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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1937
Page
2
A collection of wry musings on international politics, kidnappings, absurd optimism, and odd travel anecdotes. The writer jokes about ransom laws, convicts as kidnappers, and a New York dredging tale that yielded pennies, plus South American expedition quirks and musical whisky experiments.
Zeke Johnson, custodian of Natural Bridges National Monument, discoveres a lodge of prehistoric houses near a trail. He reports a near complete kiva with roof and ladder intact, plus two well preserved walled houses and several smaller structures, arrows points and pottery scattered on a sunlit ledge.
T K Pavlychenko of the University of Saskatchewan reports at a Society of Washington meeting that crested wheat grass forms roots at about two miles per day, reaching nearly 20 miles of roots by age two. The grass, introduced from western Siberia, helps fight weeds and wind erosion while serving as forage.
Soviet report credits A. I. Ogosievets with inventing an organ like instrument producing oriental and Western music tones. The octave spans 17 intervals and the device reportedly impressed the Academy of the USSR. Other recent inventions include Emeriton Violena and Equodin.
A wandering widow and her trailer life illustrate the rise of mobile living in America. An elderly New Hampshire born woman recounts leaving a fixed homestead after fifty years, buying a $900 trailer, and traveling with grandchildren and a watchdog. She notes costs about $100 a month covering everything, with freedom from rent, taxes, and servants as she tours the country toward warmer weather.
A discussion on maintaining proper posture to support health and reduce disease risk. It covers sitting erect or slightly reclined, leg angles, footrests for circulation, avoiding the forward “jackknife” knee posture, use of wedge cushions, and exercises to promote an upright stance with shoulders back and chin up.
Russia builds what will be the world’s largest structure the Palace of the Soviets with over a million cubic yards of earth removed for the foundation. Steam shovels and pumps toil day and night behind a wooden fence near the Kremlin as 200 000 tons of steel are planned for the project.
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