America Shares Scientific Corn Secrets With Europe
FAO programs enable sharing U S hybrid corn breeding techniques with nine European countries. A Bergamo Italy school gathered thirty rural scientists to learn modern corn production methods and genetic improvements. Samples of U S grown corn were sent for experimental testing in several participating regions.
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United States
Europe
America
U. S
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO
Bergamo Agricultural Experiment Station
Italy
Europeia
Austria
Czechoslovakia
French West Africa
Portugal
Sva
Emeralds: lore of luck and famed historic stones
The emerald, linked to Venus and happiness, is praised for soothing sight and protective powers. A 78 carat talisman once owned by Mogul rulers was shown, bearing Persian inscription. Historical sources place emeralds in Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, the Urals, and North Carolina, with Aztec plunder noted.
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Cleopatra
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Upper
Egypt
Colombia
Brazil
Ural Mountains
North Carolina
Cortes
Methods for preserving cured meats without freezing
The article reviews storage options for cured meats, noting moisture proof wrapping in a muslin sack provides 4 to 5 months of protection in a dry storage area. Uncovered meat in a normal smokehouse dries out in months, while coating hams in melted beef tallow with repeated dipping can extend shelf life to about a year for hams and six months for shoulders.
Fluorine Aims For Wide Industrial Reach
Fluorine, 133 years into its discovery, now appears in steel pressure cylinders and is among the most reactive elements. Scientists foresee future products including a gas insulator for high voltage X-ray and nuclear equipment, stable lubricants, non burning non poisonous liquids replacing mercury, heat transfer media, fumigants, fungicides, and new solvents and inspects.
House Cleaning Advice on Heating Equipment Checks
Specialists from Texas A and M advise starting house cleaning by inspecting heating equipment. Check fireplaces chimneys and roofs for soundness and repair to prevent winter fires. Ensure stoves pipes joints and flues are clean and free of rust or debris for safe operation.
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Texas A
Flying Doctors Cover Outposts in Australia
Australia’s four Aging doctor services carried 602 patients and flew 289,239 miles in the last year. Bases operate at Cloncurry Charleville Broken Hill Alice Springs Kalgoorlie Port Hedland and others. Since 1946 the aerial medical service has covered 35,216 miles and carried 53 patients.
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Australia
Dactor Service of
Aus
Cloncurry
Charleville
Broken Hill
Alice Springs
Kalgoorlie
Port Hedland
Yodhan
Electricity Boosts Farm Efficiency and Modernization
REA administrator Claude Wickard told the National Farm Electrification conference that electricity will raise farm efficiency, cut costs, and improve products. He urged continued research and ample, affordable power, with rural systems delivering dependable service and high quality farm equipment to enable farmers to adopt new technologies.
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Claude R. Wickard
REA
National Farm Electrification Conference
Wickard
Freedom Gardens Urged For 1948 Federal Campaign
The secretary of agriculture Clinton P. Anderson calls for renewed promotion of Freedom Gardens. He notes home gardeners boosted domestic food supply during war years and urges twenty million gardens as a 1948 minimum goal. Produce from these gardens could replace foods needed for export and aid hungry communities worldwide.
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Freedom Gardens
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Babies Pick Own Food In Democratic Feeding Study
The American Medical Association reported a self regulating feeding method for babies aligning with democratic values and physiology. Mothers guided by experts provided foods and observed each infant’s rhythm, allowing choice among nutritionally similar options. By one year, infants averaged 29.4 inches in height and 21.8 pounds, matching standard measures.
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American Medical Association
Evolution of Air Transport Revenue Shifts to Passengers
The first air transportation edge was speed. Commercial airplane use began in 1918 for mail, daytime flights initially, with night service added in 1925. Passenger service started in the late 1920s, yet in 1932 mail revenue remained 80 percent of total carrier revenue. By 1946 passengers supplied 87 percent of total air carrier revenue as airports and facilities expanded and service improved.
National Vocational Guidance association tests indelibly rank
A 10 report from the National Vocational Guidance association shows accountants rated first and lumberjacks last in army general classification tests given to all inductees during the war. The association notes the tests were not proper intelligence tests but measured aptitudes and list names of many professions and students impacted.
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Army
National Vocational Guidance Association
Adler
Sennearder
Ame Mechanical Engineering
Eden Medical
Pichemists
Wow Designations Given For Motor Oil Grades
Iowa State College engineers describe three new API designations for motor oils Regular oil with no additives suits moderate engine use in cars trucks and tractors Premium oil is chemically stabilized for unsatisfactory regular service and Heavy duty oil, highly stabilized, resists corrosion and keeps engines clean in severe high speed diesel and gasoline engines.
