Unceasing Effort urged for atomic powered airplane research
The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics urged unceasing effort toward atomic powered airplanes. NACA envisions nonstop global flight as the goal, with joint work by industry, the Atomic Energy Commission, the military services, and NACA on major technical challenges. The Nautilus submarine is in tests as NACA notes budgets and need to accelerate science to ensure future aircraft value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Federal Air Research Agency
NACA
Industry
Atomic Energy Commission
Military Services
Eisenhower
Jerome C. Hunsaker
Hunsaker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MacArthur Welcomed On 75th Birthday In Los Angeles
General Douglas MacArthur arrives amid heavy fog to a rousing LA welcome for his 75th birthday. About 1,500 waited two hours for the delayed plane, crowds line the route, and a bronze statue dedication in Mac Arthur Park is planned with a 1,100 attendee luncheon.
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Los Angeles
Douglas MacArthur
Episcopal Diocese of
Francis Eric Bloy
Biltmore Bowl
How to remove decals from wood surfaces
The decal is likely dextrin based. Wet the decal with warm soapy water and rub with a soft cloth to remove it.
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National Bureau of Standards
DAILY CROSSWORD 10 ACROSS CLUES AND PUZZLE ANSWERS
Across clues list venture mark of an injury sacred picture Russian church minute skin are nine II disclosed near poet single unit portion of a curved line Greek letter sewed with long loose stitches Roman poet concealed a symbol of marriage helper maxim antelopes Africa friar s title on the ocean sugar cane shoot neuter pronoun Japanese shrub employ mother of pearl diminutive of Anne part of speech French city throw mimicker Down clues include goddess of the hunt healing by way of once more a moment owing constell ation back unit of weight variety of willow yesterday s answer born lairs cry of a dove miscellany pinch
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Anne
CIO Spars with Eisenhower on 1954 Economic Recovery
The CIO and ex Truman adviser Leon Keyserling challenge Eisenhower’s January 1954 economic report. Ruttenberg cites 1954 output below 1953 and behind in manufacturing employment, while Keyserling calls 1954 a year of dismal unemployment and doubts 1955 will improve.
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Washington
CIO
Truman
Eisenhower
Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Leon Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Senate House Economic Committee
Ruttenberg
Trial Continues in Halifax Rape Case Against Pfc George Jones
In Halifax County Circuit Court on the second day the case of Pfc George Jones 21 charged with raping a 17 year old Halifax High student resumed. The girl testified she was choked struck and confronted after leaving a November dance at Clover. Jones was arrested after the girl's father swore out a warrant.
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Halifax
Pfc
George Jones
South Boston
Halifax County
Jones
Clover
The
Commonwealth
Leatherman Calls In Town Membership Meeting
Daniel E. Leatherman director of the In Town Membership department of the 1955 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival calls a noon meeting of division heads. They will discuss plans for financial membership calls in the city. The group will assemble at the George Washington Hotel at 12 o'clock Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Leatherman
Shenandoah
George Washington Hotel
Peterson's Ointment Advertised For Eczema Relief
An old ad promotes Peterson's Ointment 50¢ for itching eczema pimples red blotches and related irritation. It promises a money back guarantee if one application does not delight and notes use for itching feet and cracked skin between toes.
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Peterson
Fourth Virginia Prison Escapee Caught in Norfolk
Norman F. Twiford 38, fourth of six Richmond prison escapees captured, was nabbed in a Newport News hotel room after a stolen car traced him there. Police report he helped enlarge a truck panel to ride out of the pen and boasted of the scheme. Twiford awaits transfer to Norfolk for questioning on local break ins and robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Norman F. Twiford
State Penitentiary
Richmond
Twiford
Herbert Muse
Merritt
N. C
Woodrow Beavers
War
W. Va
Arthur Schachman
Norfolk
Franklin
Jefferson C. Mitchell, Jr
Floyd County
Suffolk
Alfonso G. Mancusi
Brooklyn
N. Y
Man Seized After Trio of Bank Visits Casing Property
FBI agents arrested Boyd E. Gramsch 36 of Seward Illinois after he visited the German-American State Bank in German Valley three times in one day seeking property details and returned with a .38 revolver. Police traced his car license to a Rockford area dealer before his apprehension.
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Chicago
Illinois
FBI
Don Hostetter
German Valley
Boyd E. Gramsch
Seward
Ill
Hostetter
Gramsch
Rockford
Quote on reach exceeding grasp from Browning
The lines come from Robert Browning's poem Andrea del Sarto. The speaker notes that a man's reach should exceed his grasp, otherwise what is heaven for.
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Robert Browning
Andrea del Sarto
Orvin Flare to Speak at Winchester JCC Founders Banquet
Rep. Orvin B. Flare of Big Timber Montana will headline the Winchester JCC Founders Day Banquet at York Inn Friday. About 175 guests are expected as awards are announced and Burr P. Harrison introduces the speaker. Dancing by the Ray Rogers orchestra follows a 6:30 p m dinner and business session.
