Romance Boosts War Factories Across the Nation
Universal Service reports romance and marriage on wartime assembly lines boosts efficiency. Couples share hours and tasks, reducing absenteeism and improving concentration. Examples include the Shaw pair at Baltimore and Ohio and the Moore couple at Rock-Ola in Chicago, plus the Battistas at Winchester.
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Washington
Universal Service
War Manpower Commission
William R. Shaw
Pittsburgh
Glenwood
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Shaw
Solomons Price of Brides Cited at 16 50 Head
Maj. Emmet N. Carter reports a Solomons bridal price of 16 50 per wife in Woodward Oklahoma. The color of brides is saddle brown. Conditions include the soldier marrying before flirting, parental and village chief consent, and a promise not to take a wife overseas.
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Solomons
Woodward
Okla
Emmet N. Carter
Carpet worth 200000 missing from Athens storehouse
A 16th century carpet once presented to the Dalai Lama by the Chinese emperor in 1651 and valued at 200000 disappeared from the storehouse of a Greek import firm in Athens at 27 Fr vM ft. Police are investigating the loss and safekeeping of priceless artifacts. Local authorities urge witnesses to come forward.
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Athens
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Cow Hops Moonshine in Marion Tale Ends Tragic
A humorous Marion NC item reports a cow named Bossy who drank moonshine and attempted to leap the moon but could not reach it. She wandered a road with a liquor still and died, witnessed by a sheriff. The anecdote playfully frames a rural mishap with a deadpan sheriff presence.
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Marion
N. C
East Popular Row House May Feature Future Building
The rise of row houses as a postwar housing option gains attention as a likely standard for 900,000 to 1,200,000 new dwellings. Pros include compact sites near business districts, lower operating costs, and reduced heating expenses. the concept hails from older Eastern cities and may shape postwar urban housing.
Dwarf Apple Trees Offer Easy Harves ts for Home Gardens
Gardeners are urged to try dwarf apple varieties that bear fruit within a year or two and can be harvested without ladders. These trees, grafted on dwarfing stocks, come in many favored types and can be planted 10 to 15 feet apart or trained on trellises. Mulch renews yearly to suppress weeds and feed soil, with steady watering the first year and fertilizer applied in the second year.
Paint Improves Illumination Under Wartime Conservation
A Federal Housing Administration cited plan from lighting experts urges white or light ivory ceilings to brighten rooms. Sidewalls should be lighter green with 65 percent reflection, while horizontal surfaces such as benches chairs tables and floors should use paints with at least 40 percent reflection.
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Federal Housing Administration
Peanut Now A Murder Crop In Wartime Economy
Twenty years after peanuts began as a snack they dominate American commerce. Peanut products fill groceries and restaurants and even shipboard supply lines. The crop fuels the war effort by supplying food, medicines, cosmetics, fuels, animal feed and industrial uses including shell applications.
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America
Women in Arms Plants Hire More Women in War Industry
The Department of Labor reports women make a broader range of jobs in cannon and small arms manufacturing than in other war industries. In eight plants surveyed 11,000 women work, comprising 15 percent in three factories where equal pay is used. hiring could rise to 75 percent due to lighter work.
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Department of Labor
Judge Galston Suggests Intelligence Tests For Jurors
Federal District Judge G. Galston of Brooklyn argues jurors in civil trials should face intelligence or alternative screening to weed out those unable to grasp trial complexities. He likens jurors to a balance wheel of justice and notes many jurors are unfamiliar with legal language, urging consideration of an intelligence test to preserve the jury system.
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Federal District
Galston
Brooklyn
Thugs and the Thuggee Trail of Indian Robber Gang
A historical sketch of the Thugs, the notorious Indian dacoity gang, famed for murderous robberies of travelers. The British 1840 report details ritual strangulation, pre arranged ambushes, and body burial in graveyards, with culture and discipline shaping their crimes.
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India
Bhowani
Mark Twain
Biology in Business and the Honeybee's Value
The honeybee’s pollination, valued at least ten times the honey and wax, boosts agricultural crops and food production. It links biology to business by supporting civilization, with high priority given to materials aiding bee work. Without bees, many fruits vegetables berries and nuts could not be produced.
Bee Honey Production Facts and Prices
The text notes worker bees die after six weeks, producing a teaspoon of honey. National average yields under 50 pounds yearly, while a strong hive can reach hundreds of pounds depending on flora, location, and weather during peak crops. Honey prices range 10 to 35 cents per pound retail.
