Vast underground lake under London and distant oceans
An article describes a massive underground lake beneath London, shaped like a horseshoe and extending under Surrey and Kent, with borings reaching it for a London factory. It notes another vast subterranean lake beneath Australia possibly reaching South America, suggesting a hidden global aquifer network.
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Horseshoe
London
France
Surrey
Kent
Australia
South America
Hollywood pairs and radio stars mix with wartime opera buzz
Franchot Tone leads a parents group on Benedict Bogeaus set as Pascal Tone captivates Merle Oberon and others with playful clips. Meanwhile Elizabeth Taylor is slated for Hold High the Torch with Lassie Come Home ties. NBC reports Yank soldiers in Italy turning to opera for escape before USO shows arrive.
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Franchot Tone
Hollywood
Proud Parents Association
Benedict Bogeaus
Papa Tone
Pascal Franchot
Merle Oberon
Thomas Mitchell
Fay Bainter
Pascal
Jean Wallace
Paramount
Tones
Robert Montgomery
Navy
Mrs. Tone
Tone
Elizabeth Taylor
Mickey Rooney
Metro
Margaret O’brien
Elizabeth
Italy
Frank Black
NBC
Conservation gains lift farm yields 21 percent 1937 43
Government figures show acre yields rose 21.2 percent above 1923 32 levels from 1937 to 1943 as conservation practices expanded under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Output rose 14.5 percent on smaller acreage, with 1944 plans stressing lime phosphate and fertilizer use and erosion and water conservation.
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Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
U. S
DeMille radio plea boosts merchant marine enlistments
Within 24 hours after his radio theater Action in the North Atlantic aired Cecil B. DeMille prompted 86 volunteers from the listening audience to enlist in the merchant marine. Parks Johnson hosts Vox Pop at a military hospital, rewarding a winner with dollars as a wounded service member partners with a nurse in a party stunt.
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North Atlantic
Cecil B. DeMille
Parks Johnson
Parks
Johnson
Basil Rathbone Fans Demand Sculptured Hands
Basil Rathbone the radio Sherlock Holmes star has attracted collector interest for sculptured hands. He has become the unhappy recipient of hands from fans across the country after a publicity agent's dream.
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Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Aldrich Family star to film during vacation
Dick Jones plans a six week break from radio to make a picture and return from the air waves. Don Woods signs a long term Warner Bros contract for Roughly Speaking. Ann Sothern gives up a vacation to star in the Walter Pidgeon dramatization of Tovarich. Helen Walker reports her soldier husband sending pin up pictures of Paulette Goddard Dorothy Lamour and Veronica Lake.
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Henry Aldrich
Jones
Aldrich
Mark Twain
Don Woods
NBC
Warner Bros
Ann Sothern
Walter Pi
Fertilizing Tomatoes Nearly Doubles Crop
University of Wisconsin soils researchers find heavy fertilizer boosts tomato yields and profits. A 500 lb acre broadcast of 6-6-20 plus 3-12-12 side banding increased yields 69 percent at $20.80 acre cost, netting about $244 extra per acre. Frost cut part of the Miami silt loam crop, with late variety J. T. D. Berger.
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Milwaukee
Miami
J. T. D. Berger
Truog
Rural Briefs on Cotton Use and Soybean Growth
The report notes civilians joining the army use about 75 pounds more cotton per year, with combat consumption several times that amount. Soybean acreage rose 44 percent since 1941, per War Food administration data, and roughly 78 percent of the crop is grown in the North Central states.
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U. S
War Food Administration
North Central States
Barbara Bell Pattern 1995 Dress and Jacket yardage
The Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1995 covers sizes 12 through 20 and 40. Fabric needs vary by size with a 39 inch width for the dress at 442 yards for size 14, and the sleeveless jacket requiring 13 percent of that yardage.
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Barbara Bell
Kaleidoscope Quilt Pattern From Victorian Era
A vintage design explains the kaleidoscope effect in quilts using a six inch block. Pattern No. 200 titled The Kaleidoscope includes pieces named The Ann Rutledge and Whirl Wind with actual size patterns priced at 15 cents. Mrs Spears offers a large sheet of patterns.
Voice Vibrations And Octave Singing Ranges
The passage explains how singing voices differ in vibration rate and wavelength, giving examples on the G above middle C. Sopranos produce 1.4 foot wavelengths, contraltos 2.8 feet, tenors 5.6 feet, and basses 11.1 feet, each octave apart.
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