Atomic Calendar Developed To Probe Nature's Secrets
Yale researchers join University of Chicago in using a radiocarbon atomic calendar to date events up to 15,000 years. Willard Libby leads the method, funded by a Rockefeller grant of 42,500 dollars. The project spans atomic physics to geology and history, aiding archaeologists and historians with precise timelines.
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Nature
Yale University
University of Chicago
Willard F. Libby
Institute For Nuclear Studies
Yale
Libby
Rockefeller Foundation
Geochronometric Laboratory
North America
New World
114 Billion Dollars Spent For New Plant in Decade
The decade 1941 through 1950 saw 114.4 billion dollars in new plant and equipment expenditures led by manufacturing 50.9 billion, commercial and miscellaneous 30.1 billion, electric and gas utilities 15.0 billion, railroads 80 billion, mining 5.9 billion, and other transportation 45 billion. Life insurance company savings funded much of this expansion aiding postwar production.
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America
US. Department of Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
Bacteria Reproduce Fast, May Yield Mutants
A University of Illinois professor explains that bacteria can generate billions of descendants in a day, rivaling 2000 years of human generations. The rapid growth could reveal mutations where ancestry links diverge, with examples such as six-fingered individuals noted as potential occurrences.
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H. Orin Halvorson
Bacteriology
University of Illinois
Durable Finishes for Cash Registers Across Professions
Finishes for cash registers must resist harsh substances and climates. A butcher shop demands blood, salt water and greases protection, a bakery requires oven fumes resistance, and a beauty shop needs soap and alkalis tolerance. Climate varies from open markets in the tropics to cold Arctic conditions.
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Tropics
Alaska
Greenland
Paints and finishes drive military equipment coatings
The paint and finishes industry provides tailored coatings for over 50 items of military gear. From eyelets on shoes to full tanks, nearly every fighting, floating, or flying item requires specialized durable coatings.
Railroads Carry More Than Three-Fifths of U S Intercity Freight
Intercity freight traffic in the United States is carried by railroads at a rate exceeding three fifths of the total. This underscores the dominance of rail transport in moving goods nationwide.
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United States
Notice of Cheyenne County special election in Nebraska
The Cheyenne County Nebraska board announces a special election on April 24, 1951 to vote on bonds for a county community hospital and a 3 mill tax levy through 1971. Polling places include Brownson, Chambers, Potter, Sidney, Lodgepole, Ordville, and other districts with eight am to eight pm hours. The county clerk’s office and board chair George Fleming authorize the sale and placement of the measures.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska
County Board of Commissioners
Brownson School House
Bunkerhill School House
Chambers School House
School House
Aurley
North Side
Sidney
Huntsman Siemers Old Store
Huntsman
Nebr
Lodgepole
Moses’s
Lorenzo
East Ward
Ordville
Pleasant View
Potter Legion Hall
Potter
Court House
International Harvester Co
10Th
Newton Sts
Trognitz School House
Ey City
Dalton
George Fleming
Cheyenne County ‘Hospital
Cheyenne County
Dairymen Weigh Butter Future Amid Declining Use
Dairy farmers nationwide, led by Midwest producers, consider butter’s long term outlook as per capita consumption drops from 16.9 pounds in 1940 to 10.5, while margarine rises from 2.4 pounds. The shift signals potential shakeups in the dairy industry’s economic base.
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Midwest
Butter price crisis sparks industry worry over future
The wartime butter market collapsed as ceilings rose and buyers learned to do without. With prices above a dollar per pound, average families struggled. Industry leaders now blame the butter-pleo battle for worsening conditions and fear for the industry’s near future.
National Farm Safety Week Set for July 22 28
National Farm Safety Week will be observed July 22 28 as Ned H Dearborn National Safety Council president urged farm residents to adopt safe practices year round to reduce farm accidents. The effort is joined by the American Farm Bureau Federation the Farmer's Union the National Grange the Farm Equipment Institute and the U S Department of Agriculture to strengthen America's defense measures and save manpower and production.
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America
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
Farmer’s Union
National Grange
Farm Equipment Institute
Council
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Turkeys Use Movable Nests To Reduce Fighting
A group of turkey raisers devised movable nesting sections to prevent hens from fighting and to monitor egg breakage. Entrance guards balance on a pipe and rotate. when a hen enters the nest the guard closes for privacy until departure. The tops are removable and nests may sit on low runners for easy shifting.
Holstein Sets World Butterfat Record With Dairy Cow
Carnation Homestead Daisy Madcap, a Holstein cow, holds the world butterfat record with 1,412.6 pounds of butterfat from 34,553 pounds of milk, averaging 4.1 percent for the year. The record equates to 1,767 pounds of butter and 16,071 quarts of milk, with a single test day yielding 123.3 pounds of milk.
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Carnation Homestead
Western pine farms hit million-acre mark in Oregon in 1950
Oregon led the 12 state Western Pine region by reaching more than one million acres of pine tree farms in 1950. The record surpasses other states in plantation area, signaling a peak in conifer timber expansion.
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Oregon
Estate No 1901 of Lars A Jorgensen Deceased
Creditors must file claims against Estate No 1901 of Lars A Jorgensen by July 24 1951 or be barred. The county court will receive claims at 10 a.m. on April 24 1951 and July 24 1951 for examination allowance or adjustment. Robt A Barlow County Judge. Martin & Davis attorneys. Ss 61-3-5
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Lars Alfred Jorgensen
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Said
Robt
A. Barlow
Seal County
Martin & Davis
Legal Notice in Mechanic's Lien Foreclosure Suit
Nebraska Drillers Inc files a petition in the District Court on April 4 1951 against MECO Well Drilling Contractors and listed defendants to foreclose a mechanic's lien. The action names The Sharples Oil Corporation Ohio Oil Company and several individuals as parties. The notice calls all named defendants to respond.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Wth Meco
Casper
Wyoming
Nebraska Drillers
Inca Corporation
Torgeson, Halcomb & O’brien
MECO
H. O
Stewart Meece
Ray E. Sabata
John A.howell
Sharples Oil Corporation
H. P. Macauley
Thomas G. Dorough
William N. Gillette
Charles M. Kritzman
Burton C. Meighan
Ohio Oil Company
Nebraska. Drillers, Inc
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Nand
I. J. Pindell
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National Farm Safety
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Powell Hardware
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Lear
Washington
Dalton Farmers
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