Brain versus Brawn in Sport and Size Balance
A historical analysis notes brainy athletes often win post season honors despite lighter frames. It cites Frankie Albert Lou Boudreau Babe Ruth and Mel Patton among smaller stars, contrasts with heavyweights like Louis and Zale, and highlights stamina and speed over sheer mass across football baseball boxing golf and tennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Boudreau
Cobb
Wagner
Babe Ruth
Lajoie
Hornsby
Joe DiMaggio
Stan Mu‘sial
Boudreau
Iss
Cat Brecheen
Bikini tests prompt push for full congressional probe
Senators on the atomic energy committee, led by Brien McMahon, urge a public investigation into Bikini Atoll fallout and naval losses. They accuse top military officials of secrecy while noting 61 ships sank from two bombs, and warn plutonium risks and failed decontamination efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecretary
Defense
Forrestal
Navy
Brien McMahon
Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Committee
U. S. Congress
Bikini
Arkansas
Saratoga
Nagato
Independence
San Francisco
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Evaluation Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
No Crystal Ball Needed To Tell Needs of Soil
Soil tests provide a yes or no answer to lime needs and indicate timing. County agents, teachers, and agronomists offer to assist. Lime adds calcium and boosts fertilizer efficiency, but must be paired with phosphate and potash, and with legumes and manure to build soil.
Plowing Under Organic Matter Aids Oxidization
Dr William A Albrecht Missouri university soils chair explains soil microbes consume nutrients before crops start growing They burn crop residue by oxidizing it and may harm a crop planted soon after plowing by starving it of essential nitrogen and grow foods
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Albrecht
Department of Soils
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Turkey champions at Far West show sell for high prices
Elwood Swanson of Turlock California showed grand champion and reserve grand champion turkeys at the Far West show. The 24 pound hen sold for 30.50 a pound and the 41 pound tom for 10.75 a pound. Birds were finished on grain and mash with pelletized milk product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Swanson
Turlock
Calif
Livestock Sanitation Cited for Reducing Avian TB Losses
Professor F. E. Mussehl of the University of Nebraska credits the U S livestock sanitation association with cutting avian tuberculosis losses. He notes the group helped identify avian TB as a frequent cause of hog condemnations and the hog tuberculinosis rates have fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F F. E. Mussehl
University of Nebraska Poultry Husbandry Department
U. S. Livestock Sanitation Association
Livestock Sanitation Group
Embroidery Patterns Offer Cheerful Kitchen Motifs
A vintage ad promotes pattern 7014 for vegetables to embroider on dish towels breakfast cloths and curtains. It invites learning embroidery via Our Needlework Book and highlights patterns printed in the book for various crafts.
Christ of the Andes statue marks 1902 border accord
The bronze Christ of the Andes statue stands on the Chile Argentina border and was erected in 1902 to commemorate the peaceful settlement of a bilateral boundary dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
Chile
Argentina
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Grantiland Rice
Brain
Chambers of Commerce
Eyrie
Dork Walker
Charley Justice
Frankie Albert
Walker
M.A
Justice
North Carolina
Albert
Stanford
Harrison Dillard
Mel Patton
Dillard
Patton
Bob Mathias
Louis
Walcott
Charles
Ike Williams
Sandy Saddler
Marcel Cerdan
Cerdan
Tony Zale
Ben Hogan
Mangrum
Hagen
Bobby Jones
Gene Sarazen
Nelson
Snead
Jimmy Demaret
Hogan
Bill Johnson
David Bradley
Bradley
Pearl Harbor
Bremerton
Chicago
Hiroshima
Watuce
Garry S. Truman
Air Force
Andrews Base
Maryland
Robert B. Landry
Kosciusko Bridge
New York
Gabriel Nicoletti
Uttle Gail
Louise Fernande
Traube
Paul Meltsner
Meltener
Mra Traube
Loteh
Earl McGrath
Above
University of Chicago
Marty 8. Truman
U 8
McGrath
John W Studebaker
Renate Klock
Berlin
Los Angeles
Wirs
Anna Louise Strong
Soviet Union
United States
Suet Stankes
Winnie
Australia
Turkey
Sewing Circle Needlecrafts
W. Randolph St
Chicaro
Christ of the Andes
Ozark Mountain
Jaspee
Little Blue Books
Btan, PLC
Orange
California
U.S. Savings Bonda
Kellogg’s
A. C. Buethe
St. Cloud
Inn
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
WNU
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