Farm Safety Week urged by high farm death rate
National Farm Safety Week runs July 22 to 28 reflecting a national crisis in agricultural deaths and injuries. The article notes a lighter labor force, increased machinery use, and calls for strict safety practices to protect farm workers including unskilled operators and youths. It features statistics on 1950 farm deaths and injuries and highlights safe behavior with a captioned illustration of a farm boy near unsafe stairs.
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America
National Safety Council
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
The
Safety Council
United States
Comprehensive Guide to Home Fruit Canning Methods
Detailed instructions for preparing and canning apples, berries, currants, gooseberries, cherries, peaches, pears, and pineapple. Steps include washing, peeling, blanching, hot or open kettle packing, syrup types, sterilization, jar sealing, and processing times in boiling water baths or ovens. Includes safety notes on jar preparation and handling.
Farm Tractors Excluded From Vehicle Definition In Some States
A National Safety Council survey finds at least seven states do not include farm tractors in the legal definition of a motor vehicle though tractors can be used as such. This leads to farmers driving from farms to taverns without risk of arrest beyond nuisance charges.
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National Safety Council
Ice Curtain Between Big and Little Diomede Solidified
National Geographic notes a fur trade ban and three year isolation as Russian soldiers man a lookout on Big Diomede while Eskimo families on both Diomedes remain linked by kinship yet separated by the International Date Line and blockades.
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Washington, D.C
Bering Strait
National Geographic Society
Big Diomede Island
Little Diomede
Asia
America
Russia
Alaska
United States
Siberia
Car Smell Makeover Turns Old Jalopy Fresh
A man asked a flavors and fragrances firm to make an old car smell like new. The company accepted the challenge and now the jalopy carries a fresh production line scent.
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights Sliced Roast and Desserts
A luncheon menu lists sliced rump roast in barbecue sauce with au gratin potatoes baked tomatoes and jellied cabbage pineapple salad sliced peaches with cream and gingerbread squares with beverages.
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Lynn Chambers
Oven Canning Guidelines and Packing Techniques
For oven canning set jars two inches apart in a shallow pan, heat to the required temperature before loading jars, and start timing immediately. In electric ovens avoid the top heating element. Pack fruits tightly to limit headspace, using a wooden paddle or a small olive bottle as a packing tool.
Painful Corsets Through Ages Highlight Fashion Health
In Elizabethan times ladies wore 13 inch waists with corsets, while 50 years ago 18 to 20 inches became normal and today manufacturers set 24 inches as the base. Health concerns drive modern girdle standards and industry practice.
Backyard Table and Bench Pattern Idea for Quick Seats
A convenient workshop pattern shows how to build a table and bench unit for backyards using a saw and hammer. It provides construction details, dimensions, and notes no waste of time or materials plus a 25 cent pattern price. Drawer 10 Bedford fills New York.
English Professor Finds Coleridge Papers Unearthed
Dr Earl L Griggs of the University of California Los Angeles discovers the world s largest Coleridge manuscript collection in a private English estate. He prepared transcripts of about 1500 manuscripts and will delay volumes until the material is cataloged.
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Coleridge
Los Angeles
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British Museum
Earl L. Griggs
University of California
Griggs
England
Death by Own Action Rate High Among Older Americans
At Northwestern University’s Centennial Conference on Problems of an Aging Population Dr Erwin Ackerknecht warned that two thirds of US seniors feel unwanted and that the death by own action rate for whites over 55 is more than twice that of those under 55. He linked ageism to disrespect in daily life and urged the US to imitate France in showing affection toward the elderly.
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Chicago
United States
Northwestern University
Erwin Ackerknecht
History of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Ackerknecht
France
Smallest U S Deer Faces Extinction Aids Sought
Washington reports the Key deer, a tiny whitetail from the subtropical lower keys near Key West, may face extinction with only about 32 individuals. Conservationists hope a pending Congress bill to create sanctuary will halt the decline and save the species.
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Washington, D.C
America
Lower Keys
Key West
Florida
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