Timberville Turkey Boom Lifts Local Prosperity in Virginia
In Timberville Virginia a town under 400 people hosts 175 000 to 200 000 turkeys and supports a thriving broiler plan built with local hatcheries feed firms and a share profit model. The Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co op and Mutual Cold Storage drive a year payroll over 250 000 with 200 plus local workers.
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Timberville
Rockingham County
Sam Cox
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-op
Poultry Marketing
North Dakota Man Traps 200 Snakes From Single Den
Bryan Menzie of the soil conservation office recalls trapping more than 200 rattlesnakes in one den on the Bill Stanton ranch seven miles north of Chamberlain. Snake traps by Jackly Bruce Campbell and Merle Thompson caught over 100 rattlers in recent weeks after a fall haul of 125.
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Chamberlain, S. D
Bryan Menzie
Soil Conservation Office
Bill Stanton
Chamberlain
Jackly
Bruce Campbell
Merle Thompson
Menzie
Paul Bunyan Plow Opens Deep Furrows in California
In San Diego California a gigantic Paul Bunyan plow is claimed as the largest in the world. The machine ferries four heavy tractors to pull a fur row three feet wide and six feet deep, turning over about three quarters of an acre per hour to restore fertility after a 1916 flood buried land with sand. The cost to bring fertile soil to the surface is estimated at 50 to 100 dollars per acre.
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San Diego
Calif
California
Paul Bunyan
San Luis Rey
Ogallala Woman Sells 1903 Home For 5000
Mrs. Mary Hill, long-time resident of Ogallala Nebraska, recently returned to ORD to sell the former home she and her husband built in 1903 at a cost of 1700 dollars. She found a buyer quickly and sold the house for 5000 dollars after dwelling in it for 41 years.
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Ord, Neb
Mary Hill
Ogallala
Neb
Safest Town for Car Theft Recovery in 1945
Columbia, D C reports the nation’s highest car theft recovery rate at 90 percent for 1945, far above the 35 percent national average. The figure highlights Columbia’s efficiency in locating stolen automobiles.
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Columbia
D. C
United States
High School Fishing Club Stirs Intercity Interest
In Dover New Hampshire Bernie Smith a high school teacher coaches a fishing squad that trains indoors and outdoors. He envisions fishing becoming an interscholastic sport with teams competing in fly tying fancy casting and fishing events across schools.
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Dover
N. H
Bernie Smith
Smith
Youthful Artists Show 1200 Pieces in Scholastic Exhibit
Pittsburgh hosts the national Scholastic Art Awards exhibit with about 1,200 works on display and over 600 awards given. Seventy seniors received scholarships to top American art schools as judges from Louis Slobodkin to Royal Farnum praised the talent.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
Louis Slobodkin
Georges Schreiber
Metropolitan
Whitney
Homer Saint Gaudens
Royal Farnum
Rhode Island School of Design
Moise Smith
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Cass Technical High School
Detroit
Collier’s Magazine
Sam Sarkisian
Cleveland
Ohio
Rose A. Greco
Endicott
N. Y
Doris Friedrich
Denver
Colorado
Scholastic
Scholastic Arts Magazine
Treatment Would Save Thousands Who Have Cancer
New York report from the American Cancer Society notes that about 50 000 of 175 000 annual cancer deaths could be prevented with early diagnosis and treatment. Surgery x ray and radium prove effective. skin cancer is 95 percent curable early. breast and lip cancers also highly curable with prompt care.
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New York
American Cancer Society
California Co-ops Gross 237.8 Million in 1949 Returns
Bureau of Internal Revenue data show California farmer co operatives classed as 201 entities reporting total gross income and receipts of 237.797 million dollars. National figures cite 5 223 former cooperatives with gross receipts of 3.020849 million dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue Returns
California
Aviation notes touch on airports and lobbying era
A survey of aviation notes mentions Crow Wing county airport near Brainerd Minnesota and other small field developments, airport leaders, and postwar aircraft sales. It also covers Washington lobbying dynamics, public interest in reform measures, and notable White House ceremonies tied to postwar reconversion.
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Crow Wing
Brainerd
Minn
Young Airfield
Oxford
N. C
Jimmy O'Neill
Fairhaven
Alfred Ward Sr
Johnson
Kansas Flying Farmers
Wadena
Windsor
Bertle County
Jack Goldstein
Harry Stubbs
Spivey
Health bill debated as testimony cites nation needs
A Washington report outlines sweeping aims of the Wagner Murray Dingell national health bill. Proponents argue it would insure medical, surgical, hospital and dental care for all with shared costs, while critics call it socialistic and criticize current uninsured rates. The piece details dire counts of illness, lost work days, and gaps in public health staffing, urging comprehensive reform to give every child a healthy start.
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Thomas Mechlin
Virginia Quarterly Review
Congress
la Follette
Sabath
Illinois
Mechlin
OPA
Taylor
Idaho
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
American Medical Association
Barbs and Bold Ideas in a Nation's Mood
A satirical column notes 630 acres of U S forest, Browder’s plan to publish Russian books in New York, and asks if pro American Russians should publish in Moscow. The writer jokes about the Truman daughters and a Navy Cross remark amid wartime tone.
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United States
Earl Browder
New York City
Moscow
Goldwyn
Brooklyn
Miss Truman
Annapolis
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E. L. Kirkpatrick
David Grossman
Barnsville
Amarillo
Texas
North Dakota
E. J. Hall
Houston
Washington Digest
Baukhage
Aviation
Bill West
Medicine Bow
Wyo
USN Ferrying
Sportsman Air Service
Beyer Airport
Bridgeport
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Radio Center
Senate
Montana
Cliff Reimche
Wold Point
Reimche Place
War Assets Administration
Ex-Gls
Red Wing
Emma Guest
American Airlines
Rosecrans Field
St. Joseph, Mo
Kenneth Crawford
Crawford
Rayburn
South
Evelyn Baker
James Magee
Custer
Belle Fourche
D. D
Black Hills
Harry Truman
Fred Vinson
Lewis Schwellenbach
Capitol Hill
Washington News
Magee
Baker
Navy
White House
Mr. Vinson
John Snyder
Truman
Treasury
St. Louis
Young Jersey Bull
Miami
Jamaica
the Home Quine
Walter Shead
WNU
Eye St
N. W
Bankhage
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