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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
3
Woman's World surveys cotton dress and shirtwaist trends for 1950s wardrobes. Pinchecks, stripes, florals and pastel lilacs are recommended for all figures, with emphasis on easy care and minimal ironing. The piece contrasts fashion with farm economics noting 1920 to 1954 farm declines and efficiency gains reducing farm workers.
Indoor rugged playrooms suit rainy day fun for teens and families. Use durable wall paneling over cracked plaster or cement, heavy grade linoleum with proper backing, acoustical ceiling tiles, and sturdy furnishings. Choose rugged enamel finishes and rugged blocks for structure to withstand rough play.
Thousands of punch cards from Farm Census IBM machines warn farmers to specialize or exit. The trend shows farms shrinking from 4.85 million hog operations in 1920 to 2.37 million in 1954, a 51 percent drop, while cattle farms grow but with fewer producers.
A plan to break infection chains in swine herds by using disease free newborn pigs. Researchers report obtaining pigs via Cesarean or sterile harvesting and moving them to isolated quarters. Studies show piglets can be raised without colostrum if protected from environmental factors, remaining essentially disease free at birth.
A DIY bird deterrent built from light sheet metal aims to protect fruit trees. It consists of three pieces including a full body contour panel and two half body pieces without ears, joined by hinges and coil springs to sway with the wind.
Washington reports Ghana, the world’s newest nation, derives its name from a powerful medieval empire. The former Gold Coast borders include Ashanti and British Togoland, with Accra as capital and Kwame Nkrumah leading efforts to modernize. Resistance remains in Ashanti and the Northern Territories.
New York based Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports all time low death rates in 1956 for tuberculosis maternity childhood disease death by own action and homicide. Poliomyelitis deaths among insured dropped to .3 per 100000, linked to immunization. Overall industrial policyholder mortality remained at 6.2 per 1000 for three straight years.
A Chicago based survey shows Southern families prefer catsup, with 81 percent buying at least one bottle monthly. The survey across the nation reports 78 percent in the East, 75 percent in the Central states, and 68 percent in the Pacific states.
Scientists Dr. Marion Wegner of Los Angeles and Dr. B K Bagschi of Michigan plan a six month study in India on the psychology of yoga. Using a 78 pound transistor machine they aim to explore central nervous system control and involuntary responses such as heart action and possible temporary numbness to pain.
A historical note explains that in 10th century BC Palestine no coined money existed. King Solomon's wealth is highlighted as legendary yet the economy lacked minted currency.
Three Dallas researchers report in JAMA that hypnosis helped in six special cases where chemical anesthesia posed risks. They used hypnosis for a polio victim delivering a baby, a dental procedure on a patient allergic to chemicals, and other lengthy or risky procedures.
A 1776 Franklin letter to Gen. Lee argues bows were effective against muskets, noting rapid firing, concealment from smoke, and easy provisioning. Col. Berkeley R. Lewis cites a comprehensive small arms treatise to support the claim.
Washington notes that marbles signal spring as children play the traditional game using shooters to knock other marbles from a ring. The practice spans ancient to modern times with marbles made of glass, stone, alabaster, agate, clay, and colored glass, reflecting changing materials.
Washington exhibit at the Smithsonian narrates the development of telephone tech from 1837 Galvanic music by Charles G Page of Massachusetts to modern electronic devices. Bell Laboratories helped plan the display and the telephone industries of the United States presented it.
The report describes Hawaii as a U S territory with its own national melody named Hawaii Panoi. It notes the anthem as a stately tune and offers a brief reference to its meaning My Own Hawaii.
Washington reports that about 350000 years ago shallow seas hosted abundant brachiopods with two shells and a stalk. These fossils, preserved in limestone and silicified by silica, help geologists date rock sequences and reveal ancient Earth life.
LOS ANGELES A new automobile crash injury project at the University of California, funded by the Air Force, will crash 25 cars in controlled head on tests at up to 50 mph to study engineering and physiological factors. The goal is to inform safer design and reduce injuries from the about 40,000 annual U.S. car deaths, with experts estimating half could be prevented by existing and new measures.
LA JOLLA Calif The seal population on Guadalupe Island 120 miles off Baja California has risen to about 6000 in a preliminary count by Carl L Hubbs of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Once nearly wiped out the species is protected by Mexican law. Final figures await photo analysis. A 1920 pound male and a 660 pound female were captured for the San Diego Zoo.
A joint educational project sponsored by Christian denominations in Japan and North America, the International Christian University near Tokyo, has graduated its first class. Since 1949, fourteen major Protestant bodies in the United States and Canada have funded the venture with about 5 million dollars, drawing on a combined church membership exceeding 25 million.
The Netherlands has the highest average longevity among nations with 72.9 years for women and 70.6 years for men, based on current life expectancy figures.
New York reports that Americans are saving more as competition for spending fades and taxes rise. U S Commerce figures show 1956 as the first $20 billion savings year since World War II, with a marked rise from 1955 and previous peaks, reflecting thrift incentives and higher interest.
Nineteen UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration faculty forecast 1957 will be a record for business driven by plant and equipment spending and rising government outlays. They project a 429 billion gross national product, up 16 billion from 1956, with consumer spending and industrial production hitting new highs. Automobile output expected at 6.5 million, up 12 percent. residential construction to fall further. prices to rise due to higher costs, especially wages.
Norman Oklahoma reports on J Frank Dobie praising James H Cook author of Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as the archetype brush popper. The piece recalls the rough method to rope outlaw cattle by striking through dense brush and the rider’s resilience against thickets and weather.
An annual Munich pageant in Dinkelsbuhl Bavaria honors children who saved the town from a 1633 Swedish siege. A child reminded the conqueror of his dead son, prompting orders to spare the town from loot and ruin.
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