Postwar Goods Models Get Wartime Approval
Washington industry gains approval to build experimental postwar models of cars refrigerators civilian airplanes vacuums television sets and more under WPB action. The order relaxes limits and allows up to five thousand dollars monthly per plant for model work while forbidding sale distribution or display of samples.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Armed Services
WPB
Nelson
Jersey town limits horses with 10 PM curfew
River Edge New Jersey imposes a 10 p m curfew for horses due to rationing forcing substitution of horses for motor vehicles. The ordinance requires horse registration like automobiles and subjects horses to municipal traffic rules. Mayor Martin J Ferber says the measure is unprecedented in the state. Curfew runs from 10 p m to 7 a m on weekdays and 9 a m on Sundays to help police handle the growing horse invasion.
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Jersey Town
River Edge
N. J
Martin J. Ferber
Nations fix whale value table after war end
Diplomats from seven nations including the United States Britain South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand and Norway agree on a standard value system for whales one blue whale equals two humpbacks two fins or six sei whales. The protocol sets this ratio to regulate whaling once the war ends and hunts resume.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
South Africa
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Norway
Judge Denies Divorce for Intolerable Cruelty Claim
In New Haven Connecticut Judge James E Murphy refused Mrs Jane F Dobbs a divorce from Charles M Dobbs despite alleged incidents including pushing her over a sea wall throwing water and striking her The judge ruled the evidence did not prove intolerable cruelty and denied the divorce petition filed by the 35 year old wife against the 69 year old Monarch Laundries president.
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New Haven
Conn
Jane F. Dobbs
Superior Court
James E. Murphy
Cadet Nurse Corps Surpasses First Year Goal
Washington reports the United States cadet nurse corps exceeded its 65,000 recruit goal by more than 500. Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Parran announced that young American women answered the call with notable enthusiasm in a statement to Paul V. McNutt.
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Cadet Nurse Corps
Washington, D. C
United States Cadet Nurse Corps
Thomas Parran
The
Public Health Service
America
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Maximize Refrigerator Efficiency During Extensive Use
Guidance on preserving refrigerator efficiency during overtime use. Keep condenser coils clean with a long-handled brush or vacuum cleaner to maintain motor cooling and prevent overwork. Turn off electric motors before cleaning, limit door openings, avoid overcrowding, and wait for hot foods to cool before refrigeration.
Organic Material Boosts Seed Bed Quality in Gardens
Garden soils lacking rotted plant material benefit from compost piles. Use tops, weeds, manure, straw, leaves, and even potato peels to mix with soil and speed rotting with soil layers. Keep the pile flat to aid soaking rain, add water when dry, and fork or spade twice yearly for better texture. ash from coal clinkers can help heavy clay soils.
Proper quick freezing guidance for produce storage
After preparation fruits and vegetables should be moved to a locker or home freezing unit promptly to minimize nutrient loss. If not frozen immediately, seal and refrigerate for at most two to three hours. Storage temperature greatly affects vitamin retention with zero degrees F yielding minimal loss and higher temperatures causing vitamin C loss. six months at nine degrees F degrades over half the vitamin.
Fertilized Plankton Boosts Pond Fish Yields
Fish food plankton thrives when lakes are treated with commercial fertilizer. Ponds fertilized with a 48-10 mix raised trout yield from 4 to 120 pounds per acre, per a study cited by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor B W Taylor of McGill University.
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Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
B. W. Taylor
McGill University
Canada
Trades Represented In Seabee Construction Battalion
The list outlines principal trades found in an average Seabee construction battalion including Blacksmith, bulldozer operator, carpenter, concrete worker, construction worker, dredge deckhand, quarry driller, electrician, engine operator, excavations foreman, launchman, dredge mate, mechanic, oiler, dredge fireman, engine repairman, labor foreman, shovel operator, painter, piledriver foreman, pipefitter, plumber, pipelayer, powderman, rigger, road machine operator, sheet metal worker, coppersmith, steel worker, telephone man, truck driver, water tender, welder, wharf builder, boat swain and draftsman.
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Seabee
Last Game Takes All in Small Town Smear Plot
Clara Rivers recalls a threatening note from bank directors over foreclosing her farm and matches wits with Bruce Bigelow and William Hudson in a tense word game. Bruce exposes the forgery, revealing a motive tied to payback and debts, while Clara unsettledly faces a life choice and a final triumph for Bruce.
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Clara Rivers
Northville Farmers’ Bank
William Hudson
Clara
William
William G
Bruce Bigelow
Clary
Bruce
Annygrams
Ruce
Bear
Flo
Will
New Method for Preserving Feathers for Shipping
US Department of Agriculture scientist H L Shrader notes vast untapped feather supply from 800 million chickens. Wet feathers spoil quickly, hindering collection. A simple pickling method using water salt and a dash of hydrochloric acid preserves feathers for up to a month, aiding remote slaughterhouses and processing centers.
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H. L. Shrader
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Demonstration of how the eye judges size in a mirror
An illustrated Bet ter Vision Institute demonstration shows that by standing before a large mirror with an extended finger and watching the body’s reflection, the eye’s perception shifts. As the finger nears, the body image seems to shrink and recede, and as the finger moves away, the body appears to approach.
