Soybeans and rape discussed for farm pasture and food
An Iowa county agriculture note surveys costs and yields from crops and livestock. One acre of Dwarf rape can pasture 400 to 600 pounds of pork. ten acres of soybeans yield about 12 000 pounds and provide feed, oil, and potential nitroglycerin product. The piece covers egg production, farm labor checks, preservation tips, club activities, and soybean recipes as parts of farm life and efficiency efforts.
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Washington County
Europe
Farm Bureau
Washington Rotary Club
H. B. Howell
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Essenx
Army Doctors Describe Tick Transmitted Bulis Fever Disease
Reported in JAMA by Col. John C. Woodland Mor decai M. McDowell and Capt. John T. Richards the illness named Bul lis fever appeared in spring and summer 1942 at Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston Texas The disease is self limited and immunity seems possible with no recurrences observed It begins with chills followed by fever headache lassitude loss of appetite and weakness Fever lasts about five days on average Convalescence is prolonged with notable weight loss A rash resembling German measles or typhus may appear early in some cases in about 10 percent skin manifestations occur Incubation is estimated 7 to 10 days.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
John C. Woodland
Mordecai M. McDowell
John T. Richards
Medical Corps
Army of the United States
Brooke General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Quebec City’s Cultural Ties and Industrial Growth
French Canadians in Quebec maintain strong ties to Britain while preserving memory and customs of ancestors. The province hosts bilingual shop signs and radio. historic sites include Ursuline Convent Basili ca Notre Dame and Laval University. Quebec evolves from capital and port to industrial hub with pulp and paper, steel, gunpowder, machinery, and cutlery.
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Quebec
Ursuline Convent
Church of Notre Dame
Laval University
France
America
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
St. Moritz
Early wartime naval records arrive at Library of Congress
Archibald MacLeish announces the Library of Congress has received about 200 letters from the Navy Board for the Eastern Department dated November 3, 1779, to February 6, 1782, plus four months of board meeting minutes from late 1777. The papers cover ship building and supply in New England for the Revolutionary War.
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Library of Congress
Archibald MacLeish
Congress
Navy Board
Eastern Department
New England
Board of Admiralty
Navy
Controlling Garden Web Worms with Dust and Bordeaux Spray
To control garden web worms use a dust of calcium arsenate or arsenate of lead with high calcium lime in a 1 part to 4 or 5 parts ratio. A dry Bordeaux dust mixes 25 pounds arsenate to 100 pounds Bordeaux. For spraying, 3 to 4 pounds arsenical per 100 gallons of Bordeaux. Timely thorough applications and early detection are advised.
Damaged Irons Common from Falls and Improper Handling
Irons often suffer damage from falls or drops, harming thermostats, connections, or causing heat loss. Handles can chip or crack and sole plates may scratch. Place irons firmly on a stand or heel, keep away from board edges, and guard cords to prevent trips.
Flax Crop Worth 5 Million In Peru Trade
Flax is reported as a five million dollar crop in Peru, comprising nearly a quarter of the value of the country’s cotton production.
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Peru
Intelligent Self-Aid Key To Protection From Gas
Immediate and intelligent self aid by all civilians is the key to protection in a gas attack. Stay calm and seek a sheltered house, seal vents, and move to an upper floor. Remove outer clothing, shower, wash eyes with water, and apply bleaching solution to skin if splashed. If coughing or breathlessness persists seek a physician.
Observe Precautions for Growth of House Plants
A guide to house plant care advises washing leaves to remove dust so light and air reach breathing pores. Some plants with fuzzy leaves should be brushed, not watered. Avoid drafts and overwatering, keep moisture moderate with vapor pans, moistened peat moss, or gravel trays with water without soaking pots.
Extending the Season for Winter Garden Foods
To extend harvests, some snap beans may be left to dry for winter use and green tomatoes can be fried if late. Cucumbers become pickles when ripe, and vegetables may be dried or salted instead of canning. Salted corn, beans, cabbage, onions, and turnips offer varied winter dishes.
Wall Color Cuts Eyestrain in Illumined Factory
A National Association of Manufacturers bulletin describes how painting walls a soft bluish green reduces glare and fatigue in a large office factory with bright lighting. Workers facing harsh white surroundings report fewer lingering eye delays and better concentration after the color change.
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The
National Association of Manufacturers
Hull Soybeans Prepared Like Peas and Lima Beans
Hull soybeans differ from peas or lima beans in preparation and cooking. Boil water, steep five minutes, drain, hull, and then cook with one pint hulled beans and three quarters teaspoon salt in one cup boiling water for ten minutes. Serve with butter bacon or cream as desired.
Canning Peaches: Hot Pack and Cold Pack Methods
For hot pack, simmer peaches in thin to medium syrup 3 to 5 minutes not fully cooked, pack cut side down in jars, fill with boiling syrup, process in hot water bath 15 minutes. Cold pack uses raw halves pit side down, firm pack, cover with boiling syrup, use 2 1 2 to 4 percent sugar per cup water, process 30 minutes. pressure canner at 5 psi for 15 minutes is optional.
Has Many Meanings Of Creole Across Regions
The term Creole has varied meanings since the 16th century. It denotes people born in the West Indies to Spanish parents, French speaking Louisiana inhabitants of mixed origin, white Spanish descendants in Mexico, and mixed Russian Eskimo offspring in Alaska. A common but false belief links it to mixed white and Negro blood.
