Utah Sets 1947 For Centennial Celebration
Salt Lake City July 24 marks Pioneer Day with parades and a wag on train retracing Brigham Young and 142 travelers entering the Salt Lake valley. The centennial year 1947 will commemorate the 100th anniversary of arrival. The centennial commission includes John M. Wallace and Gus P. Backman, with Albert J. Southwick chairing the Days of 47 pageant.
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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 says broom making is his hobby vocation and recreation and notes he has produced over a million brooms including regular, whisk, toy, and junior varieties.
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Mankato
Minn
R. G. Bachertz
Bachertz
Great Salt Lake May Dry Out in 300 Years
Salt Lake City reports a predicted drying of the Great Salt Lake over the next three centuries as the water level trends downward. U S Geological Survey engineer Ralf R Woolley notes the lake as a remnant of a once larger freshwater body, with elevations recorded since 1850 showing a long term decline.
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Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Bonneville Salt Flats
Ralf R. Woolley
U. S. Geological
Lake Michigan
Found a Cure for Plant Wilt and Athlete’s Foot
Washington D C based department of agriculture scientists report finding tomatin a chemical that fights tomato wilt and also shows strong activity against ringworm fungi. They caution the compound is still in the test tube stage but see potential for a human antifungal drug to treat athlete’s foot and related infections.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Roosters Motored to Town for Night Life
In Valentine Nebraska Mr and Mrs Wm Roe parked on Main Street when Buck Junod heard roosters crowing. He investigated and found three roosters perched on the drive shaft beneath the pickup they had parked.
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Valentine
Nebr
Wm. Roe
Main Street
Buck Junod
First UT Woman Earns Mechanical Engineering Degree
Mary Porter Fain, a 17 year old freshman in September 1942, becomes the University of Tennessee’s first woman to finish a mechanical engineering degree. She earned a Bachelor of Science on May 3 and plans to work in design and research on engines or household appliances, aiming to stay in the South unless a northern position proves best.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Porter Fain
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee
Mary
Miss Fain
Murphy
N. C
Askov Rutabaga Capital of U S A
Askov Minnesota known as Rutabaga capital presents a 300 person town that ships 400 carloads of rutabagas yearly. Farmers yield eight tons per acre with prices around 20 to 40 dollars per ton while co op groups and local associations mesh with dairy farming and meat circles. The community hosts a Danish Lutheran church and strong cooperative networks built by Danish American settlers.
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Askov
Rutabagas
U. S
Co-Operative Mercantile Association
Askov Co-Op Guild
Danish People’s Society of America
A's Win Big in Morning and Afternoon Games
In Philadelphia on October 20, 1865 the Athletics beat Williamsburg 100 to 8 in a morning game and defeated Danville, Pa. 162 to 11 that afternoon. Al Reach scored 34 runs across the two contests.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
Williamsburg
Danville
al Reach
Frauleins Now Complain About Overseas Vets
Louisville police report a flood of letters from German and French women and family members asking why American soldiers did not write home from Europe and the South Pacific. Capt. William Kiefer heads the missing persons bureau and notes inquiries also come from local women seeking word from overseas servicemen.
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Louisville
Europe
South Pacific
William Kiefer
Bureau of Missing Persons
Frauleins
Mademoiselles
Aviation Notes Show Plans and Pilots Across States
Aviation notes discuss Bar infield Alabama closure by September 1 air shows in Easton Maryland solo flight lessons by Norman Harrington and Hank Orth as trainer. Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin touts DC-3 suitability. Mary Longcor flies first trip from South Bend to Cleveland. CAA notes flag rising air activity, aircraft registration by July 1, and private airfields growth. Gene McGill notes flying farmers aid rural life while John Hueske manages farms in Colorado and Nebraska with weekly Colorado flights.
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Navy
Barinfield
Foley
Ala
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Mary Longcor
South Bend
Ind
Cleveland
Ohio
Champion Wright Flying Service
Oxford
Miss
Franklin
N. C
Easton
Norman Harrington
Hank Orth
Maryland Airlines
CAA
J. P. Wright
F. M. Lanter
Nebraska Learns to Fly Across Rural Hearts
Nebraska farm families increasingly take to aviation with 125 enrolled in Chase county near the Colorado border. About 25 students per service, and instructors like F. G. Fuelberth of Wayne report many logbooks. D. W. Bair of Bradshaw trains pilots with 30 students in rotation.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Chase County
F. G. Fuelberth
Wayne
D. W. Bair
Bradshaw
Army
Ten Tricky Trivia Questions From A School Puzzle
A list of ten general knowledge items including why sirens on a ship do not disturb passengers, the solder melting point, the state with the most peaks, a Revolutionary War wounded president, the number of dials on Big Ben, the basis for the right to confront, a newspaper publisher who ran for president, the degrees around the equator, the fish that yields real caviar, and the term for a Mexican herdsman.
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United States
London
The Lawful Bounds of Imperial Rome in Verse
Horace Greeley discusses imperial governance in antiquity with provocative lines. The fragment references sturgeon and a ranchero as curious tangents to a broader literary meditation on rule and order.
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Imperial
Rome
Horace Greeley
Sturgeon
Attuned to a lower bass A and surrounding facts
A list notes five points including a musical pitch described as a low A that avoids ear drum disturbance, a temperature of 356 degrees, a location Colorado, a person named James Monroe, and a count of four items.
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Colorado
James Monroe
False Alarm Brown Sleepless At Small Hotel
A very light sleeper named False Alarm Brown struggles to rest in a small hotel. After two hours a boy brings a package for him, Brown asks it to wait. A second knock reveals the package is not for him and he relents to sleep.
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Brown
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