Word: w
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ALBRECHT Charleston, W...
...W. Ralph Singleton, senior geneticist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, announced that he had "redesigned" the field corn plant, and had reduced its height from 14 to 6 feet to make it easier for a man to reach its top ears...
...Regina, Mineral Resources Director W. James Bichan announced the discovery of a copper-nickel deposit in the Grassy Lake area of northeastern Saskatchewan...
...Charity Hospital on July 15, doctors thought that he had little chance of living: 70% of his body was burned. Erie Surgeons decided to try something new. They wrapped the patient in bandages made from paper-thin strips of aluminum foil, developed by Toronto's Dr. Alfred W. Farmer. It was the first time aluminum foil for burns had been used in the U.S., the first time it had ever been used for burns of the whole body...
Controls. The Federal Reserve Board set Sept. 20 as the effective date for Regulation W controls on installment buying, authorized by the special session of Congress. Requirements thereafter: a one-third down payment on new or used automobiles and 20% on most household goods, payment of the balance in 15 months (if less than $1,000) or 18 months (if above $1,000). Meanwhile the trend toward higher interest rates, which the Treasury and FRB had started by upping their short-term and rediscount rates, continued; the Chase National Bank raised its rates on call money (brokers' loans) from...