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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
7
Prof William Blackwood head of agricultural engineering at CAC warns threshing time risks electric sparks ignite dust air mix. Grounding threshing machines and spraying five gallons water per ton of straw prevents blower fires. He urges no matches or smoking near barns or stacks.
Nova Scotia may replace Dakar as the Empire's manganese source. Minister L. D. Currie announced Springer Exploration of Toronto will survey province deposits. A geologist will report a month’s field extent to the government. Exploratory work has spanned Bourlardaiie Loch Lomond Tennycape East Mountain for over a year.
A study by Dr. Philip S. Lawrence at Johns Hopkins Medical School finds that parents who live longer tend to have more male children. Among 11,269 children from 2,225 grandparents, those dying before 70 produced 48.5 percent boys, while those surviving past 70 yielded about 52 percent boys.
A collection of playful maxims defining pessimism hard personality anarchy diplomacy peace and wit with concise quips. Each definition reframes common traits as a humorous critique of human behavior and social norms.
The Canadian Public Health Journal notes most city bread could improve health and efficiency during wartime. Dr. E. W. McHenry of the University of Toronto proposes raising white flour’s value by adding wheat germ or high vitamin yeast without darkening the loaf.
A small collage of light humor from a grocery job applicant named Scott and Walter, a coffee salesman swapping coffee talk with a South townsman, a diamond ring sales pitch with a wedding set, a mistaken shed heist ending on a truck, and a daughter quip about her father reading by the cellar light meter.
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee. Questions on bridge host duties dress codes and social graces with answers. Topics include supplying new decks, calling mistakes, finger foods, when a man may wear a business suit, serving dishes again, and whether a man may cut in at a dance.
A compact candid X ray camera will be used in U S army physicals to replace full size 14 by 17 inch negatives. The device uses a fast lens to produce four inch long images, letting ten times as many men be examined at the same cost. Liquid gas tanks for heating and cooking are eliminated, with smaller storage needs replacing vast city tanks.
A method to liquefy natural gas and store it as a water colored fluid at 250 below zero was reported last week to the American Gas Association.
A new test to detect rickets in newborn babies was described before the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. The disease, caused by vitamin D deficiency, leads to bone malformations and growth retardation in children.
An article notes the Black Earth region of Southern Russia extending from the Carpathians to the Ural Mountains contains about 150 million acres. The top three feet yield up to 40 000 lb of nitrogen per acre, surpassing English soil and rivaling Manitoba prairie and the Mississippi Valley in fertility.
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