Continent-Wide Fence Proposed Along Mexican Border
U S and Mexican authorities debate a 500 mile longer than Great Wall barrier to curb cattle disease. A fence spanning the continent is urged as eradication options shift. Slaughter programs face opposition while vaccine work and quarantine zones expand across Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Gulf
Pacific
China
Brownsville
Texas
U.S
White House
Truman
Mico
U.S. Congress
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Agriculture Department
Helpful Hints For Spring Fashion Color Trends
Green shades appear set to dominate the spring palette with navy and white prints gaining refreshment value. Cotton dresses already shown offer versatile housewear now and durable wear into June, while fabric care tips hint at paraffin handling for thread spools.
Smile of the Week Sugar Gift in Restaurant
A man asked for a second lump of sugar in a crowded restaurant and was refused. An elderly woman at the next table secretly pressed a sugar lump into his hand, saying she always carries some in case she meets a horse.
Nature Defeats Rainmakers in Sydney Rain Delay
Radio Australia reports researchers waited 36 days at Sydney airport with dry-icing planes to begin rainmaking trials but postponed as rainfall exceeded any 28 year period.
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San Francisco
Radio Australia
Sydney
Typhomalaria described as hybrid fever illness
A historical note defines Typhomalaria as a disease with symptoms of both typhus fever and malaria. The statement suggests a blended illness concept linking two distinct infectious diseases.
Jack Miner Foundation Announces National Wild Life Week
The Jack Miner Foundation will sponsor National Wild Life Week April 10 to 16 with an educational program. No money changes hands. churches vendors and schools will promote conservation and bird life through sermons classes contests and window decorations.
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Jack Miner
Kingsville
Ont
House of Commons
Senate
John R. MacNicol
M.P
Davenport
Toronto
Manly F. Miner
Manly Miner
Canada
India Respects King Birthday as Public Holiday
New Delhi announces the king's birthday remains a public holiday in the Indian dominion. It shares this honor with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on October 2 and India's Independence Day on August 15.
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New Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Canada urged to join in annual activity week
Manly Miner urged participation in a nationwide effort that will benefit all of Canada. He noted magazines are already producing drawings and paintings for covers to attract public attention to the week’s importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Manly Miner
Home of Tomorrow Radiant Heating Demonstrated in New Jersey
In Raritan New Jersey a laboratory house showcases a radiant heating system using ceiling panels called uskon. Developed by the U S Rubber Company and John B Pierce Foundation the panels heat objects and people without warming the air and may reduce dependence on oil and coal. Mr and Mrs Burt Johns will live in the four room home to test the setup under cheap electricity conditions as low as one and a half cents per kilowatt hour.
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Raritan
U.S. Rubber Company
John B Pierce Foundation
Burt Johns
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Brampton
Lorna Graham
David Graham
India
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R.C.A.F. Flyers
Front
Murray Dewey
Ted Hibberd
Orval Gravelle
Ab Renaud
Roy
Barbara Ann
Scott
Ottawa
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