Garden advice from home front farmer columnist
Washington columnist Harman W. Nichols shares a humorous garden diary about planting errors and corrections. He notes onions, peas, radishes and tomatoes with a review of planting depths and timing from extension director M. L. Wilson, and reflects on delayed corn and beans while joking with his wife about garden plans.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Clint Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Clint
M. L. Wilson
Department of Agriculture
National Garden Institute
Wilson
Sex of unborn babies may be determined easily
San Diego doctors at Linda Vista medical center report a nearly foolproof method for determining fetal sex. Using a Papanicolaou test based smear, they claim 86.6 percent accuracy, noting blue staining signals a boy and pink staining signals a girl.
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San Diego
San Diego Journal
Linda Vista Medical Center
Winton B. Ostr
Merrill H. Thayer
Richard E. Bowers
G. M. Clarke
Honeymoon By the Crowd Launched to End Boredom
Promoter Wesley Oliver unveiled a crowd driven honeymoon plan to keep newlyweds from being alone. A month long train tour visits San Francisco Los Angeles Houston New Orleans Washing ton New York Montreal and Winnipeg with bridal suites chosen by coin toss and on board photographers. Dr Paul Poponoe dismissed the idea saying couples need rest privacy and quiet.
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Los Angeles
Wesley Oliver
Oliver
San Francisco
Glenn McCarthy
Houston
New Orleans
Washington
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Montreal
Winnipeg
Paul Poponoe
The
American Institute of Family Relations
Poponoe
Byrd Says He Will Oppose Taft Hartley Repeal
Senator Harry F. Byrd warns he will vote against repealing the Taft Hartley act despite being blacklisted by the Democratic Party and President Truman. He cites party threats to withhold patronage and accuses leaders of pressuring lawmakers who oppose the party platform.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Democratic Party
Truman
Congress
Orphanages Accused Of Running Black Market For Babies
Miss Georgia Tann of Memphis accuses public orphanages of withholding children who should be available for adoption. She heads ACA chapters in Memphis Los Angeles New York and plans chapters in Chicago and Maryland. She argues institutional care wastes public money and urges uniform national adoption laws and a single national organization.
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Los Angeles
Adopted Children’s’ Association of America
Georgia Tann
Memphis
Tenn
Tann
Children's Home Society of Tennessee
Shelby County
ACA
New York
Chicago
Maryland
United States
Reserve Officers Elect New Idaho Leaders
Idaho Reserve Officers' Association elected new officers at a Boise meeting led by outgoing president Col Wilbur Vincent. Officers include Lt Col Ute H Studebaker of Boise as president and Lt Cecil Dennis as vice president with members from Pocatello Twin Falls Nampa Caldwell Moscow and Boise attending the session at Swan Field.
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Boise
Idaho Reserve Officers’ Association
Wilbur Vincent
Toring
Swan Field
Ute H. Studebaker
Presni
Cecil Dennis
Erwin ‘Ment
Twin Falls
Joseph Kiley
Mpa
Earl R. Reed
Nampa
Harvey S. Smith
Donald Cruikshank
Robert Austin
Pocatello
Caldwell
Moscow
Sewing Machine Firm Head Dies
Sir Douglas Alexander, 85, president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company of Bridgeport, died yesterday in Stamford. Born in England, he practiced law in Canada before joining Singer in 1888 and becoming president in 1905. He was made a British baronet in 1921. Funeral services will be held Tuesday.
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Stamford
Conn
Douglas Alexander
Singer Sewing Machine Company of
Bridgeport
England
Canada
United States
Alexander
Singer
England’s First Life Insurance Policy Issued in 1583
The earliest life insurance policy was issued in England in 1583, marking a historic milestone in the development of risk coverage. This early contract set a precedent for modern life insurance practices and financial planning.
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England
Married Men Thwart Tokyo Marriage Market Becomes Sideshow
At a spring event beside Tokyo's Tama River 300 men and 200 women eyed potential partners at the fourth Tokyo marriage market. Participants paid 50 yen admission and 700 yen membership to join Hope Incorporated's lonely hearts club, with biographical data at the information desk. No matches were made as candidates first became members to weed out already married men.
