Poor Man's Philosopher Keeps On The Farm
Hal Boyle profiles Russell L. Sears Jr. of Cummington Mass who won $500 in the National Junior Vegetable Growers contest in Washington with a two and a half acre plot. Sears grossed $1,300 in vegetables, mainly potatoes, while working part time on his father’s 300 acre farm and plans to modernize the family property to attract tourists. He prefers farm life over city living, aims to expand crops and reduce dairy cattle, and emphasizes independence and efficiency on the farm.
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Hal Boyle
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University of Massachusetts
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J. Drake
China-Soviet ties loom as Mao visits Moscow
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes a growing China Soviet friendship momentum after Mao Tze-tung’s Moscow visit. A pact and mutual aid talks seem likely as China faces postwar rehabilitation needs. The piece urges realistic expectations, warning against overestimating political domination while underscoring the pivotal Asian power realignments.
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Russia
Izvestia
Peoples’ Liberation Movement
Asia
Government Employees Await Leave Ruling
Washington government employees and their agency heads await a comptroller general ruling on whether they may bank their 26 days of annual leave year after year. Many do this as a cushion against job loss or to fund a future long vacation. If fired, employees are paid cash for accumulated leave, and agency heads argue cash reserves are insufficient to cover many cases.
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Washington
Comptroller General
Berlin butter dealer plants real lawns on delivery trucks
A Berlin butter merchant covered the roofs of his delivery trucks with real lawns to keep the interiors cool. The green tops create shade and insulation, turning each truck into a moving mini garden.
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Berlin
Haskin Service Answers to Reader Questions
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides answers to questions of fact. Topics cover paint for weathered houses ballast noise reduction and shark sightings with notes on South Sea islands the Bonhomme Richard and Popski's Private Army truth about fireworks causing rain.
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Weather Bureau
Shopping For Safety To Guard Christmas Joy
National Safety Council and 160 organizations urge safer holiday behavior to reduce the Christmas New Year toll. The campaign highlights peak year end traffic deaths, urges early planning, alert pedestrians, and staying sober during celebrations.
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Chicago
National Safety
Ned H. Dearborn
Notable epileptics among historical figures
The article lists Julius Caesar, English king, Lord Byron, Swinburne, de Maupassant, Paganini, and Van Gogh as famous epileptics. It notes many epileptics have average or above intelligence. It recalls dove use in ship launchings by Japan, and 1885 Chicago christening with red white blue ribbons, plus Mrs. Hoover releasing pigeons at the Akron airship christening.
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Julius Caesar Red the Great
England
Lord Byron
Swinburne
de Maupassant
Paganini
van Gogh
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Akron
Puerto Rico stamp designers named Gundersen and Edmondson
The Puerto Rico stamp vignette was by George A. Gundersen while the frame lettering and numerals were designed by John S. Edmondson. A palindrome example discussed is “Dog as a devil deified Deified lived as a god,” attributed to Sotades.
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Puerto Rico
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George A. Gundersen
John S. Edmondson
Sotades
Q and A: Common science and rodeo questions answered
The column answers diverse queries from grounding radios to color shifting hydrangeas. It explains that ordinary rooftop antennas do not attract lightning, how to blue pink hydrangeas with iron or alum, differences between pacers and trotters in harness racing, whether a divorced woman should wear rings, Drake’s oil-well life, shellbacks and pollywogs names, origin of bulldogging, and why fluorescent lights hum due to ballast vibration.
Brighten Your Home with Green House Plants
The government booklet House Plants offers care tips and methods to grow house plants healthily. A 30 page illustrated guide is available for 10 cents postpaid from the Bureau at 316 Eye St NE, Washington DC. Enclose coin and provide name address and city state for delivery.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N E
Washington D. D C
Movie Industry Adopts Magnetic Tape for Sound
Magnetic tape recording for sound is moving into film, with Universal International using tape for the master soundtrack of Confidential Squad. The new method, already common in radio, promises home talkies within months at a cost only slightly higher than silent films.
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New York
Universal-International
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