Identacode Brings Lost Dogs Back Through Nation-wide ID
A Los Angeles driven plan creates identacode canine ID using a two line tattoo with state and county numbers. The National Dog Record bureau assigns numbers, stores records for 20 years, and issues a certificate of record to owners to prove ownership if a dog is found.
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Los Angeles
Walter Dethloff
Wisconsin Humane Society
Boston
Dethloff
H. Graham Conar
National Dog Record Bureau
James Schermerhorn, Jr
Schermerhorn
Coner
Bank of America
Mr. Conar
California
U.S
Ahi Bushs Remarkable Peacock Pattern 7230
A richly colored peacock design suitable for room decor uses single and outline stitch to form a bird and flower frame. Pattern 7230 includes a 15 by 18 inch transfer and four motifs 4X inches each with easy charts photos and complete directions. Send twenty five cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Manitoba to obtain the pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Niper Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
Smile of the Week Note Blames Bobbie's Poor Essay
In a classroom exchange a teacher or peer scolds Bobbie over a subpar composition and plans to inform his father. The speaker asserts the father authored the note, implying accountability for the work. The fragment hints at school discipline and family involvement.
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Bobbie
Fashion notes and home care tips from a bygone era
The article promotes low-heeled daytime shoes with ins ap straps being newer than ankle straps and offers a home made furniture wash recipe using linseed oil turpentine and hot water. It instructs applying with a soft cloth wringing out excess, cleaning small areas, drying promptly and rubbing with the grain for shine.
Earliest Artiste Earrings Traced to Babylon and Assyria
The earliest homes of the really artiste earrings were Babylonia and later Assyria, where it was a sign of rank among the men to wear them.
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Babylonia
Assyria
Atom Bomb Victim Says She Was Not Angry At Pilot
New York report details Mrs. Kay Drago who was in Hiroshima when the atomic blast occurred. She spoke on a Mutual Broadcasting System program with George Caron, a tail gunner on the B 29 bomber, and said she bore no anger toward him. She described the blast, the flash, smoke and fires, and recalled her house exploding yet she suffered only a minor head wound.
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New York
Hiroshima
Mutual Broadcasting System
Kay Drago
George Caron
Wantagh
N.Y
Caron
Drago
Japan
Paul Drago
Camden
N.J
Arctic Terns and Kittiwakes Make Astounding Ocean Journeys
Scientists note tiny birds perform transoceanic flights with minimal fuel and stretch across 8,000 to 11,000 miles. Arctic terns migrate from Canada to Europe and Africa, with some banded birds ending in South Africa and France. Researchers, led by Frederick C. Lincoln, document annual 25,000 mile travel and near continuous foraging despite scarce food at sea.
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Rossitten
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Europe
North America
Britain
Siberia
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Twillingate
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington
Canada
National Parks Bureau
Departmet of Mines and Resources
Moscow
Murmansk
Arctic
North Atlantic
North Pole
Antarctic
Labrador
Indian Ocean
Port Shepstone
South Africa
France
Nigeria
North
Antarctica
Frederick C. Lincoln
U.S
Canadian Arctic
Africa
Woman Helps Catch Alligators Alive in Florida Swamps
Celeste Roess, assistant to Florida reptile expert Ross Allen, treks at night with a canoe to trap alligators alive for the Allen Institute. She handles small gators to lure bigger ones, steering and assisting as Allen secures the catches with rope nooses. Some gators are killed for skins and meat. Roess began as a laboratory assistant five years ago.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Celeste Roess
Ross Allen
Florida Reptile Authority
Florida
Allen
Reptile Institute
Silver Springs
Iodine in Salt Easily Lost Says Agriculture Study
Scientists from the Dominion Department of Agriculture report iodine in salt can vanish quickly under pasture exposure with no method to prevent loss. They advise feeding only what animals lick in a few days, as stall feeding slows loss. Iodized rock salt lasts about nine months in dry storage, while loose iodized salt stays stable up to 15 months in closed jars.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Greater U S Sugar Beet Output Urged
Robert H. Shields, president of the U S Beet Sugar association, urged California beet growers to expand plantings to reach the 1 8 million tons quota under the 1948 sugar act. He noted 1948 production fell about 25 percent, saying the industry must farm to full acreages to justify facilities and benefits.
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San Francisco
United States
Robert H. Shields
U.S. Beet Sugar Association
Shields
California Beet Growers Association
St. Louis Bartender Keeps Alligator as Pet
A St. Louis bartender keeps an alligator as a pet to deter customers from lingering excessively. The unusual safeguard adds local color to a neighborhood tale of nightlife and eccentric hiring practices.
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St. Louis
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Poochie
Bertram Robinson
CPC
Centra! Press
Montreal
Prestwick
Scotland
Barbados
West Indies
Freddy Raymond
S.N.S
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