Buddy Poppy Sale Supports Children of Deceased Soldiers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars fund the National Home in Eaton Rapids Michigan for widows and orphans of ex servicemen. Each spring a girl from the home presents the first Buddy Poppy to the President before the general sale begins. The 1947 goal is 21 million poppies with proceeds funding veteran welfare and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. F. W. National
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Washington
Buddy
Poppy
V.F.W
Veterans’ Organization
Woodrow Wilson
National
V.F.W. Posts
V.F.W. National Home
Aviation Notes Highlight Flying Ranch Sale and Pilot Demographics
Frank Hartman, a Denver real estate agent and pilot, closed a large ranch sale in one day after aerial viewing. The piece notes a cross Pacific survey flight by Mrs Mamie B Nelson with her son Orvis Nelson of Transocean Air Lines, and discusses aviation use in cranberry bogs, accident statistics, pilot hours, and a new aircraft owners directory by Air Review Publishing for Civil Aeronautics administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hartman
Denver
Pacific Ocean
Singapore
Royal Netherlands East Indies
Mamie B. Nelson
Orvis Nelson
Transocean Air Lines
Philippine Air Lines
Fred Richolson
Davis Junction
Ill
Roger Lace
Richolson
Lace
Massachusetts
National Cranberry Association
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Air Review Publishing Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Cat Disgraces Himself At Beaumont Hotel
A cat owned by Police Chief Artie Pollock in Beaumont, Texas, visited a local hotel and drank beer after finding scraps of food there. The animal’s outing ended when a rascal gave him a bottle of beer, disrupting its drunken excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Artie Pollock
Hydroelectric Power On Farms Expands Rural Electricity
Article notes many farms remain outside electric lines but can gain power via small hydro units. A dam and pond enable year round electricity at low cost, with 0.5 to 5 kilowatts typical. A head of water of eight to twenty five feet drives generation and supports watering stock and recreation.
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America
Fungicides Tested On Easter Lily Scales At Beltsville
Researchers Dr. W D Mc Clellan and N W Stuart of the U S Department of Agriculture test fungicides on Easter lily scales at the Beltsville station. The lily bulbs carry 40 to 60 china like scales, offering uniform scale rot vulnerability for evaluating treatments. The method allows year round testing, easy readout on scales, and simple application as dust or solution with minimal equipment.
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W. D. McClellan
N. W. Stuart
U.S.D.A
Thiouracil Feeding Alters Chick Glands and Fattening
Purdue researchers report that feeding thiouracil at 0.2 percent to chickens causes noticeable thyroid enlargement and increased fattening. In breeding hens, similar thyroid changes were observed, indicating hormonal effects from the drug.
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Purdue Experiment Station
Lemon Wake Up Drink Replace Harsh Laxatives
Readers are urged to avoid harsh laxatives and try a lemon and water morning drink. The ad touts Sunkist lemons from California as rich in vitamin C and B complex, claiming it boosts digestion, resists fatigue, and improves appetite while stimulating normal bowel action.
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Sunkist
California Sunkist
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Corey J. Spencer
Mattie Ebb Spencer
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Peary Ship
Marine Corps
Opheses Aviation Notes
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania—Aeronautics Commission
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Post Office Department
Cat
U.S.S. Wisconsin
Naval Reserve
Los Angeles
Future Farmers of America
Dowlin Young
Fullerton
Calif
California
Pearl Harbor
Southland High
Dowling
Dowlin
University of California At Davis
Glenn L. Martin
Mary Pickford
Martin
Glenn Martin
Oldsters
Spot
Lloyd Clark
Calais
Lise Merville
U.N
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
United Nations Special Assembly
Mel Sheehan
University of Missouri
Mildred
Babe) Zaharias
Pinehurst
N. C
Montana
Cade
McKessom Laboratories
Miles Laboratories, Inc
Elkhart
Indiana
Delouse
Tobacco By-Products & Chemical Corporation Incorporated
Louisville 2
Kentucky
Halco Sanitari
WNU
Doans
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