Dismal Swamp: Eastern Wilderness Hideout and Heritage
A study of the Dismal Swamp a vast two state wilderness in the eastern seaboard. Once spanning nearly two million acres it remains a dense refuge for wildlife and escaped enslaved people while facing drainage and development pressure. Historic owners include George Washington and Patrick Henry with early canals and timber use shaping the waterways. The George Washington Highway now runs along its eastern edge as access remains limited to narrow ditches and canals.
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America
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
Jamestown
Virginia
Delaware
Lake Drummond
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Washington
Silver watch Lincoln gave to conductor sought by AR
Baltimore officials seek a large silver watch once given by President Lincoln to conductor John Eckert during the Hanover Branch Railroad trip to Gettysburg on November 18 1863 The watch later belonged to Eckerts grandson John H Eckert who died last April and was last seen publicly in November 1947 when the Freedom Train stopped in Baltimore His wife still in Baltimore recalls the watch sighting.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railway Company
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Gettsyburg
Hanover Branch
Western Maryland
John Eckert
Pianist Hofmann Tricks Critics With Fake Titles
After becoming American, pianist Joep Hofmann played American music in New York and another city with tepid responses. A third city asked for European works, and he agreed. The concert succeeded, critics praised it, but Hofmann had renamed American pieces and swapped in European composer names, then enjoyed the joke.
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Joep Hofmann
New York
Brahms
Tchaikovsky
Hofmann
Man Has Wife Arrested For Setting on Horses
MINULA New York. Maia Barata accuses wife Julia Barata of forcing her to the bank to cash payments for horses. Barata, 44, says he jailed her after a grand jury failed to post $1 bail. He had cashed at least 66 checks in his former partner’s name. Mrs Sprain was charged with perjury.
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Minula
N.Y
Maia Barata
Julia
Barata
Bwaltess Artner
Barate
Proper Drainage Means Better Crops Under Drainage System
A drainage system on farm land sharply boosts crop yield and quality, shortening the time to harvest and increasing profits. The system deepens soil beds, conserves topsoil, lengthens the growing season, raises soil temperatures, permits earlier cultivation after rains, protects crops from frost, reduces labor and machinery costs, and can make crops drought resistant while increasing land value.
Sheep Gain Popularity With Midwest Farmers
Farmers turn to sheep for low labor, efficient use of forage, and favorable long term prices. Small flocks ease disruption to existing operations, with five ewes per acre supporting lambs, and initial costs lower than beef cattle. Five ewes may yield about seven lambs worth roughly $170.
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Midwest
Wrong and Right by Rich and MW Wilkinson
Johnny, a practical executive, kisses Jinny Alison who slaps him. He contemplates firing her, then recoils and attempts to apologize during a tense office interview. Jinny demands understanding as they navigate blame, romance, and a uneasy potential date.
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Johnny
Jinny
Miss Alyne
Jinny Alison
Mins Alison
Miss Alison
Miss Aliaon
Prim Abby Nathan
Nathan
Tomean
Jonny
Milas Alison
Psychologists Urge Public School Sex Education Rollout
Chicago report shows 78 percent of 388 leading child psychologists support adding sex education to public schools. They warn many American children lack properly trained adults at home or in schools to teach the topic and favor integrated or counselor-based approaches rather than a standalone course.
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Chicago
Parents’ Consultation Service
Nut
P.T.A
Water dowser helps farmer find productive well
Cornish, Me. Roy Thompson switched from skeptical to convinced after water dowser Morris Rogers used a willow rod to locate a new well on Thompson’s dry farm. Contractors’ damming prices were high, but the bet on the dowser paid off with a productive well.
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Cornish
Roy Thompson
Thompson
Morris Rogers
Robot Controlled Weather Station Demonstrated in NYC
A robot controlled weather station built by Fort Monmouth Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories operated for six months on a bleak Aleutian island. It runs without manpower for at least a year, sending Morse coded weather data to the Air Weather Service, and records rainfall, sunshine, wind, pressure, humidity and temperature. The unit endures thick summer fogs and 100 mile per hour winter winds, operates in 60 degree below zero, and is transportable by air with auto heating and fire protection.
