Highway Safety Nebraska Project Wins Traffic Engineering Award
Nebraska state traffic engineer J Edward Johnston of Lincoln won first prize in the 1950 Getting Results Through Traffic Engineering contest for a rural highway improvement that cut motor vehicle accidents by 91 percent in one year at a dangerous intersection by removing an unnecessary signal and adding stop signs and warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
J. Edward Johnston
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
U.S.30
Nebraska 15
Schuyler
Johnston
Accident Prevention Department
Thomas N. Boate
Association
Tennessee
Louisiana
North Carolina
Virginia
California
Michigan
Schuyler, Neb
U.S. 30
Nashville
Notable Hollywood Figures and Traffic Safety Advances
The piece highlights stars such as Sinatra and Virginia Mayo with career notes in TV and film, alongside a detailed report on traffic engineering results. It cites Alan Young in Androcles and the Lion, Walter Brennan’s motel venture, and a Nebraska rural crossroads project that cut accidents by 91 percent. The Association of Casualty and Surety Companies announces 1951 competition details and examples from 1950 studies.
Inland sea and world language crosswords puzzle
A mixed crossword exercise lists Across and Down clues with answers spanning geography languages and common terms. Includes references to Inland seas Asian terms flat top mountain names Hawaiian island and zodiac signs alongside miscellaneous clues about writing fluid and aging, plus currency values and titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Hawaiian Island
Mulching Cuts Garden Labor and Preserves Moisture
An article extols mulch as a quick method to reduce work in gardens by up to 75 to 90 percent. Mulch suppresses weeds with roots intact for easy removal and guards soil moisture, crusting, and humus content. materials include straw pine needles and sawdust, applied four to five inches deep.
Grassroots Taxpayers Burdened by RFC Scandals
Opinion piece argues that White House favoritism and RFC loan graft show a pattern of political whitewashing. It cites mink coats for stenographers and fixers profiting from government money, predicting indictments but likely no convictions or lasting reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneral Vaughn
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
R.F.C
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Department of Justice
Senate Committee
Mexico
Central America
Congressional Committee
Hawaiii
Corn on Farms Reaches 2 161 Million Bushels in January
The January crop report shows farm on hand corn stocks at 2 161 million bushels with large feed grain reserves. Hay stocks seem ample, wheat stocks below average but above last year, and soybean stocks at record January levels due to a huge crop. Prospects for wheat include a sixth more winter wheat sown in fall 1950 under favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lack of Soil Moisture Tops Production Problem
The department of agriculture lists farm challenges expected in 1951. Shortages of soil moisture in southwestern wheat areas, less irrigation water from snows, freeze damage to fall sown grain in the south, loss of farm labor to armed services, and shortages of repair parts for machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Hy drant Sprays Dog
A young reporter, following a city editor's maxim, rushes back with a sensational headline about a hydrant spraying a dog revealing how novelty drives news.
How I Broke the Soda Habit
Mrs. Katherine Hill of Worcester Massachusetts credits Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with restoring appetite and digestion after she used baking soda to cope with gas. She says the medicine acts as a stomach tonic, prompts eating, and helps digestion to reduce gas and sour stomach when no organic cause exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Hill
Worcester
Mass
Dr. Pierce
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Nebraska Rural Safety Project
STADI
Inez Gerhard
Rank Sinatra
Florida
New York
CBS
Danny Wilson
Universal
Jimmy Durante
Virginia Mayo
Arizona
Bank and Board
Alan Young
Howard Hughes
Paramount
Young
Jose Ferrer
Androcles
Alan
Walter Brennan
Indian Lodge
Joseph
Oregon
Boate
Frank Sinatra
Sym
India
South
Lover
Bess
Clyde
Sister
She
Becky
RFC
By Wright A. Patterson
Pearl Harbor
Congressional
Alcan
Germany
Army of Occupation
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Adament
Chicago
BAY Es Ney
Milliur
St.Joseph Aspirin
Soretone Liniment
King Koil Mattresses
SANO
Fleming-Hall Tobacco
Sano Cigarettes
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