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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1950
Page
10
Massachusetts Division of Employment Security reports area unemployment steady at 2000, matching last month. Last week of October claims totaled 1,006 with 176 partials, down from 1,104 and 234 partials a month earlier.
Registrar Rudolph F. King notes the largest annual vehicle registration in Commonwealth history and urges motorists to visit local branch offices for over the counter 1951 plates. Deliveries for mailed applications received after December 4 cannot be guaranteed before January 1. The Registry operates more than 20 branches statewide from Hyannis to North Adams for in person service.
The B F Goodrich Co unveils a tire claimed to improve stopping on ice by up to 40 percent and on snow by up to 64 percent versus conventional tires. Tests show quicker stop times when equipped on a car.
Calumet Farm in Lexington Kentucky grazes about 200 white faced Hereford steers on 1200 acres of blue grass pasture. The cattle, shipped from Texas last April, gain roughly forty pounds per month. Manager J P Eberhardt notes the eight month grazing period yields comparable profits to a full year of feeding and cites the Herefords’ quiet temperaments and ease of movement between pastures.
A survey shows farmers devote a larger portion of income to fertilizer than before the war, though average usage may still be only half of what is economically optimal. The rule of thumb suggests 100 to 200 pounds per tillable acre annually, meaning 12 tons for a 160 acre farm at 150 pounds per acre.
Aaron Ganz of Chicago known as the atomic farmer earned a doctor of philosophy in pharmacology at the University of Chicago. He grew tobacco in an atomic farm with radioactive carbon dioxide and injected minute nicotine doses from the plants into rats and mice to study nicotine in the human body. His tests indicate the body rapidly eliminates nicotine and the liver absorbs the most nicotine, while the brain absorbs the least.
Dairy specialists urge breeders to select heifers for breeding by weight rather than age. Calving problems arise when heifers are undergrown at 15 to 16 months. Proper growing rations help mature heifers reach production readiness sooner.
In Fort Worth Texas a prospective juror in the sanity hearing for Ted S. Petty was quickly disqualified because the juror was identified as Petty himself. This brief note records the unusual exclusion during proceedings.
A statement from Colonel John A. Chambers of the U.S.A.R. Boston Army Base notes a change in Selective Service rules. If a registered man in an eligible class serves as an officer or enlisted member in a reserve unit and satisfactorily participates, the local board will delay issuing his order to report for physical examination.
The passage explains that men accepted into reserve units will be called to active duty only if their unit is activated. Active Reserve members drill two evenings monthly and two weeks each summer at an Army installation, receive pay for this duty, and have all reserve promotions recognized by the Army.
A fragment from a historical page mentions Liberty and a 2742 04 code with ENG in Boston Massachusetts. The readable text provides limited context about a person or event.
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