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...assembled-planes, radar, cameras, raindrop measurers, recording devices in great variety-the Army Air Forces, Navy and U.S. Weather Bureau had launched a project to find out all that man can know about a storm, from its fleecy birth to crescendo climax. Because thunderstorms are flying's greatest hazard, the investigators hope their study will develop reliable methods of recognizing and avoiding dangerous types of cloud...
Mimeographed sheets, urging students to assemble at noon behind the Widener Library for the march, were distributed at heavy-traffic areas in the Yard yesterday and at dinner last night. No one would hazard an estimate of how many University men, other than AVC and HLU members, who are supporting the campaign "100 per cent," will participate...
...flies, mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches: Use a 5% DDT solution in kerosene, painted or sprayed on screens, walls, mattresses, under sinks, shelves. It is good up to six months but a fire hazard when first applied. Aerosol bombs are less effective than painting; although they kill all insects in sight, they leave no lasting deposit...
Occupational Hazard. In Manhattan. ex-Con John Boulter, picked up for carrying a gun, explained that the crime wave had him worried...
...unfortunate that great progress cannot be immediately reported. But delay is preferable to error in such vital matters. We can "compromise" within the boundaries of a principle. We can no longer compromise principles themselves. That becomes "appeasement," and appeasement only multiplies the hazard from which it seeks escape. History leaves no room for doubt upon that score. The wrong answers will breed wars for tomorrow...