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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
4
Local items detail weekend visits by Rosaman, McArthur, and Mimbach family members. Humboldt county 4-H girls clubs schedule a full day Rally Day at Humboldt on Thursday June 8, with events including honors, meetings, and local notices about schooling, purchases, and community activities.
Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. followed by Union Memorial Day services at the Methodist church. Also notes on attendance, visitors, and several local movements and family news from the area, including trips and a death in Chicago with funeral held last Monday.
Souvenirs pour home as troops from a larger modern force collect mementos worldwide. Indians sell gowns and jewelry via bazaars to soldiers, while South Pacific items include native weapons, flags, and carved coconuts. Museums are often asked to identify unfamiliar artifacts.
Dr Lee A Dubridge head of the radiation laboratory of the National Defense Research committee says American forces are using scientific apparatus developed since the war began. He notes swift results versus slower past war research and cites a shortage of trained men and women in research and war production. He urges war training courses in mathematics and fundamental sciences and enrollment of youth for service.
Kansas City report recounts signalman first class Stanley Levitt sewing a playful gift for his wife while stationed in Australian waters. He wrote of sending a suit made from navy blues, praising the fit and noting the pockets and overall look with affection.
Work has started translating the Encyclopedia Britannica into Chinese, described as a colossal undertaking. The national institute for compilation and translation under the ministry of education of the Chinese government leads the effort, expected to take several years.
R. E. Eldred, chief butter inspector for Atlantic and Pacific Tea in Chicago, can detect dairy conditions from a butter sample. He uses a three ounce sample to judge cream origin, feeding, and processing quality, noting distinctive regional flavors tied to cattle feed and geography.
A report on hydroponics claims a 30 day faster growing cycle for cabbage lettuce peppers and other vegetables using water saturated soiless seed balls from Barryton Mich. gardens. Seeds germinate in 7 to 10 days and can be transplanted after about 30 days, offering a head start for home front food production.
MEMPHIS. Thirteen unlucky Dont try to peddle that stuff to Sergt James F Gates Jr bombarder in the army air forces who Says he Was born May 13 1917 Was in two consecutive battles in the Solomons on the 13th Wes under shellfire on Guadal canal on the 13th Was on one of the longest air sea bombardment missions of the war on the 13th Was away three years seven months 13 days and arrived home March 13 And was not greatly surprised when his mother gave a luncheon for him and invited 13 guests.
The riddle asks when women talk the least and offers February as the solution due to its fewest days. The University of California Press collection titled A Collection of Welsh Riddles includes this answer.
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