Courtland Church News Recap and Neighbor Visits
Community notes from Courtland include meeting of Lutheran Brotherhood with Rev. Robert Anderson as guest speaker and officers listed. Social calls feature visits among Freed, Isaacson, Anderson, Lervold, Strom families, and Bel- leville, Topeka, Belleville connections. Upcoming Legion Auxiliary meeting set for January 18 with hostesses Mrs. Bill Wilson and Mrs. Wayne Smith.
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Robert’ Anderson
Courtland
Lutheran Brotherhood
Robert Lervold
Clarence Strom
Arnold J. Perry
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion Hall
Bill Wilson
Wayne Smith
Notable Facts on Growth, Kiwi Birds, and Steamboats
The text notes saplings growing into potentially 1000 ton trees, mentions New Zealand kiwi birds as relatives of ostriches and emus with minimal wings, and describes early steamboat history including France in 1780 and England in 1602. It ends with a vague line about matchbook advertising.
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New Zealand
France
England
Robert Fulton
Preventing Bloat in Cattle Pastures
No sure answer to the bloat problem yet. Dairymen can reduce risk by managing pastures to avoid high legume content, keeping legumes under 50 percent, and ensuring cows are not hungry when turning onto new, wet pastures. A publication from the University of Illinois Dairy Science Department explains prevention and treatment.
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Dairy Science Department
University of Illinois
Urbana
Aerial Screw-Worm Campaign Is Studied
The USDA and entomologists face two more years of research to judge mass release of sterile screw-worm flies as a practical control for the southeastern United States. Curacao success used radioactive cobalt sterilization and plane releases, but scaling to 50,000 square miles with 50 million flies weekly requires large rearing labs gamma-ray sources and many trained staff.
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Florida
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carribean
Curacao
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Netherlands West Indies
Woman's World Pressing Tricks for Men and Hats
Practical care tips for keeping clothing neat with steam and pressing. Instructions cover trousers pressing, jacket shoulders, hat steaming and brushing, suede gloves, and using a pressing cloth to avoid shine. Includes step by step methods to align seams and minimize handling.
Sapling Support Uses Guy Wires and Guard Posts
Hazardous obstacle of guy wires used to support young saplings is mitigated by embedding 2x2 posts near the tree base and using two lengths of galvanized wire for support as shown.
Zestful Meat Loaves With Varied Pans And Sauces
The recipe outlines savory meat loaf variations using beef liver or ham and pork, baked in muffin cups or ring molds for even slicing. It includes liver prep, mixture ingredients, and a mustard horseradish sauce with brown sugar and vinegar.
Storing Surplus Grain Poses Major National Problem
The article notes a surge in U S grain storage capacity with 2.8 billion bushels in off farm elevators and 850 million in government bins. Wheat in government hands totals 1 02 billion bushels and routes to bread for eight years if baked. Kansas leads in total elevator capacity, Oklahoma hosts the largest unit. Ships now hold 81 million bushels in Liberty-type vessels and Hudson River fleets as grain storage expands.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
Hudson River
Astoria
Ore
Olympia
Wash
Efficiency Dips As Heat Wave Taxed Chicago Workers
A Chicago study by air diffusing and electrical equipment makers shows stenographers’ errors rise from 11 to over 95 per hour as temperatures climb from 78 to 96. Drafting work units drop during heat, with 564 units in 282 hours versus 807 units in 220 hours after cooler weather returns.
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Chicago
Pany
U. S. Becomes Medical Magnet for Foreign Physicians
Chicago report shows the United States attracted over 5,000 foreign physicians in 1954 55 for study internship and residency. From 83 countries they trained at 1,177 hospitals across 42 states plus DC Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone. Immigrants and displaced persons not counted.
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Chicago
United States
Europe
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Institute of International Education
American Medical Association
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Students Dislike for Mathematics Studied in Davis
Davis California researchers led by child development specialist Thomas Poffenberger and mathematician Donald A Norton begin a study on why some students hate math. They will interview top and bottom students in intermediate algebra to explore attitudes and influences from family teachers and friends to explain differing outcomes in algebra geometry and calculus.
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Thomas Poffenberger
Donald A. Norton
Painter forgets roof move ends with hip injury
In Albuquerque Roy Huddleston forgot he was on the roof and stepped into open air. He fell to the ground, suffering a jarred hip bone after mistiming his step.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Roy Huddleston
Eyes Tell Tale Of Safety While Hunting Outdoors
Rochester report warns vision errors raise hunting accidents. Fred W. Jobe of Bausch & Lomb cites NRA and Minnesota studies showing many hunters have under par vision. Proper glasses bifocals or telescopic sights can reduce misidentifications of people as game and prevent injuries or deaths.
