Infra-red Lights Trials Boost California Orange Crops
Southern California citrus groves test push button infra-red lighting to protect trees from frost without raising temperature. Lights on at 35 degrees, beam heat to sap flow for larger fruit. El Cajon grower L L Freemiller reports fruit matures a month early and could net about 1700 more dollars this season. lights also saved workers from cold snaps.
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California
Ewaatmoce
L. L. Freemiller
el Cajon
Freymiller
Poultry Farm Adverts And Weather Notes Amid Mixed Reports
An old clipping mixes a poultry hatchery advertisement from The Mulva Hatchery and Poultry Farm with stray notes on citrus industry doubts and cold weather tests. It mentions Frederick Street Belmont, postal contact details, and leading figures James and W Boden. The piece also references Frost damage absence and mixed winter results from experimenters.
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Mulvra Hatchery
Frederick St
Belaraviart
Belmont
James & W. Boden
Freymiller
Monument in Warsaw honors Warsaw Ghetto uprising
A 50 ton granite and 5 ton bronze monument unveiled in Warsaw commemorates the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising. It honors Jewish resistance, costs £250000, and features works by Nytan Rapoport with delegations from 20 countries in attendance.
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Warsaw
Warsaw Ghetto
Gheteborg
Sweden
Hitler
Nytan Rapoport
Marseillaise
Imitation luxury goods flood Peiping shops
The article notes that Chinese vendors copy Western luxury items with convincing labels. Seeteh whiskey from Tientsin appears, with second hand bottles cleaned and colored by tea to mimic proper liquor. Some sellers reseal bottles, and even use a hypodermic syringe to siphon and refill contents, deceiving experts.
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Peiping
Tientsin
Abstrated book on Life in the Northern Territory
An Abstrated book on Life in the Northern Territory We Were the RifRAAF by Alert Green. Copies 4/8 port free from the author c/o Geraldian Newspapers Geraldcon.
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Northern Territory
Rifraaf
Alert Green
Geraldian
Geraldcon
Radio mower in Memphis switches to night work
W. C. Wingo of Memphis fitted his electric mower with a headlamp and began mowing at night. To avoid missing radio programs he later added a radio to the mower.
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W. C. Wingo
Memphis
Bess
Bananas Delight in Vienna as Banana Shortage Sparks Debate
Viennese citizens enjoyed bananas for the first time since the war after a small shop sold them near the Russian headquarters. The communist daily Volksstimme quipped about the rarity, while the Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung noted the fruit arrived via a barter deal between Russian forces and Italians. A Soviet inspection officer reportedly tasted one and declared them unfit for Russian troops, ordering disposal to aid the Austrian economy.
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Volksstimme
Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung
Austria
Viennese
Traffic Angels Patrol Ravenna Crossings in White Robes
A Ravenna Ohio traffic safety program deploys “traffic angels” in white robes with feathered wings to stop jaywalking. Angels tap pedestrians crossing on red and hand out a traffic observance booklet. Some wear white fox and saddle shoes. halos are not mentioned.
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Ravenna iOhio
New York Report
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Duke of Edinburgh
Paris
Gare du Nord
Welshpool
Poultry Growers OF W.A. Co-Op. Society Ltd
Poultrow
National Library of Australia
Isalkratt
Sisalkratt
Rhe Fletributore Usalkrapt
W.A
OWA Street
Phar
Qinpre
KURTZ
Vwerwvast
Gosnells
Bsaa Safety
Traffic Angels
Australia
Life Assurance
Mae
Anjo
Abevience
Nla.gov
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