University of Chicago anthropologist Sherwood Washburn proposes a timeline in which trunk and arms date back 10 million years while skull structure and brain appear only about 50 000 years old. He argues few genetic changes could expand skull capacity, challenging longer evolutionary gaps.
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University of Chicago
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Sherwood L. Washburn
Washburn
England
Mascot Wakes Fraternity Then Perishes in Fire
Terry the fraternity house mascot gave the 30 occupants their first warning and helped them escape. The small dog remained in his master's third floor room and suffocated. Melvin Chrisman, 24, a George Washington University graduate, and his roommate roused others as the fire alarm was raised. The dog is credited with saving the men's lives.
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Washington, D. C
Terry
Melvin Chrisman
George Washington University
Communist Demonstration in West Berlin Fizzles as Police Stand Guard
In Berlin and West Berlin area reports a mass invasion plan by Communists failed. Police fought a 10 minute skirmish with infiltrators in the British sector. A planned rally in Jungfernheide Park did not occur as 2,000 West Berlin police and Allied troops remained on alert.
Romanian Doctor Flayed for Prescribing American Drugs
In Vienna a Bucharest physician, Dr Stefan M Radulescu, was denounced by Romania’s health ministry for prescribing 4000 glutamic acid tablets and three bottles of aureomycin from the United States. The ministry accused him of being a tool of imperialists and an enemy of the Romanian people’s democracy, publishing a lengthy editorial criticizing his “errors” and questioning the need for American drugs.
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Austria
Bucharest
Ministry of Health
Stefan M. Radulescu
Closing Out Sale Notices and Livestock Auctions
August 6 sale of household goods s mile northwest of Washington near Prairie Flower Church. Also August 6 sale at old Snow Ball school house started by Mrs Clarence Smith. Livestock auctions listed: Midway Sales Columbus Junction Wednesdays, Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa Thursdays, Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
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Prairie Flower Church
Ben Jenning
Snow Ball School
Clarence Smith
U S Tank Crew Displays Four Faiths Under One Hatch
A Pershing tank named United Nations fights in Korea with a diverse crew: Moslem sergeant William C. Koontz of Wilcox Nebraska who holds a Navy Cross, Jewish gunner James R. Rader from Akron Ohio, Catholic loader Andrew Navarro of San Jose California, and crewmen Donald Husted of Springfield Ohio and Thomas Wiley of Sand Springs Oklahoma. They say faiths are not argued in combat.
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Saipan
Andrew Navarro
San Jose
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Springfield
Thomas N. Wiley
Sand Springs
Okla
Red Farmers Must Furnish Wool Quota Without Sheep
In Mecklenburg a Soviet zone state farmers faced orders to deliver fixed wool quotas despite lacking sheep. Those without flocks were told to purchase wool quotas from others while sheep owners lamented no surplus for clothing and noted no clothing ration from the government.
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Berlin
Germany
Mecklenburg
Chicago Livestock Markets Report Mixed Movements
Chicago livestock markets show slow to steady trade with most hogs and cattle near steady or hovering slightly lower. Prices vary by weight and class with top hogs about 24.00, cattle futures mixed, prime and choice cuts quoted, and calves and bulls fluctuating across load sizes and weights.
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Page Boys Sought for New York Stock Exchange Jobs
An average of 20,000 high school boys seek page positions yearly at the New York Stock Exchange.
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