Indoor Plant Light Boost Aids Tulip Growth
Experiments show artificial light can supplement daylight for indoor plants. Tulips flowered in dark rooms with 50 foot candles for 12 hours daily, and similar results occurred in Canada and Hungary. Use a light meter to measure foot-candles and provide 50 fc for vigorous growth. Place white backing to prevent leaning toward light and ensure seedlings receive even illumination from early sprouts.
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Canada
Hound
United Nations Forces Highlight Korean War Efforts
Reported December actions show U S and United Nations units in Korea advancing air sea and ground operations. Navy mines cleared at Chinnampo and logistics like coffee and doughnuts support for troops. Sweden supports Korea with a Red Cross hospital at Pusan and personnel in multinational efforts.
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U. S
Chinnampo
Korea
Sweden
United Nations
Redross
Pusan
Welfare Passed Up by Arizona Couple Returns Old-Age Checks
Two seniors in Phoenix walked into the Arizona State Auditor's office and returned two $25 old-age assistance checks after reappraising their finances. Auditor Jewel Jordan oversaw the case as they relinquished the funds.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona+state auditor’s office
Jewel Jordan
Concord War History seeks corrections for WWII Roll
The Concord War History committee lists 38 Concord men who died in World War II and invites written corrections to the list. Missing entries include John J. Glenn and others. inquiries should be sent to Miss Sarah R. Bartlett, chairman, Concord Free Public Library.
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Concord
Concord War History Committee
Concord War Records Committee
John J. Glenn
Glenn
Sarah R. Bartlett
Concord Free Public Library
Massachusetts Employment and Prices Trends in Early 1950s
Massachusetts added 107 600 jobs from a year earlier led by manufacturing 72 800 and gains in electrical machinery retail and wholesale trade transportation and public utilities and textiles. Teacher salaries rose from 27 700 to 34 00 while marriages in seven cities jumped 36 percent in January. Lexington and Lincoln updated zoning by laws.
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Massachusetts
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mass
Dept. of Labor and Industries
Pullie
Lexington
Lincoln
Unveiled Colonial Two Story Design in Fieldstone Finish
An article promotes Small Homes Design No 76 a new colonial two story house plan featuring fieldstone front brick sides and a large picture window. It highlights a sunlit living room with a central fireplace a breakfast nook bay window and built in china cupboard plus three bedrooms ample storage and a first floor lavatory. Readers can order blueprints for five dollars and purchase duplicates or the portfolio of 60 designs.
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Washington
Hilla
Haseen
Penny
Atkinson Avenue
Detroit
Michigan
Snowbound Canadian Nat Photographer Captures Rocky Mountain Goat
An article notes a Canadian photographer in Jasper National Park earned rare apology from a mountain goat during snowy conditions. The goat stood still and watched, allowing artful exposure amid the Canadian Rockies scene.
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Ca. Nat
Jasper Ni Ional Park
Walet
Wis
Rockies
Blizzard Baby Grows Up in Omaha Herds 2145 Pounder Sold
A four year old Hereford steer known as a blizzard baby born during the 1947 48 Nebraska winter when Operation Snowbound airlifted hay to stranded animals has been sold at a dressed weight of 1428 pounds. The animal weighed 2165 pounds on the hoof. Owner A F Melia supervised its growth from infancy with bottle feeding.
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Omaha
Neb
U. P
Nebraska
A. F. Melia
Shorties Welcome at Chicago Valentine Dance
The Tall Girls Club announces its annual Valentine’s Day dance inviting short people to attend. The message says short folks are welcome and encourages inclusion at the event in Chicago.
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Chicago
U. P
Tall Girls
Club Echitego
Automatic warning device aids highway safety
The American Magazine reports an easily installed device for dashboards that flashes a red signal when hydraulic brake fluid drops below a safe level, providing a simple warning to drivers.
Fossilized Blants Ore Dated
Utah scientists plan to date ancient Bonnerville lake beds using radioactive carbon in fossilized plant life. Dr. Thomas J. Parmley of the University of Utah explains how radioactivity in plants declines after death, with Geiger counters determining age.
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Salt Lake City
Bonnerville
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
University of Utah
Thomas J. Parmley
Headwaters of the Amazor River in the Andes West of Titicaca
The headwaters of the Amazor river rise high in the Andes mountains west of Lake Titicaca. The source notes the remote, highland location and its position relative to the Andean plateau.
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Amazor River
Andes Mountains
Lake Titicaca
Flower Seed Germination Rates and Quick Growing Varieties
The article explains germination times for many annual flowers, noting quick sprouters like Ageratum and zinnias can appear in about five days, while petunias take 10 days to two weeks. It advises matching sowing timing to germination periods and starting slow gorwing seeds in seed boxes for reliability.
Levi Lincoln homestead re erected at Old Sturbridge Village
The historic Levi Lincoln homestead in Worcester Massachusetts, where the governor died at 88, will be re erected at Old Sturbridge Village among about 30 other 18th century buildings. Notable visitors included Webster, Clay, Lincoln, Hale, Taft and Coolidge.
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Worcester
Mass
Levi-Lincoln
Massachusetts
Old Sturbridge
Old Sturbridge Village
New England
Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Everett Hale
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolldge
Reconstruction cost for historic house at Old Sturbridge Village
Fragmentary text notes Earle W. Newton at Old Sturbridge Village reports a reconstruction cost of about $25,000. Mentions a main house with three rooms and six additions, plus references to urban population and rural areas in the United States.
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Earle W. Newton
Old Sturbridge Village
United States
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