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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1948
Page
6
A reader quiz lists nine questions and answers on topics from inventors to birds sleeping, pearls in restaurant oysters, eyesight movement, and extreme cold. It notes Benjamin Franklin as inventor, Verkhoyansk as coldest place on land, and that moving eyes yield no vision.
The Rev. Benjamin Beers, 71, of Cambridge Massachusetts has read the complete Bible 50 times and the New Testament 115 times. He reads two or three times daily for about two hours.
A concise reading note links Zechariah 1 1 6 and 4 7 8 with a Psalm 24 themed meditation. Emphasizes prophetic exhortation and divine sovereignty, inviting reflection on God’s authority, mercy, and the call to steadfast faith.
This study outlines Zechariah’s call to rebuild the temple and restore community life through righteousness, justice, and kindness. It stresses living by God’s standards, seeking Him with clean hands, and aligning national character with divine justice.
In Coudersport Iowa a group of youths hauling a deer to the county home for food after a station wagon strike found the animal seemingly dead. The deer suddenly jumped from the moving car and dashed into the woods.
Marblehead police report an early morning disturbance when a man pounded on the town telephone exchange building shouting for his nickel. He claimed a diner call failed and the coin was not returned. after a brief lecture, officers let him go still without the nickel.
Detective Adolph Valanis uses witness descriptions to sketch scenes and compare with rogues gallery photos. His method has aided in solving three slayings and multiple robberies, guiding officers on active cases.
Hartford federal officials investigated a case where a man sent a letter enclosing a collar and asked for a copy of his 1946 tax return. He had previously been told it would cost him one collar, a clerical error in which collar stood for dollar. Embarrassed officials admitted such typos were rare but possible.
In a large city a crew collects hourly reports on temperature, clouds, wind direction and speed, visibility, and other data. Pressure maps track air mass movement, enabling meteorologists to predict weather for 24 to 36 hours with noted wind velocity and sunshine or rain indications.
Mrs Polly Knott a farm wife near Stamps slipped on ice while feeding livestock and sprained her ankle. Her sister Mrs Mattie LeMay aided her but fractured her wrist. Game warden Clint LeMay attempted to help and slipped down the steps, breaking his leg.
GIs train on the farm program under the G L bill with the farmer veteran required to complete at least 200 hours of class work yearly. Trainers visit the farm four hours monthly to answer field questions in the barn. The course covers dairy herd management records feeding, livestock judging, repair, farming records and weed control.
Dr. Frank Holtman of the University of Tennessee argues bacteriological warfare threatens the future more than atomic war. He notes a city bombing could kill many, but WMDs could wipe out an entire population in a week while leaving buildings intact for enemy use.
Heel flies normally parasitize cattle but can infest horses when eggs are laid on a horse. Eggs hatch into larvae that bore under the skin and emerge as grubs. A veterinary bulletin notes parasitism is not common but poses a threat to horse owners. Grubs should be removed carefully. rotenone sprays in cattle help prevent horse infections.
Agricultural heli copter use grows yearly with over 30 licensed farmers operating, delivering dusting and spraying to tens of thousands of acres. Since the first delivery on May 8 1947 to the National Cranberry Association, pilots have logged more than 2100 hours. America's first practical helicopter flew in 1939 and in summer 1946 one unit dusted ten crops in Washington over three months.
A Daniel Webster maxim warns that national prosperity hinges on adhering to biblical principles. Neglect of scriptural authority could bring swift catastrophe, burying national glory in obscurity.
Kurt Emil Gross, a 23 year old Polish displaced person sentenced to death for murder, writes to the war department from Vienna offering to die usefully by steering an atom bomb to its target for the United States. He states a strong disinclination to be hanged and volunteers as a death by own action pilot in American atomic tests.
A bartender who gave drinks on the cuff kept a man’s watch for security and was found with watches in a cigar box. Police investigate a $25 tavern burglary and the unauthorized pawnshop operation. Detective Capt. Fred Nussbaum says they are pursuing both burglary and unlicensed pawnshop activity.
A one legged painter in Harrisburg was charged with stealing $625. Police found banknotes crammed inside the hollow shaft of his artificial leg. He was arrested at a railroad station while attempting to buy a ticket after allegedly taking the money from a drugstore where he worked.
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