The Old Angler and the Oil Magnate
On Otter Creek a narrator and Harry Evans share lunch while watching an old angler, revealed as Dr. Harkins in disguise, whose life lesson centers on contentment over wealth. The tale contrasts Skinflint Shepard’s fate with the doctor’s wiser path to peace of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Shepard
Harry
Shepard Oil Company
Shepard
Harkins
Doc
Mr. Shepard
Doc Harkins
M. D
Skinflint
Mister
Electron Microscope Magnifies 25 000 Times
The RCA Camden laboratories announce the first practical electron microscope offering 25 000 times magnification, ten times the best light microscope. Using a magnetic field as a lens, the high velocity electron beam reveals details invisible to light, with sharp definition from a wave length far shorter than visible light. The system forms an image on a fluorescent screen or photographic plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Camden, N. J
Invisible Mascot Spook Gets a 1941 Dog License
San Diego police recently issued a 1941 dog license to Spook the invisible Chihuahua mascot of San Diego State College basketball. The tag joined other identifications for the spirit dog, kept in a red black doghouse with harness and wire leash, as the team traveled east in 1939 to bewilder hotel staff and late night patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Spook
San Diego State College
Chihuahua
Hog parasites and control methods for hogs
Farm Topics explains external parasites affecting hogs, notably lice and mange, and how infestation reduces thrift and pig growth. It outlines five control methods including dipping, spraying, wallows, oilers, and hand applications, with detailed remedies and cautions about post treatment exposure.
Summer Range Shelters Boost Pullet Health and Egg Output
T T Brown NC State extension poultryman says summer range shelters equal other investments for flocks over 100 birds. A shaped, 9 by 10 foot shelter with two foot eaves and five feet ten inch peak improves feed economy, health, vigor, and lowers pullet mortality, with clean land and green feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Brown
Extension
North Carolina State College
Extension Service
Livestock Endangered By Poisonous Plants
L. V. Sherwood of the University of Illinois warns that grazing missteps and scarce pasture heights contribute to livestock losses from poisonous plants. He lists bull nettle buttercup wild cherry cocklebur corn cockle tall crowfoot Dutchman's breeches water hemlock Indian turnip Jimson weed and other species endangering animals and humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. V. Sherwood
University of Ilinois College of Agriculture
Vast phosphate supply and fertilizer use in the United States
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee states the U S has phosphate to last 5 000 or 6 000 years with plentiful nitrogen and potash reserves for generations. Yet the country uses only a fraction of fertilizer for soil improvement and crop production compared with Europe, despite Europe’s more limited supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Middle West
Carrel Foresees Science Driven Government
In a reflection on Alexis Carrel, the essay notes his belief in pooling brains for civilization and a possible government by a scientific elite. It cites his 1939 warning that democracy relies on Enlightenment ideologies and could fail without scientific concepts guiding a new way of life.
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York
Alexis Carrel
France
Carrel
Dr. Carrel
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Practical home repair Q and A columns tackling leaks and painting
A series of home repair questions covers sealing gaps around pipes without cement using canvas and lead paste, waterproofing basements with felt and asphalt or drain tiles, and decisions on painting and wallpaper removal. Other tips address lime in whitewash, wallpaper with waterproof finishes, re-papering over old paper, working in freezing temperatures, and removing odors from steam radiators by cleaning dust buildup.
Roosevelt Selections Reflect Restraint and Unity
Eleanor Roosevelt discusses Secretary Hulls restraint and humanitarian aims contrasting with German rhetoric. She cites speeches by John Brophy and Charles E. Wilson, urges vigilance against foreign influence, supports immigration and integration, and recounts a Pleasant Garden Party visit while traveling from New York to Maine.
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Sec
Hull
Washington
New York
Germany
Hitler
John Brophy
Pennsylvania State Industrial Union Council
Harrisburg
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Philadelphia
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Les Back
Philip Murray
Brophy
Wilson
House of Representatives
Soldiers and Sailors Club
National Democratic Club
New York City
Portland
Maine
Augusta
Subdividing diamonds profits lure once real estate man
ARRY WINSTON, once a New York real estate operator, now splits diamonds with expert assistants to extract value. They target the 425 carat Jonkers and the Vargas, aiming to complete a 2 million dollar central core in a famed stone, using a phosphorous bronze blade over 15 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry Winston
Vargas
Brazil
New York
Jonkers
Kagawa in New York Sees World Church Union Ending Wars
Dr Kagawa a frail leader of Christians in Japan arrives in New York with the newly organized Church of Japan. He speaks against war with Japan and envisions a world church union to end all war. A tubercular, jailed figure, he preaches merging Christianity with capitalist economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Winston
New York
AEF
Toyohiko Kagawa
Japan
Mahatma Gandhi
World Brotherhood
Church of Japan
Kagawa
Tea towel set tale of courtship and wedding
A lighthearted embroidery story shows Miss Kitty and Mr. Tom meeting over milk and a romance blossoming into an engagement and wedding. The ad promotes Transfer 29331 tea towel set at 15 cents with seven motifs and an extra panholder design, inviting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bex
Miss Kitty
Tom
X Marks the Spot in Hollywood Wealth Tale
A film magnate who never learned to write kept making money. He once drew two crosses on a check and the bank honored it. Later he handed a cashier a three cross signature. When asked about the third cross he explained his wife wants him to have a middle name for social prominence.
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Arry Evans
Otter Creek
Beaver Pond
Clifford J. Fawcett
Massachusetts State College
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
Ene
Dror el
Roger B. Whitman
Eleanor “Roosevelt
U. 5
Kansas City
Myl
Colton
Henan
Lydia
Pinkham
Benjamin Franklin
Onis
Coneey
Sustonzers
Blax Company
Walton St
Atlanta
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