U S Imports Wasps to Fight Beetles Plague Crops
Japanese beetles have caused heavy damage across American fields, costing billions annually. The USDA researched biological controls and released tiny Tiphia wasps from Japan to parasitize beetle grubs, aiming to curb the infestation over years while other pests like grasshoppers and armyworms are fought with dusts and traps.
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Uncle Sam
City
Unck
Sam
Tiphia
Japan
New Jersey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Korea
China
India
America
Atlantic Seaboard
Acre
Middle West
Department of Ture
Homemade Modeling Clay From Cornstarch and Salt
A kitchen craft guide explains making modeling clay from ¼ cup cornstarch ¼ cup water and ½ cup salt. It covers mixing cooking until smooth, cooling, and shaping basic forms, then progressing to animals and human heads, emphasizing form over detail.
Necklace of Cork Rings Becomes Quick Style Trend
A DIY necklace crafted from thin cork discs offers easy customization. Cut discs from medium corks, coat with vaseline for smooth cutting, cap with bottle caps, decorate with paper designs or tiny flowers, punch holes, then thread on colored string or raisin cord for a unique accessory.
Answers to posers in terse garbled list
A fragmentary prompt lists names Tony Dorsey and Beany ryeanta with unclear roles. No coherent event or sourcing context is present to identify a full news item or outcome.
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Posers
Tony Dorsey
Uay Kemp
Athiatasty
Re Duchin
Beany Ryeanta i
Riddle says they leave California in spring
Fragmentary notes hint at two entities unable to meet and planning departure in spring. One mentions Mir bed and a barrier preventing proximity. The text implies two individuals or groups traveling from California toward an unspecified area during the season of renewal.
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California
Nea
Cal
Youngster Earns Cash With Peach Basket Charms
Robert Anderson, 13, walks 700 West 19th Street to a friend's house when he spots a man with a peach stone chestnut charm basket. He and a partner began painting and selling the charms, using simple tools, and report brisk sales. The story highlights a local boy’s earning idea and prompts readers to submit money making ideas for publication.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Robert Anderson
Robert
West 19Th Street
Wings for Youth on Skyways Traffic Problems
A youth oriented aviation column explains increasing air traffic at major airports with 2,500 U.S. airports planned, control zones, and new safety aids. It notes westbound even and eastbound odd elevations, clock-like lane indicators, and a recorder system linking planes to dispatch and ground crews. Readers are invited to send aviation questions with a stamp.
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Air Trafic
United States
Bureau of Air Commercce
Skyway
Hezel
Night Ride Ends With Narrow Escape On Dark Road
Gene Forrest narrates a suspenseful night ride with Li Jarry and Betty Clifford. They rescue the driver, flee a convoy of danger after a truck forces them off the road and gunfire erupts, then seek safety at a tourist camp. Betty plans to travel by daylight, and the trio prepares for a continuation next week.
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Gene Forrest
Li Jarry
Larry
Rains
Rowil
Pussies
Theo
Betty Clifford
Loys
Helly
Betty
Rulledy
Bors
Trise
Dortors
Betts
Versatility as key to happiness and security
The editor argues that mastering a range of skills yields pleasure and economic security. A man who trains only a single trade loses relevance when machines replace his narrow role, leaving him with little to do beyond repetitive tasks and a string of odd jobs. He notes a woman who left school to train in one trade and gained no broader interests.
Riddles for Print Include Reader Submissions
Readers are invited to send new riddles to the Riddle Man care of this newspaper. Submissions printed with the author’s name if accepted. Include your full name and mailing address for consideration.
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Harold R. Sonning
Rock Creek
Ohio
Sally Aun Green
Colorado Springs
Col
Harold Landis
Yew Holland
Laverne Huber
Freeman, S. D
Fras
Glasure
East Lynn
Mass
Names of early Nationwide fame for period singers
The list asks to identify the band reader with whom each singer first gained nationwide fame. The figures include Jack Leonard, Ronnie Baker, Skinnay Ennis, Harry Babbitt, Ben Wain, Tony Pastor, Durelle Alexander, and Teddy Wilson, many later leading orchestras or performing with their original organizations.
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Orchestra Readers Themeelyee
Nn Lancer
Jack Leonard
Ronnie Baker
Skinnay Ennis
Harry Babbitt
Ben Wain
Tony Pastor
Durelle Alexander
Teddy Wilson
The Kitchenette Recipe and Wit From Aunt Peggy
A playful kitchen item invites readers to bake a lemon custard like pie with sugar flour butter egg yolks and whites, lemon juice and rind, milk, and a single crust. It thanks Dorothy Clark of Box 222 in Orlando for a dollar prize and ends with a humorous customer waitress exchange about poached eyes on toast.
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Dorothy Clark
Route A
Orlando
Flocida
Timepiece themed puzzle column in a word square
A playful puzzle feature on time and clock themes. It presents across and down clues for a word square with words like Timepiece, Anno Damini, Egyptian sun god, and related abbreviations. The article ties the clues to a time focused word diamond and notes about clocking in races.
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X Clocker
Hat in the Way Sparks Light Movie Moment
A cinema scene begins with a woman wearing a new hat in a film. Midway, a muttering voice asks to remove it so she won’t miss the comedy. The reply says the bat is more fun, and the hat is kept on. Contributed by Ray Morlock.
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Jimmy
Answers to Last Week's Puzzles Type
Yard print edge feat rats stage garket vw offvious other offering sword Auxsie solution.
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Yard
Prin
Edge
Rats
Stage
Garket
Sword Auxsie
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