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Learning how to determine latitude by using a sextant is Senta Osoling, student at Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, Calif. Navigation classes are part of the school's program for training its students for specific contributions to the war effort (LO

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Unless there was another Senta Osoling in Los Angeles in the 1940s, this young woman went on to co-author a scientific paper: Alfred Deutsch and Senta Osoling, "Conductimetric and Potentiometric Studies of the Stoichiometry and Equilibria of Boric Acid-Mannitol Complexes," Journal of the American Chemical Society 71(5)( May 1949): 1637-1940. Alfred Deutsch was in the Chemistry Department at UCLA when the paper was published. Osoling was given no affiliation.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! For now, we’re gathering the suggestions and corrections, but holding off on making changes until more comments come in.
  • whatmarcsees said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Los Angeles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • robertvaldivia said:
    Check my photo notes above for updated info on Senta. She's had quite a life!
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Awesome, Robert, thanks! I love knowing what she's doing now.

At Beecher Street School, whose student body consists of half Americans of Italian descent and half of Americans of Polish descent, Southington, Conn. The Queen of the May was Emily Schwak, of Polish extraction; the King, Philip D'Agostino, of Italian (L

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Boys trained in the fundamentals of navigation may become technicians in the armed service, Los Angeles, Calif. Thomas Graham, a member of the Victory Corps at Polytechnic High School, is learning to use a sextant to determine longitude and latitude (LOC

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  • minions & myrmidons said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Face Time, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
  • tacit rabbits said:
    unique capture
  • Micronetal said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called La Mar de Flickr, and we'd love to have this added to the group!