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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
4
The reconstruction job on the White House is estimated to cost 5 400 000 dollars and be finished in a given year. The article lists various historical facts including industry output, inventions, and social statistics from the era.
A collection of historical notes cites figures on electric fire, passenger service, infant mortality, Japan’s political parties, and U S milestones. It mentions the first baby show in 1854, ships sunk by mines since World War II, church membership rates, daily breathing counts, and medical vs psychiatric research funding. It also notes the Parmelee adding machine patent of 1850 and postwar theft and mortality data.
Brief items from the Dutch Treat Club gathering include Hector McNeil joking about Twilight sleep as a Tory prerogative and a misfired tale about a toothache. Additional notes mention widower remarriage rates, Harvard volumes before 1501, and tiny ear bones.
David Packard of Palo Alto described an electric robot hoe to thin crops and weeds at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers meeting in Pasadena. The device uses an electric eye to target plants and weeds, can cost under 5000 dollars, and aims to pay for itself in a single season as a new firm begins manufacturing.
Laffoon of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania received the Lamme medal, one of the institution’s highest honors, recognizing his outstanding service or achievement.
MANUS Admiralty Islands June 14 U P Australian scientists on a Pacific island reported by Sydney Sun correspondent Geo H Johnston to be studying a tiny Shangri La where native men comb the hair of light skinned women. The island 300 miles north of New Guinea has Balinese like figures and Cleopatra time features. Women wear white sarongs while men serve them. The expedition aims to prevent extinction from malaria tuberculosis inbreeding and dietary deficiencies.
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