New Pittsburgh Harrisburg Turnpike Marks Beginning of Superhighway Era
The 160 mile Pittsburgh to Harrisburg turnpike will open this fall with extensions planned to Philadelphia. The four lane project tunnels through the Appalachians to remove grades and intersections, with speeds tested at 105 mph. It cost 70.05 million dollars financed by 29 million from the PWA and 41 million in RFC bonds.
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Herman Crockett
Western Newspaper Union
Arrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
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Ohio River
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Midwest
United States
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Juniata River
William Penn
South Penn Railroad
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RFC
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Pennsy
Vanderbilt
American Construction Company
Oliver W. Barnes
Engi
New
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Educator Calls for Stronger Vocational Guidance in Schools
New York reports limited access to full time or half time educational counselors in only 6 percent of the nation's 23 032 public high schools. Clarence Lovejoy of Columbia urges parents to press districts to fund guidance and counseling as students seek college paths.
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New York
United States
Clarence E. Lovejoy
Columbia University
Lovejoy
Child Accident Rate Increases in October
Chicago report notes October and May mark peak accident months for elementary and high school students, per the National Safety Council yearbook for 1940. Kindergarten remains safest with six accidents per 100 000 student days causing absence or medical care.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Grazing Control Aids Erosion Prevention On Rangelands
Grazing management is key to erosion control on range and pasture lands. Light grazing promotes vigorous grass growth, slowing runoff and increasing soil moisture. overgrazing worsens gullying and erosion. Use contour furrows, check dams, shrub planting, and temporary pastures to ease grazing pressure while regrassing retired lands.
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Ralph O. Lewis
Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Focus on World Affairs in Fortune Round Table
American farmers express deep concern about steel mills factories groceries and the war abroad alongside expectations for good weather. The Fortune round table notes weak farm income due to lost markets from industrial depression and international tensions while urging stronger industry employment and coordinated farming and marketing.
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Farmers Watch
Fortune Magazine
Round Table
Rural Briefs on Farm Practices and Innovation
Rural briefs report that spring lays most eggs for hens with limited fall gains. Tests find over 75 percent of potato spray rig pressure gauges inaccurate. Steers fed ground ear corn bloat less on legume pasture than shelled corn. An Australian breeder crosses a guinea hen with a White Leghorn to produce guinlegs. Federal records show many farm accidents due to carelessness and unsafe practices. Soybeans in the United States began as a Chinese missionary import, with 10 000 carloads arriving in 1939 for processing.
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United States
China
Early Removal Of Tonsils May Affect Sinuses
The article discusses how early tonsil removal, once common for sore throats and enlarged tonsils, may increase sinus infections by forcing sinuses to do more work. It cites Dr Kayser’s study linking past tonsil removal to higher sinusitis incidence and notes allergy as another potential cause, differentiating infected from allergic sinusitis.
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Kayser
Rochester
N. Y
Jayne
America
Dept. M-2
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Vine St
Philadelphia
Relief for the Hard of Hearing Could Prostgmin Help
Medical notes warn physicians to avoid false hope while treating hard of hearing patients. An Ear Nose and Throat report describes 28 acute cases with head noises and ear blockage who received prostigmin injections plus eustachian tube opening and massage, with rapid relief and few needing more than five shots. Thirty three chronic cases got injections two to three times weekly, showing gradual to slow improvement. Prostigmin, a gland product, should be given only under physician direction.
Meaning of negative result on blood test
A negative blood test usually refers to absence of syphilis, not immunity or absence of infection from teeth or tonsils. Weather changes can cause dizziness through fluid shifts or vestibular reaction, not a universal blood marker.
Booklets in Loose Leaf Ring Binders
In a New England trip memory, the author uses flat irons as book ends and shares a method to fasten booklets in ring binders with 4 inch gummed tape. Five homemaking booklets exist with a new issue every two months. No 5 covers 30 ideas and holiday projects. Send 10 cents plus mailing for Booklet No 5.
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New England
America
John Alden
Priscilla
Plymouth Colony
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