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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
11
MEMPHIS Tenn. Judge R G Kinkle told a potential juror you dont have to talk you just listen when he sought excusal due to a new set of false teeth. The terse remark framed jury duties in a light, practical note.
A thief robbed the Herbert Schisel residence in Manitowoc Wisconsin of over $1,000 after finding the safe combination on a paper kept under the safe. The ease of access highlights a careless security lapse and prompts a police inquiry.
Washington July 22 U.P. The late Franklin D Roosevelt, once easy to cook for, grew tense with war though his appetite betrayed his strain. Henr ietta Nesbitt, former White House housekeeper, writes in White House Diary how meals reflected world events and stress, noting cigarette burns on tablecloths and the president’s guilty look when he saw a hole. The book recounts tense days in 1947 amid visits by leaders and royalty, and the broader dangers of farm safety and household hazards at the White House era.
State College answers two tomato wilt diseases Fusarium and bacterial wilt. Seed resistance exists for Fusarium but none for bacterial wilt. Varieties such as Pan America show strong Fusarium resistance while Globe Rutgers and Pritchard are only partly resistant. ongoing work aims for dual resistance. Also outlines common farm hazards cited during National Farm Safety Week July 25 31 including faulty electrical gear defective tools and unsafe stairs.
B Joyner and his work crew leave a mother robin nesting on a water pipe in a building under construction undisturbed. The noisy site fails to rattle the bird as carpenters and other workers go about their tasks with the robin tending her young.
A large American flag atop Mount Lover in Cloton California is one of the last three national flags allowed to fly 24 hours daily. Placed during World War I as a patriotic gesture, it flies around the clock for about 81 years except during storms, measuring about 15 by 25 feet and visible over 40 miles on clear days. Floodlights illuminate it at night and it is replaced every six weeks. The other two all-day flags are above the Capitol in Washington at the grave of Francis Scott Key and in Frederick Maryland, where the Star Spangled Banner is kept.
Fort Worth Texas report describes Hershall Miller who runs an ambulance service. he ferries expectant mothers to hospitals twice in 24 hours and ends up delivering the babies, a handy man around when the stork is flying.
In Fort Wayne Indiana Joseph Neal aged 48 was buried for 24 minutes in a seven foot sewer trench collapse. A fellow worker cleared dirt to expose Neal s nose and later firefighters and police recovered him unharmed.
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