Doator Proposes Citizens on Baby Sitters Committee
Dr Martin Reymert urges every city to appoint a four member committee to study baby sitter problems and propose actions. He cites clippings on sitter crimes and presents a Rogues Gallery including strangulation, felonious assault, intoxicated infant care, and a missing teen with cash theft, plus a physician death linked to case fallout.
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America
Martin JL. Reymert
Parents’ Consultation Service
Reymert
Strip-Mined Lands Grow Trees Profitably Says Coal Age
Article by Glenn H. Deitchman and Richard D. Lane from Carbondale Forest Research Center notes strip mined lands can support successful forest crops. Early results show growth rates equal or superior to unmined land. a 20 year old Indiana pine showed posts and poles yielding 335 dollars per acre. By 1950 Illinois coal firms planted over 12 million trees on 11,248 acres with future thinning and pruning planned.
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Coal Age
Glenn H. Deitchman
Richard D. Lane
Carbondale
Illinois
Forest Research Center
Forest Service
Indiana
Carbondale Research Center
Fortune tellers and Hans Christian Andersen's rise
A fortune-teller once predicted Hans Christian Andersen would become a great man, inspiring his mother to urge the "ugly duckling" son to seek his fortune. Today fortune-tellers show little magic as both their talents and clients' appearances fail to improve after repeated visits.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen
Glow Paint Beyond Toy Use In Naval And Aircraft Gear
Phosphorescent and fluorescent paints extend beyond novelty, used to illuminate control valves and dials on naval vessels during power failures and provide black light dials on aircraft. Calcium sulphide yields purple glow, zinc sulphide greenish yellow, and strontium sulphide bluish white.
Leisurely Tumbling Finishes Small Wood Turnings
A circular tank on a horizontal axle is used to tumble small wood turnings. Items are coated with thin finishing material in a lazy speed, then rotated to drain excess. The finished pieces are removed and placed on racks to dry.
The Wake Surprise That Sealed a Wedding Bond
Kathy O Maddigan plans to wear a spring outfit to Flannagen s wake tomorrow while Paddy, stubborn about money, finally buys the hat she longed for. A doorstep confrontation ends with Paddy presenting a green veil and ribbon as a wedding anniversary surprise.
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Flannagen
Kathy O'Maddigan
Paddy
Kathy
Murphy's
New Concept of Cause Of Migraine Headaches Told
Dr A R Furmanski proposes migraine stems from disrupted balance between love and aggression instincts. Study of 100 patients, 65 women 35 men, shows attacks begin when hostility exceeds tolerance. Childhood affection lack and strict parenting linked to migraine tendency in most cases.
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A. R. Furmanski
van Nuys
Calif
Rosa-Loos
Los Angeles
Furmanski
Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry
American Medical Association
Purmanski
Government revenues outpace private savings by billions
For 1946 to 1950 the combined revenue of federal, state, and local government exceeded private savings by 131 billion dollars. Since 1945 the government’s cost has risen due to defense spending and taxes, avoiding the wartime borrowing approach. The long term implications for the economy remain uncertain.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Fire-Proofing Method For Fabrics By Army Chemical Corps
The Army Chemical Corps has developed a permanent fire proving treatment for cotton, woolen, and port rayon fabrics. Treated textiles will char but not burn, withstand laundering and dry cleaning, and resist water proofing without losing effectiveness. Fabric durability remains comparable to untreated material. Tests, conducted by corps personnel in incendiary bomb plants, are ongoing to gauge military applications.
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Army Chemical Corps
Brooklyn-born Sgt. Natali Domenico Drafted Twice
Natali Domenico, a Brooklyn native, has been drafted twice by two countries during World War II. Now a squad leader with the Eighth Infantry Division at Fort Benning, he was once trapped behind German lines in Italy while attending school and pressed into service in the Italian army.
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Natali Domenico
Eighth Infantry Division
Fort Benning
Domenico
Italy
Golden Quills California condors cling to dwindling sanctuary
The Golden Quills report that California condors live long but now few remain. From a once widespread west coast range, the last threescore birds survive in a rocky Los Padres National Forest sanctuary about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. They struggle with weak claws and limited takeoff ability, yet when airborn they soar to 15,000 feet with a nine to eleven foot wingspan, rivaling the albatross in grace.
