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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
5
Science explains how germs multiply and invade the body through food water air and skin. It describes diseases such as pneumonia meningitis typhoid fever tuberculosis and syphilis and outlines prevention through good hygiene exercise sun exposure rest baths soap and water.
The piece traces how the United States adopted right hand driving from 1760s origin in the Ican Road Guildere context. It notes drivers sat on the left and steered the left wheels, while reasoning for the shift included safety and uniform practice. It mentions wagon crews, city streets, and a cultural push by Pittsburgh dealers to supply goods.
Visitors at the Field Museum of History enjoy a display of ancient wind instruments and reed gourds. The exhibit features whistles from diverse regions and a street-scale earful of aerial concert sounds.
Readable fragments describe a small early school with about four pupils and Mrs Peterson as teacher. Names like David, John, Dolly, Sammy, Jimmy, and Maco appear in context of pupils and class duties. The schoolhouse dates to the nineties with a belfry and serves a local community.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a late night incident near Lakewood New Jersey with a man named Irving Be and mentions costs and a brother Edward traveling by patrol. It includes unclear times and a reference to Forked River and a reunion in New York City.
Deputy State Health Officer Dr. A. A. Jenkins reported at the American Public Health Association Western Branch meeting that Utah plans a Demonstration Service in Maternal and Neonatal Care in selected counties. The program aims to reduce morbidity and mortality through prenatal nurse supervision and early physician collaboration.
Desirable American citizens of good physique and moral character may enlist and be transferred within days after acceptance. Most applicants will serve as replacements on shipboard and at foreign posts. Information available at the Marine Corps Recruiting Station 48 Federal Office Building San Francisco. Fred E B Lewis spent a few days here attending business.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams in Agriculture Marketing Service and Veterans Administration roles. Positions include marketing specialist grades with ages limits, chief and staff dietitians, and related supervisory posts. Information available at post offices or the Civil Service Commission in Washington. A wheat crop forecast cites 749,655,000 bushels for 1940, with a ten year average of 792,001,000. Darrell M. Root and a visitor from Los Angeles are staying with grandparents in town.
A recent article by Joseph Jasteon in Hypein outlines a thesis on energy as cyclical. It posits three energy phases energizing fatigue and fatigue and links the core brain to a system guiding energy from cradle to grave.
A Swedish university experiment replaced lung air with hydrogen to study voice. Subjects exhaled and inhaled hydrogen via a bag, using it to carry sound waves. Lighter gas altered frequencies up one to two octaves, yet listeners understood only about two thirds of syllables.
In Sydney a widow sues for 10000 dollars after her spouse was killed while working on the railway. Counsel's investigations reveal high casualty percentages among widows. an actuary cites an 86 percent rate of remarriage or similar outcomes within a given period.
A Cleveland inventors created a door bottom tool that lifts stray carpet pieces when the door opens and flips back as it closes. Mr and Mrs Deiward M Dalton of Dell attended the weekend race meet here.
Colonel B E Grey chief of Army Recruiting Activities in the Intermountain Area announces a broader fall and winter recruitment effort. Headquarters in Salt Lake City. The program aims to broaden opportunities and enlistment assignments for qualified youths while tightening background checks to ensure a high quality Regular Army.
At the New York World’s Fair the Glass Center features a glass marble and spinning loom showing weaving of glass fibers. Visitors operate gauges and hydraulic presses to test strength, bending light into colors as glass remains uncracked under heavy load.
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