75 Per Cent Farm Fires Preventable Inspection
Two University of Illinois researchers Dean Winter and Gilbert Sauer conclude that 75 percent of farm fires could be prevented if farmers regularly inspect for hazards. After surveying 53 Illinois farms they cite lightning, faulty wiring, and poor heating as main causes and urge routine farmer inspections and hazard removal.
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University of Illinois
Dean Winter
Gilbert Sauer
University
Agricultural Engineering Department
Farm Wife to Encourage New Homes and Remodeling
Researchers say farm families will drive a building boom as larger families need roomier homes. They expect more remodeling to ease chores due to a farm wife’s heavier workload and rising farm incomes by about 5 percent from last year’s $37.5 million record.
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Minneapolis-Honeywell
200000 Farm Tractors Run on Butane Gas Reform
More than 200,000 farm tractors, factory designed or converted, now run on liquefied petroleum gas also known as butane. Farmers report engine maintenance can drop up to 80 percent. The fuel, also called propane, has household uses in cooking, heating, refrigeration and incineration.
Timmy Smith Desires Baseball Dreams Amid War Talk
Edna Jones presents nine-year-old Timothy Smith and his mother in a domestic scene where Timmy heckles a cat and spouts war talk learned from neighbors. Mrs. Smith guides him toward hopeful plans like buying a corner lot and funding baseball outfits, contrasting grim talk with practical dreams.
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Jackson
Timmy
Mike
Mrs. Smith
Hawaiian botanist surveys isolated Kauai plateau island
Degener of the New York Botanical Garden plans a month long expedition to Namolokama peak on Kauai to study a cloud shrouded plateau described as an island in the air. He aims to record unique flora and possibly remnants of Menehune legends while navigating constraints of cloud cover and helicopter access.
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Otto
Namolukama Peak
Degener
Namolokama
Hawaii Island
Kauai
New York Botanical Garden
Sky Garden
Garden Vale
mid-Pacific
Tahiti
Hospitals for Large Animals Increase in Popularity
The American Veterinary Medical Association notes a growing trend toward hospitals for large animals. Farms and ranches far apart use truck or trailer transport for diagnosis and treatment, with facilities often employing multiple veterinarians to handle all livestock and pet species.
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America
American Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA
Color Blind Hunters A Reading in Color Sighted Bias
A reading from Color-Blind Hunters presents the AMA reply arguing against denying hunting licenses to color-blind people. The medical consultant says color detection varies by contrast rather than color naming and asserts red apparel, or any high-contrast color, could suffice for visibility. The note emphasizes color blindness is not more prevalent among hunters than in civil life.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
AMA Magazine
Constant Paint Research Efforts Bolster Industry
The paint and allied industries allocate about twenty five million dollars annually to research. Some 53,000 chemists work in company and supplier labs, devoting millions of hours to improve protection, color, and selection while safeguarding raw material supplies for the industry.
Mental Disturbances Cited As Factors in Deafness
A report in the Archives of Otolaryngology by Drs. Herbert and Sataloff discusses functional hearing loss, its psychological causes, and distinguishes malingerers from neurotics. It describes how frustrations and personality disorders can lead to non organic deafness and the motives behind feigned symptoms.
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Thhe
Disciplinarian Role for Pa Endangers Family Affection
A leading child psychologist argues American mothers overemphasize the father as disciplinarian. Dr. Martin L. Reymert of Mooseheart Laboratory says labeling Daddy as the home enforcer damages family warmth, placing fathers in a strict role while neglecting companionship, friendship, and counsel. He urges a shift toward shared parenting to foster closer father child bonds.
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Martin L. Reymert
Book House For Children
Reymest
Mooseheart Laboratory For
Name spellings and sound alike in law and records
Names show numerous spellings and phonetic variants accepted by courts under the demsonans doctrine. Many Americans change names to fit spelling, while illegible handwriting and transcription errors create filing and lookup problems in records.
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Keen
Keene
Conolly
Bannister
Banister
Brauneister
Baumeister
Bentley
Bently
Bundly
Buntly
Booth
Both
Boothe
Buth
Buthe
Bryan
Brian
Brien
Kitchen With Character Characterful white kitchen with wood cabinets
An attractive kitchen dinette blends gleaming white enameled walls ceiling and woodwork with natural wood cabinets. A rose red brick section around the stove and a copper stove hood add charm. The linoleum floor mimics random-width planks. A round table with a built in Lazy Susan sits among Windsor chairs. A walnut stem finish and rich green counter tops complete the look. Copper utensils provide decorative touches.
Brightest Star by Gail Finds Riches in Home
Gail, once rich, fears Ruth Stevens and Grace Andrews visiting with Ruth’s glamorous status. John urges practicality and hospitality, hosting the meeting at Gail’s home. Ruth and Grace reconnect, stay the night, and confirm true happiness lies in family, not wealth.
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Gail
Ruth Stevens
Lightville
John
Ruth
Grace
Gso
Tara
Missouri Dairy Stud Quick Air Delivery of Semen Planes
The Missouri Farmers Association uses three planes to ship semen from the Springfield stud to inseminators across 68 counties daily. Semen is collected at 5 a.m. and flown to three routes, with parachuted delivery by pilot in a bucket. The Springfield stud houses Jersey, Holstein, Guernsey, Brown Swiss and Angus bulls. Ozark dairymen praise the fast, efficient service.
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Missouri Dairy Stud
Ozar
Miss Farmers Association
Sprinfield
Tion
Missouri Farmers Association
Association
Jution
Ozark
Wet Water valuable new weapon to fight fires
A fire safety expert revealed a new tool for rural departments to combat smouldering fires in stored grains. Wet water uses about 2 percent non sudsing detergent to break greasy surface oils, allowing water to reach the fire core. tests show 40 gallons wet water equal 300 gallons ordinary water. Agencies urged to adopt to reduce water damage and fire destruction.
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Rey Cent
Dale K. Auck
Federation of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Auck
New Water Control Membrane Sold For Ditch Bank Erosion
A new product marketed for seepage and erosion control in ditches and canals uses a fiber glass reinforced prefabricated asphalt membrane lining. It is touted as easy to install and was demonstrated at the Frank P. Rodrigues ranch in California where it lined a pond used for irrigation water storage.
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Frank P. Rodrigues
California
Abere
Nitrogen Drain From Midwestern Crops Warns Agronomists
High yielding corn and improved small grain varieties are draining nitrogen from midwestern soils faster than repletion by legumes. Dr. E H Tyner of the University of Illinois warns that yields require supplemental nitrogen from commercial fertilizer or manure when legumes do not supply enough.
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E. H. Tyner
University of Ilinois Agronomist
Agronomiata
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