Live Stock Prices at South Omaha 1940 cattle and hog market
Receipts at Omaha market Monday show cattle 11 000 head with light handweights near last week while medium and heavy cattle eased 15 25c. Good steers $10.25 and good yearlings $10. Feeder steers $9 10 a hundredweight. Hogs 8 400 head with uneven lower bids, lightweights $6.35 top, bulk $5.40 6.10. Sheep and lambs 7 300 head with fat lambs 8.75 9.25, feeder lambs steady at 8.00 8.75 and aged sheep unchanged.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Mars Life Possible Says Mt Wilson Astronomer
Dr Theo dore Dunham Jr of Mt Wilson California argues Mars may harbor life despite low current oxygen. He cites ice and snow caps formed by water vapor, and notes past oxygen could form metal oxides. he suggests life could evolve to endure Mars conditions and awaits the Hale telescope to clarify canals and life prospects.
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Theodore Dunham Jr
Mt. Wilson
Calif
Mars
Dunham
Dr. Dunham
Palomar Mountain
Selective Tree Cutting Aids U. S. Conservation
Southern lumbermen report a new selective cutting method that promises a perpetual timber supply. Trucks and drag-line loaders replace costly skid roads, enabling selective removal of marked trees to aid soil, wildlife, and climate while preserving younger growth for steady regional employment.
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Southern
Wooden railroad ties remain superior in rail use
A United States Department of Agriculture booklet notes wood ties still dominate railways despite many patents for alternative materials. About a billion ties are in service, with renewal today averaging 100 ties per mile yearly. 75 percent are treated. Demand stems from cheapness, strength, elasticity, shock resistance, replacability, and electrical insulation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Products Laboratory
Ancient Roman Brick in Rome Reveals Greek Inscriptions
A 1,700 year old Roman brick preserved in a Rome museum shows students scratched Greek letters on its surface. The top line features ten Sigmas. beneath are ten Kappas, followed by the Greek words Xelona meaning turtle and myla and kados meaning mill and turtle.
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Rome
Sicily
Myla
Language Leaflets Promote Modern Foreign Language Study
The National Federation of Modern Language Teachers launches a campaign to boost U S study of Spanish Portuguese and French in light of closer relations among American republics. Dean Henry Grattan Doyle edits the Language Leaflets series with the first pamphlet by Undersecretary Sumner Welles highlighting the importance of language knowledge in evolving international relations.
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National Federation of Modern Language Teachers
United States
Henry Grattan Doyle
George Washington University
Washington
Sumner Welles
Declining Birth Rates Shake American Society and Education
Northwestern sociologists report a global birth rate decline since 1875, with current levels about half of that era. They warn of potential population stability between 1945 and 1970 and note impacts on education focus, living standards, and urbanization.
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
William L. Bailey
Arthur J. Todd
Todd
David K. Bruner
Orient
Japan
Canada
Bailey
Ancient Maya Tablet Dates to 291 B C in Mexico Exhibit
A duplicate of the oldest dated Maya record, a heavy stone tablet with Maya numerals found near Trez Zapotes in Vera Cruz, is on display at Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society. The original lies in Mexico City’s National Museum. Spinden and Thompson Gann correlations place the date as November 4, 291 B C or 31 B C, about 200 years earlier than the Tuxtla statuette.
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Americas
Trez Zapotes
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Explorers Hall
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Society
Matthew W. Stirling
National Museum
Mexico City
Stirling
B. C
Spinden
H. J. Spinden
Brooklyn Museum
J. E. Thompson
Thomas Gann
New World
Washington
Mexican student discovers revived corpse in institute
A medical student at the University of Mexico City touch a supposed dead man with a dissecting knife and the body sat up shouting You fool you are hurting me The man Jose Anguinalo farmer recalled drinking for a birthday and after a fall and morgue stay he revived and walked to the hospital while the student was carried away in shock.
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Anatomical Institute of the University of Mexico City
Jose Anguinaino
Sap Movement in Trees According to Forest Service Expert
H Basil Wales of the United Forest Service in Milwaukee explains that sap does not travel up in spring and down in fall. He notes winter-cut logs weigh the same as summer-cut ones and that sap flow is highest in spring, enabling maple sap collection, with flow decreasing and sugar content dropping later.
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H. Basil Wales
United Forest Service
Milwaukee
Wis
Wales
Science of Duckology Teaches Hunters Duck Calling
Oscar Quam of Minneapolis offers six night classes in Duckology with a correspondence course. He describes two dialects diver and dipper, lists duck species, and teaches ladylike quacks to lure drakes within shotgun range. He says wing flaps distinguish divers from dippers and outlines a scale based calling method.
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Oscar Quam
Minneapolis, Minn
Quam
Minnesota
High Frequency Sound to Clear Smoke in Cities
Salt Lake City researchers at the U S Bureau of Mines experimental station have developed a high frequency sound system to clear smoke and dust from urban atmospheres. Led by Hillary W. St Clair and Dr R S Dean, the device is 18 inches tall with a five to six inch diameter and uses a 23 pound aluminum cylinder and a radio like speaker for dissemination.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hillary W. St. Clair
R. S. Dean
Metallurgical Division
Washington
St. Clair
Hedge Enclosures Suit Different Home Styles
The privacy and curb appeal of a home can be improved by a wall or hedge along lot lines. Colonial and frame houses favor a white picket fence or clipped hedge, while Georgian brick homes suit masonry walls. Mediterranean styles use stucco walls. consult a nurseryman to pick thriving hedge varieties.
Planting Space Guide for Border Planting
Space per plant equals about one square foot with variation. A border 20 by 4 feet needs about 80 plants, allowing eight of each of ten kinds. Allocate numbers to match space needs, using proportions like a dozen foxgloves to four day lilies or ten phlox to six irises for balanced coverage.
Community Notices From Osceola And Nearby
Local social items list visits and travels of residents including Mr and Mrs E L Rogers visiting in Columbus Iowa and relatives in Omaha Fort Crook camp. Club meetings BBB Sewing and Happy Hobby Health Club with upcoming dates and hosts.
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E. L. Rogers
Charles Rogers
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Columbus
Henry Jarard
Hugh Johnston
Jimmy
Sophia Crossant
Omaha
Raymond Croisant
Lloyd Johnston
Fort Crook
Citizens Military Training Camp
BBB Sewing Club
Zetha Norris
Wm. Angell
Bethel Norris
Happy Hobby Health Club
Osceola Park
Roswill Johnson
Lona Rae
Moline
Illinois
Victor Johnson
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Johnson
Jane Frahm
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Margaret Hansen
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Carl Frahm
Jane
W. O. Hansen
Dean Miller
Hastings
E. E. Miller
David City
Wetton
Margaret Ruth
Joan
Norna Jean Sheets
Arnold
Nebr
H. H. Beckmeyer
Helen White
Lincoln
Shirley
Blanche Peterson
Albion
Merle Peterson
Paul Joy
Rock Island
Ill
Frank Joy
Forest Rangers Forestry Club
James Marak
Rodney Case
Wesley Chapel Club
Violet Luft
Edith Richards
Mellisa Sturdevant
J. E Steeple
Harold Combs
David Timm
Abbie Zang
Erma Deland
Ruth Dunbar
Fremont
Wm. Deland
Cecil Deland
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Merry
Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
Midway
Havens
Nebraska
Elton Werth and His Orchestra
Hesleer Cleaning
the Travelers Insurance Co
Osceela
Professional Directory
W. Ray -Hill, M. D
Court House Square
Osceola, Neb
DR. R. B. Lytle
First National Bank
H. S. Eklund
Harley Eklund
R. P
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