Organization Plans 1,000 Movie Circuits for Farmers
The Farm Film Foundation, backed by the Foundation for American Agriculture, plans to establish 1,000 16 mm sound film circuits in rural areas. It will maintain a national film library and form an advisory farm film production committee. Key officers include Walter D. Fuller as president and Paul Armstrong as general manager, with a board of trustees drawn from major farm groups and industry leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Film Foundation
America
Foundation For American Agriculture
Paul Armstrong
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Herbert Voorhees
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ken Geyer
National Co-operative Milk Producers Association
Hartford
Seattle
Truman
CIO
Phil Murray
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Murray
Lew Hines
AFL
Martin Miller
al Whitney
Jim Murray
Montana
David IL Walsh
Massachusetts
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Claude Pepper
Florida
Lister Hill
Alabama
Joe Guffey
Pennsylvania
Wayne Morse
Oregon
General Motors
Factfinding Board
Congress
News of Fliers and Flying Use of Air Mail and Airports
Oklahoma pilot Jimmy Hays and Walt Chambers trained cadets in 1943 and visited Alva airport. Edgar Bergen opens Montebello airport for stars. Oceana approves 4000 dollars for airport site. Delphi considers site. G I Airlines moves toward wing mail delivery. about 100000 dollars added to CAA air marking bill. July 1 deadline for annual aircraft inspection. CAA publishes Airman’s Guide and updated Statistical Handbook. Ontario airport advocates prize modern air port. Control towers in many cities enabled by 131.9 megahertz. National Association of State Aviation Officials meets in Washington to assess federal airport bill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Hays
Oklahoma
Walt Chambers
Hays
Alva
Okla
Edgar Bergen
Montebello
Calif
Oceana
Mich
Delphi
Ind
Independent
Ellhorn
Wis
Harvard
Ill
G.I. Airlines
Milwaukee
Asa Rountree Jr
Alabama
G.I
CAA
Se Caa
Statistical ‘Handbook of Civil Aviation
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
National Association of State Aviation Officials
William L. Anderson
Pennsylvania
Leo G. Devaney
Oregon
Edward F. Knapp
Vermont
Clarence E. Cornish
Indiana
David Cillman
West Virginia
Dexter C. Martin
South Carolina
A. W. Meadows
Texas
Philip E. Tukey
Maine
Russell Hilliard
New Hampshir
Floyd E. Evans
Michigan
E. A. Nasser
North Dakota
C. BE
A. Brown
Ohio
Crockery Snow
Massachusetts
E.R. Fenimore
Maryland
L. L. Schroeder
Minnesota
Charles L. Payton
New Jersey
A. W. Hays
William B. Catchings
New Mexico
Flying Missionaries Train for Foreign Missionaries at Moody Institute
Moody Bible Institute in Chicago launches a thorough aeronautics training program for prospective foreign missionaries. Two light training planes will be used to teach theory of flight meteorology navigation and aircraft maintenance plus civil regulations for foreign fields and local weather. Major Arthur Wermuth, famed as the "one-man army," has toured towns as field director for the Flying Tigers air circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Arthur Wermuth
Flying Tigers Air Circus
Pamplin City Hosts World’s Largest Indian Pipe Plant
The Virginia town of Pamplin City with about 300 residents houses the world’s largest plant for making Indian stone clay pipes. Capacity reaches 25,000 smokers daily, aided by a kiln that can burn 200,000 at once, employing four regular workers. The Powhatan pattern dominates production, with pipes named Ole Virginny and Wigwam among originals. The factory draws tourists seeking authentic Indian pipes as gifts or keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Pamplin City
Virginia
Peerweeet
Arkansas Grows Some Whoppers
Arkansas clippings boast oversized crops and fruits with notable weights. Claims include a cotton stalk with 85 bolls a 91 pound pumpkin a 534 pound sweet potato a 19 ounce apple measuring 14 inches in circumference and two bass over five pounds caught on a single hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ans
California
Florida
Arkansas
He's Caught Up MOBILE ALABAMA Baby Ronald Reagan Growth Story
Ronald Reagan born in 1943 in Mobile Alabama weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces and measured 11 inches at birth. After two and a half years of medical care he has achieved normal growth and now weighs over 25 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Ronald Regan
Prefab Houses Built in 1850 in Hamilton Missouri
In Hamilton Missouri a 1,600 population town built prefabricated houses in the 1850s. A. G. Davis sent plans to a St. Louis firm when there were no local carpenters. The firm supplied lumber windows and doors and assembly instructions. Otis Richardson later followed the same process and his house remains in good shape though remodeled and in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Missouri
