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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1948
Page
6
British coal mining has been a major industry for over 300 years. The article notes deeper seams, thinner productive layers, more gas and water challenges, and the impact of geology on output compared with the United States.
The Institute of Life Insurance reports U S families held about 4700 in life insurance per family in 1947 up 35 percent in five years. Total U S life insurance purchases in 1937 reached 21 7 billion with ordinary insurance 34 5 billion industrial life 4 2 billion and group life 3 billion.
Quinoa originates in Andean America near Lake Titicaca and has long featured in Peruvian Bolivian Ecuadorian diets. The Incas valued it as a sacred crop, cultivating it broadly after potatoes, and folklore cites a golden tool used to open the first furrow signaling sowing season.
A lignin recovery plant in Hwilingham Washington will start with an initial capacity of about 16 tons per day. The lignin will be low in sugar content and suited as a concrete additive reducing water in mix and speeding sales. The company already recovers ethyl alcohol from waste sulfite liquors at a rate of two million gallons annually and the lignin plant will require large amounts of waste free material.
Major U S cities launch aggressive campaigns against rising crime amid national 17 percent FBI estimate since 1939. Boston forms a bandit squad of 57 to halt stickups, Chicago expands night squads, Denver cites major holdups, Philadelphia doubles its vice squad, with about five thousand officers involved in the crackdown.
Foreign nations push postwar aviation growth with Britain directing research under Sir Henry Tizard and standardizing air weapons. Russia funds a five year aviation program while Eastern Europe trains civilians. South America subsidizes flying clubs as rural life shifts toward recreation and vacations. White collar workers in New York show long tenure and limited cost of living bonuses. U.S. physician distribution suggests rural shortage with about one doctor per 800 people nationwide.
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