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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
4
The International Rodeo Association launched a campaign to keep western rodeos authentic instead of vaudeville style shows. Clifford Raynor of Fillensburg Washington, vice president of the association, says outside promoters are trying to distort rodeos.
Raynor contrasts big city glamor with western rodeo traditions urging local control over celebrations. He condemns outside organizations promoting events and calls for community oversight to preserve the town’s old cow country flavor.
The regional U S immigration office targets 25 to 30 Mexicans weekly in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota. They are flown back to Mexico after contracts to work in wartime manpower shortages.
United States Navy weather experts in the 12th Naval District report radar pictures of hurricanes taken from an observation plane near Miami, marking the first successful air radar filming of a storm. Echo pulses from water droplets formed recognizable patterns aiding forecast plotting beyond ground or ship radar horizons.
A tiny red schoolhouse across from the Russian Embassy in Tokyo serves 27 children of Soviet mission members with nine Soviet teachers. Classes run first through eighth grade for ages seven to 16, focusing on standard subjects with extra emphasis on singing and dancing. English begins in the third grade. three teachers are men, the rest women, some married to Soviet mission members.
Boston report from the National Fire Prevention Association says about one sixth of all retail store fires are due to careless cigarette or match use or disposal. The 15 year study found 51,000 fires yearly causing over 53 million dollars in damage, with 6,209 fires analyzed from 1939 to 1946 to identify store types, causes, and prevention. Group fires involving multiple buildings accounted for the largest losses.
The study tallies losses by group totaling 23 million with furniture stores 12 million five and ten cent stores 10 million grocery stores 7 million and more. Cigarette and match fires caused 1227 incidents while defective equipment ranked second. Spontaneous combustion accounted for 304 fires and 2470 buildings had indeterminable causes. The association urges good housekeeping as key prevention and lists fire safety measures including alarms sprinklers fire walls extinguishers and retardant roofing.
The fragment discusses dividing stock into a small pile for a small fire and a larger pile for a big fire. The context hints at a procedural note or illustrative example, with no further identities or concrete actions provided in the readable text.
SANDUSKY UP When the city parks department prepares for the winter season a group of flower lovers organizes to help wrap and prune garden beds and plant displays for the colder months benefiting public spaces and community morale.
The city park system ends its annual practice of planting flower beds for summer and giving surplus plants to residents on a first come, first served basis. The program, managed by the park superintendent Declan, has run for years and marks the transition to winter beds in the city greenhouses.
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