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West Indies
Spain
Louisiana
Mexico
Alaska
Cirollo
Criadillo
Nicaragua's Rubber Boom Ties to Mahogany Supply
Nicaragua remains Central America's leading natural rubber producer with over 3000 workers harvesting wild rubber. Most rubber and much mahogany come from the Coco river lowlands in the northeast, an area scarred by the 1941 hurricane and banana blight.
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Nicaragua
Central America
Coco River
Chateau Frontenac rises above old Fort St. Louis in Quebec
At the base lies Lower Town a French provincial harbor area. Halfway up stands massive walls marking Upper Town a residential and commercial district with cathedral university and government buildings. Dufferin Terrace hosts Chateau Frontenac amid recent Allied military sessions.
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Quebec
North America
Dufferin Terrace
Remove Stain Guidance for Fabrics Types
The text explains identifying fabric type before stain removal and warns that reagents affect materials differently. It notes cotton, wool, and rayon react distinctively and suggests mild acids for cotton and linen with a weak alkali like ammonia water or baking soda to neutralize acids, followed by rinsing to remove alkali.
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Rayon
Camouflage Coatings Allow Quick Warplane Adaptations Abroad
The camouflage coating of war vehicles may be changed in transit to fit sea and air visibility conditions. Camouflage schemes adapt to seasons and terrain to reduce detection by enemy bombers. American paint manufacturers supply coatings for rapid camouflage changes for forces abroad.
Ancient Quebec Bluff Shows Churches Over Climbed Homes
A description recalls ancient churches and public buildings rising above rows of houses clinging to a rocky Quebec bluff along a narrow strip.
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Quebec
Rotenone Explored for Medicine and Skin Diseases
Researchers test rotenone beyond farming as a medical agent and in treating infectious skin diseases. The United States and British forces conduct experiments to assess its potential benefits and limitations. Early results are encouraging.
Diversion Ditches to Free Idle Land for Cropping
Diversion ditches to carry off excess water will enable idle land to be used for crops, according to county agricultural agents.
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Sly County Agricultural Agents
Budget Estimate for a Single Working Woman in War Years
The Heller Committee for Research in Social Economics at UC Berkeley calculates a 1943 minimum budget of 1497.60 dollars for a single working woman to live healthily and adequately. Using 1939–41 base costs and the 1942 cost of living rise, income would be 1350 before taxes, leaving a 147.60 deficit after taxes and maximum economies.
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Heller Committee For Research In Social Economics
Berkeley
University of California
Wartime Budget Allocations Detail Consumer Spending
The wartime budget totals tax and bond purchases at 239.29 and 62.50 respectively, leaving 1195.81 for essentials. It itemizes room and board 782.93 clothing 149.90 and miscellaneous 262.98 with medical care 44.51 personal care 29.66 recreation 57.15 cigarettes 24 charity 11 gifts 7.72 postage 3.02 incidentals 9.14. Savings go toward war bonds.
Property Tax Relief Granted to Servicemen
States enact extensive property tax relief for servicemen this year with exemptions up to 3 000 and deferred collections. Connecticut Idaho Nevada grant 1 000 exemptions. New Hampshire offers 3 000 for totally disabled veterans and spouses. Mississippi Maine and Massachusetts extend protections to homes and estates of veterans and resident servicemen.
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Connecticut
Idaho
Nevada
New Hampshire
Mississippi
Maine
Massachusetts
Color in Shipyards Delivers Thrilling Unexpected Scenes
Vivid color stories emerge from the shipyards as cranes, hulls, and railways blaze with bright hues. Workers describe how painting, banners, and safety gear transform the yard into a dynamic, almost festive landscape amid heavy industry.
Colorful Shipyard Scene Captures Industrial Marvel
An artist captures a ship under construction as a vivid maze of galvanized sections and ventilator pipes, blueprints against black plates, and a golden propeller. Rivets fly like comets as a worker with a funnel-like gadget catches them, while a cutting torch sparks, all set against rippling green water to reveal a uniquely vivid American shipyard.
Feet fatigue relief from simple home care and proper footwear
Standing long hours tires feet and upsets the body. Soak feet in warm soapy water then cool water, relax, then dry and powder. Wear clean socks and supportive shoes, avoid loose slippers, and use ration coupons for well fitting low heeled oxford style footwear.
Allotment of Mexican Lands to Small Farmers
Over thirty years the Mexican government has allotted more than 65 million acres to nearly two million former tenant farmers and sharecroppers who had worked as laborers.
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Donna Mullenix
Red Cross
Bertha Flading
Glenn Knapp
Don Cave
Raymond Landau
Cedar Township Bond
Harry Duensing
Will James
Kate Seredy
Cedar Township
Clayde Knupp
Glen Knupp
Gamon
Earl Smith
Bob Stephens
Stephens
Merle Eckels
Fleischmann
Sullivan
Selena Boyle
Edward Ryan
Trudy Marshall
John Campbell
James Cardwell
John Alvin
George Offerman, Jr
Sector Eight
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Philadelphia
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Evening Bulletin
Kiska
Donald Nelson
Press Association
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