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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1947
Page
3
During World War II farmers increasingly used arc welding to repair and modify equipment at home. Emergencies boosted transformer type welders on farms as they learned to weld parts in place, scrap metal became new tools, and welders built feed cars, loaders, racks, trucks, and many other implements to keep gear productive.
Purdue University argues that there is an easy and a hard way to do any job and that using one’s head saves time energy and expense. The piece urges figuring out the easiest, most effective method before acting.
Professors Pepper and Hastings at Montana State College designed a thermocouple to measure grasshopper body temperature. They relate sunlight intensity and air temperature to when and where grasshoppers feed, aiming to understand pest activity.
Dr R L Cook a soils specialist at Michigan State College says balanced rotation improves soil. Continuous cultivation on one field reduces organic matter and lowers future yields.
Early castration at three to four weeks is advised to ease handling and aid healing. Low incisions help drainage and result in neater finished barrows, with closer supervision to monitor wounds.
Port Lines reports its 11745 ton Port Hobart encountered a whale in mid Pacific that became impaled on the bow. The master said the living whale thrashed its tail as the ship appeared to cut through the fish before the whale sank after backing away.
Two executives aboard the American, wrecked near Huntingdon, named nurse Myriel Carlo of Bronx New York, the heroine after aiding the dying and injured. She and a doctor used lantern light and bandages as no plasma or morphine were aboard until a doctor arrived.
London reports a midnight ghost plane swoops in from the east at high speed then vanishes inland over the east Anglia coast. RAF night fighters fail to intercept as radar tracks odd returns. observers speculate on its nature and origin while noting possible snow on wings.
William Offerman, a 52 year old tavern keeper in Chicago, left two Boston terriers to guard his home. A burglar entered the second floor apartment through a bedroom window and, after locking the dogs in a bedroom, plundered the place. He fled after shooting at the couple as they confronted him on the back steps.
Atlantic City report says Americans drink about a million barrels less beer per month than a year ago due to high retail prices. R J Cheatwood, president of the National Beer Wholesalers Association, attributes the drop to the 25 cent bottle price.
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