Parking Meter Revenue Funds Off Street Lots Nationwide
Cities across the United States are using curbside parking meter revenues to buy and develop off street parking facilities. Examples include Chambersburg Pennsylvania Independence Kansas Anaheim California Benton Harbor Michigan Ithaca White Plains Whittier and others. Special assessments and utility revenues also finance parking projects and legislative permission to own operate lots has spread to about half the states.
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United States
International City Managers’ Association
Chambersburg
Independence
Kaw
Anaheim
Calif
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ithaca
White Plains
N. Y
Whittier
Kalamazoo
Port Huron
Kansas City
Kan
Winnetka
Albuquerque
N. M
Water Department
Alinais
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Blue Hen's Chickens Role in Delaware History
Delaware's Civil War era nickname Blue Hen's Chickens originated with Captain Caldwell's Kent county recruits and Col. Haslet's regiment, famed for fighting prowess at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton. Soldiers used cockfights to pass time, while the name stuck as a symbol of valor before the official bird recognition in 1939. Francis Vincent published a Wilmington newspaper titled the Blue Hen's Chicken in 1845.
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Delaware
Jonathan
Caldwell
Kent County
John Haslet
Long Island
White Plains
Trenton
Princeton
Francis Vincent
Wilmington
Keep Them Down on the Farm in Sweden Pathetic Trend
The Swedish government plans laundries bakeries and canneries to lessen farm drudgery and stop young women leaving farms for the cities. A home economics adviser cites female exodus as reducing rural populations and farmer prospects. Government financing will aid new co op laundries and labor saving devices.
Self Heating Cans Bring Hot Dinners From A Can
A Pacific coast packer resumes production of self heating canned foods. The outer can contains a liquid and a chemical that heat the inner can after a hole is punched. In about twelve minutes a hot meal appears including hamburgers with sauce and mushrooms or beef and gravy.
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Pacific Coast
Filipino Yam Bean Root Used In Gardens
The yam bean, grown in Filipino gardens for its turnip like root, is crisp with a slightly sweet flavor and is sometimes eaten raw between meals. Immature pods are eaten occasionally after rubbing hairs with salt or a dry cloth. Roots are eaten fresh with vinegar and salt or briefly cooked with other vegetables, meat, or Ash.
Riotenone Superior To DDT For Sheep Tick
Veterinary scientists report American Veterinary Medical Association findings from trials on over 5000 sheep. DDT single dip eliminates ticks easily and cheaply. rotenone offers lower cost and less risk to sheep, though DDT remains effective when used properly.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Turbulent Era After First Oil Well Drilling
In 1857 Seneca Oil tested crude oil by drilling near Titusville Pennsylvania. Edwin Drake began sinking a well in June 1859 and struck oil on August 27 at 69% feet, launching the modern oil industry and prompting a rush of derricks while lamp oil and other uses dominated. Gasoline byproduct was considered a nuisance and dumped, creating hazards.
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Seneca Oil Company
Titusville
Edwin L. Drake
Drake
California
Alfalfa for Industry Opens New Processing Avenues
A new method to process fresh cut green alfalfa could create industrial outlets for alfalfa proteins and pigments. Developed at a western regional research lab, the process saves freight by producing high value concentrates, while pigments and protein are extracted from fresh tissue without heat damage.
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Western Regional Research Laboratory
Honey as Medicine and Bee Diseases Mentioned
The article notes historic ideas that bee stings aid arthritis and honey as medicine. It reports USDA scientists focusing on other areas, including American foulbrood. Entomologists describe a bacterium produced by foulbrood that inhibits several disease-causing bacteria in humans and cattle.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bank of America Rises as World’s Largest Bank
The Bank of America, founded by A P Giannini in a former saloon building in San Francisco, becomes the world’s largest banking institution. It exceeds its nearest rival by nearly a billion dollars, followed by National City Bank, Chase National, and Guaranty Trust. The bank operates 500 California branches and affiliated banks in neighboring states, employing 13,754 people, up from just after the war.
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Bank of America
A. P. Giannini
San Francisco
National City Bank
New York
Chase National
Guaranty Trust
California
Fatal Night Accidents and Traffic Lighting Study
A Cleveland study finds fatal traffic crashes after dark rise 40.1 percent above daytime levels across 14 states. Analyzing 261,304 incidents, the report stresses better lighting for safety in urban and rural roads during a recent 14 state period.
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Cleveland Street and Traffic Safety Lighting Bureau
Yangtze Gorge project aims to build giant dam irrigation plant
China plans a massive Ichang dam on the Yangtze to power and irrigate the central valley. The project envisions a reservoir 250 miles long and a capacity storing 50 million acre-feet to flood 10 million acres, producing three times the power of Grand Coulee Hoover and Shasta combined.
