Mt Olive News Reports Local Visit and Illnesses
The Mt Olive column notes Albert Radle Emma Herold and others as Storm Lake callers last Wednesday. Several guests visited in Aurelia and Silver township homes. Bonnie Allen has mumps and Buddy Lansen recovers after hospitalization. Jerry Parrott remains ill with malaria and is cared for in Aurelia.
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Albert Radle
Emma Herold
Everett Radle
Carl Emil Johnson
Storm Lake
John Towner
Raymond Gregg
Silver Township
Fark Crippen
Glen Hanson
L. C. Bengtson
Roy Glidewell
Sioux City
Bonnie Allen
Dess Wetherman
Missouri
Earl Crippen
Diamond Tamgy
Bertii Petersen
Robert Bengtson
Wes. Claus Magennnson
Axel Johnson
Aurelia
Ec Foke
Raymond
Orville Gregg
Eric Gustafson
Carl
Melvin Johnson
Baby
C. J. Johnson
Paul Anderson
Marvin Mann
Boyd Glidewell
Near
Cherokee
Hanson
Marvin
Jerry Parrott
Fred Parrott
New Color Television Tube Combines Composite Screen and Gun
Arthur B. Bronwell of Northwestern University reports a color television tube using a composite viewing screen with a single electron gun. Unlike existing three-tube systems with multiple guns, this design coats three phosphor screens for red green and blue, providing a natural color image. The screens are optically superimposed, microscopically separated, and electrically insulated.
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Arthur B. Bronwell
Northwestern University
Refinishing Enameled Surfaces For Better Bond
To refinish enameled or varnished surfaces begin with thorough cleaning then lightly rub with fine sand paper or steel wool to dull the surface and create a tooth for the new finish. If the old finish is chipped remove it with paint remover and clean with turpentine and dry completely before refinishing. Apply at least two coats of enamel with a flat undercoater first followed by a gloss or egg shell enamel as preferred, following the manufacturer’s directions.
Savings Bonds Plan Lets You Reach $1 440 In A Decade
The Payroll Savings Plan and Bond A Month option let workers and self employed buy United States Savings Bonds with small weekly payments. By joining at $2.50 weekly, a result of $1,440.84 accrues in ten years, with automatic bond purchase available via banks.
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United States
U.S. Treasury Department
Disk and Fertilize Pastures for Renovation in Spring
Iowa State College expert M. L. Peterson advises discing thin bluegrass pastures this spring to stimulate renewal. He notes aggressive disking, timely seedbed prep, and phosphorus fertilizer after seeding, with mixtures of sweet clover red clover and alsike clover or alfalfa on better soils.
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Iowa
M. L. Peterson
Iowa State College
Peterson
Chicken of Tomorrow Program to Continue in Iowa
The Chicken of Tomorrow program will be carried on in Iowa again this year under State Chairman W. R. Whitfield. The program, aligned with the national plan, will run on a district basis with local leaders and dealers taking primary responsibility for local contests and programs. Districts Shenandoah Tama Burlington and Webster City have plans in place, with rules and entry blanks to be distributed to county directors and officials. District winners will compete at the 1948 Iowa State Fair for prizes across four weight classes.
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Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Towa State College
Whitfield
Extension Service
Shenandoah
Tama
Burlington
Webster City
Poultry Campaign Aims to Save Grain Across Nation
A national drive titled Eats Hens to Help urges every American family to eat one hen per week to save grain. Supported by government agencies and industry, the plan targets 30 million bushels for Europe and aims to cut grain use by replacing poultryless meals with chicken dishes.
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Poultry and Egg National Board
Europe
Citizens Food Committee
Poultrymen
Preventing Tularemia by Avoiding Wild Rabbit Contact
Dr. Robert P. Little of Columbus Ohio says avoiding all contact with wild rabbits could reduce tularemia by about ninety percent. He cites that the disease is fatal to animals and warns to suspect tularemia when a rabbit is unusually tame or runs slowly. cases have been reported from every state except Vermont with about eighteen thousand U.S. cases and a seven point two percent fatality rate.
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Robert P. Little
Columbus
Ohio
American Medical Association
Vermont
United States
American Humane Plans Livestock Department Initiatives
The American Humane Association will form its own livestock department when funds are available. It will investigate commission livestock auctions to improve conditions and facilities and assist in developing a calf feeding program to prevent immediate calf disposal. It will also develop a humane method of stunning animals before slaughter.
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Livestock Protection
American Humane Association
Iron as a historic magic powder to cure ailments
Ancient peoples and physicians used iron in various powders and mixtures as a cure for weakness anemia and chlorosis. From Hindu, Roman and Charlemagne era practices to Paracelsus and Sydenham, iron therapy evolved from superstition to scientifically supported dietary iron by the 18th century with later cautions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Charlemagne
Paracelsus
Sydenham
Vitamin production in the gut from bacteria
American Dietetic Association reports intestinal bacteria supply part of daily vitamins including K biotin folic acid and others like niacin riboflavin pyridoxine and thiamine. Diet quality modulates this activity with lactose milk powder butterfat and tryptophan enhancing production while corn oil lacks effect.
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American Diet Association
Yale Findings On High Altitude Decompression In Rats
Yale School of Medicine physiologists report that explosive decompression at extreme altitudes does not kill rats if recompressed promptly. Breathing resumes after about 18 seconds. death occurs if brought to lower altitudes too slowly. At and above 52,000 feet, rats stop breathing after 18 seconds even with decompression.
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Yale School of Medicine
Aspen Timber Growth Surpasses Drain in Great Lakes Region
Aspen has become a major forest resource in the Great Lake states with annual lumber cuts rising from 67 million to 152 million board feet between 1941 and 1946. Despite high use for pulpwood and box lumber, growth still exceeds drain, indicating potential for large scale expansion if growth remains balanced with harvest.
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Lake
Great Lake States
Shortage of Wool Drives Up US Wool Purchases
The wool industry uses about 15 percent more quality apparel wool than it produces and the United States has become the world's chief wool buyer. Imports rose to double the prewar yearly quantity due to demand and clothing replacement needs. Most imported wool went to worsted production as demand for worsted fabrics grew, while woolens faced weaker demand from poorer quality fabrics, limited variety, fashion novelty, and competition from worsteds amid postwar high demand and production.
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United States
Beeorhe
Cool cucumber myth challenged by UNH horticulturist
Dr Albert F Yeager of the University of New Hampshire debunks the idea that cucumbers stay cool. He reports cucumbers can run up to 20 degrees hotter under the skin than surrounding air, while he notes squash stay eight degrees cooler under the skin than air. He suggests aiming to be as cool as a squash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert F. Yeager
University of New Hampshire
Yeager
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