Radar's rise at naval lab from crude to sea tested sets
In the 1930s at the Naval Research Laboratory Page and Guthrie advanced radar from a haywire wooden rig to usable shipboard sets. They built several pulses and detectors, with testing on the destroyer Leary and later at Dahlgren and Dahlgren ground. Radar's program expanded under Bowen and Greenlee winning funds and support from Congress.
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Robert M. Page
Robert C. Guthrie
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
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Guthrie
Leo C. Young
Louis A. Gebhard
Navy
Albert Hoyt Taylor
Taylor
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Naval Proving Ground
Dahlgren
Laboratory
Bureau of Eavnteerine
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Bowen
H. R. Greenlee
Greenlee
House
Aos
England
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Scrugham
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Cooley
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Navy Department
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Leary
Althout
Sige
Claude Cleeton
University of Michigan
L. R. Philpott
University of Idaho
John P. Hagen
Connecticut Wesleyan
Philpott
Hagen
Cleeton
Dll
Gebhard
H. E. Reppert
A. A. Varels
I. H. Page
E. L. Luke
Radar Model XAF Tested On Battleship New York
In 1938 a radar set named XAF was installed on the battleship New York in December and, after three months of sea trials during maneuvers, remained in laboratory workup with a view to eventual donation to the Smithsonian Institution Museum.
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Smithsonian Institution Museum
New York
Panama Hats Tie Trade Note In Berryville News
A Berryville item notes Panama hats largely originate from Ecuador and Colombia, highlighting the trade in local markets. The brief mentions regional interest in fashion headwear and sourcing.
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Panama
Ecuador
Colombia
Ruth Sees Baseball War Casualty
Cleveland report quotes Babe Ruth predicting baseball will be a war casualty in 1944 or sooner. He says owners will not open parks if they lose money and doubts the survival of the season. He expects a tight finish among New York Washington Cleveland Detroit and Boston if the AL completes play.
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Cleveland
Babe Ruth
Ruth
New York
Washington
Detroit
Boston
Great Slide at Gibraltar Report
A Berlin radio dispatch from Seville says a sudden landslide at Gibraltar displaced about a million tons of earth and rock from the eastern face, as reported today. The broadcast was re-broadcast and details remain unclear.
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London
Berlin
Seville
Gibraltar
British plan new approaches after deadly slide report
A report cited by the Associated Press claimed it would take more than a year to clear the detere and that British military authorities planned to build new approaches to replace those destroyed by the slide. No confirmation came from British sources.
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Associated Press
Spotter of Poison Gas Recruited
A staff of poison gas spotters has been recruited to collect samples in the event of an enemy air attack, it was disclosed today.
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Washington
Gas reconnaissance agents to speed poison gas identification
The Civilian Defense director announced a special group of gas reconnaissance agents to rapidly identify poison gas for civilian protection. Six laboratories have been set up at strategic points for quick analysis and sample turnover to the army unit gas officers. Buenos Aires was founded as a city in 1580.
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James M. Landis
Civilian Defense
OCD
Army
Army May Draft John L Lewis and Union Leaders
Washington June 3 President Roosevelt proposed raising the draft age to 65 for noncombat service as a strike breaking measure. The impact on John L Lewis would depend on whether union officers and workers are included in the draft.
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John L. Lewis
Washington
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
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