Hawaii Moves to Create Rain as Drought Hits Islands
Hawaii resorts to rainmaking as 41 year drought drives water scarcity. Salt water sprayed from plane over clouds near Mauna Loa sparked a first rain event. officials caution the result may have happened anyway. Weather bureau notes unusually low rainfall across Hawaii Island, Maui, Kauai, and Oahu with rationing and grazing restrictions in effect.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
L. W. Bryan
Bryan
Weather Bureau
Island of
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Ray Ritzenthaler
Mauna Loa
Ritzenthaler
Territorial
Hilo
Islands
U. S. Weather Bureau
Maui
Kauai
Oahu
Device melts ice and kills weeds at Hills Grove Airport
Rhode Island Aeronautics shows a three barrellled gadget for fixing icy runways at Hills Grove Airport. The rear mounted weed killer with flame spouts melts ice in winter giving a sandpaper surface for landings. Airport manager Robert M. Howard calls results excellent. In summer the device drags the runways to burn weeds between cracks.
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Robert M. Howard
Bloodiest frontier clash near Wil loughby site
A historic battle between early settlers and Iroquois fighters in the Northwest Territory was waged on land where Willoughby High School now stands, marking one of the era’s bloodiest clashes.
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Willoughby, O
Northwest Territory
Willoughby High School
Manpower Shortage Reported in Kwangtung Prison Detentions
Hong Kong based Wah Kiu Yat Po quotes a directive from the West Guangdong Party Committee and the western office of Kwangtung noting a manpower shortage due to indiscriminate imprisonment. The joint investigation claims over 12,000 criminals are locked up without trial, many undeserving of detention.
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Hong Kong
Kwangtung
Wah Kiu Yat Po
West Kwangtung Area Party Committee
Popcorn Sales Drop During Opera Telecast Night
In Milwaukee a Metropolitan Opera broadcast drew crowds to a local theater yet the popcorn girl reported her sales hit an all time low noting the event attracted long hair patrons and reduced snack purchases.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Metropolitan Opera
Con Man Uses Spanish Prisoner Scam To Teach Reading
Knoxville, Tennessee. A finance company official, Joe Williams, exploited the Spanish prisoner confidence game by using three letters connected to it to teach his son to read Spanish.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Joe Williams
Beer Stein Metal Art Revived Here
Albert Schreier a Bavarian immigrant revives ornate metal covers for earthenware beer steins in Buffalo New York. He crafts three piece tops with eagles crowns and uses tin zinc silver or lead. Schreier says the covers promote Bavarian beer industry and he has produced for his own 75 steins and friends' collections.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Albert Schreier
Schreier
Bavaria
Cream-wash and medicated Noxzema for skin care
A marketing snippet describes using a cream wash with Noxzema to remove makeup and dirt. It instructs applying Noxzema as a cream to soften and smooth skin and to dab extra on blemishes to aid healing, emphasizing its medicated formula.
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Mimi Barker
Bronxville, N. Y
Baltimore
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