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China
Yangtze Gorge
Yangtze Valley
Yangtze
Ichang Dam
Chungking
Shanghai
Changsha
Hoover Dam
Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee
Hoover
Shasta
Silent stomach cancer often lacks warning signs
Dr. Morris Dailey of the University of California medical school notes stomach cancer can reach large sizes with few or no early symptoms. Among 333 surgically confirmed cases at UC hospitals from 1950 to 1958, only 7.2 percent showed indigestion, weight loss, abdominal pain, or weakness for two months or less, complicating prevention clinic efforts.
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Morris Dailey
University of California Medical School
Dailey
University of California Hospital
Turkey’s rich minerals and coal output potential
The article notes Asia Minor’s rich mineral resources including silver and lead in Balia, copper at Ergani, and coal as Turkey’s standout mineral. It states coal deposits near Zonguldak along the Black Sea produce high quality bituminous coal, making Turkey self sufficient with a surplus for export, while plans aim to greatly expand production as industry grows.
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Turkey
Asia Minor
Croesus
Ephesus
Greece
Balia
Ergani
Zongnidak
Blagk Sea
Istanbul
Nicotine Extraction From Green Tobacco Studied
The U S Department of Agriculture launches a project to recover nicotine from Nicotiana rustica and green tobacco, not just dried material. Researchers seek methods to extract nicotine from green plants to potentially save time and enhance use of agricultural commodities.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Virginia farmers solve irrigation and drainage by twin 5 HP pumps
Two Virginia farmers tackle irrigation and drainage using paired five horsepower pumps. One motor pushes water to irrigate high land while the other drives a sump pump to move water from low land into a drainage ditch. A second farmer uses his system to pump flood water from a cellar area into a stream.
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Virginia
U.S. Industrial Output Surges Across 1879–1939
A National Bureau of Economic Research study shows U S industrial finished commodities grew over eightfold from 1879 to 1939, averaging 3.2 percent annually after price effects. Output doubles roughly every 22 years as durable goods rise with automotive equipment, home electrical appliances, and radios, surpassing earlier products.
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United States
National Bureau of Economic Research
Doctors Call Alaska Health Crisis Urgent Need Aid
A five physician AMA team touring Alaska warns of deplorable health conditions worsened by population growth. They identify tuberculosis as the top problem, noting a 1945 46 death rate of 359.1 per 100 000 and likely far higher in natives. Poor housing and lack of isolation blamed for spread.
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United States
Barrow
Our Own American Creed Proclaimed in 1918 by Congress
The American creed, drafted by William Tyler Page in 1917 and adopted April 3, 1918, declares government by the people through a democracy within a union of states. It pledges love for the country, obedience to the Constitution, respect for the flag, and defense against enemies.
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William Tyler Page
U. S. House of Representatives
House
United States of America
Push-Button Sandwich Robot Chef Debuts in Vending
A new vending machine advances from simple push button dispensers to a robotic sandwich maker. Customers insert a coin press a button and receive a fresh cooked sandwich in seconds. The unit features a stainless steel trimmed, moisture sealed front and an electronic heating system.
Mineral Oil Safety Questioned by American Medical Association
The American Medical Association reviewed evidence on mineral oil as a fat substitute and in weight loss use and found it unsafe for long term dietary use. It noted that consuming mineral oil with food blocks carotene absorption, a vitamin A precursor, and that misuse should be supervised by a physician.
FFA History Traced To New Jersey Group
New Jersey farm boys formed the Young Farmers Association of New Jersey in fall 1923 at Rutgers College of Agriculture. The group aimed to unite vocational agriculture students, foster rivalries among schools, promote public school programs, and prepare members for adult life through state contests judged by college instructors and extension specialists. Local clubs soon formed across rural high schools with the state affiliate at the college.
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New Jersey
Future Farmers of America
College of Agriculture
Rutgers University
Young Farmers Association of
Rhine Shipping Stopped by Record Low Water Level
A historic Rhine water drop halts commercial shipping along Europe’s vital inland waterway. The belt-carrier river links Basel to the North Sea, supporting Swiss, German, French, Dutch, Belgian trade with coal, iron, grain, foods, and manufactured goods. The drought strains Swiss imports and Ruhr industry.
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Rhine
Europe
National Geographic Society
Basel
Switzerland
North Sea
Germany
France
Netherlands
Belgium
The
Ruhr
Storage mechanisms for chemical energy and capacitors
The passage contrasts chemical energy storage in a storage battery with electrical energy storage in a capacitor. It explains how charging reverses reactions in a battery to produce current and how a capacitor stores energy via two conductors and an insulator. It notes capacitors have high capacity only with large plates and thin insulation, but store far less energy than an automotive battery, and that a winter storage battery self-discharges and must be recharged.
