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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
3
A cross between carrot and beet called the wobbie is being planted abroad. It is described as carrot shaped and beet colored with four times the vitamin content of either vegetable. The piece also notes fuel savings from anti knock gasoline and claims over half a billion dollars saved by motorists due to tetra ethyl lead use.
Report describes rectangular varnish cans filled with high explosives used as tank traps and booby traps. Cans are buried with trip wires to detonate charges and damage tank treads, aiming to immobilize enemy vehicles.
From December 18 to 24, a series of real estate actions includes patents from State of Montana to D C Cheatham for 2240 dollars, warranty deeds involving Ellen Johnson and others for various lots in Fairfield and Sollid Park, and transfers from Phoenix Mutual Life to Alen and from the Federal Land Bank of Spokane to Otto and Alf Wagnild. Additional entries cover sheriff and quit claim deeds, an order confirming sale in the Earl B Chapman estate, a deed of royalty, and a contract of sale crossing multiple townships in Teton County.
The report describes rubber tapping using a herringbone pattern with tributaries feeding the main incision. It notes a shift to climber techniques using rope belts, allowing tappers to ascend trunks and harvest upper latex. A top tapper collected 11.5 gallons in two hours, another five gallons in 1 hour 40 minutes, versus about five gallons with old methods.
A hydroelectric dam on the Saguenay River in Canada was set upright by blasting 1,000 pounds of gelatin dynamite placed by a Du Pont expert. The steel concrete tower stood 95 feet high and 40 feet wide until the charge toppled it and the dam dropped into the river, resting in place within five seconds.
Swiss Patent No. 210973 notes the sodium salt of N N' bis (2-(4-chloro-2-isopropyl-5-methyl phenoxy)-5-sulfophenyl) urea affords moth protection. The report plays on discovery and praise for the compound's insect deterrent claims.
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