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Tokyo
Tama
Hope Incorporated
Hope Inc
Lonely Hearts Club
Flying Breakfast Set for Emmett
Idaho aeronautics sponsors the second annual flying breakfast to be held June 12 in Emmett, director Chet Moulton announced. The first breakfast in Twin Falls drew 175 planes from several states. later events are planned for Salmon, McCall, Coeur d'Alene, and Challis on specified dates.
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Boise
Idaho Department of Aeronautics
Emmett
Chet Moulton
Twin Falls
Moulton
Salmon
McCall
Coeur d’Alene
Challis
Crash Kills Family of Five in Iowa Crossing Collision
A Rock Island passenger train fatally struck a car near Northwood Iowa killing Marvin Halstead Fern their three children and a visiting four year old Diane Liedal plus another child 18 months old Monti Lue and four year old Diane Liedal were listed among the deceased. The engineer testified he blew the whistle as the car entered the crossing.
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Northwood
Iowa
Rock Island
Here
Marvin Halstead
Fern
Marlin
Monti Lue
Donovan
Diane Liedal
Halstead Farm
Richard Hahn
Roosevelt's Path Clouded by Birth Citizenship Question
Congressmen elect Franklin D Roosevelt Jr faces possible legal action over eligibility to the presidency due to birth abroad on Campobelo Island near the Canadian border. The constitutional requirement of a natural born citizen may spur a court ruling on his eligibility. Roosevelt, who won Sol Bloom's New York seat, was called a future president by his wife's attorney after Mrs Roosevelt’s divorce in Nevada.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Campobelo Island
Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
N. Y
United States
Minden
Nev
Idaho State to Merge Concert and Marching Bands
Wesley M. Harris announced that Idaho State College will fuse its concert and marching bands into a single organization with more than 100 members. The new band aims for its first public appearance at the 1949 football season opener, with a meeting next Tuesday in Lewis Hall.
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Idaho State College
Wesley M. Harris
Lewis Hall Symphony Room
Pensioners to Get Out Ten Percent Cut in July Aid
The Idaho Department of Public Assistance informs pensioners that July payments will be about 10 percent lower. Affected groups include the aged 65 and older, the blind, and dependent children. State funds for 1949 are insufficient to maintain current levels. Average March payments were $64.85 nationwide and $66.34 in Bannock County. About 55 percent of aid comes from state appropriations, the rest from federal funds.
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Department of Public Assistance
Boise
Bannock County
Navy to Wear Over 1.2 Million Pairs of Shoes in 1949
Navy personnel will wear through more than 1,205,000 pairs of shoes during 1949. The figure underscores large-scale procurement needs and heavy daily use by sailors and officers across all naval services.
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Navy
Outlook For Water Supplies In Columbia Basin
Boice Idaho agency reports adequate irrigation water in the Columbia basin for summer. Two weeks of heavy streamflow and rapidly filling reservoirs are noted. Mid May snow measurements show similar snow water content to 1947 and 1948 at higher elevations, with lower courses measurably lower.
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Boise
Feter
Soil Conservation Service
Columia
Columbian
News Of Record: Local Names Listed In Brief
Jack W. Bertoch 19 and Colleen Price 19 both of Pocatello Cecil Jenkins 30 of McCammon and Dorothy Beebe 20 of Pocatello Reid Bell 22 and Barbara Aldrich 18 both of Buhl appear in this record roundup.
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Jack W. Bertoch
Colleen Price
Pocatello
Cecil Jenkins
McCammon
Dorothy Beebe
Reid Bell
Barbara Aldrich
Buhl
Ancient carillon at Alfred University oldest in New World
The only ancient carillon in the New World, dating from the 17th century, sits at Alfred University in Allegany County, New York.
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New World
Alfred University
Allegany County
N. Y
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