Lime Boosts Soil Fertility In West Virginia District
West Fork soil conservation district in Randolph County begins a $30,000 plant at Rich Mountain to supply burnt lime for acidity control. The project aims for 50 tons daily capacity with costs $8 to $10 per ton, later dropping toward $5. Lime usage supports 1,700 districts nationwide and boosts milk, butter, meat, eggs, and corn outputs.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
LCS
West Fork
West Virginia Soil Conservation Committee
State Conservation Committee
G. Manley Curry
Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Virginia's Heroes Get Preference In Statuary Hall
Capitol plans place Virginia among leaders in the Statuary Hall display with 17 statues on the ground floor and more space limited on the main floor. Architect David Lynn says overflow could move statues to the crypt above Washington's tomb as donations increase.
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Washington
Virginia
National Capitol
Capitol
David Lynn
Senate
House
Lynn
Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Modern Santa Flies Toys to Aleutians
Navy officer Lt. Comdr. James A. Whitman and yeoman Noah Fluckard gathered a ton and a half of dolls bears trucks ornaments and lights in Seattle to ship to Kodiak Dutch Harbor Adak and Attu for 300 navy children and 100 civil service children in the Aleutians.
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Seattle
Santa Claus
Aleutians
Navy
James A. Whitman
Noah Fluckard
Tulsa
Oklo
Whitman
Fluckard
Kodiak
Dutch Harbor
Adak
Attu
M Q Is Latest Test For Marriage Stability
Washington report notes a new psychological word association test, claimed to predict marriage stability. The test gauges responses to common words. divergence from typical patterns is linked to marital outcomes with divorced women showing the highest variation.
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Washington
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Modern alibis replace grandmother funeral among Carroll College students
In a Carroll College survey of alibis from G I students in Wisconsin, excuses now reflect family strain and economic pressures. Married men cite wives and children, war injuries or malaria appear, evictions and housing instability enter, and car trouble shows up on commuter slips.
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Waukesha
Wis
Carroll College
G.I
Lighthouse Replica Graces Abbie Burgess Grave in Last Wish
In Spruce Head Maine a group places an aluminum lighthouse miniature on the grave of Abbie Burgess America’s first woman lighthouse keeper to honor a deathbed wish. The beacon mirrors Matinicus Rock light seen 32 miles offshore, reflecting Burgess’s long service and family ties to Matinicus Rock and White Head.
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Spruce Head
Abbie Burgess
America
Joseph Noden
Saugus
Mass
Matinicus Rock
Abbie
White Head
Edward Rowe Snow
15 Million Evergreens Will Brighten Holiday
Washington reports that over 15 million Christmas trees will brighten homes this season. Forest Service officials note Northwest sources supply most trees with Montana alone providing about one sixth and Canada shipping around five million to the United States. Forester Arthur M. Souder says the harvest acts as a weeding out of young growth to avoid crowding salable timber.
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Washington
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Northwest
Montana
Canada
United States
Arthur M. Souder
Mother Goose Aids In Teaching Safety
Oakland schools use Mother Goose rhymes as safety propaganda. The playful verses depict Little Jack Horner watching traffic and learning to look left and right, illustrating how familiar stories teach children to stay aware of cars and hazards.
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Mother Goose
Oakland
Calif
Jack Horner
New Vacation Lands Draw Thousands Of Tourists
The article notes a surge of American travelers to Latin America with new airline schedules from gateways like Miami and Los Angeles. It highlights Havana Nassau and Mexico as popular ports, Brazil as a budding paradise, and a pilot Dr Louis Leonpacher extending veterinary service to remote marsh lands and boat-accessible areas. Wartime milk experiments improved Royal Canadian Air Force fliers vision via riboflavin enriched milk. December test flights are planned at Muroc for the SX 1 supersonic project. Municipal officials urge airports to add revenue-generating facilities to turn airports into commercial, retail and industrial hubs.
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Europe
Orient
Latin America
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Brownsville
Texas
Los Angeles
Havana
Nassau
Mexico
Great Exuma Island
Grand Cayman Island
Cayman
Brazil
Royal Canadian Air Force
Kenneth F. Fee
Albany
N. Y
Washington Digest Christmas Abroad Reflects on Peace
Washington 1946 Christmas reflections recall last year’s ruin in Nuernberg and Paris. The writer mentions Kipling’s Christmas past and the White House holiday traditions, noting postwar worries, family separations, and a shift in civic celebration.
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Nuernberg
Albrecht Duerer
Meistersinger
Hans Sachs
Boulevard Montparnasse
Latin Quarter
Paris
Kipling
Barbs by Baukhage on power, politics, and odd science
The column teases public ambition with the line I would rather be right than president. It imagines future shifts if humans are replaced by animals and notes a McGraw Hill claim that the Soviets use bees to produce honey mixed with quinine, a bitter yet sweet contrast.
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Roosevelt
McGraw Hill
Romantic Kittens to Brighten Tea Towels Pattern Sale
To obtain 6 transfer patterns for embroidering the Kitten Romance Towels pattern No. 5095 send 20 cents in coin plus your name address and pattern number. Address.
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Lost Creek
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WNY
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Home Sweet Home
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Hartford
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Leonpacher
Muroc
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India
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T. Alan Goldsborough
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Missouri
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International Bakers’ Association
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McKinley
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Truman
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Harrison
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Mary
Washington Star
Star
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