Utah Sets 1947 Centennial Year For Pioneer Celebration
Utah to mark 100th anniversary of Brigham Young and 142 travelers entering Salt Lake Valley July 24 1847 with a wagon train parade and Days of 47 pageant. Centennial commission members include John M. Wallace Ward C. Holbrook John F. Fitzpatrick Frederick P. Champ and Gus P. Backman.
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Salt Lake. City
Utah
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Intermountain Territory
Omaha
Salt Lake Valley
Herbert Man
John M. Wallace
Ward C. Holbrook
John F. Fitzpatrick
Frederick P. Champ
James A. Howell
Gus P. Backman
Backman
Albert J. Southwick
Salt Lake City
Devoted Lifetime to Making World Clean
MANKATO MINN R G Bachertz age 70 has spent 58 years in broom making and half a century as owner of the Mankato broom works. He makes five kinds of regular brooms, whisk brooms, toy brooms and miss or junior brooms and estimates he has produced over a million.
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Mankato
Minn
R. G. Bachertz
Bachertz
Great Salt Lake May Dry Up In 300 Years
In Salt Lake City, U S Geological Survey engineer Ralf R Woolley estimates the Great Salt Lake could reach Bonneville flats level within three centuries if the current decline continues. Since 1850 the lake has gradually shrunk, losing about one foot of depth every 15 years amid regional geological evidence and observation.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Bonneville Salt Flats
Ralf R. Woolley
U. S. Geological Survey
Lake Michigan
Cure for Plant Wilt Leads to Foot Fungus Remedy
Washington researchers at the Department of Agriculture report discovery of tomatin a chemical that treats tomato wilt and shows strong activity against ringworm fungi including athletes foot while still in the test tube stage experts say the compound may become a human medicine source.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Roosters Ride to Town In Pickup Near Valentine
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Roe parked on Main street in Valentine Nebraska when Buck Junod heard roosters crowing. He investigated and found three roosters perched on the drive shaft beneath the car, having ridden to town inside the pickup.
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Valentine
Nebr
Wm. Roe
Main Street
Buck Junod
Junod
First UT woman earns mechanical engineering degree
Mary Porter Fain, 17 year old freshman in 1942, becomes the first female to graduate in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor of science degree on May 3. She matched her male peers and plans to work in engine design or appliance research, aiming to stay in the South but willing to move north for the right job.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Mary Porter Fain
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee
Mary
Miss Fain
Murphy
N. C
Askov Rutabaga Capitol Showcases Co Op Strength
Askov Minnesota known as rutabaga capital of the U S hosts a 300 resident town with 400 carloads of rutabagas marketed yearly. farmers yield eight tons per acre, prices around $20 to $40 a ton. co op groups knit farmers and town residents into a shared economy centered on dairy, fuel, groceries, trucking, and livestock services. the Danish Lutheran community traces its cooperative heritage to 40 years ago settlers from the Danish People's Society of America.
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Askov
U. S
Federated Co-Op Trucking Association
Co-Operative Mercantile Association
Askov Co-Op Guild
Danish People’s Society of America
A's Triumph Over Williamsburg and Danville in 1865
Philadelphia Athletics defeated Williamsburg 100 to 8 in a morning game and then beat Danville 162 to 11 that afternoon. Al Reach starred with 34 runs, on October 20, 1865, in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
Williamsburg
Danville
al Reach
Frauleins Now Complain Over Unwritten Letters
Louisville patrol chief William Kiefer reports overseas veterans’ letters pour in from Europe and the South Pacific. Frauleins and young women ask why American men have not written, as promised, while the police also receive inquiries from anxious mothers and sweethearts.
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Louisville
Europe
South Pacific
William Kiefer
Bureau of Missing Persons
Frauleins
Mademoiselles
Aviation notes and farm planes shape rural view
An aviation piece notes Bar infield Alabama closure by September 1 and praise for Far West airports capable of handling DC-3s. It highlights Mary Longcor’s first airline trip from South Bend to Cleveland, Wright service training in Oxford, Mississippi, and Easton Maryland flight lessons. It argues planes will curb farm population decline, aiding speed of deliveries and social connections. It cites 1935 air traffic growth, upcoming aircraft registration, and private farm pilots aiding harvests with cross state farming ventures by John Hueske and partners.
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Navy
Barinfield
Foley
Ala
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Mary Longcor
South Bend
Ind
Cleveland
Ohio
Champion Wright Flying Service
Municipal
Oxford
Miss
Franklin
N. C
Easton
Norman Harrington
Satuday
Hank Orth
Maryland Airlines
Harry Woodhead
Consolidated Vultee
Air Express
CAA
J. P. Wright
F. M. Lanter
Nebraska Learns to Fly in Rural Training Boom
In Chase county near the Colorado border about 125 farm families are enrolled in local flying courses. F G Fuelberth of Wayne reports over 100 logbooks and D W Bair of Bradshaw has 30 students training, reflecting a statewide growth in aviation education.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Chase County
F. G. Fuelberth
Wayne
D. W. Bair
Bradshaw
Army
Quiz Quiz Ques tions from a newspaper page
Ten trivia items ask about ship sirens confusion solder melting point and a mix of U S history geography and science. Questions cover the Queen Mary noise perception state with most peaks presidential wounded soldier evidence of rights cited Big Ben pendulum count degrees around the equator caviar source fish and a Mexican herdsman term.
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United States
London
Answers to five trivia prompts listed
The items enumerate five answers: a bass tone described as unobtrusive to ears, a temperature of 356 degrees, the state Colorado, the figure James Monroe, and the number four.
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Colorado
James Monroe
False Alarm Brown in a Night at the Hotel
A sleepy man named False Alarm Brown stays at a small hotel. In the middle of the night a bellhop brings a package and Brown dismisses it as something that can wait. A second knock reveals the package is not for him, ending with a humorous mis delivery of the night.
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Brown
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