Blood Donor Goal Not Met
One hundred fifty six donors contributed blood at the bank center on North Park Avenue during November, below the 200 goal. Director W W C Wilkinson notes the drop is due to two holidays and October’s total would have been higher otherwise. Of 156 pints, 64 were replacement donations and 44 came from groups and fraternities. Doctors recommend raising the goal to 400 per month to meet community and hospital needs.
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North Park Avenue
W.W. C. Wilkinson
Father's Ingenuity Aids Polio Victim
In Lorain Ohio, 10 year old Eddie Tougas, the city’s first polio victim this year, received a plywood shoulder wheel fashioned by his father Marcel S. Tougas after a nurse mentioned the need. Hospital officials praised the device as the best wheel seen and especially helpful to polio patients.
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Lorain
U.P
Eddie Tougas
Marcel S. Tougas
Tougas
Brick Apartment To Make Journey Across Highway
New York plans move a four story brick apartment building to clear a new road. Thirty five families will ride the structure on steel rollers, advancing four feet every few minutes and pausing while rollers are reset. Tenants retain electric light plumbing water and heat via flexible fixtures during the move.
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New York
Copper and Brass Strainers Harm Citrus and Tomato Juice
A note warns that copper and brass strainers should not be used for citrus or tomato juice as they destroy vitamin C, reducing nutritional value. The advisory highlights safer alternatives for preserving juice nutrients.
Papagos To Get High Prices For Herefords
Cattle sales will bring about $450,000 this year to the Papago Indian tribe, announced Eugene H. Walker agricultural extension agent and Fred H. Claymore stockman. Buyers have paid as much as 21.05 a hundred for Papago cattle, up from 3 a hundred in 1940 due to the tribal breeding herd of registered Herefords.
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Eugene H. Walker
Fred H. Claymore
Legion Plans Children Welfare Conference in Phoenix
The American Legion will hold its annual child welfare conference in Phoenix on Thursday to Saturday with state and regional representatives from 11 Western states Hawaii and Alaska. More than 100 delegates are expected to discuss aid to dependent children and welfare legislation as the Legion reports spending over 3 million dollars in the year ending June 30 to aid 412000 children.
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Phoenix
American Legion
Harold A. Patten, Jr
Tucson
Legion
Hawaii
Alaska
False burglar alarm at Newport bank ends in brief surround
In Newport New Hampshire a false alarm at the First National Bank triggered a county sheriff and two deputies to rush to the scene within seconds. They surrounded the building and learned the alarm was not real.
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Newport
N. H
U.P
First National ‘Bank
Death Cocktail causes self to take life in Phoenix store
Harold Patton Atkinson, 46, a Phoenix department store employee, mixed a potion of roach powder, fly killer powder, iodine, mercurichrome and clorox then slashed his wrists and ankles with a razor. He died Sunday night. wife Mattye Atkinson was away visiting relatives in Keloy when his death occurred.
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Phoenix
U.p
Wesley Bolin
Harold Patton Atkinson
Bolin
Atkinson
Mattye Atkinson
Keloy
Unspoiled Africa Expedition Sets Sail for Cape Town
A New York expedition aboard the African Rainbow seeks the last bastion of unspoiled native Africa. Led by Dr. James L. Clark of the Museum of Natural History, the team aims to study the Dinkas and Nuers, admire their coiffures, and photograph a white rhinoceros for the first time.
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New York
Africa
Cape Town
James L. Clark
Museum of Natural History
Estimation of Earth's Weight Reported in Figures
A science note reports the earth's weight as 6 592 000 000 000 000 000 000 tons in a study. It presents the calculation behind a mass estimate and discusses the methods used to derive this vast figure.
Police search after near-station robbery in Houston
Police still seek a man who tried to rob near the Houston police station and fled despite a wary clerk. Officers detained the victim for questioning while a woman on the second floor claimed she had the getaway car license plate but had recorded the detective’s plate by mistake, causing Lt. W. P. Brown to laugh.
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Houston
Tex
W. P. Brown
W. P. Boss
Flying Brothers Fly to School in a Plane
Royce Mortenson 18 and Ronnie Mortenson 17 fly from their farm six miles from Meriden Iowa to the local school using their family plane. Royce trained for about a year and earned a private pilot license after lessons at a nearby airport.
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Meriden
Royce
Ronnie Mortenson
Ronnie
Wilfred Mortenson
Cellini Cup Chalice Sells at Morgan Silver Auction
An auction of J. P. Morgan’s old silver collection in New York sold a Renaissance Augsburg chalice from 1550 for 7500 dollars. The 12 inch high Cellini cup features scrolling scenes birds masks and traditional decoration.
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New York
U.P
J. P. Morgan
Augssburg
Trees Moved Best In Oyster Months Says Scientists
The Davey Tree Expert Co. researchers say tree moving is feasible in any month with an R but better in May and avoid June and July. The article notes oysters and tree moving as a humorous comparison and reports Kent dispatch.
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Kent
U.P
Davey Tree Expert Co
Tree Transplant Trials Slow in July Heat
The report notes heavy sapling stress during hot weather with trees showing tender growth and water shortages. It describes a snail-like repair pace for Burin Daily Cilves and the challenges of moving trees in a torrid period, risking root damage and drought distress.
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Cilves
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