Could Be Old Age The earth slows its rotation
The Earth’s rotation lengthens by about one thousandth of four seconds per century due to tidal braking by ocean waters. This slows the day and causes the Moon to recede, lengthening the month. in the distant future days and months may align at about 0.75 of today’s length, keeping the same face to the Moon.
Animals Predict Weather Through Odd Signals
The text notes that animals serve as weather prophets in quirky ways. Grasshoppers fall silent before rain, frogs croak loudly before fair weather, fish surface activity hints at storms, crows atop trees signal good conditions, hens dust bathe or roost late, and cats shed fur as weather shifts.
Social Items St Paul Ladies Aid Meeting Wednesday
The St Paul Ladies Aid society will meet Wednesday June 9 at 2 40 p m in the St Paul church parlors with hostesses Mrs Arnold Henningsen Mrs Lars Thomsen Mrs John Nissen Mrs Marnie Andresen Mrs Lars Petersen and Mrs Julius Skow Lunch will be served The public is invited. A linen shower honored Miss Pearl Hickey bride to be at the home of Mrs Melvin Marley Guests enjoyed social hour and lunch with gifts presented to the guest of honor. Walnut Homemakers met May 27 at Mrs Edmund Herke with assists Mrs Duane Kiner and Mrs Lois Lewis Twenty three members attended Raymound Kischer to speak on school education but could not attend Jeanine McConnell spoke on art and displayed drawings and textile paintings A business meeting was held and a motion passed to serve one item and a drink for lunch at future meetings The club name plague will be prepared by Mrs Raymoud Kischer and Mrs Orville Nico The meeting adjourned and refreshments served Next meeting is June 24 at Mrs Robert Bergstrom with assistants Mrs Robert Beck and Mrs Ernest Johnson Publicity chairwoman Mrs Orville Nicol.
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St. Paul
Melvin Marley
Pearl Hickey
Walnut Homemakers
Edmund Herke
Duane Kiner
Lois Lewis
Ted Hermanson
Jeanine McConnell
Robert Bergstrom
Raymoud Kischer
Orville Nico
Robert Beck
Ernest Johnson
Orville Nicol
Navy ship spurns old crow nest on radar platform
Report notes two crows attempted to nest on the radar platform of the cruiser USS Atlanta, illustrating a mismatch between historic crow nests and modern Navy ship design.
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U. S. Navy
Atlanta
Navy honors Wrights by naming carrier USS Wright
U S Navy records have been changed to recognize both inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright by naming the carrier USS Wright in their memory, giving full credit to the two men credited with inventing the airplane.
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U. S. Navy
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wright
May 1911 Chosen as Birth Date of Naval Aviation
May 1911 is selected as the official birth date of U S Naval aviation. It marks the day the Navy placed its first aircraft order with the Curtiss Company.
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U.S. Naval Aviation
Curtiss Company
Navy Air Arm Marks 31st Birthday At Coral Sea Role
On its thirty first birthday May 8 1942 the Navy air arm played a pivotal part in modern warfare by halting the Japanese advance at the crucial Coral Sea battle, signaling its maturity and strategic value.
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Coral Sea
Navy aviation called heart of the service by secretary
Assistant Secretary Joh Nicholas Brown declares Naval Aviation the heart of the Navy and says air power bears the burden of sea power. He stresses the Navy’s combat strength hinges on aviation as a core element of national defense.
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Joh Nicholas Brown
Navy
Navy unveils electric oxygen jet steel cutting torch
The U S Navy develops a new steel cutting torch powered by electricity and an oxygen jet to replace the dangerous acetylene torch. The device aims to reduce the risk from highly explosive acetylene while boosting cutting efficiency and safety.
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U. S. Navy
Navy supply figures and odd wartime scraps
In a wartime year Navy food totals ran to 800 million pounds of meat 1.4 billion pounds of vegetables 500 million rounds of fruit 400 million pounds of biscuits flour and bread and 70 million dozen eggs The Navy also ordered Curtiss Triads the first two aircraft acquired for the service on May 8 1911 Builders vent frustrations over poor lumber quality A 557 boat fleet was donated to the American Sea Scouts in 1946 1947 The per capita daily food cost for Navy men was 64 cents A white leghorn hen rode under a Monticello car and paid fare by laying an egg the next morning
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Monticello
Springville
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FFA
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Curtles
American Sea Scouts
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