Hawaiian Botanist Seeks Sky Island on Namolokama Peak
Honolulu reports Otto Degener, a Hawaii botanist with the New York Botanical Garden, will spend a month on Kauai seeking plant life on Namolokama Peak 4000 feet up a cliffy plateau. He plans helicopter landings timed to clear skies and may stay overnight awaiting return flights. Degener expects a botanists gold mine and notes possible traces of the Menehunes.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Otto Degener
Namolokama Peak
Degener
Namolokama
Hawaii Island
Kauai
New York Botanical Garden
Sky Garden
Garden Isle
mid-Pacific
Tahiti
Hospitals for Large Animals Rising in Popularity
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports growing trend toward hospital facilities for livestock and pets in rural areas. Farms and ranches increasingly use transport to clinics with multi veterinarian staff to diagnose and treat multiple species, while country practitioners remain essential in intensive farming regions.
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America
American Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA
Color-Blind Hunters Reading Question to AMA
A Reading Pa physician asks if color blind persons should get hunting licenses. A medical consultant says denying licenses would be discrimination. He argues color blindness still allows contrast and visibility for safe hunting and notes red as identification is well established and recognizable to most hunters.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
AMA Magazine
Paint Industry Invests Heavily in Research and Materials
The paint and allied industries spend an estimated twenty five million dollars annually on research. Over 53,000 chemists work in company and supplier labs, devoting millions of hours to create better protected, colored paints and broader selections while safeguarding raw material flow.
Notes From Congress 1952 UMT Debated and Foreign Aid Plan
Edward T Miller reports on congressional action March 1952 including the House vote 236 162 to send the universal military training bill back to committee and the Senate not pursuing UMT this session. President Truman asks for 7.9 billion in foreign aid with 74 percent to Europe and 26 percent to other regions, plus a 3.44 billion Treasury Post Office appropriation. A surcharge on postcards is under review and a government printing office list of free agricultural bulletins is released.
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Congress
House
Sengq
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
McFarland
Dariz
Vinson
D-Ga
House Committee
Truman
Europe
Near East
Africa
Asia
Pacific Area
Treasury Post Office
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Government Printing Office
Preston Circle Bake and Dedication Week Activities
Preston Circle No 1 of W S C S plans a bake sale Saturday with a Friday worship service marking Dedication Week. Mrs Creighton Carmine hosted the Monday Club and the Community Club gathered at Mrs W J Bonner’s home. Mrs Mollie Carroll visits in Washington and families travel to Coral Gables Florida.
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W.S.C.S
Creighton Carmine
W. J. Bonner
Fletcher Sisk
Barbara
Florida
Calvin Todd
Robin Stanton
Coral Gables
Mollie Carroll
Washington, D. C
Mary McFarland
Peter H. Conover
St. Louis
H. M. Hollis
Mixed Card Club
H. B. Plummer
Adams Cross Roads Social Chronicle Summary
Adams cross roads notes visitations and social events from Sunday through Tuesday. Guests include Sadie Devore and Blanche Stetler from Pennsylvania. Mrs Lee Adams of Cambridge visited the Johnson sisters. Reverend Kniceley to attend Bloomery services next Sunday. Helen Harmon and son with Grace Horsey supper guests. Dickey Sells from Bridgeville spent weekend with Bobby Wright. Marian Robinson, daughter and Bernice Lare visited Lillian Leeser. Bridgeville High School art group visited Wilmington. Virginia Lee Robinson, Bernice Lare, Ruth Wink attended.
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Sadie Devore
Blanche Stetler
Pennsylvania
Lee Adams
Cambridge
Johnson Sisters
Bloomery
Kniceley
Helen Harmon
Grace Horsey
Dickey Sells
Bridgeville
Bobby Wright
Marian Robinson
Bernice Lare
Lillian Leeser
Bridgeville High School
Wilmington
Virginia Lee Robinson
Ruth Wink
Marydel Social and civic notices and visits
Marydel residents share visits with relatives in Denver Philadelphia Yonkers and Massey Florida while plans unfold for a plastic party Civic Club events hosts new neighbors and a Marydel Fire Company benefit movie is set for April 5 Also notes include a local hospital stay and a firemen association meeting attendance and a six week Kent General Hospital hospitalization for Alfred Urban
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Charles Bradley
Marydel
Kent General Hospital
Elliott Cleaver
Bessie Cleaver
Herbert Ward
Florida
Dudley Dixon
Samuel Dixon
Massey
H. B. Logan
Amos Wyatt
Seward Dailey
Ach Civic Club
Civic Club of
Isaac Thomas
Mary-Del Fire Company
Ming
Mary-Del
Caroline County Firemen’s Association
Preston
Alfred Urban
Social Guests Frequent Area Homes This Weekend
Hickman and Adams families visited Crolls with Van Dyke and daughters Peggy and Sarah in attendance. Torbert of the U S Navy spent the weekend with W F Torbert at Little Creek Virginia. WSCS plans a Community Building meeting on March 19 at 7 p m hosted by Mrs Breed ing and Mrs Noble. Melaney hosted dinners for Fountain and Fountain and for George Fountain. Harringtons from Washington and Harrington spent the weekend with Mrs Sam Andrew. Parke family from Wilmington visited Carl Parker and children over the weekend.
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Thurman Adams
Bridgeville
Paul van Dyke
Peggy
Sarah
Denton
William Croll
Louis If’, Torbert
U. S. Navy
Little Creek
W. F. Torbert
WSCS
Ing
Isaac Noble
Clem Melaney
Frank Fountain
George Fountain
Walter Harrington
Washington
Lina Harrington
Harrington
Sam Andrew
Henry Parke
Wilmington
Carl Parker
Melvin Families Visit Relatives Across Counties
Mr and Mrs Olin Melvin spent Sunday with Mrs Johnnie Melvin of Lincoln. Mrs Harry Willis and children from Andersontown visited her parents Mr and Mrs J N Drummond on Saturday.
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Michael Chesack
Denver
Colorado
Marydel
Niagara Falls
Canada
Allen Thornton
Susan
Bobby
E. Lapham
Howard Baker
Philadelphia
Frank Feather
Yonkers
N. Y
David Willkie
Mrs. Olin Melvin
Johnnie Melvin
Lincoln
Harry Willis
Andersontown
J. N. Drummond
Card of Thanks from Jane E Turner
Jane E Turner expresses gratitude for kindness shown during her hospital stay. She thanks everyone for deeds and gifts and appreciates every act.
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Edward T. Miller
Maryland
The
Journal Today
Hickman
Mrs
Frank Breed
Jane E. Turner
Studebaker
Olds
Iehema
Dodge
Ford
Wwe
DR. Weygand
DR. Parker
Chiropractors
A-Ray Laboratory
Sat
W. T. Lockerman Co
Denton, MD
Fred J. Wright
Alton Billmeier
C. Elsie Billmeier
Optometrists
West Denton
J. J. Thompson
Easton Road
Frigidaire
Cooper’s
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