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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
3
A simple easy to build sand box shaped as a barge boat serves as a wading pool for children. Includes complete step by step directions full size patterns and painting guides. Requires only hammer and saw and standard lumber from local yards. Pattern No 77 offered for 35 cents by East Bird Pattern Company Pleasantville NY.
A rumor that Aconcagua might have been the world’s highest peak if not for a historic eruption that destroyed its summit. The World Book encyclopedia notes the eruption erased signs of its crater and altered its fame.
The administration plans another push to repeal Taft Hartley despite a Senate setback. House Speaker Rayburn and President Truman weighed options after a conference, aiming to press labor committee talks as elections approach. Unemployment fears and optimism over a strong economy frame lawmakers as they debate tax proposals and economic messaging.
Newlyweds and buyers using FHA insured mortgages may face larger down payments as underwriters are told to consider lower construction costs when appraising houses. If builders do not cut prices accordingly, down payments will rise. The decline in costs since late last year is noted while materials become plentiful and worker production improves in many areas.
Congress debates a defense unification bill with Vinson proposing amendments to keep military powers civilian controlled and under Senate approval. The article notes claims that women may surpass men in reasoning and surveys Indiana university professors. It also traces tobacco’s role in American history from colonial times through postwar growth and Marshall Plan ties.
The International City Managers' Association reports a decline in reliance on property taxes for municipal revenue. From 1942 to 1947 the share of income from property taxation fell by 0.4 percent, while overall city revenues rose, leaving property taxes a little over half of total income. In larger cities, total revenue rose 13.2 percent, yet property tax growth lagged at 5.9 percent.
Pretty jonquil and narcissus cutwork design on pillow cases or towels offered as wedding gifts. Pattern 5523 provides two hot iron transfers stitch guides material lists and finishing directions. Send 20 cents plus name and address to receive the pattern. Winner at the fair this summer with a chrysanthemum center and pineapple border.
Dr A Lee Schrader of the horticulture department at University of Maryland notes that moving young fruit trees from nursery to orchard often loses part of the root system. New roots must grow to supply water and minerals or the tree may die or show poor shoot growth, especially in mineral-poor soils.
The European corn borer reduced the 1948 field corn crop by 85 million bushels, according to the U S Department of Agriculture. Surveys by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine with cooperating agencies show this loss more than doubles 1947 production.
Plans for installing a mechanical barn cleaner are recommended by the University of Illinois College of Agriculture. It advises including provisions in new barn plans or remodeling to install the cleaner, even if not immediately required.
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