Housekeeper Reveals Roosevelt Life Strains and Tablecloth Burns
Washington UP Mrs Henreita Nesbitt former White House housekeeper details in her book White House Diary how tense days altered meals at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. She recalls cigarette burns on tablecloths and the president's guilty look after a hole was burned, plus shifts in appetite during looming world events.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Henrietta Nesbitt
Pennsylvania Ave
Europe
Marha
Norway
Winston Churchill
Mme
Chiang Kai - Shek
Watch Out For Profit Stealing Screwworms
Alabama livestock producers must watch for screw worms that migrate from Florida each summer and were recently trucked into Sumter County. Extension livestock specialist WH Gregory urges weekly checks and thorough wound treatment with Smear 62, explaining the adult fly’s blue green body, red yellow head, and wingless maggot infestation indicators.
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Alabama
Florida
Sumter County
Gregory
API Extension
Get Ready To Plant Permanent Pastures
Alabama's biggest crop pasture occupies about 3,035,000 acres of cropland, surpassing corn by over 300,000 acres. Extension agronomist D. H. Harbor stresses better preparation, fertilization, seeding, and management to boost beef, milk, and pork yields. start a well managed program now with guidance from the local county agent.
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Alabama
D. H. Harbor
API Extension Agronomist
Harbor
Alabama Experiment Station
Extension Service
Shooting Ranges Yield Lead Fortune
In Cleveland a storage battery firm says lead is found in shooting ranges as pay dirt. At Kansas City Russ Eliott estimates over 200 tons of lead available on his park grounds. He uses a wheat combine to mine and separate the lead, worth about $60,000 at 15 cents per pound.
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Cleveland
Kansas City
Russ Eliott
Elliott
Utah Tree May Be Oldest On Record
In Utah near Navajo Lake a scrub oak tree believed to be thousands of years old is considered possibly the oldest on record. Field inspector Lee Kay notes its age rivals California redwoods, with the tree standing 48 feet tall and 18 12 feet in diameter in Deep Creek canyon.
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Navajo Lake
Utah
Utah Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Lee Kay
California
Deep Creek Canyon
New Theory On Drunken Driving Sparks Conference
In Champaign Illinois Frank Andrews of Evanston told traffic court judges and prosecutors that a driver who is dead drunk is safer than one who is high. He argued that slight intoxication dulls reaction and responsibility, while severe intoxication makes a driver more likely to be careful.
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Champaign
Frank Andrews
Evanston
Police Leutenant
Andrews
Bedding for Sows and Farrowing Risk
Providing excessive bedding for brood sows risks crushing accidents as sows settle and move. Experts warn to use minimal straw to prevent injuries and maintain safe farrowing conditions.
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