Forest Tree Seedlings Available Now for Reforestation
Lexington August 31 The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development forestr y division says one six million seedlings will be available for reforestation this year up from last year. Landowners should file orders promptly as prior demand exceeded supply. applications for over a million seedlings could not be filled last year. Orders may be mailed to the State Forester in Raleigh.
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Lexington
N. C. Cement of Conservation and Development Division of Forestry
State Forester
Raleigh
Reforestation Guidelines For Piedmont North Carolina Planting Season
Farm Forester Ducham advises pre inspection of planting sites with district forestry or soil conservation staff. In the Piedmont region, choose tree species by site: shortleaf pine on slopes, tobblolly pine on moist well drained soils, yellow poplar white ash and black walnut on bottom lands and coves, black locust on eroded soils, red cedar on limestone soils, spacing 6 by 7 or 6 by 6 feet, about 1000 seedlings per acre. Durham notes NC Division of Forestry offers full reforestation information at the Lexington district office.
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Ducham
District Forestry Office
Lexington
Soil Conservation Service
Piedmont
North Carolina
Farm Forester
Durham
N. C. Division of Forestry
Undertow Questioned by Submarine Geologist in Warning on Rip Currents
Dr. Francis P. Shepard, submarine geology professor, says undertow may not exist and warns surfers to beware rip currents. He explains how rips form, how to spot them from shore or air, and advises swimmers to avoid certain areas and swim at an angle to escape if caught.
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Associated Press Science Report
New York
Francis P. Shepard
University of California
Ers Institution of Oceanography
Shepard
Physics Today
American Institute of Physics
Dr. Shepard
Mayors Arrive in Naples Aboard Vulcania
A delegation of American mayors led by Mayor and Mrs. William Morrison of Charleston South Carolina arrived in Naples on the motorship Vulcania en route to the Geneva conference of mayors.
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Naples
Italy
Conference of Mayors
Geneva
Switzerland
Vulcania
William Morrison
Charleston
S. C
Amazon River Bore Creates Massive Spring Waves
Encyclopaedia Americana notes that the Amazon river mouth forms a spring tidal bore with waves from ten to fifteen feet high and speeds up to forty five miles per hour, driven by strong tides and river flow.
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Amazon River
Encyclopedia Americana
Rent ceilings lifted in Moore County North Carolina
Washington reports housing expeditor Tighe E. Woods announced immediate removal of rent ceilings in Moore County, North Carolina, completing decontrol for the Southern Pines defense rental area.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Moore County
North Carolina
Southern Pines
Turkey’s Alphabet Shift Spurs Book Boom After 1929
Over twenty years after adopting the Latin script Turkey published about 40 000 books, vastly surpassing the 30 000 printed in the prior two centuries, highlighting a rapid cultural transformation and literary expansion.
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Turkey
Glassblowers and Ohio’s vast greenhouse glass domain
Glassblowers prize the label blow-hards for their strong breath shaping fine handmade American glass. In Ohio cheeks sometimes distend under the pressure. Ohio has about one thousand acres under greenhouse glass, more than any other state. Two hundred thousand Ohio farms have electricity, the nation’s largest rural electrification.
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Ohio
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