Edmond's Fire Chief Builds Top Small-Town Dept
Lothar A. Smith, college trained in Edmond Oklahoma, leads a five full-time and six volunteer firefighters. The department, renowned for efficiency, conducts regular drills and public prevention demonstrations. Since 1939 residents funded a resuscitator that saved lives including stillbirths and choking cases.
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Edmond
Okla
Lothar A. Smith
Smith
Central State College
Oklahoma
George R. McAlpine
Oklahoma City
McAlpine
Atlantic Pact hearings open as Pacific policy hints loom
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Tom Connally begins hearings on the Atlantic Pact and possible Senate ratification before adjournment. Shanghai falls to Communists, threatening Nationalist China. Western powers discuss a future Pacific non Communist alliance. Eisler case raises extradition questions after stowing aboard Polis liner and fleeing to Poland.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate
Congress
China
Shanghai
Pacific
Gerhart Eisler
Germany
Scotland Yard
Poland
Southhampton
England
Eisler
United States
U.S
Europe
Folding beds of the 1800s hid in walls and cupboards
The piece notes that 19th century folding beds, called press or cupboard bedsteads, stored upright in alcoves or cupboards and folded down into the room. It contrasts them with modern folding beds, which are described as more comfortable.
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Fort Knoxentucky
Five States Hold One Third of U S Dairy Cows
The United States has about one third of its dairy cows in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Texas and New York, highlighting concentration of dairy production across these five states.
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U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Texas
New York
Rubber Rollers Prove Durable After Day’s Dance
Rubber rollers on wash machines show extended life as operators ease pressure after daily use. The practice reduces wear and tear, extending equipment longevity for the laundry facility.
Most Fatal Age 71 Beats Other Ages Except Infancy
The record notes that seventy one is the most fatal age for deaths peers, surpassed only by the first year of life. It ranks age related mortality with infancy as the two highest risk periods.
Pure Dye Silk Impurity Levels Noted in Textiles
A textile note explains that Pure Dye Silk is rarely 100 percent silk. It typically contains about ten percent weighting for light colors and fifteen percent for black, indicating added fillers or weight in standard dye processes.
One Room Schoolhouse Still Teaches Fifteen Percent
An estimate shows about 15 percent of elementary pupils in the United States are taught in one room by a single teacher in rural open country settings.
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U. S
Bread Lineage Traces Citizenship Proof in Early Rome
In ancient Rome bread distribution tied to citizenship. Government dispensaries issued loaves only to citizens, excluding aliens from access to bread as a basic support and symbol of status.
Alfalfa Hay Boosts Vitamin A in Cow Milk
Five times as much Vitamin A found in milk from cows fed on good alfalfa hay versus poor timothy hay. Additional note states vinegar weight varies by season, with less weight in summer than winter. Mentions Fort Knox Kentucky as containing substantial gold reserves.
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Citizens Back Fighters
West Germany
Shunulty
Bright & Early
Bright Searly
Duneen Coffee Company
Houston, Texas
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