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Better Vision Institute
Institute
Roses yield vitamin rich hip harvest for war needs
British information services report wild roses yield significant vitamin C, A, and newly isolated vitamin P. Rose hips, picked late fall, supplied 500 tons in 1943, equaling 250,000 oranges in vitamin C and producing 2.5 million bottles of rose hip syrup for children.
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The
Information Service
Syrups for Canning Fruit Use Honey and Corn Syrup
Home canning syrup options mix honey or corn syrup with sugar to ease sugar costs. A thin syrup uses two thirds cup sugar with one third cup sugar plus one third cup honey or one half cup sugar with one quarter cup corn salt per pint. Medium and thick syrups require adjusted ratios and instructions say to dissolve sugar in water, bring to boil, skim and use.
Good Dressmaking Fitting and Pressing Guidelines
Good dressmaking calls for fitting and pressing with key steps. Baste seams darts tucks and pleats before fitting. Wear same undergarments and heels as the final dress. Prepare shoulder pads if needed and pin for fit. Press as you sew to avoid homemade look and keep ironing board cover clean. Different materials require different pressing methods.
Navy Battleship Guns Reach 20 Mile Range
Article outlines US Navy 14 and 16 inch shells extending to about 20 miles with high elevation. It notes shell weights around 2 300 pounds for 16 inch and over a ton for 14 inch. Elevation increases from 15 to 30 degrees raised ranges and sparked 1921 conference discussions.
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United States Navy
U. S. Navy
Washington
Install Water Heater Close to Chief Outlets
Install water heaters as near as possible to main outlets to maximize efficiency. Where feasible place directly beneath lines to kitchen and bath to reduce water-warming delays. Isolated baths may use small fast acting units. A popular 7% gallon model exists. Insulate boilers pipes and tanks thoroughly to cut heat loss and cost. Maintain lowest acceptable water temperature for economy.
Posterior Pituitary Extract Used in Childbirth and Diabetes
The posterior pituitary extract, approved in the United States Pharmacopoeia, contracts uterus to shorten childbirth and is widely used in childbirth, surgery, and diabetes insipidus. It also raises blood pressure and regulates urine volume. nasal administration can dramatically reduce extreme polyuria in diabetes insipidus.
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United States
B-28 Superchargers Keep Crew Alive At High Altitudes
Turbosuperchargers pressurize the B 29 cabin to supply oxygen for crew and engines at 40 000 feet and higher. Each of the four 2 200 horsepower engines has two turbos to maintain power, with two motors feeding cabin air to sustain near normal conditions.
Hay Driers Improve Hay Quality and Weather Resilience
A mow drying system uses an electric motor, a fan, and a wood duct to distribute air through hay in the mow. It can reduce weather hazards, enhance hay quality, and save high protein feed. State experiences show mow cured hay retains color, vitamin A, and leaves better than field cured hay. Such driers enable earlier cullings that are hard to field cure.
Jam Session Leader Transforms Bougainville GIs
First Lieut. Harry A. Tyl of Philadelphia runs a jungle show unit in the American division at Bougainville. His Front-Liners, a top South Pacific band, faced chaplain objections to double entendre humor while staging a 75 yard from enemy outpost jam session. He also authored two dozen Dear Folks letters for North Dakota infantrymen.
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Bougainville
Harry A. Tyl
Philadelphia
Tyl
G. I
South Pacific
Artie Shaw
North Dakota
Public to Get Army Serum for Measles at Cost
Chicago reports the immune serum globulin, a measles preventive once used only by the armed forces, will be offered to the public at actual cost through health departments. The serum derives from Red Cross blood donations and carries the antibodies that confer immunity after illness. Five pharmaceutical makers will process the material and provide it at cost to citizens.
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Army
Chicago
United States
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Pharmaceutic
Skipper Saves Warship With Bath in Enterprise Wake
Thomas W. Russell, a gun captain aboard the U S Enterprise, recalls how a destroyer, attacked by Japanese planes, was saved when its skipper swung into the wake of the Enterprise and rocked the ship to douse the fire. The flames were tamed and the destroyer rejoined the formation. A cheer rose aboard the Enterprise.
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Farragut
Idaho
Thomas W. Russell
Bridgeboro
Russell
Naval Hospital
Enterprise
OPA Ceiling Backfires For OPA Office Itself
In Kansas City Missouri the OPA reports the local office faced a setback. Six electric fans were approved but the dealer charged above the ceiling price. Morphew, panel secretary, pursued the purchase but left empty-handed. A check system will monitor prices to prevent overcharging.
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OPA
Kansas City
Charles Morphew
Morphew
War spending slows in first half of July report
Washington reports war expenditures for the first half of July at 3.338 billion dollars, down from 3.574 billion in June. Treasury figures show total July expenditures through midmonth around 180.54 million as a partial tally of war costs.
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Washington
Treasury
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E. M. Parkinson McClure
Ni Ips
Skipper
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