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Rep
Orvin
JCC
Orvin B. Flare
Big Timber
Montana
U. S
Burr P. Harrison
Sumpter Pridy, Jr
Waverly
Tom Baldridge
Jaycees
Wallace Heatwale
Flare
South Pacific
Montana Jaycees
Cold Wave Persists Across Major Regions
The bitter January cold shows no sign of breaking, with the Midwest hit hardest as arctic air from central Canada pushes temperatures to zero and below. The front reaches central Florida, the eastern Gulf, and brings light snow from the northern Rockies to western New York.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Canada
Florida
Gulf Region
Rockies
New York State
North Central
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Locomotive Derails After Truck Collision in Lanham
A Chicago to Washington passenger train struck a stalled truck at a crossing in Lanham Maryland last night and rolled half a mile before the locomotive derailed no injuries were reported Pennsylvania Railroad officials said the engine was badly damaged
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Lanham
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lightfoot Convicted in Smith Act Case in Chicago
Communist Claude Lightfoot was found guilty in a Federal court test of the Smith Act provision that mere membership in a group known to advocate violent overthrow of the U.S. government is a crime. The 44 year old Illinois Communist Party secretary is the first individual tried under the act.
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Chicago
Claude Lightfoot
Communist Party
Ihs
U. S
Lightfoot
Communist Party of Illinois
Eisenhower wary on use of U S forces for Formosa defense
The article stresses the defensive nature of the U S backed pact with Chinese Nationalists. It quotes a spokesman saying President Eisenhower would authorize U S forces only with great reluctance and when Formosa and the Pesadores face an immediate serious threat.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Formosa
Peseadores
How's Your I Q Answers Revealed
A reader quiz on page four lists ten questions with the following answers: Lost, Famous Negro educator, Henry Penny, War of 1812, Smog, Society of Friends or Quakers, Direct current, Wendell Willkie, Virginia Dare, Paul M. Butler.
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Henry Penny
Society of Friends, Or
Quakers
Wendell Willkie
Virginia Dare
Paul M. Butler
Hampshire County Education Board To Auction Buses And Real Estate
A January 28 sale at 1 p.m. in Romney lists 5 used buses by the Hampshire County Board of Education. January 29 auctions include a house and lot in Kerns Town, a Bond estate home and Brown farm on Apple Pie Ridge, and a J. T. Householder residence north of Winchester with furniture and antiques. Auctions cover school equipment, hogs, tractors, farm machinery, livestock, and farm implements across Frederick and Hampshire counties with multiple auctioneers named.
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Hampshire County Board of Education
Hampshire County Court House
Romney
W. Va
L. R. Swartz
Frederick County Court House
Kernstown
E. T. Snider
Howell M. Bond
Bond Home Place
Brown Farm
Apple Pie Ridge
J. T. Householder
Winchester
Rt. 11
Old Zinn Farm
Charles P. Duvall
G. G. Baker
Patton’s
N. Cameron St
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Allen Bond
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Frederick County
W. F. Artrip, Jr
Helen B. Lutz
Albert Whitacre
White Hall
Lutz Park
G. D. Orndorff
Murphy Farm
Old Charles Town Road
Charles R. Duvall
Famous Trichologist Sells Hair Growth Method in Winchester
Internationally known trichologist D Russell Collins promotes a home treatment to grow thicker hair with private demonstrations at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester Virginia on January 29 from 2 PM to 9 PM The Collins firm offers free scalp examinations lasting 20 to 30 minutes with no obligation and a promise of money back if not satisfied within 30 days.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Oklahoma City
D. Russell Collins
Collins Hair and Scalp Experts, Inc
Collins Firm
Collins
United States
John D. Barnes
George Washington
Financial
First Nate! Bank and Trust Co
Oklahoma
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American Legion
Ambassador Hotel
Embassy Room
MacArthur
Norris Poulson
Pedro G. Ramirez
Philippines
Pil Shik Chin
Korea
Shinsaku Hagen
Japan
Statler Hotel
Homburg
U.mine
Pocahontas Nut & Stove Coal
Run-of-Mine
Olga Stoker Coal
W. B. Snidersons
Barr’s, Inc
Winchester, Va
Sue
Ea Daba Mtu
Daily Crossword
Mimicker
Goddess of the Hunt
Born
Lairs
Cry of A Dove
Miscellany
Pinch
Leatherman
Eczema
Virginia
Cammer Tire CO
Seiberling Tires & Batteries
S. Braddock St
Red
Eden
Socony - Vacuum Oil CO
White, Weld & Co
NEW York Stock Exchange
Principal Exchanges
John Cussen
N. Cameron Street
BOST
Hagerstown
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Minneapolis
Philadelphia
New Haven
Providence
I. Q
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Ving
TITAN
C.1.brumback & Sons
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