Old Polar Mystery Seen in Ice Island At Top of World
Washington Lieut. Col. Joseph O. Fletcher writes in National Geographic that Fletcher's Ice Island, a drifting Air Force base, may be Admiral Peary's mythical Cracker Land. He explains such ice islands can resemble land and drift from Ellesmere Island's coast, potentially misplacing early Arctic geography.
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Ice Island
Washington
Joseph O. Fletcher
U.S.A
National Geographic Magazine
Fletcher
Admiral Peary
Cracker Land
North Pole
Fletcher's Island
Keenan Land
President's Land
Arctic
Colonel Fletcher
Air Force
Ellesmere Island
Polar Basin
Japan Faces Big Population Problem
Japan confronts a severe population pressure with high density in lowland areas and a growing need to secure food. The nation relies on fish for protein, as grain-fed livestock is limited, aided by Japan Sea fisheries and a jagged coastline with many harbors and islands.
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Japan
Britain
United States
Japan Sea
Oklahoma Cop in Air Tracks Speeders From Above
Lt. Art Hamilton pilots Oklahoma patrol’s light traffic plane since 1949. He spots violations from the air and radios data to ground units. By timing speeds on measured course sections he converts readings to miles per hour. He uses one mile section lines for mileage.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Art Hamilton
Hamilton
Oklahoma Patrol
Palomino Breeders Enforce Strict Registration Standards
Washington horse registries uphold stringent palomino criteria. Coat color must stay within three shades of a minted gold coin, mane and tail white to ivory with limited dark hairs, and white stockings or blaze acceptable. Any zebra-like leg markings or a dark dorsal stripe disqualify a horse from registration.
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Washington
Fat in proper amounts essential to health
An article in Today's Health from the American Medical Association notes that both too little and too much body fat are dangerous. It states that fatty tissue in normal amounts is essential, with about 15 to 20 percent of body weight considered normal.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Woden area notes include deaths and school moves
Marvin Foster of Webster City died after a short illness in Mason City. Funeral with military honors was held in Des Moines. The Woden school board filled most faculty spots, approved a $160 raise per teacher for 1954 55, and discussed grade level staffing. Community events included a Junior Senior banquet, weddings, social gatherings, music contests, and travel notices among local families.
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Marvin Foster
Webster City
Robert Patterson
Mason City
Brin Furniture
American Legion
Richard Foster
Clear Lake
J. A
Frances) Chemplin
Robert
Velma) Patterson
Woden
J. R Tisdale
Herbert H. Howelson
Jack L. Sogard
Doris Sathoff
Betty Gartner
Margery Goetz
Virginia Tisdale
Board of Education
John Rudisill
Gladys Weishaar
Ralph Stalzer
Algona
Catholic Ladies Guild
Wilbur Crone
James Fitzpatrick
Clarence Watson
Pvt
Fred Hugo
Anchorage
Alaska
U.S
EAMC
Seattle
Wash
Ordinance Automotive School
Atlanta
Dale Bird
Roger Missman
Perry
Iowa
Dale
Roger
Chris Nyman
Mitchell
Paul Nyman
Robert Nyman
Miami
Fla
Nyman
Eugene Wood
Britt
William Wood
Oscar Hammond
Titonka
S. F. Wenger
W. L. Tindall
J. C. Helm
Charles Christensen
Dale Rittenhouse
Waukon
Crystal Lake
Hayfield
Wesley
Charles Weir
Farmers Coop
Creamery of
Wooden
George Senne
Washington, Town
Columbus Junction
Toronto Joins North America’s Top Ten Cities
Toronto expands by merging 12 suburban communities to form Greater Toronto with about 1.2 million people over 246 square miles. A 24 member council governs, with Toronto proper holding 12 votes and the 12 suburbs one vote each. The city gains transit, education, and wide taxing powers while keeping police and fire under local councils.
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Toronto
Canada
North America
Greater
Toronto Transit Commission
Metropolitan Board of Education
United States
Mechanical heart lung machine used for first human use
Surgeons at Jefferson Medical College Hospital used a combined heart and lung machine to perform 26 minutes of work for a patient with a malformed heart. The device, invented by Dr. John M. Gibbon Jr, is not a cure all and likely will aid congenital heart defects in younger patients.
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Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College Hospital
Pennsylvania
John M. Gibbon, Jr
The
Medical College
English Professor Defends Lazy Wives
London professor Guy Pas coe Browden from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine defends fatigued housewives arguing routine tasks require frequent rest. He urges siting, tea, good lighting, nutrition, and no standing work to improve efficiency. The piece questions when wives will finish chores.
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London
Guy Pascoe Browden
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
United States
New Labor Saver Let Man Eat Goose
New Mexico cotton fields replace laborers with geese as weed control. Southwest farmers find geese economical for back breaking weeding. Geese gobble Johnson grass but avoid cotton in year one. after year one they are sold. Geese used previously in strawberry patches in other regions.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Southwest
Soil testing history traces to early centuries
The article notes soil testing is not new dating back to 1600 AD. It cites a tale in this country where an Indian brave sat on the ground for hours. if he did not sneeze the ground was warm enough to plant beans.
Church Calendar Conveys Week Activities and Dartball Game
The schedule lists morning service at 19 a.m and Sunday School and Bible class at 3 a.m. Luther League meets at 7 30 DM. May 13 features W M F study group reviewing That the World May Know and junior choir rehearsal. May 14 dartsball practice at 8 p.m. May 15 Junior Mission Band meets at 1 30 p.m. May 16 at 8 p.m. the dartball team plays the state consolation game at St Johns Lutheran Belmond.
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Luther League Meeting
At & Pam
Brotherhood
St. John's Lutheran Church
Belmond
Baw News Recaps Building Committee and Loan Guaranty Talk
The last meeting appointed Dan Wub bers to the investigating committee for a new building. Members are Peter Haines George Anderson Charles Reed and Dan. At Des Moines service officers school March 6 7 Mr. Robinson of the Loan Guaranty Division spoke about helping veterans obtain loans with private lenders and the role of business groups in the program. He noted banks 30 percent savings and loan companies 50 percent mortgage companies 20 percent of current loans and that 700 thousand dollars per quarter is allotted with a 3 to 400 name waiting list. The next VE.W. meeting is May 27.
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M.baw
Howard Andrews
Dan Wubbers
Peter Haines
George Anderson
Charles Reed
Dan
Robinson
Service Officers School
Des Moines
Ve.w
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Woden News
Dimancel Lutheran H. A
Hearsal
Bjustroms
Furniture Coomipany
Mieco
Algona Sale Barn
Wisconsin
Bangs
Yungeberg
Quinn and Moore
Yungeberg and Riebhofef
Burt
America
Americas Best Buy
Ford
Choice
National New Car
Sourcers Polk & Company
Lam Atonth
W. E. Ley Motor Coo
Mercury
Lakota, Iowa
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