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California
300 000 Specimens Added To Smithsonian Institution
More than 300000 specimens were added to the United States National Museum collections in the last year. Total catalogued reach 32017298 with zoology leading accessions. Notable items include chamois from the Bavarian Alps, mammals from Malaysia, birds from Colombia and South Africa, and a deep Gulf of Mexico fish collection. Wildlife and plant transfers from military and government bureaus numbered in the thousands.
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United States National Museum
Remington Kellogg
Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Kellogg
Bavarian Alps
Kimberly Brabson
U.S. Army
Malaya
Selangor
Maj
Robert Traub
Army Medical Service
H. C. Clark
Gorgas Memorial Laboratory
Columbia
M. A. Carriker, Jr
Alexander Wetmore
W. M. Perrygo
Panama
Herbert Friedmann
South Africa
Gulf of Mexico
United States Fish and Wild Life Service
Alaska
Bureau of Entomology and
Department of Agriculture
Smithsonian
Statues in Washingtons Lafayette Square Honor Five Allied Heroes
Soldiers memoirized in Lafayette Square across from the White House include statues of Andrew Jackson at the center, with Rochambeau, Kosciuszko, and von Steuben on the corners, and Lafayette in the southeast. The park honors those who fought the British with a nod to the historic British legation nearby.
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USO Club
Washington
Lafayette Square
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
United States
Marquis de Lafayette
George Washington
Lafayette
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Comte de Rochambeau
Tadeusz Mosciuszko
Baron von Steuben
Legation
First Suggestion Sun Revolving Earth Timeline
The first recorded suggestion of a heliocentric system is attributed to Aristarchus of Samos around 265 BC, known through later references by Archimedes. Though many believed in a fixed Earth, Copernicus revived Aristarchus ideas, and his 1543 book helped them become accepted.
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Aristarchus
Samos
Archimedes
Nicholas Copernicus
Quilting Bees Aid Koreans In Operation Quilt
In Pusan hundreds of women join Operation Quilt to comfort destitute Koreans. United Nations Civil Assistance Command provides 06,000 yards of twill 2,000 bales of raw cotton and sewing supplies. The first issue will yield about 16,000 quilts.
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Korea
Pusan
United Nations Civil Assistance Command
New Portable Smoke Generator Tested for Crop Frost Protection
The Army Chemical Corps developed a 180 pound portable fogging machine now used in Korea and tested by the Department of Agriculture for frost protection. It can project a fog shield five miles long and 200 yards wide, operable by two men, with tests begun last spring after Army loaned units at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, proved effective as frost safeguards.
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Army Chemical Corps
Korea
Department of Agriculture
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Two Doctors in a One Doctor Town
In Vindexville Linn dale, two doctors divide opinion. Doc Boggs, elderly and cross, clung to old ways while young Dr Willis won patient trust with optimism and compassion. Willis married Jean from Ohio and became beloved, while Boggs mourned his decline and resisted the change.
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Vindale
Doc Boggs
Old Doc Boggs
Doc
Willis
Elm Street
Dod Boggs
Doctor Willis
Ohio
Business Villages Attract Buyers In Kentucky
FRANKFORT KY Now that Summer is on its way several Kentucky villages plan to revive free outdoor movies to draw rural families. Faster travel between farm and metro areas boosts attendance and merchants sponsor the events with low costs. After the show stores stay open for shopping and marketing.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Rural doctor converts stores into drive-in hospital
Morgantown Kentucky physician Dr. D G Miller Jr uses two small country stores as a hospital equivalent for a rural community. He and a small team handled 10 872 office calls in 1950 and claim care coverage for most patients without board or room charges.
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Morgantown
D. G. Miller, Jr
Kentucky
Miller
Morgantown “Hospital
Academy of General Practice
Pioneering Spirit Still Strong in Modern Youth
In Fort Madison Iowa a nationwide letter contest shows small town teens optimism about American opportunity. First prize Robert Thorson Anaconda Montana cites curiosity and risk taking as drivers of progress. Winners stress self help over reliance on government.
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Fort Madison
America
Craig Sheaffer
Robert Thorson
Anaconda
Mont
Thorson
Washington, D.C
Natchez
Migs
Coos Bay
Oregon
Hawaii
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