A. G. Davis
St. Louis
Otis Richardson
Richardson
Half of Topsoil Washed Away in West Virginia
BECKLEY West Virginia soil conservationist Walter C Gumbel reports more than half of the original topsoil across the state has washed away. He says where soil conservation methods are used crop yields rise 10 to 25 percent and urges programs to protect land water supply forests and wildlife while stabilizing farms and incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. VA
West Virginia
Walter C. Grumbel
Gumbel
Man Builds Better Mouse Trap by Accident
Bamberg South Carolina resident Bishop claimed to craft a better mouse trap but accidentally built a fish trap. He left it overnight at the feed store where he works. next day he found five rats and caught nineteen more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamberg
Bishop
Anti Snore Kit Offered to U S Army by Veteran Lawyer
Beaverton Oregon May 1943 local lawyer and former G I T M Weed submitted his no snore device to the U S Army quartermaster corps claiming it stops or reduces snoring by stabilizing the soft palate and uvula. He devised the device after barracks complaints in 1942 43 and tested it during service earning friends. Also notes future crop dusting of peanuts by planes at Omega plant farms in Georgia showing cost and efficiency gains with tests indicating 1000 acres per day per plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverton
Obe
T. M. Weed
G.I
U. S. Quartermaster Corps
Weed
Omega
Allegany’s Dream City That Wasn’t Realized
Allegany New York, once planned as a hub for intellect, culture, industry and commerce, was surveyed and a grand Park Hotel project begun on paper. However Erie became Great City briefly, routes shifted in 1848, and canal endpoints moved to Millgrove. The plan was abandoned, leaving Allegany short of its envisioned status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany Neve
Allegany
N. Y
Allegany City
Eget
Park Hotel
Erie
City
Genesee Valley
Millgrove
Olean
Vandenberg and the GOPs foreign policy quirk
The piece notes Senator Vandenberg of Michigan jokes about a Republican foreign policy while claiming his famous January 1945 speech shaped it. It mentions his boredom with politics and a quip about divorcing his wife if she asks again why he runs for re election. The column also covers CIO leaders debating labor policy and Truman era labor disputes. It concludes with brief items on fertilizer rationing and federal staffing shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenburg
Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Van
Hill
Truman
CIO
Murray
Pineapple Doilies Delight Crocheted Motif Design
The feature highlights a popular pineapple doily motif with a 10 inch diameter shown in the illustration. An older 11 inch doily is also pictured, noted as a collectible item for pineapple doily enthusiasts.
Handy Household Hacks From Frugal Pages
Small bottles with a combination screw cap and medicine dropper suit storing small amounts of household oil for wear appliances needing regular lubrication. If a rubber coating wears off a cord, cut and reconnect the cord. If Junior loses the checkers, slice an old broom handle into quarter inch pieces and paint half red half black. Use patches for mending hose weak spots, and mend before wear shows. Borax scrubs a black pan coating with steel wool, then washing and rinsing. Grease gelatin in a flat dish with waxed paper strips both ways for easy removal. Stocking feet gain durability with candle wax or paraffin on heels and toes.
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Walter A. Shead
Farm Film Foundation
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Company
Martin
Marty) Maher
West Point
Grant
Pershing
Eisenhower
Maher
Army
Civil Service
Ontario
Oregon Observer
Ore
Ayers
Ark
Oakland
San Francisco
Cali
Denver
Colo
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Fla
Atlanta
Savannah
Shreveport
Bangor
Boston
Mass
Jackson, Mass
Kansas City
Sp Louis
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston, Tex
Norfolk, Petersburg
Richmond, Va
Seattle, Wash
Cheyenne, Wyo
Tennessee
Milan, Tenn
Veterans Administration
Robert Overman
CAP Squadron
Hagerstown
Fairchild
CAP
Aeronea
United States
Lewis and Clark Caverm
Dan Morrison
Ux-Gi
Senate
Agriculture Department
Dixie Democrats
Midwest
Josiah DuBois
Vinson
Camden
N. J
Cap Krug
Virgin Islands
John L. Lewis
Fort Washington
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Junior
Americas
Floggis
Flakes
Kellogg’s
Coe
Mary Martin
Paramount Picture
McKesson & Robbins, Ince
Bridgeport
Ust
Anne
Freischmann
Fleiscawany
A. C
Electrogutor Co. Cinginngt
Obie Seca
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