Four Ways to Save Fuel Oil and New Peg-Top Beet
Oil burner owners can save fuel by lowering daytime temperatures to 68 and 60 or below at night. Close doors and windows, shut off unused rooms, and draw shades at night. A new Peg-Top sugar beet variety promises easier harvesting with an easier lift root shape, bred from red garden beet and leaf-spot resistant sugar beet.
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George W. Deming
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fort Collins
Colo
Rave Seed Campaign Plan to Aid European Nations
The plan urges careful garden planting in 1948 to use only the seed needed for strong vegetable stands. Saving seed will aid supplying Europe, which has lacked reserve seed stock and depends on the United States. American seedsmen have produced ample seed if waste is cut to a minimum.
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Calmette and Guerin
United States
American Medical Association
End of Joyce and Terry’s Secret Departure
Joyce prepares to leave with Terry, fearing the end of her girlhood as they plan a discreet move to California. She recalls youth’s urgency while worried about telling her mother, but chooses to proceed, clinging to love and risk as a new life begins.
A Ride in the Dark Ends at Lakewood Maternity Hospital
A young couple drives through moonlit suburbs and speaks of love and courage as they arrive at Lakewood Maternity Hospital. Joyce, preparing for what lies ahead, tells Terry she is not afraid as their future unfolds in the hush of night.
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Joyce
Terry
Lakewood Maternity Hospital
The Power of Habitful Thinking for Personal Growth
The passage argues habits shape success, noting good habits outperform bad. It defines habit as repeated actions and thoughts becoming automatic, and urges forming targeted thoughts to create right habits. It suggests a week of decisive, even if imperfect, actions to break faulty patterns and emulate admired figures' routines.
New Army Dogsled Rescue Tactics Aid Plane Survivors
In Labrador the air transport command unveils dogsled rescue as a rapid method for crash survivors. Parachute drop of huskies sleds and para-doctors gathers at a focal point then reaches the crash to give first aid evacuate the wounded and provide food within minutes, contrasting with overland delays.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
Air Transport Command
George E. Abbott
Norfolk
Identical Twins Share Toothache Fate Across Teeth
Six year old twins Janice and Jeanette Washburn of Mattapoisett Mass report toothaches in corresponding molars. Dentist Dr George M Teasdale notes an unlikely coincidence while the twins had their first baby teeth loosen and fall on the same day and the second teeth followed similarly.
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Janice
Jeanette Washburn
Mattapoisett
Massr
George M. Teasdale
Stars and rookies shaping pennant race opinion
The piece names outstanding pitchers like Ewell Blackwell Hal Newhouser Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain plus others such as Murty Dickson and Joe Dobson. It highlights best infielders and outfielders and lists leading rookies Curt Simmons Leland Brissie Stallcup Alvin Dark Al Papais Hank Sauer with predictions from Bucky Harris and Eddie Dyer about Yankees and Cardinals in the next World Series.
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Hal Newhouser
Tigers
Warren Spahn
Johnny Sain
Braves
Murty Dickson
Cardinals
Joe Dobson
Red Sox
Blackwell
Newhouser
Yankees
Musial
Kell
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Country Slaughter
Cliff Mapes
Sam Mele
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Leland Brissie
Athletics
Stallcup
Reds
Alvin Dark
al Papais
Cardinal
Hank Sauer
Bucky Harris
Eddie Dyer
Harris
Attendance Records Mark 1947 Baseball Season
The 1947 campaign set new attendance highs with multiple teams exceeding one million home spectators in both the American and National Leagues. Brooklyn, New York, Chicago, and others posted leading totals while Cincinnati and Philadelphia fell short of a million. Citrus circuit crowds also surpassed prior years, with St Petersburg and Tampa showing strong spring interest. A fashion detour ends with a pattern note.
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New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Red Rooters
Blackwell
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Joe Louis to Resume Training for Walcott Bout
Joe Louis prepares to shed weight and regain speed for a June match with Jersey Joe Walcott. At 34, the former heavyweight king must drop about 30 pounds after years of limited action and a past decline in footwork and hands speed.
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Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Louis
Walcott
England
Tommy Farr
Conn
Mauriello
St Bernard Hospice to Close After 1000 Years Service
The famous St Bernard hospice in Switzerland will close its traditional rescue role as modern travel reduces need. Monks and four dogs will remain in the Rhone Valley for continued rescue work while the boarding kennels at Martigny remain, and a Tibet branch is being considered.
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St. Bernard ‘Aospice
Switzerland
Rhone Valley
Lucien Gaillaud
Tibet
St. Bernard
Martigny
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