Russian Seed Selection Aims to Restore Prewar Harvest
The Soviet Union plans to plant only hand selected seed for grain crops under a five year program to regain prewar harvest levels. State seed stations test and certify varieties before distribution, with over three thousand farms and four million acres involved, supplying about 600 thousand tons of seed annually.
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Washington
INS
Russia
Soviet Union
Lenin
Ee Gowns Farms
Stic
Bulletin
Demand Growth Forecast Sparks New Market Hopes
The article notes pipelines filling rapidly as buyers expect six month demand, signaling a vast new market for American business. It cautions that meat and dairy remain scarce relative to demand despite price decontrol and higher postwar production levels.
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Thompson
Litttle
Power strike tightens Pittsburgh transit and city life
Conciliators arrived to resume talks as Pittsburgh confronts a city-wide power strike. Mayor David L. Lawrence warned of looming paralysis while 1,200 street cars and 125 buses remain shut down. Transit workers face picket lines though AFL unions disavow the power strike.
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Charles Kutz
Kutz
Th Union
Wanita Nor
David L. Lawrence
Independent Union
Afl-Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and Motor Coach Employees
Independent
AFL
Power Union
Planes Return To Shooting Sun For Bearings
Air navigation may rely on sun and star sightings as the main reference. Bausch & Lomb scientists in Rochester predict new instruments will allow continuous position fixes from solar and stellar observations. They claim solar, stellar cues overcome electrical failures and magnetic interference. Polynesians navigated vast Pacific waters using celestial cues and currents.
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New York
Pacific
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Rochester
N. Y
Tomorrow Bargain Day At Post Office
Tomorrow is bargain sale day at the local post office. Postmaster S C Clark says air mail postage, formerly eight cents per ounce, will be sold for five cents.
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S. C. Clark
Air Mall
Markets Stock Indexes Slip as Trading Broadly Retreats
New York stocks retreated with little urgent liquidation as steel shares led declines and several major issues slipped. Bonds and commodities moved mixed while traders awaited October ceilings on textiles and signals from the cotton market about future selling.
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New York
Johns-Manville
U.S
What is mycology and haptophobia in brief
A concise Q and A asking definitions for mycology the study of fungi and haptophobia the fear of being touched. It also includes a quotation from Charles Dickens about duty and self-respect. A mathematical symbol for infinity is referenced as a query.
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Charles Dickens
Etiquette Hint on Introduction Recollections
A memo advises handling a familiar person at introductions with tact if the other person does not recall meeting before. Do not correct him to avoid embarrassment. The guidance emphasizes restraint and courtesy in social exchanges.
Reflect on accomplishments and plan new cycle start
The passage urges self improvement and learning from the past month. It encourages embracing freedom from constraints, meeting new people at gatherings, and listening to gain knowledge. It also notes reflecting on past achievements and making plans for the upcoming cycle beginning tomorrow.
Fungal Botany, Fear of Touch, and Horizontal Circles
A brief test lists three items: the branch of botany dealing with fungi, the fear of being touched, and a phrase about two circles touching written horizontally instead of vertically.
Mrs Annie Boone Farrell rites held for 59 in Pittsboro
Funeral services were held in Pittsboro for Mrs. Annie Boone Farrell 59 who died at Duke hospital Saturday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on the Raleigh highway seven miles from here on September 22.
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Pittsboro
Annie Boone Farrell
Duke Hospital
Raleigh
Trieste Civilians Stone 10 Yanks at Night Barracks
Trieste authorities disclosed that pro Yugoslav Italian Communists ambushed and stoned 10 American soldiers near their barracks. Pfc Raymond L Rowe of Alhambra California was hospitalized. Pvt Jerome G Gurskie of Shamokin Pennsylvania was the first attacked. Seven civilians were arrested and deny involvement.
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Trieste
Raymond L. Rowe
Alhambra
Calif
Jerome G
Gurskie
Shamokin
Nicotine Derivative Claimed To Fight Diphtheria
The Soviet Science News reports a nicotine derivative called peracetin used at Moscow Children's Hospital as an immunizing agent and treatment for diphtheria. Developed at the Institute of Organic Chemistry under Y. Goldfarb, peracetin reportedly destroys diphtheria germs in tests with no after effects observed versus diphtheria serum.
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London
Moscow Children’s Hospital
Soviet Science News
Institute of Organic Chemistry
Y. Goldfarb
Gregson Home Entered Wrist Watch Stolen
Hubert C. Gregson reported his Rt. 6 residence broken into yesterday afternoon while his family was away. A screen was cut and a wrist watch plus a pocket knife were missing, suggesting entry through a window.
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Hubert C. Gregson
Rt. 6
Sheriff's Department
Trieste Dispute Tops Postwar Conference Struggles
Five drafts from the Trieste commission fail to align as Yugoslavia balks at a Yugoslav Italian boundary along the French line. Delegates push for most favored nation trade. Italy gains rights to seize property for war claims. Plenary sessions reopen next week with Oct 15 deadline. The note adds a Britannica fact on Amsterdam’s ship canal lock size.
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Romania
Russia
Free State of
Trieste
Danube
Czech
Hungary
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Italian Economic Commission
Yugosla
Istrie
Yugoslavia
Trial verdict outlines Nazi war crime convictions and acquittals
The tribunal found aggressive war crime and crimes against humanity established and convicted the SS SD Gestapo high command, while acquitting the general staff S A and Reich cabinet as criminal organizations. Goering and others faced looming sentences as defense appeals loomed.
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S.A
Reich Cabinet
Ta Department
Gestapo
Herman Goering
New School Trains Jap Girls As American-Style Maids
U S authorities with Japan's Foreign Ministry open a Tokyo training school for graduates to learn English cooking table service and housekeeping. One month course to qualify as housemaids for American servicemen and families in Japan.
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New School
Japan
U. S
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
Dardanelles Control Ties to Global Power Tensions
The piece notes the enduring global interest in the Dardanelles strait dating back to ancient times. It argues the narrow waterway can be defended from both shores, shaping why major powers oppose Soviet fortifications there.
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Dardanelles
B. C
Agamemon
Troy
Soviet Union
Convicted Man Seeks Allied Council Appeal for Execution Review
The man, convinced of guilt, has asked his counsel to appeal to the Allied Control Council. He seeks to be shot or hanged if his sentence is carried out.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Goering
Martin Borman
High Command
Geoffrey Lawrence
Great Britain
Rudolph Hess
Admiral Raeder
Germany
Alfred Thoma
Alfred Rosenberg
Nazi Party
Allied Control Council
Rosenberg
Poland
Denmark
Orway
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Franz von Papen
Wilhem Keitel
Mand
Slaughter Notes No Inventory Records for Surplus Goods
The committee chair Slaughter comments in the interim report to the house clerk on missing inventory records for vast surplus stores. He condemns the practice as sloppy and unbusinesslike. The piece also notes a long gap since early South African exploration.
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House
Slaughter
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