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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1949
Page
2
Immaculate Conception Church reports Masses Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 a m. Confessions are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 4:00 to 6:00 p m and 7:30 to 8:30 p m.
Church listings show Divine Worship Sundays at 9:30 or 11:00 with Sunday School times, plus Luther League rallies, choral unions, Bible studies, and confirmation classes. Meetings include W M F Convention May 3 at Zion Ruthven, Home Mission group April 29 at Charles Lande home, and women’s missionary federation conventions in Ruthven May 3.
Classified notices include for sale items like modern lightning rods and a spinet piano. Also a card of thanks from Mrs Willard Reeves and family thanking neighbors for support during a death and a silver anniversary observance by Mr and Mrs Fred Graettinger. Names include Gus D Rath Gordon Netzow and Willard Reeves. Addresses listed in Spencer and Graettinger areas.
U S Department of Agriculture scientists settled a corn drying question by simulating frost with a hood and dry ice. Over two seasons, frosted ears dried faster than unfrosted ears, with a light freeze speeding up drying for reasonably mature corn.
General Electric scientists report metals fail from tiny cracks that grow under tension, refuting the idea of instantaneous breakage. The research links metal fracture to critical crack or bubble nuclei arising from applied pull, with implications for material life and even natural structures.
Fire extinguishers are valuable for homes though not all devices suit every fire. The water pail remains common and versatile, but purpose built extinguishers vary in effectiveness and special usage. Always consult the fire chief before buying to ensure suitability for the expected fire classes.
Aged figures show a million hunters pursue deer in Pennsylvania each fall with 273 446 deer reported killed since 1941. Despite supply, about 60 000 deer may starve this winter, a pattern echoed in Michigan with 10 to 70 percent of fawn losses. Three biologists note deer crowding affects 30 of 48 states.
The wood duck is a richly colored North American bird nesting from Canada to Central America. It inhabits fresh water habitats such as cypress swamps, peat bogs, and streams along northern lakes. The shy duck favors areas meeting its habitat needs.
An ICC analysis finds mechanical defects cause more motor carrier crashes than any other type in 1947, with brake failures ranking second in number and causing the most property damage. The report highlights ongoing safety concerns in fleet operations and the impact of defective equipment on highway harm.
Colombian researchers explore a vast cemetery at San Augustin with towering stone statues, uncover ancient city ruins at Pueblito near Santa Marta, and examine finely crafted gold artifacts. The finds, sent to the Smithsonian by Dr. Luis Duque Gomez, illuminate pre-Columbian cultures related to but distinct from Mayas and Incas.
Agriculture department urges farmers to set a 1949 spring pig crop goal of 60 million, a 17 percent rise from 1948. The target requires about 21 percent more sows farrowing, aiming to lift per person meat consumption to 150 pounds in 1949 50. The plan relies on favorable hog feed economics and weather.
Practical guidance on insulating ceilings of top floors and walls in older houses. Emphasizes keeping insulation near heated areas, adding a vapor barrier, and providing a ventilation space. Notes that solid masonry walls are costly to treat while frame or brick veneer walls can be insulated by blowing mineral wool into stud spaces.
The Welsh valleys roar back to work as pits mills and furnaces run at full tilt after the inter war slump. Margam on the South Wales coast becomes the heart of a vast industrial rebirth where a colossal steel project rises from desolate sand dunes to power a new era of prosperity.
Persimmons, both native and cultivated, freeze well and suit many uses. Select non stringy varieties for freezing. Freeze as puree with sugar, one part sugar to five parts puree. Use frozen puree year round in ice cream sherbet desserts and persimmon pudding. The fruit’s bright color and unique flavor boost its appeal as a dessert.
A device built from aluminum foil and a plastic alde forms an iris near the outer edge of slides to extend depth of focus in photomicrography. Developed by a California University of Los Angeles laboratory team, the simple constricted foil method provides a valuable aid for focusing in microscopic work.
American women increasingly take up home sewing to cut clothing costs and for entertainment. Readymade bag manufacturers now print colorful patterns on cotton sacks and bakers launder and sell empty flour bags as inexpensive sewing material to customers, with grocery stores offering them as low cost options.
A Colorado A and M entomologist advises farmers to inspect bins regularly as one of the largest grain crops in history sits in storage. If weevils or other insects are present, fumigation helps stop further damage. Fumigation is most effective at 65 to 70 degrees but many weevils die at lower temperatures. Carbon disulfide is potent but flammable, so avoid where fire risk exists. Use safer commercial fumigants when possible. Mickle outlines key steps: seal the bin, keep fires away if carbon disulfide is used, bury burlap sacks about halfway, pour fumigant, cover with tarpaulin, use one pound per 25 bushels, follow commercial mix instructions, and fumigate at least 48 hours.
Scientists at Manhattan Kansas adapt a portable wind tunnel to study wind erosion and preventive measures for Dust Bowl conditions. A gasoline driven blower works indoors as a built in tunnel or outdoors with a movable aluminum duct to compare soil states such as clean plowed fields against stubble mulched plots.
The article highlights Benjamin Franklin's lasting impact on education through founding the first permanent subscription library. It notes his love of books, his gifts totaling several hundred volumes to Franklin town in New Hampshire and major institutions like the University of Pennsylvania, Library Company of Philadelphia, Yale, and universities in Glasgow and St Andrews, plus funding plans for Harvard's library.
A U S Forest Service report shows Wisconsin holds 2,587,416 acres in community forests, far ahead of the national total of 2,026,584 acres. Wisconsin also lists 309 community forests, out of 8,119 across the United States.
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