Hoopeston Migrant Council Transforms Town Life
Hoopeston Illinois, population about 7500, faced migrant worker segregation. The Hoopeston Migrant Council improved camps, sanitation, education, and attitudes. Children attend school with local kids, learn English and Spanish, while townspeople gain mutual respect and pride in migrants. Edith Lowry praises Hoopeston as a national model.
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Hoopeston
America
Maine
California
Copeston
Hoopestonites
Edith Lowry
Division of Home Missions
National Council of Churches
Profit Sharing Pottery Firm to Be Sold Soon
SCIO Ohio profits from Scio Ohio Pottery have benefited the village for years in an $8 million business. The plant will be sold but employee profit sharing continues. Owner Lew Reese bought the firm for 3000 in 1932 and built a payroll over years, paying out more than a million to workers and funding a Christmas party. He previously drew a 30000 job and helped rebuild after a 1947 fire with workers. Reese, aged 59, seeks a buyer to avoid estate taxes.
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Scio
Ohio
Scio-Ohio Pottery Company
Lew Reese
Pittsburgh
Reese
Hhis
I Secrets Are Bad By Richard H. Wilkinson
A Boston man relates a web of romance and deception at a winter party in New Hampshire and in Boston. Sheila uncovers the married couple Gill and Bette’s influence, exposing the narrator’s long love for Bette and his plans to break them apart.
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Sheila
New Hampshire
Boston
Fenway
Bette
Gill
Ill
Jim
qTve
Gill's
O.K
Betta
Man-Made Light Moves Ahead By New Inventions
A historical overview traces artificial illumination from cave fire to modern panels. Ancient Mesopotamia used terra cotta lamps around 7000 B.C. and Greek and Roman sources note lamps and lanterns. Phosphor panels may replace switches, widely reducing maintenance as residential lighting evolves.
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Mesopotamia
Red Cross Fights Flood Disaster Warns of Mass Feeding Needs
Jane Griswold and Kathleen Kienstra warn in the Journal of Home Economics that in an atom attack disaster many trained mass feeders would be required beyond current capacity. They note flood response in Kansas City shows how community groups and volunteers provide critical feeding support, with praise for their cooperation and practical actions.
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Red Cross
Kansas City
Journal of Home Economics
Jane Griswold
American Red Cross Food and Nutrition Service
Kathleen Kienstra
Kansas
Treating Addicts Seen as Key to Combating Dope Problem
Dr. Victor H. Vogel of the U S Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington says enforcement public education and individualized treatment are crucial as teen addiction soars. Federal hospitals reported admissions rising from 2700 in 1949 to 4600 in 1950 with 440 under 21 in 1950 up from 22 in 1947.
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Today’s Health
American Medical Association
Victor H. Vogel
U. S. Public Health Service
Lexington
Vogel
Early Inventors and Gail Borden Patents
Early American inventor Gail Borden (1801 1875) pioneered milk condensation with a patent on August 19 1856. His meat biscuit device earned a prize at London International Exhibition after voyages exposed infant deaths from milk sickness.
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Gail Borden
London
Experimen Reid
Mumps- Keen Out Mumps- Keen Out LyiGH UP in the apple tree
Ten year old Tommy Thorne plots a prank to scare George Butler away by placing a MUMPS KEEP OUT sign on Winifred's house. Winifred rebukes him and quarrels over George’s invitation to the ball game. Frank Stanton arrives, Caleb, and the plan shifts as feelings and alibis collide.
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Lyigh
Tommy Thorne
Winifred
George Butler
Frank Stanton
George
Tommy
Smartypants
Frank
Jack Martin
Winkees
Farm Welder Becomes Standard Equipment on the Farm
Tom Jopics notes farm welders become standard equipment as quick repairs cut time and profit losses. A corn belt farmer used his welder to build an inclined portable elevator with a 44 horsepower motor and a portable reel to extend electric service. Labor costs drop from 25 cents to 10 cents per bushel as yields rise, and welders pay for themselves during harvest through faster repairs.
SCS Report Highlights Soil Conservation Gains
The Soil Conservation Service annual report for fiscal year 1951 notes rapid progress in soil and water conservation over 20 years, stressing the need during mobilization. It cites 128 502 farmers helped with 36 259 299 acres planned, total plans 883 348 covering 246 740 009 acres, and about 2 400 districts under state laws. Total FY1951 spending reached ~64 million dollars, with 52 million for operations, seven million for flood control, and about one and a half million for research.
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Soil Conservation Service
Arizona Boys Ranch Receives $9000 Gift of Cotton Harvest Equipment
Machinery valued at over 500000 dollars lined up to harvest the latest cotton crop on the 140 acre Arizona Boys Ranch. The 36 mechanical pickers and fuel were donated by Arizona Queen Creek Farm Bureau members, yielding a harvest equivalent to a 9600 dollar gift to the ranch.
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Arizona Boys Ranch
Arizona Queen Creek Farm Bureau
Sick Soils Can Be Nursed Back to Health
Soil tests guide remedies to restore run down fields to high yields. In Missouri 69 county soil clinics diagnose ailments and prescribe treatments. Laboratories operate under the extension service of the College of Agriculture and county agents.
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Missouri
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Britain Spring Calendar Offers Many Attractions
Britains spring lineup showcases the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race marking its 96th running on March 2 with Leviathan a double barreled training barge to aid crew selection. The season features Lincolnshire Handicap March 26 and the Grand National April 5 with special tours, Hare Pie Scrambling and Bottle Kicking on Easter Monday, Stratford festival returns March 13 to October 24, and rich theater and gallery access across London and major British venues including Reynolds Gainsborough Turner Constable works.
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Oxford
Great Britain
Lincoln
London
Britain
Aintree
Liverpool
Hallaton
Leicestershire
Stratford-on-Avon
Royal Academy
Reynolds
Gainsborough
Lawrence
Turner
Constable
National Gallery
Wallace
Tate Gallery
American Ingenuity Broke Bottleneck on Instrument
William H. Samelius of the Elgin Watchmakers College explains how the U S jeweled watch industry began marine chronometer production during World War I after European sources failed. The industry built a new escapement and balance unit allowing rapid replacement, creating a ship timekeeping insurance policy and improving on European methods.
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ELGIN
William H. Samelius
Elgin Watchmakers College
Samelius
U.S
Lamelius
England
Young Woman Becomes Bride And Widow at Same Instant
In LaRochelle France Yelene Bardin wed Sgt Jacques Guingy by mail while he served in Indochina. He was killed by a hand grenade before the papers arrived, leaving the bride a widow. Officials allowed the absentee marriage to proceed, making Yolene both wife and widow at the same moment.
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Yolene
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