Doctor Treats Healthy Folks In Risky Roles At The Garden
Dr. Nardiello serves as house physician at Madison Square Garden treating athletes and performers in a busy season. Cowboys suffer dislocations and rope burns while hockey players like Johnny Movers endure severe injuries. He inoculated 1600 circus workers for smallpox in 1947 and remains active year round into the night.
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New York
Vincent Nardielloy
Madison Square Garden
Nardiello
Johnny Mowers
Detroit
Garden
Man Obtains Court Order To Get Bed From Stepson
In Suffolk County MA a court grants a temporary injunction ordering 40 year old George MacMasters to keep stepson John Rock out of the master bedroom in Holbrook. Rock must move to the attic room while MacMasters seeks divorce from Ann Rock MacMasters citing misbehavior.
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Boston
George MacMasters
Holbrook
John Rock
John E. Swift
Suffolk County Superior Court
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Electric shocks to test elephant fence strength
In Port Elizabeth a herd of Addo elephants near farms faces an electrified fence designed to deter them. Keepers plan to lure elephants with about 1,000 oranges to push or lean on the fence, receiving a shock to determine the required current to break through. If successful, the fence will enclose the elephants’ roaming area.
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Port Elizabeth
Addo
Public Blues on Sunday Show Bans in Hattiesburg
Police enforcement of Mississippi blue laws failed as six Hattiesburg theaters kept shows running. Twenty four theater staff were arrested a total of 86 times and released on bond, with three projectionists making eight trips to the police station. Patrons threw tomatoes at officers. one projectionist locked in a room as officers tried to block exits. Theaters closed box offices to avoid arrests and accepted free will donations at the entrance while shows continued past 5 p.m.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Saenger
Free Will
Mississippi
Musical Notes to Test Hearing of US Sailors
The Navy tests a new quick hearing test using pulsating pure tones to screen up to 300 sailors at once. The method aims to identify men with exceptionally acute hearing for operating sound-detecting gear in antisubmarine warfare, replacing slower whispered-number tests.
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Chicago
Navy
Poor Highway Systems Costly to Car Owners
Brookings analyst Wilfred Owen reports that U.S. highways lag behind needs for economical car transport. Only five to ten cents of every highway dollar funds roads, while car costs and upkeep consume the rest as 40 million motor vehicles contend with space and aging infrastructure.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
Wilfred Owen
German Electric Seine May Aid Whale Hunters
Two Germans claim an electric device attracts fish of a chosen size and stuns them into nets. Physicist Konrad Kreutzer and Hamburg engineer Herbert Peglow tested it in fresh water and plan to adapt a former mine sweeper for deep sea fishing. They say the system could also aid whaling by luring and inspecting or killing sharks.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Konrad Kreutzer
Hamburg
Herbert Peglow
Milk Products Boost Turkeys Eggs and Profits
A Kraft Foods feeding test on two Sonora California flocks shows adding pelletized milk product to the breeding ration raises egg production by more than 25 percent. The test flock averaged 48.1 eggs per hen in 94 days versus 38.3 for the control, with higher hatchable egg value at $14.11 per hen.
Subconscious Mind Drives Split-Second Sports Skill
John Kieran explains that subconscious thought and intuition govern quick decisions in sports. He cites jockeys boxers and golfers noting reflexes and experience trump direct thought in fast action while conscious planning helps in slower stages of a game.
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Grantland Rice Petitor
Fordham
Kieran
Ted Williams
Eddie Arcaro
Ted Atkinson
Arcaro
Joe Louis
Walcott
J. Kierak
Watts Gunn
Oakmont
Watts
Gunn
Bobby Jones
On the Field and Off the Field Intelligence Contrast
The speaker notes that highly intelligent players may still act poorly off the field. They suggest smart play and smart off-field behavior can diverge, with subconscious instincts sometimes guiding actions differently from tactical intelligence.
Superphosphate Boosts Manure Topdressing Efficiency
Professor C J Chapman of the University of Wisconsin says a single load of manure can replace two with the addition of superphosphate. He advises 25 to 30 pounds of superphosphate per load or scattering one pound per cow per day in barn gutters before spreading.
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C. J. Chapman
University of Wisconsin
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