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Iowa State College Engineers
American Petroleum Institute
Snakes in Ireland Myth Says Historians Debunk
Historians dispute Pliny and folklore noting Ireland has had no native snakes since before St Patrick. They recount claims of Patrick driving out phantoms of snakes tied to ancient worship, while ice ages and migration likely eliminated reptiles from the island.
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Pliny
Shamrock
Ireland
St. Patrick
Not Irish After All Potato's early record and spread
A concise note traces potato history from 16th century explorers. It cites Perdo de Cieza de Leon in 1538 Colombia and Ecuador, mentions the name papas used by Native Americans, and notes early European encounters by Drake and Cavendish without direct plant introduction.
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Perdo de Cieza de Leon
South America
Colombia
Ecuador
Cieza
Peru
Sir Francis Drake
Chile
Thomas Cavendish
Europe
Planets Influence Sunspot Cycles and Auroras
Planets in yearly orbits affect sunspot numbers and auroral activity. When several planets align near the solar disk their combined gravity can raise waves in the sun's atmosphere, potentially amplifying sunspots and impacting earth’s magnetism and radio reception. A half yearly sunspot cycle peaks at equinoxes.
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Solar Disk
Canned Foods Color and Discoloration Causes
Canned foods darken due to oxidation from air in jars or insufficient heating. Overprocessing can discolor entire contents. Pink and blue hues in pears apples and peaches come from chemical changes in fruit coloring. Iron and copper from utensils or local water may brown or gray foods. Corn tum color varies with variety ripeness and processing.
Births and Local News From Bell California and Nearby
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Glenn Masters of Bell California on Tuesday. Glenn is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Masters. Mrs P H Kirby and children are to settle in Spencer after formerly residing at Blue Fourth. Mr Kirby recently died in a harness race at Santa Anita. Mrs J P Wagner visited the John Geeders in Curlew and reported heavy rains in Curlew and Ayrshire. Apply for certifying small grains by May 16. farmers must file by May 15 with Joe L. Robinson, secretary of the Town Agricultural Experiment Station, Ames Iowa.
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Bell
California
Times
T Glenn
Fred Masters
P. H. Kirby
Spencer
Blue Forth
Kirby
Santa Anita
J. P. Wagner
John Geeders
Curlew
Ayrshire
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Joe L. Robinson
The
Town Agricultural Experiment Stadiun
Ames
Iowa
Marine enlist by mail available for former Marines
Former Marines in areas lacking Marine Corps Reserve facilities may enlist by mail under a directive announced by Marine Sergeant J D Green. Those enlisting by mail are exempt from a physical exam until June 30 this year. after that date all applicants must pass a medical review. Eligible former Marines may retain inactive status, with reserve duty only in a national emergency. Applications should be mailed to Headquarters Ninth Marine Corps Reserve District Chicago Illinois. contact local Marine Corps offices for full details.
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U. S. Marine Corps
J. D. Green
Des Moines
Marine Corps Office
Marine Corps Reserve
Green
Ninth Yartine Corps Reserve District
U.S. Court of Appeals
North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
Illinois
For Sale Milking Shorthorn Calf and Younger Progeny
Milking Shorthorn ball calved Oct 29 seven nearest animals averaged 445 lbs fat. A real calf. Also have younger ones. Hilmer H Larsen Wallingford Iowa. I thank friends and relatives for cards plants bouquets and gifts during hospital stay and convalescence. Mrs Theo Christianson expresses thanks.
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Hilmer H. Larsen
Wallingford
Mrs
Theo. Christianson
Thanks for Kind Remembrances During My Hospital Stay
Harold Nichtern expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for kind remembrances, personal calls, and get well wishes during his stay at Holy Family Hospital and after returning home.
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Holy Family Hospital
Harold Nichtern
Thanking friends and relatives for kindness during illness
A brief note from R. S. Kuutsen expresses gratitude for cards gifts and good wishes while hospitalized at Holy Family and after returning home. Appreciation extended to friends and relatives for personal calls and support.
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Holy Family Hospital
R. S. Kuutsen
Card of Thanks for D J Fitzpatrick
We extend heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness assistance and expressions of sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father D J Fitzpatrick. Thanks for floral gifts and spiritual bouquets from Mrs D J Fitzpatrick and Family.
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D. J. Fitzpatrick
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