Pastor Flies Over North Dakota Parish to Reach Congregation
In Lemmon South Dakota Rev Norval G Hegland 32 uses a light plane to serve a vast Evan gelical Lutheran parish covering parts of six counties. He flies about 14 hours weekly 220 miles on Sundays and 75 miles on other Saturdays to visit scattered churches while weeknights include parish calls and aid meetings.
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Lemmon
Lemmon Circuit
Evangelical Luthern Church
Prairies
Homme Lutheran Church
Gold fever grips Prince Rupert in Canadian gold rush
Prince Rupert British Columbia a seacoast mining town of about 9000 is swamped by a gold rush as workers with transit and compasses stake claims after a laborer split rock believed rich in gold. The activity centers on bluffside outcroppings overlooking the harbor near the Alaska border 550 miles north of Vancouver.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Canada
Alaska
Vancouver
Corset Maker Warns On Fashion’s New Look
Chicago corset firm Form fit cautions that the fashionable hourglass waist and waist pinching designs threaten health. Walter H. Lowy, vice president, calls the trend a greater fashion hoax than past fads and urges women to avoid oppressive undergarments that gasping for air.
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Chicago
Walter H. Lowy
Formfit Company
Lowy
Artery Bank Proposed by Surgeons at Meeting
In New York at the American College of Surgeons meeting Charles A. Hufnagel of Richmond Indiana and Harvard Medical School proposed a medical bank for frozen and preserved arteries. The plan aims to provide replacement segments when disease or accidents require artery removal. Prior attempts used short Vitallium tubes but are not sufficient.
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New York
American College of Surgeons
Charles A. Hufnagel
Richmond
Ind
Harvard Medical School
100 Teens Clash Over Slur on Block War Cry
In New York a fight broke out among about 200 teenagers after a dispute escalated with the shout Your block is stinky. Partisans joined each side and the rock filled with fighting teens while another 100 spectators roamed the sidelines. Police stopped the fracas in an hour, no injuries reported.
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New York
Dried Fruit Industry Limited to Seven Crops
The dried fruit industry concentrates on seven crops apricots dates figs peaches pears prunes and raisins. California dominates production with sun drying and most varieties. Oregon Washington Idaho also dry some apples prunes. Prewar imports averaged 29 000 tons mainly dates figs and currants.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
U. S. Paper Production Centers in Six States
The six leading states New York Michigan Maine Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Ohio produced nearly half of U S total before the war but their share fell while southern and Pacific coast states rose. Paperboard led gains closely tied to sulphate pulp output with per capita consumption at 563 pounds in 1941 the highest worldwide. Prewar imports averaged 2.7 million tons mainly newsprint from Canada and Newfoundland.
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U. S
New York
Michigan
Maine
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Canada
Newfoundland
Presidential Emblems and the 1945 U S Coat of Arms
The evolution of official symbols traces a coat of arms and seal from early presidential practice to 1916 flags under Wilson, Roosevelt's five star rank influence, and Truman's 1945 promulgation. The emblem shows a full color eagle with a rightward head, circled by 48 stars, updating with state numbers.
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Hayes
Wilson
Roosevelt
Congress
Truman
Weasel Destructive: Ground Weasel Hunts Birds and Eggs
The New England Naturalist notes weasels may hunt birds and eggs, though barnyard fowl seldom suffer. One weasel bled 75 pullets in a night. Rodents are favored prey and a den reduces rats and mice within a half mile. Primitive peoples valued weasels as charms and pets.
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New England
Settlement Move: Bikini Natives Relocate to Ujelang Atoll
The 166 Bikini migrants chose Ujelang west of the Marshalls as their site now. Ujelang is a low coral atoll with an oval lagoon about 13 miles long, similar in size to Ronjerik. Bikini, Ronjerik, and Ujelang lie in the northern half of the Marshalls, the least favored area. In 1870 a great sea wave washed over Ujelang, leaving survivors to relocate and the island briefly uninhabited.
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Bikini
Ujelang Island
Marshall Group
Ronjerik
Ujelang
Marshalls
Sleep Troubles Linked to Faulty Bedding Says Poll
A poll finds one fifth of Americans struggle to fall asleep and about one third have trouble waking. Experts argue worn mattresses bedsprings and pillows cause poor sleep and leave people tired despite sufficient hours of rest.
Light Returns as Hal Rides Michael Again
Hal, blindfolded by loss, returns to the stable and reclaims riding with his horse Michael. A healing ride breaks fear as son and father watch and cheer, wind in their faces and the river at hand.
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Miers
Michael
Hal
Mike
Hale
Win
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