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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
3
Tot Will Welcome Friendly Calico Dog. The ad touts a sewable calico dog pattern 8202 with directions and materials. Send 16 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W 4th St. New York, with name and address for pattern.
The article notes pedestrians account for about one third of urban fatalities and urges steps to improve visibility at night. It highlights that many injuries occur when walkers are near traffic, advises wearing white or light clothing, and suggests walking on road shoulders where sidewalks are not yet built to keep out of drivers’ paths.
President Roosevelt pushes a civilian pilot training plan in 13 colleges with a $10 million yearly request to train about 20 900 pilots per year. The program uses $100 000 National YouthAdministration funds to seed colleges, aims to bolster national defense, aviation industry, and future military air power amid global arms buildup.
New York reports a surge in winter sports enthusiasm as skiing becomes an industry. Enthusiasts fill ski trains and planes, hotels stay open through January to March, and manufacturers note rising demand. The piece highlights Norway roots and expanding infrastructure in New England and midwestern states.
Agricultural engineering professor WC Krueger of Rutgers urges timely resurfacing of etched silo interiors to prevent air leakage and spoilage. Methods include cement washes for light etching and Portland cement plaster for deep etching, with thorough cleaning, damp curing, and moisture control for lasting durability.
Farmers are urged to manure wheat fields this winter with a light blanket on poorer soils to boost stands of legumes. Experiments at the Ohio station show acid soils respond to manure with higher yields of red clover alfalfa and sweet clover, while limed land performs better overall.
De RM Bethke and associates report that hen diet vitamin D affects egg quality and quantity. Vitamin D deficiency reduced production and shell quality, while cod liver oil boosted eggs rich in vitamin D. The study found hens secreted the same biological form of vitamin D as they ingested.
The Poultry Standard lists domesticated turkey varieties raised on farms today. Bronze Narragansett Slate White and Black are named as popular types. Differences lie in size and coloring with Narragansett and Bronze largest, White improved to larger size, Buff and Slate typically medium.
A vintage ad describes turning empty cans filled with sand into a heavy footstool. The project uses red carpet covers and upholstery material, with step by step sketches from Mrs Spears' Book 1 Sewing for the Home Decorator. Books sold for 23 cents each, with a free crazy quilt scaffold when both ordered.
A reader’s list presents trivia with questions about Queen Wilhelmina the Netherlands the length of a second the Liberty Bell crack at Joan Marshall’s funeral Stonehenge as the site of Druid worship and a circular arrangement of stones stating that less than one two billionth of the sun’s energy reaches Earth. The note adds that contrary to popular belief the sun’s heat is far less intercepted than commonly thought.
The article notes New Orleans sits about 100 miles from the Gulf of Mexico rather than at the river mouth and references a 1938-39 production estimate of 4.885 billion bushels as the largest crop on record. It also discusses Russia's claimed 19 million army versus Switzerland reportedly fielding 500 to 600 active soldiers in 24 hours and cites a royal succession detail for King Peter, who turns 18 on September 6 after a 15-year reign.
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