Youthful Artists Shown In Scholastic Art Exhibit
Pittsburgh hosts the national scholastic art awards with more than 1,200 works on display from high school students across the United States. Seventy seniors won scholarships to leading art schools. 600 plus awards were given as judges noted abundant talent.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
Louis Fro
Oe Een
Georges Schreiber
Metropolitan
Whitney
Homer Saint Gaudens
Royal Farnum
Cleveland
Ohio
Rose A. Greco
Endicott
N. Y
Doris Friedrich
Denver
Colorado
Scholastic
Scholastic Arts Magazine
Treatment Would Save Thousands Who Have Cancer
New York report notes without a cure for cancer about 50 000 of the 175 000 annual cancer deaths could be prevented with early diagnosis and treatment. Surgery x ray and radium have cured many cancers including skin breast and lip when treated early. Clinicians estimate about 30 percent of current deaths might be saved with prompt proper care.
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New York
American Cancer Society
California farm co operatives report strong business volume
Internal Revenue data show California farmer cooperatives expanding activity. Returns from 200 cooperatives indicate earnings totaling 237.797 million dollars with agricultural co ops in the state contributing a large share of national production. The figures reflect rising cooperative activity among California farmers.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue Returns
California
Rick
The
Eaties
Ohio
Aviation notes span airports and pilots across the nation
A Crow Wing county airport near Brainerd Minnesota is set for development at about 700 acres with 40000 dollars in county and city funds. Flyers at Young airfield Oxford North Carolina joined a breakfast event. Jimmy O Neill manages Fairhaven Vermont airport. Alfred Ward Sr Johnson Kansas flies with his livestock branded on his plane. Wadena Minnesota opened a municipal airport. Windsor North Carolina gains a training plane at Bertie county port operated by Jack Goldstein Harry Stubbs ITI and A J Smithwick. Boston flying club members toured Lakes Region Airport Center Ossipee New Hampshire using pontoon planes. Spivey Field memorializes J B Spivey s three sons who died in WWII aviation crashes. Bill West Medicine Bow Wyoming becomes chartered pilot with Sportsman air service at Beyer airport near Bridgeport Nebraska with 4000 flight hours. Montana farmers like Cliff Reimche provide landing fields and public access. War Assets Administration sold four major transport types to veterans powering hundreds of non scheduled airlines postwar. Red Wing Minnesota Emma Guest flies at 92 recalling oxen cart incident in youth. Air gadgets to disrupt airflow are used for training. American Airlines selects Rosecrans Field St Joseph Missouri as HQ for its new contract air freight division.
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Crow Wing
Brainerd
Minn
Young Airfield
Oxford
Jimmy O'Neill
Fairhaven
Alfred Ward Sr
Johnson
Kansas Flying Farmers
Wadena
Windsor
N. C
Bertie County
Jack Goldstein
Harry Stubbs
Spivey
J. B. Spivey
Timberville Turkey Profits Boost Rural Virginia Town
In Timberville Virginia a poultry network sustains 175000 to 200000 turkeys within a five mile radius. Sam Cox notes the enterprise grew via a share-the-profit plan with local hatcheries and feed companies aiding broiler production. The Rockingham co op and Mutual Cold Storage support a plant hiring 200 workers and $250000 payroll. Freight revenue topped $30000 in a busy month in 1944.
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Timberville
Sam Cox
Rockingham Poultry Marketing Co-op
Poultry Marketing
North Dakota Man Traps 200 Snakes From Single Den
Bryan Menzie of the soil conservation office captured more than 200 rattlesnakes from one den on the Bill Staunton ranch near Chamberlain. Rattlesnake authority Jackly aided with two traps designed by Bruce Campbell and Merle Thompson. The den yielded over 100 rattlers in recent weeks, with a fall catch of 125 from the same den.
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Chamberlain, S. D
Bryan Menzie
Soil Conservation Office
Bill Staunton
Chamberlain
Jackly
Bruce Campbell
Merle Thompson
Menzie
Paul Bunyan Plow Unleashed in California Fields
In San Diego California the largest plow ever built turns a furrow three feet wide and six feet deep. Four heavy tractors pull the device which, by handling flood sand from 1916, restores fertility of San Luis Rey valley soil. The cost to bring soil to the surface ranges from 50 to 19 dollars per acre.
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San Diego
Calif
California
Paul Bunyan
San Luis Rey
Columbia Tops Nation in Auto Theft Recoveries
Columbia, South Carolina reports the nation’s highest 1945 car recovery rate at 90 percent, well above the national average of 35 percent. The data highlight Columbia as the safest city for car theft incidents by recovery efficiency.
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Columbia
S. C
United States
Dover High School Teaches Fishing As Team Sport
Dover's Bernie Smith, a high school teacher and fishing coach, pushes fishing toward interscholastic team competition. Students fish local lakes on trips, train indoors making baits and flies, and aim to showcase skill with future sport status.
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Dover
N. H
Bernie Smith
Smith
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E. J. Hall
Houston
Texas
Aviation
Bill West
Medicine Bow
Wyo
USN Ferrying
Sportsman Air Service
Beyer Airport
Bridgeport
Neb
Montana
Cliff Reimche
Wold Point
Reimche Place
War Assets Administration
G.i.s
Red Wing
Emma Guest
American Airlines
Rosecrans Field
St. Joseph, Mo
Young Jersey Bull
Miami
Jamaica
Virginia
E. L. Kirkpatrick
Rockingham County
David Grossman
Barnsville
Amarillo
North Dakota
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Mission St
San Francisco
Holland
Firestone
Ekce
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