Pamplin City Looms Large in Indian Pipe Industry
In Pamplin City Virginia a plant dominates the Indian stone clay pipe trade with a daily capacity of 25000 pipes and a kiln handling 200000 per burn The factory employs up to 70 part time workers and four regulars its best sellers imitate Powhatan pipes named Ole Virginny Pow wow and Wigwam The town hosts 20 businesses a lumber mill and draws visitors seeking authentic Indian pipes for gifts or personal use.
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Pamplin City
Virginia
Arkansas Grows Some Whoppers
Arkansas residents read clippings about remarkable yields and oversized produce. A cotton stalk with 85 bolls a 91 pound pumpkin a 5% pound sweet potato a 19 ounce apple 14 inches in circumference and two bass over five pounds caught on one hook illustrate the claims.
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Little Rock
Ark
California
Florida
Arkansas
Ronald Reagan Baby Overcomes Tiny Growth Challenge
Born in 1943 in Mobile Alabama Ronald Reagan weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces at 11 inches long. After two and a half years he has caught up to normal growth and now weighs over 25 pounds.
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Mobile
Ala
Ronald Regan
Prefab Houses Built in 1850 in Hamilton Missouri
In Hamilton Missouri a 1 600 population town built prefabricated houses in the 1850s due to no local carpenters A G Davis sent plans to a St Louis firm which shipped lumber doors and windows with holes bored for pegs and assembly instructions Otis Richardson followed suit a later Richardson house remains standing though remodeled and in use
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Hamilton
Missouri
A. G. Davis
St. Louis
Otis Richardson
Richardson
Topsoil Loss Prompts Calls for Conservation in West Virginia
Beckley West Virginia reports more than half of original topsoil washed away says Walter C Grum bel soil conservationist. He notes yields rise 10 to 25 percent where soil conservation methods are used and urges programs to protect land water supplies restore plant food and prevent floods.
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Beckley
W. VA
West Virginia
Walter C. Grumbel
Gumbel
Man Builds 'Better Mouse Trap' By Accident
D Bishop of Bamberg South Carolina devised a fish trap by accident. He left it at a feed store overnight and found five rats in the trap next morning. Within a few days he caught nineteen more, proving the device's unintended catch.
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Bamberg
Bishop
Ex-GZI Sells Anti-Snorer Device to Army
Beaverton Oregon local lawyer T M Weed, a former G I, submitted his no-snore kit to the U S quartermaster corps. He says the device stops snoring by preventing fluttering of the soft palate and uvula. Weed says barracks mates complained in 1942 and 1943, inspiring the invention.
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Beaverton
Obe
T. M. Weed
G.I
U. S. Quartermaster Corps
Weed
Airborne peanut dusting tested at Omega plant farms
Tests at Omega plant farms in Omega, Georgia show aerial dusting of peanut crops costs about half as much as tractor dusting and is more efficient, with one plane capable of dusting 1,000 acres per day.
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Omega
Why Allegany Never Became Great City
Allegany New York was planned as Allegany City a cultural and industrial hub of the East. The project faltered when the Erie route shifted north in 1848 and the Genesee valley canal ended at Millgrove, leading to abandonment of the paper city despite early completion surveys and a dismantled Park Hotel.
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Allegany
N. Y
Allegany City
Park Hotel
Erie
City
Genesee Valley
Millgrove
Olean
Farm Film Foundation to Launch 1000 Rural Circuits
Under a grant from the Foundation for American Agriculture the Farm Film Foundation is incorporated with Walter D. Fuller as president. It aims to create at least 1000 16 mm sound film circuits in rural America, maintain a national film library, and establish an advisory farm film production committee. The board includes leaders from California Fruit Growers Exchange, American Farm Bureau, National Grange and other major farm and cooperative groups.
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WIY
Washington, D. C
Foundation For American Agriculture
Farm Film Foundation
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Company
Film Foundation
America
Paul Armstrong
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Herbert Voorhees
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ken Geyer
National Co-operative Milk Producers Association
Hartford
Aviation moves and pilots push for broader airfield access
Veteran pilot Jimmy Hays visits Alva Oklahoma airport and reflects on flying training programs under the G I Bill. Edgar Bergen opens an airport in Montebello California to attract stars. Officials in Oceana Michigan allocate 4000 dollars for a potential airport site while Delphi Indiana weighs site options.
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Oklahoma
Walt Chambers
Hays
Alva
Okla
Edgar Bergen
Montebello
Calif
Oceana
Mich
Delphi
Ind
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Elkhorn
Wis
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G.I. Airlines
Milwaukee
Asa Rountree Jr
Alabama
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National Association of State Aviation Officials
Washington, D. C
William L. Anderson
Pennsylvania
Leo G. Devaney
Oregon
Edward F. Knapp
Vermont
Clarence E. Cornish
Indiana
David Cillman
West Virginia
Dexter C. Martin
South Carolina
A. W. Meadows
Texas
Philip E. Tukey
Maine
Russell Hilliard
New Hampshire
Floyd E. Evans
Michigan
E. A. Nasser
North Dakota
C. E. A. Brown
Ohio
Crocker Snow
Massachusetts
E. R. Fenimore
Maryland
L. L. Schroeder
Minnesota
Charles L. Payton
New Jersey
A. W. Hays
William B. Catchings
New Mexico
Flying Missions Training At Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute in Chicago announces a new aeronautics training program for prospective foreign missionaries. The course uses two light planes and covers theory of flight meteorology navigation and aircraft maintenance alongside civil regulations weather in mission fields and climate related maintenance. Train Tennessee Vets. The Milan Tennessee flying service has GI Bill approval for private, commercial and single engine rating courses. Maj. Arthur Wermoth, famed as the one man army, has toured cities as field director for the Flying Tigers air circus.
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CAA
Statistical Handbook of Civil Aviation
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Tennessee
Milan, Tenn
Veterans’ Adminisration
G.I
Arthur Wermoth
Flying Tigers Air Circus
Personal Mail Exerts Big Influence on Congressman
A Washington columnist examines how personal mail and public sentiment shape congressional action on price controls and labor policy. He notes NORC polls and strong lobbying by unions and industry groups show two opposing pressures, with letters from constituents often swaying votes and public opinion sometimes clashing with lawmakers' private judgments.
Public's spendable income and meat consumption rise
A 1939 spendable income figure of 68 billion dollars is dwarfed by a 1946 estimate of 139 billion. The rise mostly benefits low income groups, as more Americans eat more meat and other goods, leaving less for those who already consumed heavily, yet no one is in danger of starving. The piece argues aid to Europe and Asia can still be funded.
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Department of Commerce
America
Europe
Asia
You
Pineapple Doilies Featured in Crochet Pattern Ads
The Pineapple design remains popular on crocheted doilies with a 10 inch finished piece featuring a flow er petal center. A second 11 inch version is shown copied from an older doily. Collectors are urged to order Lacy Pineapple Doily Pattern No 5132 and Illinois Doily Pattern No 5530 for 20 cents each, with an expected delay due to high demand.
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Illinois
Butter prices and butterfat jokes from Barbs
A humorous verse fragment discusses butter price rises, cow milk output, and price competition. It adds a quirky line about a man in a parachute and a complaint from a mother bird about crusts, ending with a note on a meat diet and worms.
Kellogg's All-Bran advertised as daily laxative aid
A Kellogg's All-Bran promotional piece urges daily servings with ample water to ease common constipation. It promotes the product as a natural laxative food and highlights wheat bran's nutrition including iron calcium phosphorus vitamins and protein while noting it is not a purgative.
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Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Omaha
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