Askov Rutabaga Capital of United States
Askov Minnesota known as Rutabaga Capital of the U S features a 300 resident town with 400 carloads of rutabagas marketed yearly. Farmers yield eight tons per acre with prices around 20 to 40 dollars per ton. Co-ops drive local economy including dairy, flour, fuel, livestock, trucking and grocery operations. Strong town farmer ties trace to Danish settlers and cooperative tradition.
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Askov
Rutabagas
U. S
Lutheran
A's Triumph with Lopsided Wins in 1865 Doubleheader
Philadelphia Athletics routed Williamsburgh 100 to 8 in the morning and crushed Danville 162 to 11 in the afternoon on October 20, 1865. Al Reach contributed 34 runs in the two games.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
Wil Hamsburg
Danville
al Reach
Frauleins Complain Overseas Vets Sparks Local Concern
Louisville officials report letters from Europe and the South Pacific spouses and families seeking information on American men who served overseas. Capt. William Kiefer heads the missing persons bureau as police respond to the rising inquiries and public worry.
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Louisville
Europe
South Pacific
William Kiefer
Bureau of Missing Persons
Aviation notes and airport news from across the nation
The navy plans Bar Infield Alabama closure by September 1. Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin boasts a DC 3 capable airport. Mary Longecor aged 85 flies from South Bend Indiana to Cleveland Ohio. Oxford Mississippi approves veterans flight training. Franklin North Carolina embraces solo flight by locals including a dentist and a telephone man. Easton Maryland hosts a show where Norman Harrington aims for solo in a single day. Hank Orth trains with Maryland Airlines for lessons. Private planes may curb farm population decline by improving access and social ties. CAA notes show traffic up over 1,000 percent since 1935 with rising congestion at city airports. Aircraft registration due July 1. private pilots fear plane mortgaging headaches. new airports to be built before federal funds arrive. Gene McGill and John Hueske discuss flying farmers, field spotting, and cross-state farming flights. Made by Funk Two passenger, cruising speed 100 mph.
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Navy
Barinfield
Foley
Ala
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Mary Longecor
South Bend
Ind
Cleveland
Ohio
Champion Wright Flying Service
Municipal Airport
Oxford
Miss
Franklin
N. C
Easton
Norman Harrington
Hank Orth
Maryland Airlines
CAA
J. P. Wright
F. M. Lanter
Nebraska Learns to Fly in Rural Training Surge
In Chase county near the Colorado border about 125 of the 5000 residents are enrolled in flying courses. Many students come from farm families. Local instructors like F G Fuelberth of Wayne and D W Bair of Bradshaw report large enrollments with 30 to 100 logbooks in use.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Chase County
F. G. Fuelberth
Wayne
D. W. Bair
Bradshaw
Army
Utah Sets 1947 Centennial For Brigham Young Pioneers
Salt Lake City notes Pioneer Day events across Utah as the state marks the 100th anniversary of Brigham Young and his company entering the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. The centennial commission includes John M. Wallace and Gus P. Backman with Albert J. Southwick chairing the Days of 47 pageant. The 1946 celebration remains large, while 1947 will feature a wagon train retracing the pioneers trail and the famous line This is the place spoken by Young.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Intermountain Territory
Omaha
Salt Lake Valley
Herbert Man
John M. Wallace
Ward C. Holbrook
John F. Fitzpatrick
Frederick Pell
Gus P. Backman
Backman
Albert J. Southwick
Devoted Lifetime to Making World Clean
MANKATO MINN R G Bachertz age 70 has spent 58 years in broom making and half a century owning the Mankato broom works. He makes five kinds of regular brooms whisk brooms toy brooms and junior brooms and estimates he has produced over a million of them.
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Mankato, Minn
R. G. Bachertz
Mankaty Broom Works
Bachertz
Great Salt Lake May Vanish in 300 Years
Salt Lake City reports a long term decline in Great Salt lake levels dating to 1850. U S Geological Survey engineer Ralf R Woolley says the lake could dry to Bonneville flats in about three centuries as the historical trend shows a depth loss of one foot every fifteen years.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Bonneville Salt Flats
Ralf R. Woolley
U. S. Geological Survey
Found a Cure for Plant Wilt and Athlete's Foot
Washington scientists from the department of agriculture report a chemical named tomatin shows promise against tomato plant wilt and may treat human fungal infections including athlete's foot. The compound remains in the test tube stage and is active against ringworm fungi that affect feet hands and scalp.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Roosters Found Perched Under Pickup In Valentine Night
Mr and Mrs Roe parked on Main Street when Buck Junod found three roosters perched on the drive shaft beneath the car. The roosters motored into town for a night life event and were discovered after an inspection.
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Valentine
Nebr
Wm. Roe
Main Street
Buck Junod
Southern Girl Becomes UT Mechanical Engineering Graduate
Mary Porter Fain, a 17-year-old freshman in September 1942, became the first woman to earn a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee on May 3 of the current year. She completed four years of work alongside male classmates and plans to pursue design and research in engines or household appliances, hoping to work in the South but willing to move north for the right opportunity.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Oolfs
Mary Porter Fain
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee
Mary
Western Europeans reject communists in elections
Western Europe sees a rise of Christian democracy as a counter to communism with France Italy and Holland showing gains for non socialist forces. The piece notes socialists allied with communists in places and warns against labeling the shift as religious while stressing anti stateist restraint and broad secular coalitions.
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Washington
France
Popular Republican Movement
Italy
Holland
Europe
Unusual Party Tips From Pioneering Household Notes
A collection of quirky domestic hints covers serving sherbet in apple juice for flair, patching underwear with cross stitches, sewing many pockets on aprons, organizing toilet articles in a foldable bag, kerosene dusting for brooms, repurposing dad shirts for shoulder pads, bias seam basting with paper, tearing away the paper after stitching, and scenting clothes with cologne on cotton for a pleasant aroma.
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Askov, Minn
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Okla
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Gene McGill
National Flying Farmers Association
John Hueske
Washington County
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New Mexico
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Zion National Park
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Mission St
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