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Fort Monmouth
Aleutian
American Meterological Society
New York City
Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories
Air Force
Air Weather Service
Natural Cenius Increase Chose to All-Time Record
New York statisticians estimate the U S natural increase last year exceeded 2.4 million, near the 1947 high of 2.431 million. With modest immigration the total rise may surpass 2.65 million, marking a rapid postwar population surge.
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New York
N.Y
United States
Insurance Company
Statsticiana
Pacific Coast
New York State
Sweden
Norway
Krilium Not Replacing Fertilizers Says Agronomists
Krilium a new soil conditioner will not replace fertilizers. It improves soil structure, increases water holding capacity and aeration, boosting yields but raising plant nutrient demand. Prof Emil Truog notes it does not add nitrogen phosphate or potash, and costs about 400 dollars per acre at 200 pounds per acre.
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Emil Truog
University of Wisconsin
Soils Department
Prof
Truog
New Cottonseed Oil Extracting Method Told
The USDA reports a new solvent extraction process named filtration extraction for oil from cottonseed and other oilseeds. It uses a continuous vacuum filter as the major unit and proved workable for cottonseed with modifications for rice bran and soybeans on a pilot scale. Investment and operating costs are described as relatively low with further data available from E. A. Gastrock in New Orleans.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
E. A. Gastrock
Southern Regional Research Laboratory
New Orleans
New Hormone Proclaimed To Double Lamb Crops
Dr Walter J Gibbons of Alabama Polytechnic Institute demonstrates the new hormone ECP by injecting three cows. The hormone reportedly doubles the annual lamb crop in the United States and shows success in treating sterility in cattle swine and other domestic animals.
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Walter J. Gibbons
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
U.S
Electric incubator invention marks milestone in 1930s poultry
In a cluttered storeroom at a small crossroads town, Tra Petersime and son Ray Petersime completed the first electric incubator during a blustery winter day. The device, long described as a foundation of modern poultry farming, replaced mother hen incubation and opened a new era for hatcheries and poultry production.
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Ceagaenk. O
Tra Petersime
Raye Petersimes
Crowns of Ancient Rulers Outshine Elizabeth's Tiara
A survey of historic royal headdresses describes chandelier crowns of Visigothic Becencswinth and domed diadems worn by Vladimir the Great and Byzantine emperors. Cleopatra's vulture crown with Isis symbols highlights the era's formidable pageantry.
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Elizabeth II
England
Beccenswinth
Anna
Vladimir the Great
Russia
Cleopatra
Egypt
Isis
One-Cent Check To Ford Sells Sign To Museum
Detroit museum received a one-cent check Henry Ford wrote to E A Heubener of Dorchester Massachusetts who owned the Wayside Inn sign linked to Longfellow’s poem. Ford personally visited Dorchester to bargain as Heubener insisted on the one-cent payment and cashed the check with a photo stat copy.
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Detroit
Detroit Historical Museum
Henry Ford
E. A. Heubener
Dorchester
Mass
Sudbury
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ford
Greenfield Village
Heubener
Maternal Emotions Charged With Upsets in Children
Beckenham England doctors report 120 adolescents sent by police for treatment at Bethlehem Royal hospital. Dr W Warren in Lancet says mothers contributed to 40 percent of cases with over anxiety rigidity hostility or rejection triggering split personalities and delusions leading to court action.
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Beckenham
England
Bethlehem Royal Hospital
W. Warren
Lancet
Dr. Warren
Suspicious Figures Turn Out to Be Secret Police in Paris
Paris marked Marshal Ferdinand Foch's birth centenary with a parade at the Tribune. Soldiers passed the statue as a police captain ordered agents to clear suspicious types around the president. Gendarmes returned reporting the men were all secret policemen and could not be moved.
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Paris
Marshal Merdinand Foch
Vincent Auriot
Republic
Impulsive Mechanic Takes Spin In Wayward Bus
New York City police report mechanic Adolph Maier acted on impulse as he hijacked a company bus for a three hour tour through Manhattan and the Bronx. He occasionally picked up riders, ignored waiting crowds, and violated regulations, prompting regular drivers to alert the company before officers stopped him.
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New York City
Adolph Maier
Manhattan
Bronx
Challseng
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