Laminated Plywood May Room Factory Built Houses
After years of publicity, factory built houses may advance with laminated plywood panels. Panels of thin wood glued with phenol formaldehyde resin prove stronger than steel by weight, moisture resistant and easy to handle. A test house by the Madison Forest Products Lab stood up to wind and weather, and Foster Gunnison markets a 4 room 1 bath model at 3195 dollars with plumbing, kitchen, heater, wiring and fittings included.
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Business Week
L. H. Baekeland
United States Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
Foster Gunnison
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
England's Airmail Volume Surges Tenfold in Decade
England marks a dramatic rise in airmail letters with annual totals leaping from 500000 to 100000000. The increase reflects growing demand for rapid communication and ties to postwar expansion in global correspondence.
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England
Alf
Isles of Devils and Bermuda Legends Recalled by Historians
The piece recalls Bermuda as the Isles of Devils feared by Spanish mariners crossing the Atlantic and the transition from superstition to history as English colonists settled there. It notes ongoing beauty yet fading old traditions and superstitions remembered mainly by historians and the oldest inhabitants.
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Bermuda
Indies
Mexico
Peru
Atlantic
Farm Credit survey cites truck transport factors for farmers
The Farm Credit administration reports a survey on about 3600 farmers across nine states relying on truck transport. It finds 43 percent want more prompt delivery, 31 percent more convenient service, 24 percent cheaper rates, 20 percent less handling, and 10 percent produce arriving in better condition.
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Farm Credit Administration
Congressional Library Fire Destroys Thousands of Volumes
A blaze in the Congressional library in 1852 burned more than 35,000 volumes, many irreplaceable, wiping out a vast portion of the collection and leaving lasting archival loss.
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Congressional
Journal Ad Rules Quiz Answers
A true false quiz about journal advertising rules. It confirms that editors check ads for conformity, notes that heavy Gothic type is not preferred, explains price cuts don’t always boost campaigns, mentions food ads attract subscriptions, and describes mat casting in plate printing.
Cow Swallows Hedge Ball and Dies in Desperate Diet
Salem reports a cow died after swallowing a hedge ball, part of a rough winter for Mr. and Mrs. George Zeck. The column notes other local happenings including a club supper, a family visit, a spelling meet, and a newborn piglet weighing over six pounds.
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Dewey Weeks
Salem
George Zeck
Duane Shalla
Larry
Smithfield
Ill
Shalla
Names for Puppies Stir Community Hopes and Happenings
Children debate names for Trixie’s month old puppies with choices from Sweet Pea to Nebuchadnezzar. Local residents Mr and Mrs John Shalla Jr hosted guests. Mrs Ernest Strum and Mrs Ralph Zeck helped with dinner for hay balers.
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Trixie
Sweet Pea
Nebuchadnezzar
John Shalla, Jr
Ed Conner
Ernest Strum
Ralph Zeck
George Zeck
Will McConnells
Zeck
Oscar Sheetz
Roosevelt appoints Compton as assistant secretary of the navy
President Roosevelt names Lewis Compton of New Jersey to be assistant secretary of the navy. He has served as a special assistant to the secretary for some time.
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Roosevelt
Lewis Compton
New Jersey
Navy
Compton
Farm Vacated by Ed Kallous Moves Machinery
The farm Ed Kallous will vacate has been clearing and moving machinery and hog houses for the past week, indicating preparations for abandonment or sale.
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Ed Kallous
Max Schlatter Enrolls at Iowa Wesleyan College
Crawfordsville Feb 5 Max Schlatter a local graduate entered Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasaint at the start of the second semester He will take the regular course Lancaster area notices note church ties and a basketball game summary shows Crawfordsville independent team defeating New London 53 39 with a girls game canceled.
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Crawfordsville
Max Schlatter
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasaint
W. W. Twinam
Merle
Tuttle
Burlington
Pow
Tuttie
Methodist
N. F. Chapman
Haskins
Ning
Presbyterian Church
New London
Mr and Mrs Vernon Story Visit Junction Home
Mr and Mrs Vernon Story and their daughter visit the Junction home of his parents Mr and Mrs R Story in Columbus Junction. They plan to move to a farm near Mechanicsville on March 1 after a stay in Wayneville North Carolina where Mr Story has been stationed.
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Columbus Junction
Vernon Story
R. Story
Mechanicsville
Wayneville
N. C
Surveyor Returns from Smoky Mountains Road Project
Robert Clark is back from visiting relatives in Omaha. Ft. Collins Colorado visitors stay with W. H. Dean and Norman Brook families. The American Legion auxiliary meets Wednesday evening with Mrs. Ted Lewis. Columbus high school basketball lost 32 to 31 at home in a Southeast Town league game. local team won the preliminary. They travel to Mediapolis February 16 for a Southeast Iowa league game. Women's Home Missionary Society met Friday with Mrs. J. M. Norris. Mrs. E. H. Wiegner led devotional, Mrs. M. R. Edmondson directed the lesson. Mrs. C. F. Lukins hosted the Ladies' Aid society.
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Story
Smoky Mountains
Robert Clark
Omaha
Ralph Dean
Sheila
Ft. Collins
Colo
W. H. Dean
Norman Brook
American Legion Auxiliary
Ted Lewis
Columbus
Mediapolis
Iowa
Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. M. Norris
E. H. Wiegner
M. R. Edmondson
C. FE. Lukins
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Evangelical-Reformed Church Visit Reads Like Local Note
Mrs. W. K. Moore and her son Knox Moore visit relatives in Billings Montana as described in a Friday afternoon church note mentioning Evangelical-Reformed gatherings and family travel.
Gravestones Forbidden in Glendale Cemetery
In Glendale California a cemetery bans gravestones amid safety and space concerns. Officials cite municipal rules restricting upright monuments and the need to maintain orderly plots.
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Glendale
Calif
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