Tornadoes Kill Four in Oklahoma After Weekend Storms
Four people died and at least 64 were injured as tornadoes and floods hit Oklahoma communities this weekend. Victims include Billy Shearler and his grandmother Annie Bubottom near Grandfield, and Frankie La Fallier and Shirley Jester who drowned in floods. A Tulsa woman died of a heart attack while rushing to a storm cellar. Salvation Army aided rescue efforts and estimated property damage above a million dollars. The Washita River flooded again after a 10 inch rainfall in Roger Mills and Washita counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Billy Shearler
Annie Bubottom
Grandfield
Washita River
Roger Mills
Cordell
Washita County
Mrs Grim Receives Diamond for 35 Years with Telephone Co
Mrs Mary E Grim, operator for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia in Winchester, was presented a diamond service emblem for 35 years of service. A luncheon at Chanticleer Inn honored her with family and fellow employees attending, including W G McClure and R E Heltzel.
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Mary Grim
C. and P Telephone Company
Margaret Sommers
Bill Wood
Grim
William Wood
Virginia
Mary E. Grim
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Chanticleer Inn
Virginia Small
W. G. McClure
W. M. Ellinghaus
R. E. Heltzel
C. H. Akers
Winchester
A. D. Fowler
Louisa Pingley
Anna Lineburg
Jessie Lupton
Marie Kindig
McClure
Belt Awarded to Pro Athlete of the Year
The top prize is a diamond studded jeweled belt, valued at $30,000 and insured for $30,000, awarded annually as the professional athlete of the year with a $10,000 prize.
Pope Pius Appears Stronger at First General Audience
Frail 78 year old Pope Pius XII shows improvement at his first general audience in three months. Observers note a stronger voice during a 12 minute speech as he blessed Italian schoolchildren visiting St. Peter's Basilica aboard a portable throne.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Dr Wallace Named Head of State Dental Health Division
Dr David R Wallace a Pennsylvania dental officer for six years takes over as director of the dental health division of the State Department of Health in Richmond He succeeds the late Dr W H Rumbel who died last November The post had been vacant since then Wallace a Brookville Pennsylvania native will earn a starting salary of 9168 He previously supervised an 11 county district in Pennsylvania for six years.
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Richmond
David R. Wallace
Pennsylvania
Dental
State Department of Health
W. H. Rumbel
Wallace
Brookville
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Green flame can be produced by sprinkling barium salts on a fire
A simple chemical demonstration shows a green flame when barium salts are sprinkled on an open flame. This occurs as barium ions emit characteristic green light when heated, a phenomenon used in spectroscopy and educational displays.
Birthday Note on V. K. Krishna Menon
V. K. Krishna Menon born May 3 1897 in Calicut Malibar on India's west coast. Member of the Council of States and India's delegate to the United Nations he proposed prisoner handling in the Korean armistice. For 18 years he served as secretary in Great Britain of the Indian League. He authored many pamphlets on India and its problems.
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V. K. Krishna Menon
Calicut
Malibar
India
Council
United Nations
Great Britain
Indian League
Three Children Die in Fire in Dinwiddie County
A fire at the Mason home on Church Road Dinwiddie County killed three children who were asleep upstairs as Mrs. Louise Taylor and another Mason child prepared breakfast in the kitchen. Firefighters could not reach the bodies before flames grew too strong.
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Church Road
Argentine Mason
Coleman's Lake Road
Dinwiddie County
Louise Taylor
Antifouling Paints Shield Boats From Barnacle Growth
A historical Q and A explains antifouling paints used on boats. They rely on copper or bronze metals that scale off and carry barnacles away and release chemicals that kill growths to keep hulls clean.
Tails of comets point away from the sun study shows light pressure drives tail
Scientists explain that comet tails consistently orient away from the Sun due to radiation pressure acting on dust and gas in the tail. This light-driven force explains tail direction across observed comets.
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Okla
E. Piccadilly
Valley Photo Center
Mrs. Grim
Telephone Company
Txpor
U.S
Cumberland Brewing Co
Cumberland, Md
Pius
Dr. Wallace
V.K. Krishna Menon
Pifer Printing CO
N. Cameron St
The
Masons
Carr Publishing CO. Inc
N. Braddock St
Aleve Tno
Cherget
Olas Ee Finance CO
Coronene
Newberry
North
Loudoun
Mike Harman
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