Colleges Take Livestock Honors At Chicago Expo
At the 47th International Live Stock show in Chicago Oklahoma A&M won the grand steer title with Royal Jupiter while University of Wyoming claimed reserve with Wyoming Challenger Standard. Purdue topped hog judging with a 222 pound barrow. Ohio State led lambs with a 147 pound Hampshire ewe. 4-H youth filled the audience as leaders praised health champions and charitable acts by participants.
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Chicago
Royal Jupiter
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Ohio State University
Hampshire Wether
Wayne Disch
Evansville
Wis
Postwar migration shifts spark farm population rebound
The American Road Builders' study notes a 1945 farm population uptick after years of decline. Amid labor strife in Oakland and broad union actions, and amid wartime science gains, the piece covers farm trends, strikes, and recruitment of German and Austrian scientists for U S programs.
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American Chemical Society
Wetl
Convicts Show Little Feeling of Remorse at Auburn Prison
A survey of 50 inmates by prison psychologist Raymond Corsini finds worry about families as the main unhappiness source. Confinement issues rank second, followed by beliefs about prison conditions, with guilt and remorse last.
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Auburn, III
Auburn Prison
Ramond Corsini
How It Started Men of Straw In Westminster Hall Courts
The piece explains a medieval practice at Westminster Hall dating back to 1224 where straw shoes signified readiness to witness. A lawyer would pay a straw man to recall a case, then the fee increase compelled the memory, and the straw man testified in court after taking an oath.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Lewis
UMW Command
Westminster Hall
England
Greece
Men of Straw
McKay Wins Steak Contest At Local Iowa City Restaurant
John McKay of Cedar Rapids a University of Iowa junior ate ten steaks in two hours to win the local steak eating contest. Opponent William Mahone of Clear Lake conceded after an hour and 20 minutes with McKay leading eight to six. McKay received a steak dinner as his prize.
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Iowa City
Iowa
John McKay
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
William Mahone
Clear Lake
McKay
Mahone
Woodsmen Fell Grant Tree 586 Years Old
In the Packwood forest near Mt. Rainier a Douglas fir, 13 feet across at the base and 586 years old, was felled becoming the largest known timber cut. A lightning strike or past winds fractured it 198 feet from the base, leaving about 11 076 cubic feet of usable wood in the remainder.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mt. Rainier
Success With Your House Plants And Flowers Throughout the Year
A promotional note for a 40 page booklet titled Success With House Plants And Flowers. It promises year round bloom from indoor gardening with terrariums dish gardens and house plants and invites readers to send twenty five cents for a copy.
Early American Title for President Sparks Debate
A 1789 Senate committee debated naming the chief executive His Excellency or His Highness the President of the United States and Protector of Liberties. They rejected royal sounding terms, favoring President of the United States, a choice Thomas Jefferson likely welcomed as democratic.
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The
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Stalin's Victory Vase Largest artifact worth forty thousand gold
The Victory vase given to Generalissimo Stalin by the Russian people stands as the largest such object. It is decorated with a portrait of Stalin and war scenes painted by five artists over two years. The base is pink porcelain and the vase rises nine feet high.
Weekly Newspaper Service Notice for Plant Book
A service notice from a New York publisher invites readers to enclose 25 cents for the booklet Success With House Plants and Flowers. Include name and address for mailing to 243 West 17th Street New York.
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W. 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Mussel boats use underwater sails on river diggings
Boats along the Ohio and Kentucky rivers lack masts and fish mussels with underwater sails. Known as mussel diggers, they drag two dozen hooks from the boat’s bottom while a canvas sheet sinks to catch the current and propel the craft downstream to harvest shellfish used for buttons and cheap jewelry.
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Ohio
Kentucky
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