Fire College Draws Fire Chiefs From Around the World
The New York Fire Department runs a 1912 established Officers College with seven schools for rookies, seasoned firemen, and chiefs from the United States and abroad. Foreign chiefs train weekly for fourteen weeks, combining classes with real firehouse experience, while trainees learn high pressure mains and core firefighting evolutions to improve tactics and safety.
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New York
New York City
England
Belgium
Brazil
Finland
British West Indies
Colorado poultry experts warn small backyard flocks hurt profits
Colorado A and M extension specialist 0 C Ufford says eight five percent of flocks have under 100 birds and tests show larger flocks yield more eggs per hen. He notes small flocks often neglect management and produce poorer quality eggs, but urges not to abandon home poultry keeping.
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Colorado
C. Ufford
A & M College Extension Service
Ufford
Pork Lovers Use Survey to Promote Swine as Superior
Lincoln Nebraska reports North Carolina state college tests cited by pork enthusiasts claim swine are clean, smart, and trainable. Supporters compare pigs to chimps in IQ, defend rooting as a natural, economical aid, and argue a pig makes a good pet and can be housebroken.
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Lincoln
Neb
North Carolina State College
Junior
British Doctors Link Worry to Weight Gain
London doctors from St. Thomas hospital report that serious worry can cause rapid weight gain in several women. In the British medical journal Drs H J Sherron and John Richardson describe cases where treating mental distress, not dieting, was the aim, noting they cannot explain the reaction and call for further study.
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London
British Medical Journal
St. Thomas Hospital
H. J. Sherron
John Richardson
Foot Health Alert: 80 Percent of Teens Defective Feet
A specialist warns that about 80 percent of high school youths show defective feet, with 40 to 50 percent of children developing foot issues by age ten. Causes include stiff outgrown shoes and too-short stockings, while most defects can be prevented or corrected, and feet grow rapidly in childhood.
Smithsonian reports Haitian rodent rediscovery
The Smithsonian Institution announces the rediscovery of a Haitian ratlike rodent last collected in 1830 and described by Cuvier. A freshly killed specimen from Port-au-Prince’s southwestern peninsula was sent by Anthony Curtiss, suggesting the species survives in a small refuge amid related rodents in nearby islands.
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Smithsonian Institution
Cuvier
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Jamaica
West Indian
Smithsonian
Anthony Curtiss
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Thorium Aids Atomic Pile With New Extraction Methods
Thorium from sands, once used in gas lamp mantles, is being studied as a potential source for atomic power. Though thorium itself is not a fuel, it can be converted in the atomic pile to uranium-233, a fissionable material like uranium-235, expanding the nuclear energy supply.
Shirt Board Use in Food Preparation
Housewives can use shirt boards as portable prep sheets for peeling vegetables or fruit. The absorbent cardboard helps prevent wet refuse from breaking or spilling before disposal, and two boards can be used to sift small amounts of flour.
Golden McNulty obituary from Clark County Indiana
Golden McNulty born July 30 1896 in Clark County Indiana died January 5 1950 at home aged 53 years 5 months 6 days survived by wife Lucile Bradley daughter Mary Ann two sisters MES Rowe Spaulding Terre Haute Indiana Mrs Mary Lutz Versailles Indiana one brother John Clinton Ind and many nieces and nephews Funeral services held at 2 00 Sunday with Rev Eugene Stauffer officiating burial in Marshall Cemetery
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Golden McNulty
George
Rebecca Crank McNulty
Clark County
Tuinoig
Lucile Bradley
Daugh
Ter
Mary Ann
McNulty
Rowe Spaulding
Terre’ Haute
Indiana
Mary Lutz
Versailes
John
Clinton
Ind
Eugene Stauffer
Marshall Cemetery
Sincere thanks for sympathy after loss of husband and father
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors Marshall merchants relatives Rev Stauffer Men's Quartett Lois Jones and the Marrs Funeral Home for expressions of sympathy and floral offerings during the recent loss of our beloved husband and father Pad Lucille Mary Ann McNulty
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Marshall
Stauffer
Lois
Jones
Marrs
Pad Lucille and
Mary
Ann McNulty
Maternal Death Rates Continue Downward in 1948
The 1948 provisional maternal mortality rates show a continuing decline across the United States. Twenty seven states and the District of Columbia report 1948 rates at or below 1947, led by Oregon at 0.4. Connecticut Nebraska and Utah follow at 0.6, with Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina still higher though decreasing. Overall, thirty seven states and DC posted 1948 rates at least as low as 1947, while eleven states rose slightly.
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American, Medical Association
Enna
Columbia
Oregon
Connecticut
Nebraska
Utah
Minnesota
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
District of Columbia
United States
Life of Uranium Reconsidered by Electrical Scientists
Electrical scientists report that uranium a key element in atomic energy had a dull decade ago working in odds and ends like coloring glass and china. They note it was discarded as a useless by product of radium during World War I.
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China
Easter origins and Hilaria link discussed
The text notes Easter tied to the Roman festival Hilaria celebrated March 25 marking rebirth after winter. It mentions some scholars see a connection between the Christian Easter and Hilaria in ancient observances.
Evangelistic Meetings Begin at Trinity U B Church
This Sunday morning marks the start of a series of Evangelistic Meetings at Trinity Evangelical United Brethren church. Rev I E Vanney will be the evangelist with experience as pastor and preacher. Prof M W Lewis and wife of Elizabethton Tennessee assist. Services begin daily at 7 30 PM and the public is urged to attend.
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Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church
I. E. Vanney
M. W. Lewis
Elizabethton
Tennessee
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