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Rochester
N. Y
Fred W. Jobe
Bausch & Lomb
Nimrod
Birth rates fall across Western Europe as US stays high
A study shows declining birth rates in most Western European nations from postwar peaks, while the United States and other English speaking countries outside Europe maintain a higher level. France and Norway remain above prewar rates. England and Wales rise briefly then fall back near 1935–39 levels. Austria Denmark Scotland and Sweden show similar declines.
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New York
Europe
United States
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
France
Norway
England
Wales
Austria
Denmark
Scotland
Sweden
Sun Among Million Variable Stars
Washington reports the sun is one of millions of variable stars in the Milky Way. Its radiation waxes and wanes about 273 months, a cycle observed for decades by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Variations seen from Earth are small. on the moon without atmosphere, the sun might be deemed variable.
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Washington
Milky Way
Earth
Smithsonian Institute
Astrophysical Observatory
Tears for Science Study Seeks Donors at UCLA
Dr. Robert Brunish of UCLA asks for tears from volunteers to study the chemical structure of tears and their link to eye irritants in smog. He reports children donate tears readily while adults are harder to obtain, noting tears vary by cause.
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Los Angeles
Robert Brunish
University of California
Brunish
U.C.L.A
Surprise Policeman Drives Beer Truck Raid in Pittsburgh
The assistant police superintendent used a beer truck to raid lottery headquarters. Lawrence J. Maloney borrowed the truck with two plainclothes officers riding in back to aid raids. Seven people were arrested on lottery charges.
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Pittsburgh
Lawrence J. Maloney
Maloney
Old-Fashioned West Haven Incident Prompts Parental Warning
In West Haven Conn a mother asked a policeman to frighten her son into getting up for school. Officer Leslie Howard advised using the old fashioned paddling method since all cruisers were busy, suggesting it would yield similar results.
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West Haven
Conn
Leslie Howard
Howard
Planarians Reveal Clues to Ancient Migrations
Four new freshwater planarian species were found in Alaska by Dr. Roman Kenk showing similarities to Siberian worms and suggesting an ice age land bridge between Asia and North America. Planarians are simple, fragmenting worms that prey by external digestion and can regenerate from pieces.
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Washington
Earth
Alaska
Roman’ Kenk
Siberia
North America
Kenk
Asia
Life Expectancy Reaches All-Time High in 1954
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports an average life expectancy at birth of 69.8 years for industrial policyholders based on 1954 mortality. The gain from 1953 is nearly one year, with progress since 1879-1889. At age 65, remaining life now averages 14.1 years.
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New York
America
Metropolitan ‘Life Insurance Company
Greenlease Bills Back in Circulation
A Quincy house wife recovered the 13th ransom bill from the Greenlease kidnapping case. The $20 note, found by Mrs. Fred Gehring, matches serials printed in a newspaper. Earlier notes surfaced in Jacksonville and other cities as part of a $307,720 hoard from a $600,000 ransom for Bobby Greenlease.
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Quincy
B.I
Fred Gehring
Jacksonville
Fla
Chicago
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Minot
N.C
Commission for Reciprocal Agreements in New Mexico
The Commission for Making Reciprocal Agreements and Extending the Privilege of Proportional Registration Relating to Operation of Motor Vehicles is now active in New Mexico. Governor John Simms serves as chairman of the commission.
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Santafe
N.M
Tcfmraaetpopartoomyv
New Mexico
Commission
John Simms
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Hannah. Freed
Algot ‘Anderson
C. P. Rydell
Elmer Isaacson
Baby of
Belleville
Algot Anderson
Elmer ‘Melby
Charles Johnson
Algor Anderson
Janice Odell
Yvette
Sammy Sanderson
Anna Gunter
Charlie Berggren
Wm. Clark
Jerry Strand
Jerry Strnad
Mrs
Don Smith
Wichita
Mrs Wayne Smith
Zenia Stofer
B M. Eastvedt
Topeka
Esther Lindberg
Bill Free
Reuben Johnson
Lottie Lervold
W. C. Nesmith
C. Ee
N. S. Cooper
Neal Cady
Alice
Lars Hanson
Aaron Johnson
Lola Wettig
White City
Carl Knapp
Conccr’ia
Harold Jonson
Allen and Neal
John Sankey
Republic
Vic Ericks
Leslie Cady
Floyd Johnson
Glenna Johnson
Kay Berry
Alice Cady
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Sre Post
U. S
Davis, Calif
West
Greenlease
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