National 4-H film contest crowns 31 winners from 26 states
Thirty-one entrants from 26 states are national winners in a 4-H movie contest across three divisions. Awards total include trips to the Chicago 4-H club congress, $50 and $25 savings bonds, and leading roles in the movie Where the Road Turns Right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Snetsinger
Barrington, Ill
Farmer
Betty June Miller
Wellfleet, Neb
Gerald H. Cassidy
Blytheville
Ark
4-H
U. S
Chicago
Julia S. Ball
Sault Ste. Marie
Evelyn Heim
Traverse City
Mich
Hance H. Russel
Westfield
Wil
Wellfleet
Neb
Nancy Lu Kingrett
Perley, Minn
Department of Agriculture
State Extension Services
Lawrence McLachlan
Earlville
Whiskey Bath Listed as Old Cold Remedy
Dr Louis C Jones of State College for Teachers Albany described 19th century cold remedies in Schenectady. He cited Albany Times 1886 advice to bathe in hot whiskey and rock salt twice yearly to ward off colds and noted a Cahoon NY remedy using pig leaf lard on the chest. He also referenced a legend of crawling through a douperenne briar from west to east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Louis C. Jones
State College For Teachers
Albany
Albany Times
Cahoon
New Castle Plans Broad Civic Growth After Industrial Rise
Indiana city of New Castle, once home to Maxwell, shifts from a small town to an industrial hub with 20,000 people. A civic clinic in 1942 gathered 1,000 residents to map housing, parks, an auditorium, hotel, airport, and a community center, led by a planning commission and architects. The program aims for balanced growth, reduced traffic jams, healthier neighborhoods, and better public works, with ongoing analysis and planning.
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Win
Blue River
New Castle
Ind
Maxwell Automobile
Scott Chambers
City Plan Commission
Two Elderly Fans Ride Scooter Despite Hospital Stay
In Memphis, Tennessee, two senior women, 60 year old Mattie Driver and 82 year old Ida Frisby, recovered from a scooter crash that sent Frisby to the hospital with a shoulder injury and Driver with a head cut. Frisby said she would not regret the ride. Driver plans to resume riding and aims for Chattanooga once released.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mattie Driver
Ida L. Frisby
Former WAC casualty list mixup hits Mrs Bruder
In Billings Montana Mrs Charles W Bruder a former second lieutenant in the WAC sees her name on the war department casualty list declared dead or missing though she was released last December. She blames a Washington records mixup as her husband an army officer serves in the European theater.
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Billings
Mont
War Department
Charles W. Bruder
WAC
Bruder
Washington
Long Way Proves Short in Solving Laundry Problem
London residents face laundry delays with two week wait times. One resident airmailed his laundry to Melbourne Australia and received return delivery in ten days, solving the problem with a bold international shortcut.
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London
Melbourne
Australia
Vigilantes Remain Active Despite Not Pursuing Thieves
Sherrard Illinois report notes the Richland Grove Vigilantes formed 87 years ago to catch horse thieves. though no trail activity since August 24, 1899, the group persists with 130 members, mainly descendants of founders, meeting annually for social reasons.
Aviation notes and local air club formation in Parowan Utah
In Parowan Utah a flying club is forming with membership open to men and women aged 16 to 100. Lt John Mahoney of Gilman Illinois is leading dusting trials with DDT to control corn borers. Flying farmers visited Christman Field Fort Collins Colorado for Rural Aviation Day on July 16. Ted Hodges Laguna Beach California faced a rent shock rising from 35 dollars a month to 10 dollars a day. War Assets Administration will transfer Thunder Bird auxiliary Field No 1 Glen Dale Arizona to the American Institute of Foreign Trade to train veterans and others for foreign postings. no charge for the field.
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Parowan
Utah
John Mahoney
Gilman
Farmers of
Colorado
Christman Field
Fort Collins
The
Agricultural College
Ted Hodges
Laguna Beach
Calif
War Assets Administration
Glendale
Ariz
American Institute of Foreign Trade
Latin America
Slick Airways claims cabin cooling solution for freighters
Slick Airways reports success in air conditioning freighter interiors using three and four ply fiberglass insulation and an aluminum alloy cooler with dry ice. The claim is presented amid local skepticism about air travel and road development in Iberville South Plaquemine, Louisiana.
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Slick Airways
Plane Sows Grass Seed Over 1200 Acres in Illinois
A small plane seeded 1200 acres of rough Illinois land with grass seed in 40 to 50 foot swaths carrying 150 pounds per load. The operation cost 3.20 dollars per acre versus 6 dollars by hand. California rice growers expect 90 percent of this year’s crop to be sown from planes. Texas also anticipates aerial seeding for portions of the next rice crop.
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Illinois
California
Texas
Pineapple Potholder Crochet Pattern No 5789
Readable instruction request for a pineapple potholder crochet pattern titled Golden Potate Son Pattern No 5789. Customer asked to obtain complete instructions by sending 20 cents, name, and address to receive the pattern.
Immunization success in U S Army WWII program
The compulsory tetanus inoculation of U S Army personnel during World War II yielded only three disease cases among the entire force, marking one of the era’s most effective immunization campaigns.
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U. S
Japs Spent 18 Million on Ineffective Balloon Bombs
The least effective weapon of the war, the Japanese balloon bomb, cost 18 million dollars and saw about 9 000 launches toward the United States. Only 283 were found on or near North American soil and just one caused fatalities when a child tampered with it in Oregon.
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Collier’s
United States
North American
Oregon
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Stony Point
Ralph A. MacDonald
Rising Sun
Fred Green
Hamilton
Ohio
Don Guerber
Hillsboro
Ore
Buddy Prigg
Carthage
Arthur John Stohlmann
Adams
Mass
Charles P. Sperow Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kenneth E. Heine
Ellendale
N. D
Lilla Grace Madden
Heflin
Virginia Mueller
West Bend
Wis
Mary Heckman
Providence
Esther Carrigan
Wilson, N. Y
Grace E
Egg Harbor City
Carolyne
Winder
Peggy Hoffmeister
Topeka
Kan
Frances Blow
Grand Isle
Indiana
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Scooter
Casualty
Ed Stallwitz
Dumas
Craig Stallwitz
Thunderbird Field
lIberville South
Plaquemine
Howard Hughes
Beverly Hills
Sewing Circle Needlework
South Wells St
Chicago 7
Ade
Fleischmann
Foster D. Snell, Inc
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
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Connecticut
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