Rural party line fades as radio hookup debuts in Cheyenne Wells
Eight ranchers on the eastern Colorado plains gain access to a new eight-party hybrid line using short wave radio telephone and wire. Officials say the system is experimental under commercial conditions as Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph expands Bell system service toward one million more homes. Each ranch includes a receiver a 10 watt transmitter a telephone two antennas and a home power plant with only the telephone visible.
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Colorado Plains
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Plains
Bell System
Bushy tailed squirrels face acute Missouri housing shortage
Missouri conservationists report a tree housing shortage as squirrel families grow and lumbering favors older trees. The male is banished from the nest during birth requiring three trees per family and suggesting temporary man made housing in affected areas.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Papa
Hoboes Again Hit Road As Regulations Ease
Blooming ton Illinois reports rise in traveling hoboes as wartime travel limits ease. Salvation Army and Home Mission run facilities for nearly 200 men at this railroad division point, with officials citing plant closures and army discharges as factors.
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Bloomington
Ill
Knights of the Road
Salvation Army
Home Mission
QO. K. Torgengen
Billy Shelper
Camp Fire Girls Launch Nationwide Membership Drive
New York reports the Camp Fire Girls begin a nationwide membership drive with 360 000 members participating. The campaign runs through November 30 with events to recruit non members and showcase the program. Attorney General Tom C Clark supports youth groups as key tools against juvenile delinquency.
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New York
Camp Fire Girls
America
Bernice Baxter
Dr. Baxter
Tom C. Clark
War Searches Recalled as Derelict Drydock Hunted
New York officials report an intensive Atlantic sea search for a partially submerged derelict floating drydock capable of sinking a ship as large as the Queen Mary. The navy drydock split in two after detaching from a navy tug 330 miles off Norfolk. One section was sighted. carrier planes dropped bombs scoring two direct hits but not sinking it. A coast guard cutter with TNT mines joined the hunt, with planes and ships scanning the area for the second section.
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New York
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Navy Drydock
Norfolk
USO launches 1947 fund drive to sustain services
The USO appeals for 19 million dollars to fund ongoing services through 1947. President Truman endorses the drive as thousands of servicemen remain overseas and in hospitals. The program focuses on clubs near camps and hospitals, travel aid, overseas clubs, and camp shows, aiming to support veterans and active troops through year end.
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New York
USO
USC
Philippines
Panama
Alaska
Hawaii
Newfoundland
Antilles
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Truman
United States
Headquarters
Atlantic
Pacific
Airports push self help with non aviation concessions
Municipalities seek to balance airport budgets via concessions and higher airline charges as air traffic climbs and postwar prospects grow. Chicago builds a new municipal terminal restaurant with a 5 percent gross sales share plus 40 percent net receipts and license fees. A flight controller system promises push button takeoffs and automated landings for C 54 Skymasters, while Hawthorn Mellody dairy plans refrigerated air milk deliveries from Wisconsin to Libertyville.
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United States
American Municipal Association
Hawthorn- Mellody
Chicago
Wisconsin Farms
Libertyville
New Airmail Stamp Five-Cent Rate Drops to Five Cents
A new five-cent airmail stamp becomes effective October 1 to meet the rate cut from eight to five cents an ounce. The central design features a four motor transport plane in flight. A Swedish fault detector, a safety device for aircraft, is described as installed on Swedish airliners and quickly signals engine imperfections before standard instruments.
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Sweden
Diary of a Boxers Era Washington Girl in Peking
Mary Condit Smith diaries from June to August 1900 document the Boxer Rebellion siege in Peking. The Washington society figure records foreign legations under threat, executions, battles, and daily hardships, with reflections on international tensions and later significance.
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Washington
Mary Condit- Smith
China
Erie Canal
Mary
Peking
Sol
Far East
High Street
Mary Hooker
Tzuhsi
Pethick
Legation
Rat Census Finds Millions Roaming Capitol Complex
A Fish and Wildlife Service expert reports up to two million rats inhabit the Senate and House office buildings the Capitol and connecting tunnels. Census taker John Jones a rodent control technician called an immediate council of war.
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Washington
Senate
House
Capitol
Fish and Wild Life Service
Capitol Hill
John Jones
Council of War
Joy-buzzers raise profits with shock handshake gag
The Bankhage Joy-buzzer device, a novelty handshake gag, reportedly earned $140000 in one year. A new non-fogging glass for auto windshields is noted by Business Week. The Agriculture Department predicts more cranberries for Thanksgiving. The Army and Navy differ on mile length. the naval mile is 800 feet longer, yet sailors shrugged it off.
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Business Week
Department of Agriculture
Army
Navy
An Old Iron Cot Becomes a Smart Sofa Project
An old iron cot with cushions reimagined into a green backed sofa. The project used 13 yards of 36 inch chintz and 3 yards of plain sateen. BOOK 6 details corner and wall finishes and 30 other illustrated ideas. Send 15 cents with name and address to obtain a copy.
Largest Firework Display in London Victory Celebration
Collier's reports the largest firework ever built, a nearly 200 pound round bomb exploded over London on Saturday night June 8, 1946. It launched from a special mortar, burst at 750 feet, and produced a pyrotechnic display brighter than 40 000 candle power.
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London
Collier’s
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