Concentration and instinct Drive Winning Sports Skills
The piece argues that concentration, reflexes, and instinct form the core of athletic success. It cites Mel Hein, Eddie Arcaro, Ted Atkinson, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Knute Rockne, and Navy and Army players to illustrate how top athletes rely on split-second reflexes, deep focus, and mental discipline to perform under pressure.
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Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Toledo
Tunney
Bobby Jones
Gene
Chicago
Mel Hein
Hamberg
Navy
Blanchard and
Davis
Army
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Jack Johnson
Postwar auto sample skit pokes fun at new designs
In a humorous reader piece Joe looks at a sample postwar automobile. The gag highlights a redesigned front, a big bumper, and jokes about a rear seat engine while noting no ready buyers. The piece ends with Joe slipping back into his old car to avoid risking a new model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
F.o.b
Detroit
Reconversion Problems Spark Washington Debate
A Mead committee critique and Senate concerns spotlight government failure to plan reconversion after wartime. Bureaucratic clashes among departments, labor unions, and management threaten new job programs, with prices and wage controls in limbo as Snyder grapples the maze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mead Committee
Truman
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Potsdam
Mead
CIO
PWA
Schwellenbach
Treated Lumber Boon To Farm Buildings
The nation’s treated lumber industry geared to wartime demand is ready to meet postwar farm building needs estimated by federal agencies at 2.5 million homes and 7 million other structures. U S Forest Products laboratory research shows treated wood is fireproof long lasting and resistant to termites and decay. Wolmanized lumber is used in the South Pacific Africa and Navy hangars for blimps on all coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
South Pacific
Africa
U. S. Navy
Inflation Note on Yearling Prices at Summer Dispersal Sales
Yearling race horses fetch high prices at summer dispersals with averages near 7000 dollars and some sales exceeding 30000 dollars. The article recalls a Saratoga event where breeder Tom Pratt withdrew yearlings after bids barely topped 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Tom Pratt
Thoughts on a Sunday Night Radio Program
A satirical verse questions family disputes aired on a Sunday night radio program. The speaker riffs on private lives shared on air and the appeal of organ tunes and deep poems. W B Stout predicts a future atomic engine powering cars. mentions a skeptic about high test electrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Stout
The
Society of Automotive Engineers
Man Presses Button as Engine Runs on Its Own
A poetic fragment recalls a man who believes his motor runs by atoms and presses a single button. The lines evoke a farewell to an old man, closing with echoes of departure.
John Deere integral beet harvester debuts after war
A one man beet harvester tops lifts cleans and windrows in one pass. The machine, the John Deere integral harvester, windrows eight rows of beets together with tops in two wind rows. The tractor moves in low gear as the harvester tops and lifts the beets from the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere New
Saving Nicotine Through Careful Practice
The article warns that insufficient nicotine will be available unless extreme conservation is practiced. Farmers waste about half of the nicotine purchased. tips include dusting in warm calm weather, not running fans or driving fast, spot-dusting with a hand-duster, treating seed beds, dipping plants before transplanting, and keeping plants vigorous.
Oil Barrel Tipping Rig Uses Buckle Strap
A simple lifting device uses two stout poles and a half wagon tire with a heavy strap and buckle to extract the last drop of oil without heavy effort. The design aims to ease barrel handling and reduce strain during pumping.
Renovate Strawberry Fields After Harvest
Renovation of strawberry fields should start immediately after harvest. Remove heavy mulch with a hay rake and cut sparse mulch into soil. Before cultivating apply 500 to 800 pounds of complete fertilizer per acre. If soil is acidic, apply lime and cultivate rows to 12 to 15 inches. Open furrows cause root desiccation.
Nightgown and Jacket Pattern for Fall Bride
Fashion note describes two piece nightgown and jacket sets in flowered fabric or pastels. Pattern No. 8791 fits sizes 12 through 42 with yardage details for size 14. pattern No. 8899 covers sizes 12 to 20 with short sleeves and fabric requirements. Suitable for Special Occasions.
Infant Mortality Gap Between Boys And Girls Varies By Conditions
Collier's notes male mortality exceeds female across life but the first year reverses this under good living conditions. In New Zealand with 32 per thousand infant deaths boys exceed girls by 35 percent, while in Chile with 248 per thousand deaths boys are only 6 percent higher.
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Collier’s
New Zealand
Chile
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Mel
Eddie Arcaro
Ted Atkinson
Walter Hagen
Soir
Phillipe
Naty
McGoofey
Henry Ford
Devon
Paul Mallon
Western Newspaper Union
John W. Snyder
OPA
Ideal Farm Buildings
Jennie
Popper
Edgar
Beet Harvester
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Kellogg
Good Housekeeping
Schimmel
A. Q. Schimmel
Imanazins
A. L. Lew Thesident
Tas Rahusker Lincoln
UT Tay
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