National 4-H film contest yields 31 winners from 26 states
Thirty-one entrants from 26 states were named national winners in a three division 4-H movie contest. Eleven top volunteers earned honors for story ideas. prizes included trips to the Chicago 4-H congress and savings bonds. The film Where the Road Turns Right aims to promote rural youth engagement and reach 3,000,000 club members by 1950 with national distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Snetsinger
Barrington, II
Farmer
Betty June Miller
Wellfleet, Neb
Gerald H. Cassidy
Blytheville, Ark
U. S
Barrington, Ill
Chicago
Julia S. Ball
Sault Ste. Marie
Evelyn Heim
Traverse City
Mich
Mary E. Lukens
Rochester
Ind
Helen Kimble
Turner
Ore
Hmil Wenzlaff
Reedsville
Wis
Merrilyn A. Palmer
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Conn
Albert Buntin
Gerald H .Cassidy
Blytheville
Ark
Hanie H. Russel
Westfield
Francis Pressly
Stony Point
Wellfleet
Neh
Nancy Lu Kingrett
Perley
Minn
Lilla Grace Madden
Heflin
Virginia Mueller
West Bend
Department of Agriculture
State Extension Services
Whiskey Bath Listed as Old Cold Remedy
Dr. Louis C. Jones of State College for Teachers Albany reviews 60 year old cold remedies. He cites the Albany Times 1886 suggestion to bathe in hot whiskey and rock salt twice yearly to ward off colds and notes a cheaper remedy using pig leaf fat applied to the chest. He also mentions a legend of crawling through a double rooted briar from west to east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Louis C. Jones
State College For Teachers
Albany
Albany Times
Jones
Caleson
Easy Canning Fruit and Berries at Home Today
Practical guide to home canning fruit using hot water bath methods. Highlights choosing fresh produce, avoiding spoilage, and improvised equipment like wash boilers or lard pails to water-bath four to eight jars. Encourages preparation before shortages deepen and notes fruit quality affects shelf life and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleischmann
Lynn Chambers Menu and Fruit Canning Guide
A local feature lists Lynn Chambers menus and provides a detailed guide to canning fruit. It covers selecting ripe fruit, making light to medium syrups, cold packing, hot packing, and the open kettle method, with cautions on sugar, syrup quality, and safety.
Canning Guide Included With Fruit Quantities
Lynn outlines approximate jar counts and fruit amounts for canning fruit varieties. The guide lists fresh fruit weights for apricots cherries peaches pears pineapples plums rhubarb and mentions hot or cold packing and following manufacturer directions for seals.
Mystery of the Yankees Batting Slump Stuns Baseball World
In a New York focus, the Yankees desert their feared attack as virtually all regulars slump. Spud Chandler and defense aside, stars like DiMaggio Keller and Rizzuto fail to carry the lineup, while Panama training and war-year pressures are debated as causes for the collective drop from .280 to under .240.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Conn
New York Yankees
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Florida
Joe McCarthy
Bill Dickey
Larry MacPhail
Yankee
Spud Chandler
Joe DiMaggio
Charlie Keller
Tommy Hentich
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Joe Gordon
Nick Etten
Phil Rizzuto
Johnny Lindell
Bill Johnson
Aaron Robinson
McCarthy
MacPhail
Dickey
Stirnweiss
DiMaggio
Etten
Gordon
Henrich
Keller
Rizzuto
Athletics
White Sox
Panama
St. Petersburg
Effective Immunization in U S Army During World War II
One of the most effective immunization programs on record was the compulsory inoculation of the U S Army with tetanus toxoid in World War II, resulting in only three cases of the disease among the entire personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
4-H
Ralph. A. MacDonald
Rising Sun
Fred Green
Hamilton
Ohio
Don Guerber
Hillsboro
Buddy Prigg
Carthage
Arthur John Stohlmann
Adams
Mass
Charles P. Sperow Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kenneth E. Heine
Hillendale
N. D
Grace E. Braun
Egg Harbor City
N. J
Carolyn Maxey
Winder
Peggy Hoffmeister
Topeka
Kan
Frances Blow
Grand Isle
Lawrence McLachlan
Earlville
Lynn Chambers
Uns
Lynn
Ed Walsh
Nick Altrock
Doc White
Bill
Arkansas
C. Keller
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
kKoolAid Thebes Eno Drums
Sioux City
Hop
Bishop’s
Ea A
Foster D. Snell, Inc
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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