Quick Quiz Facts and Folklore Puzzles
Answers cover the Statue of Liberty left hand holds a torch not the left. Saltier inland waters than oceans include the Great Salt Lake and Dead Sea. Sea Squatters refers to pirates or invaders in stories. In the Bible Joseph managed grain during famine. A symphony typically has four movements. The Grand Canyon of Colorado runs about 277 miles. Nylon stockings from parachute fabric yield about one pair. The Old Man of the Sea clung to the shoulders of Sinbad the Sailor.
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Grand Canyon
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Answers to quiz items from the periodical
The list provides concise answers: a book. Great Salt Lake Utah and Dead Sea Palestine. airmen forced down at sea survive, inflate rafts, are rescued. Joseph from Genesis chapter 42 verse 6. four. roughly 280 miles. 1 920 pairs. Sinbad.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Dead Sea
Palestine
Joseph
Sinbad
Lesson Summary from September 3
Lesson for September 3 outlines subjects and scripture texts selected and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education, used by permission. The note indicates a prepared religious education entry with referenced sources and licensing.
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International Council of Religious Education
Butterfat Can Be Increased by Water
Dairymen learn cows with round the clock water access yield more milk and butterfat. Iowa State College tests show 18 percent more water intake and 3.5 percent more milk along with 10.7 percent higher butterfat when watered freely, water temperature less critical than air, indoors feeding helps.
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Iowa State College
Milkweed now a war aid with edible oil and natural rubber
Milkweed seeds yield oil and Canada leaves provide natural rubber. Floss may replace kapok for life preservers and aviator linings. Harvest pods in early September and rally farmers, Boy Scouts, and war workers to gather floss for navy and war departments.
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Canada
Navy
War Departments
American ingenuity shapes new age of communication
Patterson reflects on telegraph, telephone, wireless, radio and television as American achievements born from free enterprise. He notes 130 million Americans, 88 million eligible voters, and 5 million CIO members, arguing political action ignores this minority while affirming a government of the people.
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Iowa
Chicago Press Club
Lake Michigan
America
United States
Census Bureau
CIO
Russia in the family of nations under Stalin
President Roosevelt hopes Russia will rejoin the world family once peace returns. The article argues Stalin’s realism could make Russia the largest, most powerful nation with vast resources, potentially dominating Europe for a generation. It raises concerns about succession and the risk of a future Russia surpassing Germany. England fears a strengthened Russia.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Family of Nations
Stalin
Germany
England
Postwar use eyed for dehydrated egg packs
A utility egg package using dehydrated eggs offers two dozen eggs in half the space of a dozen fresh ones, seen as a likely postwar application of wartime development.
Agricultural Facts on Wool Sheep Beans and Bomber Crew
A soldier requires 40 times as much wool as a civilian and 26 sheep provide that wool for a year. Fifteen ounces of garden snap beans yield 19 ounces in canned form. A bomber-building crew consumes a year’s food from 155 acres in the time to build one bomber.
Blurbs Define Morals In Tiny Newspaper Packages
Short printer blurbs fill small spaces and shape public thought. Ten concise items form the basis of civilized law and morals, echoing the ten commandments. This compact craft proves powerful beyond lengthy proclamations.
Boys 13 to 16 urged to help war effort by farming
The passage appeals to young boys aged 13 to 16 to support the war effort this late summer and fall. It argues soldiers need food and farmers need help to produce enough for allied nations and home front, presenting farming as their civic duty and a welcomed contribution.
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Armed Services
Sewing Circle Needlework Dressing Table Skirt and Jacket
A big loose house jacket keeps you warm and smart. Crochet in wool with pale blue and electric blue or two contrasting shades. Patterns 5490 available by mail for 16 cents. Dressing table skirts in dotted net and several fabrics shown for easy sewing and decor.
Plant Uses Liquid Nitrogen to Reach 410 Below Zero
A plant utilizes liquid nitrogen to achieve minus 410 degrees Fahrenheit to shrink steel parts for easier fitting with their mates. The process enables precise assembly in manufacturing and precision fit for components.
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