Sweeten Sudan Grass Breeding Boosts Cattle Palatability
Sweetness and juiciness characterize the sweet sorghum improved Sudan grass. Planting old and new strains on adjoining areas allowed cattle to graze freely as breeding progressed. Demonstrations showed strong cattle preference for the new sweet juicy strain, which was eaten down to ground level while common Sudan grass regrew taller.
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Sudan
Career Woman Ends Dream for the Man She Loves
Portia, a career woman, faces a crisis when her longtime lover Ivan chooses another woman who wants marriage and a life with him. After realizing her true love for Ivan, she plans to confess and end the barrier of her career, only to learn he has already married someone else, leaving her heartbroken.
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Pom T
Ivan
Fey
Portia
Chicago
Tony's
Portia ‘Rose
Kuzbas arms plants power Soviet war effort boosts
The National Geographic Society notes Kuzbas outpost in eastern Russia fuels Stalin era armament drive. Donbas mills shifted east as Nazi aggression began, with Kuzbas and Ural basins expanding capacity. Coal and iron reserves underpin wartime production, including Altai coal seams and Temir Tau iron deposits.
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Russia
Donbas
Kharkov
Urals
National Geographic ‘Society
Kuzbas
Siberia
Japan
Ukraine
Altai Mountains
Temir Tau
Blackleg Disease in Cattle Affects Herds Nationwide
Blackleg, a spore forming germ in soil, affects cattle sheep and goats. In Mississippi valley and range country outbreaks recur yearly in susceptible animals, with lameness swelling high fever and quick death. Vaccination in late winter or early spring advised though rare deaths after vaccination occur.
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Mississippi Valley
Treat Gladioli Corms to Prevent Blooms Problems
Advice warns gardeners to treat gladiolus corms with mercury to kill thrips and prevent streaked discolored blooms and shriveled buds. If corms are infested and untreated, blooms will likely be poor, as thrips survive winter on stored corms. Mercury solution can be prepared from bichloride of mercury sold at drug or seed stores. one ounce makes eight gallons.
Mightiest Force Nitroglycerin in Heavy Use
The text extols dynamite nitroglycerin as a essential tool for road building mining quarrying and land clearing. It notes Roman era tunnels required long labor and time and compares with modern efficiency using 100 workers to bore 29 miles of Hetch Hetchy aqueduct tunnels in eleven and a half months.
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Claudius
Hetch
Hetchy Aqueduct
California
Phosphate Enriches Clover and Alfalfa Rotations
Phosphate is described as generally beneficial ahead of clover or alfalfa, enhancing stands and growth to boost livestock feed and soil fertility. Applications range from 1000 pounds per acre to smaller amounts, used when funds allow. It may be used on land to be planted to corn or soybeans, especially after small grains and clovers, with clover sod plowed under or in standing stands of clover or alfalfa.
Future war machine to peace time speeds, Dr Egloff predicts
Scientist Dr Gustav Egloff foresees revolutionary transport advances that will reshape life. Automobiles with 100000 miles of trouble free service and tires from petroleum rubber, fuel plastics will dominate building arts, and ultra fast planes and airships will link the world to Chicago within 24 hours.
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America
Gustav _Egloff
Egloff
Witney
Egloft
Chicago
Dr. Egloff
Agronomist urges muck soil use to boost forage yields
Wisconsin agronomist A R Albert promotes fertilizing hay and pasture on muck soils rather than expanding labor heavy raw crops. He reports canary grass yielded 2.9 times higher with a before-planting mix of 150 lb 50 percent potash and 800 lb rock phosphate per acre, noting little extra labor and scarce nitrogen fertilizer.
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Agronomist
A. R. Albert
Wisconsin
Albert
Coddington
St Wys
Grubs Infest Feeders In State Cattleyards
Examinations of cattle shipped to three principal state yards show heavy grub infestations in many feeder cattle. Most infested cattle came from the south and southwest, while native steers carry fewer grubs. Experts advise scrubbing backs with a fiber brush and a wash of water, rotenone cube, and soap, applied while held in a pinch-gate, with follow up treatments every 30 days as long as grubs remain visible.
Glass block wall building method described with blocks and wood strips
The passage explains installing glass blocks in a wall frame using horizontal ridged strips, vertical wood spacers between blocks, and corrugated ribs to hold blocks in place. Wedges around the frame tighten the wall. finishing is optional, and the wall can be disassembled by reversing the process.
Milwaukee Tax Trailer Ruling Draws City Fire Police Aid
A circuit court decision held that trailers fit the building and improvement clause of taxation statutes. The city argued trailer residents could gain a year of police and fire protection and other city services before temporarily leaving the city limits to avoid personal property taxes assessed prior to annual valuations.
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Milwaukee
Actrailer
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Winchester Repeating Arms Company
New Haven
R. H. Wilkinson
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