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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
3
American readers confront the depth of Nazi Germany’s crisis as five years of dictatorship fail to revive postwar economy. Despite sympathy for Germans, the piece notes international hesitation to engage in trade due to persecution of Jews and Hitler’s policies.
The United States would spend 3 million dollars on a heavier-than-air airship using helium rather than hydrogen. Commander Rosendahl says dirigible ships have little military value, with World War I proving limited use as naval scouts. Discovery of helium wells abroad could revive trans Atlantic passenger service by Zeppelin.
Surgeon General Dr. Thomas Panlan told the convention that raising health standards for all is achievable through coordinated effort. He praised the plan as essential to eradicating poverty, insisting medicine can outperform economics in disease prevention and poverty control.
A column covers rising bicycle use in the United States with nostalgia and road safety notes, then shifts to language shifts in the Netherlands and Suriname reforms. It also highlights practical education in Netcong work camps, advances in farming technology from underground tomato heating to soilless cultivation, and ends with a forecast that science and technology will reshape the world more than politics.
Long article notes 633 infant deaths in 1937 linked to enteritis and stresses prevention through pasteurized milk safe water food protection, hygiene, and avoiding overfeeding. Describes mild and severe forms with symptoms, fever, irritability, vomiting, and possible coma or convulsions.
The excerpt notes frequent watery stools with strong odor, rapid weight loss due to fluid loss, and advises that enteritis is serious. It urges calling the family physician immediately and, in the meantime, to stop all oral intake and give large amounts of boiled water to a patient.
Ten safety rules compiled by the Public Safety Department of the Keyston Automobile Club urge cyclists to obey all traffic signals and ride in single file. They warn against riding three or four abreast on busy roads and advise keeping out of car tracks, signaling turns, and making repairs off the roadway. Additional rules cover walking bikes through heavy traffic, not hitching rides, and keeping brakes and lights in good condition.
Harrisburg Aug. 1 During July the Bureau of Markets of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture heard six complaints of farmers against produce dealers. Claims totaling 22 were collected for the farmers.
In Harrisburg on August 11 a local note cites a Chinese proverb about happiness and marriage versus gardening. The saying contrasts short term joy from drink and marriage with lasting contentment found in tending a garden.
Harrisburg August 11 Dr Lester K Ade superintendent of public instruction argues that raw spending totals mislead about school costs. He says accounting must include pupil attendance growth service improvements and dollar purchasing power to judge boards real ability to fund facilities for attending children.
The Bureau of Safety of the State Department of Revenue revoked 22 motorists licenses and suspended 317 during the week ending August 1. Licenses were restored to 148 motorists. For the year 2804 licenses revoked and 7485 suspended.
Harrisburg August 18 Eighteen farm produce dealers obtained licenses from the State Bureau of Markets in July. Their bonds total 982000 for Pennsylvanian farmers in fruit credit dealings with dealers. Technical Bulletin 505 reports precooling oranges before or after loading allows coast to coast shipping with one refrigeration, preserving saleable quality despite warm fruit.
Heavy summer rains leave farmers uneasy as corn and potato strips on contour rows help soil. Agronomists at Penn State report erosion losses on other fields are serious and threaten yields.
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