Mineral deficiency boosts plant health in serpentine soils
West coast scientist Dr. Richard Walker reports molybdenum deficiency in soils over serpentine rock, causing mottled yellowing in tomatoes and romaine lettuce. Fertilizing with molybdenum rapidly greens foliage. deficiency linked to eastern southern Texas and western regions, with broad western hemisphere implications.
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Richard B. Walker
University of California, Berkeley
University of Washington
Seattle
United States
Walker
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Texas
Far West
Middle-West
Australia
Western Hemisphere
Top Level Army Shifts Made By U S
The U S Army announces a top level reorganization effective November 15 to place headquarters on a peace or war footing. Changes place supply control under the undersecretary, group seven technical services under the general staff director of personnel and administration, and create a vice chief of staff plus two deputy chiefs. Gen J Lawton Collins becomes vice chief. Lt Gen Wade H Haislip deputy of administration and Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer deputy for plans and combat operations. The vice chief will issue top level orders with full authority.
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Washington
U.S. Army
Kenneth C. Royall
General Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Wade H. Haislit
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Haislit
Soil Unit Conclave Set For November In Idaho
District Supervisors of Idaho Soil Conservation plan their sixth annual meeting in Weiser from November 11 to 13. President Milton Branch says it will be the largest gathering of its kind in the state. Speakers include Gov. C A Robins Kent Leavitt of Millbrook New York and R N Irving Idaho state conservationist.
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Weiser
District Supervisors of
Idaho Soil Conservation
Milton Branch
Midvale
Branch
C. A. Robins
Kent Leavitt
Millbrook
N. Y
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
R. N. Irving
Boise
Postmaster Sells Stamp Halves After Shortage
In Cebu City the post office ran out of two-cent stamps but had four-cent stamps. The post master cut four-cent stamps in half to sell as two-cent stamps, drawing the director of posts’ disapproval and a suspension.
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Cebu City
Philippines
Cebu
Director of Posts
Al Trusa Club Rummage Sale Set for Friday
Members of the Al Trusa club plan a rummage sale in the USO building on North First Street starting at 9 a m Friday.
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al Trusa Club
USO
North First Street
News Notes From Soda Springs and Area
Local notes report community activities at Soda Springs including membership lists for the OOF and Rebekah lodges and social visits. Obituary records note the death of McKinley S. Holt, veteran of both wars, with services at the LDS church and military honors by the Blackburn-Call American Legion Post.
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LDS Church
Frank Kunz Presid
Cigarette Ads Provoking AMA Warning On Tighter Rules
The American Medical Association warned cigarette manufacturers that advertising may trigger restrictive legislation. An AMA Journal editorial urged voluntary policing by the industry and called for more scientific studies and respect for intelligent advertising from medical professionals.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
AMA Journal
Life Is an Adventure Milwaukee Child Trio Dangers
Kenneth Gardner a three year old in Milwaukee was first treated for a hand caught in a washing machine wringer then returned to hospital the same day for head injuries from a porch fall.
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Milwaukee
Kenneth Gardner
Sheriff Jennison loses fair gambing concession after dog show draw
At the Cheshire county fair Sheriff Arthur N. Jennison had a concession closed by fair officials after his gambling stand was shut. His bloodhound movies drew a large crowd blocking aisles in the main exhibit building, prompting the exhibit closure for crowd management.
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Keene
N. H
Arthur N. Jennison
Cheshire County Fair
Harvard admits 14 year old freshman from Kalamazoo
Fourteen year old Alexander M. McColl of Kalamazoo Michigan joins Harvard College fall freshman class. He credits rapid advancement to the patience and understanding of his Penn Charter School headmaster in Philadelphia and to private tutoring by his mother.
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Harvard
Cambridge, Mass
Alexander M. McColl
Kalamazoo, Mich
Harvard College
Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Illini Name Adopted by Illinois Football Team
The University of Illinois football team adopted the nickname Illini derived from the tribes who gave the state its name. The epithet honors Native American heritage and has been used to represent the university's athletic squads.
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University of Illinois
Illini
Anderson Angered By Voting Probe
Clinton Anderson denounced a House inquiry as a contemptible device to influence the New Mexico Senate race. He accused the probe of aiming to aid his Republican opponent Patrick Hurley as campaigns heat up in Albuquerque.
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Anderson
Albuquerque
N.M
Clinton P. Anderson
U. S. Senate
New Mexico
House Committee On Publicity and Propaganda
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate
Ice rink at Illinois converted to dormitory for 400 men
The University of Illinois in Champaign uses its ice skating rink as housing this fall. The converted arena provides barracks style dormitory space for 400 men students.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
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LeRoy Meek
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