Women Scholars Active in Wartime
New York City branch of the American Association of University Women held a luncheon at the Pierre where Miss Mary Craig McGeachy spoke for the British ministry of economic warfare. Exiled European women scholars are in England training girls for a new life and a democracy that defines its fight in clear terms. Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Barnard noted the International Federation of University Women remains active, promoting world unity and cooperation.
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New York
New York City
American Association of University Women
Hotel Pierre
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Mary Craig McGeachy
Europe
England
Miss McGeachy
Britain
Essex County courthouse clock has dual faces for day and date
A three-quarter-century-old clock in Lawrence Massachusetts courthouse offers one dial for the hour and a second dial that shows the day of the month. The date face advances automatically at month start regardless of month length.
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Essex County
Lawrence
Mass
Onions Through History From Egypt To Modern Horticulture
Onions were worshiped by ancient Egyptians and valued in medieval remedies. The article traces global use including Chinese nutrition, daylight growing requirements in America, disease resistance breeding, and a USDA program to develop hardy varieties, ending with a plug for The Sentinel Classified Columns.
Overemphasis on Native Ability in Child Growth
Dr C C Peters argues that placing faith in intelligence tests and vocational assessments overvalues innate talent. He urges training to build abilities, contending predicting future intelligence is undemocratic and that all should have chances to improve talents through development.
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C. C. Peters
Public officials relieved of personal liability for funds
A survey by the Municipal Finance Officers Association finds that most states have laws shielding officials who handle government funds from personal liability after deposits, with Maine Rhode Island and New Mexico as exceptions. The protections require meeting specific conditions to qualify.
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Municipal Finance Officers Association
United States
Canada
Maine
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Blind children to feel famous buildings by touch nationwide
An educational project sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind will place model collections in schools for the blind across the United States. The tactile displays include historic sites like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Parthenon alongside modern buildings such as a skyscraper, a dairy farm, and a factory to help sightless children “see” these places with their fingertips.
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Dutch West Indies
America
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
White House
Washington
Mount Vernon
American Foundation For the Blind
United States
Pisa
Athens
City forms Real Property Sanitation Bureau in Houston
Houston establishes the Real Property Sanitation Control office to curb insanitation and beautify the city. The department, replacing the weed inspector, enforces ordinances on sanitary conditions of public and private real estate as part of the health department.
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Houston
Texas
City Health Department
Classified liner promises great value in The Clare Sentinel
An advertisement urges readers to try a classified liner in The Clare Sentinel to maximize value. It emphasizes cost efficiency and broad reach for sellers and buyers seeking strong results.
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Clare Sentinel
Pullet Flocks For High Egg Production In Good Prices
Extension Poultyman BH H Alp outlines practical steps for pullet flocks to maximize egg output when prices are favorable. Emphasizes housing space four sq ft per bird insulation two water containers balanced rations with milk oats alfalfa and vitamin D oil plus moist mash if needed. Includes lighting fresh litter regular attention and common sense as key factors.
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BH. H. Alp
College of
Peat Moss Finds Market In Industry And Farms
Peat mining described as simple income source for farmers with beds on their land. Domestic peat now needed to supplement reduced European imports, with beds mainly in Maine New Hampshire Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio and northern Washington. Moss sedge and reed peat used as fertilizer and greens soil conditioners. Other peat types serve as insulation litter absorbent material and deodorizers.
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Europe
Maine
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Washington
Agricultural Notes Urge Dairy Equipment for 1942
The notes say wet mash has long served poultry feeding and higher intake to boost production. The U S Department of Agriculture has advised war officials to increase dairy equipment supplies to farmers in 1942.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
John Adams and Abigail First Occupants of the White House
The article recalls the White House tenure of President John Adams and his wife Abigail, the first occupants, lasting under four months. It notes Washington never lived there, and explorers say Adams and Jefferson envisioned a national palace while a swampy Potomac area and rudimentary infrastructure surrounded the residence. Water was drawn via an open trough from a nearby spring.
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White House
John Adams
Abigail
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Maryland
Clifford Bs
Parade
Milwaukee Journal
Federal District
Lavender
Romans perfumed baths with lavender and its name derives from lavare to wash. Lavender grows wild in France Italy Spain and North Africa with major cultivation in the Alpine region and southern Mediterranean coast. France once produced over a quarter of a million pounds a year.
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France
Italy
Spain
North
Africa
Mediterranean
England
Russia
Nardus
Syria
Tuscany
North Africa
Yucca used for soap materials and ephedrine synthesis
The article notes yucca or bear grass as a potential quick lather soap source, with long-standing use by Indigenous peoples for fiber and root soap. It also reports a synthetic ephedrine developed by American chemists despite China sanctions, and forecasts electric refrigerators in 1942 housing over 50 plastic parts per unit per Dr William A. Hamer of Mellon Institute.
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Mexico
South America
China
Science Service
William A. Hamer
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Feigned Visual Disability Detection Methods Described
The Better Vision institute outlines tests to expose feigned blindness in claims. A red lens on the good eye and green on the alleged blind eye, plus rapid reading of red and black characters, helps determine true vision. Other lens types are used for malingering checks.
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Better Vision Institute
Hidden underground fire in old wagon road ash
In Durham England a house suffered heat under the floor six feet down where a buried bed of coal and ashes—part of an old wagon road—had spontaneously ignited. Gas diggers and masks revealed the source as oxidizing coal and sulphur minerals in swampy soil, not a basement fire.
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Durham
England
E. E. Free
New York
Silk ambition and tax tokens span Georgia to Colorado
The article notes Georgia's historic silk hope and recent tax token program in Colorado. Tokens for state sales tax, dyed and packaged at a penitentiary cost about 1.25 per thousand, totaling around 12 500 for ten million tokens. Louisiana?
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Colorado
Federation of Tax Administrators
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James Habersham
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