Parsons College Receives $40,000 Gift from Hubert Howard
Hubert S. K. Howard of Washington D C chairman of the federal munitions board donated 40000 to Parsons College in Fairfield. The gift brings his total contributions to the college development program to 100000. Howard, a 1904 Parsons graduate, previously led the Binkley Coat Co and now supports two four year Hubert E B Howard scholarships at the college.
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GOP Chairman Calls Conventions for Iowa
Des Moines reports the State Republican chairman Robert K. Goodwin announced the upcoming state convention on July 2 and a judicial convention July 28. He said 8,459 delegates will attend each gathering, the largest delegate total yet. The conventions will adopt a 1950 campaign platform and may nominate state officers if some races lack 5 percent support. Justice Oscar Hale of Wapello has indicated he will not seek re election, guaranteeing a judicial contest.
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Nature Boy Finds Aerial Home In Tree Top
In Cleveland Ohio a 16 year old high school freshman nicknamed Nature Boy sleeps 15 feet above ground in a tree top using a down filled bag to avoid a suffocating house. His mother wakes him with a rock each morning to coax him down from the perch. He aims to be a fireman like his father and grandfather and shows an interest in physical culture. He reports never having a cold during his tree top slumber.
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Richard Granger
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Quick Thinking Rescues Two Trapped In Auto
In Gary Indiana a car skidded into a pole, burst into flames trapping a 19 year old boy and girl in a residential area. Bystanders watched as a second car pulled up a man and woman forced open a door and pulled the couple free before police arrived. The rescuers left without identifying themselves.
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Oklahoma doctor donates private hospital for research
Dr. Coyne H. Campbell of Oklahoma City gives the Spencer Road sanitarium, valued at $250,000, to the new Oklahoma medical research foundation. He will remain as director on a flexible, monthly basis and continue his private practice, with annual foundation support estimated around $50,000. The gift marks the foundation’s largest single donation and secures long term funding for its research institute.
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Electric hotbeds speed up garden production says engineer
Westinghouse lamp engineer Robert L. Zahour endorses 25 watt bulbs for electric hotbeds that warm miniature greenhouses. Seedlings mature 10 days earlier, flowers bloom a month sooner, and costs run about three tenths of a cent per plant for six weeks.
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Americans' Conveniences From Energy Harnessing
Cincinnati Ohio Dr Isay Balinkin associate professor of experimental physics at the University of Cincinnati asserts that the comforts Americans enjoy stem from harnessing nature's energy. He spoke at an opening lecture for high school honor students in a science series noting 1949 estimates of over 1600 kilowatt hours used per person.
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Winding Watch in Morning Best for Operation
Elgin watchmakers college head William H. Samelius says timepieces run best when wound at the same daily time. He advises winding in the morning since routines are more constant then and morning winding helps a watch endure day time jars and jolts.
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Elgin Watchmakers College
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Hybrid hogs and offspring debate in corn belt farming
The article argues that the term hybrid in swine signals superior producing ability and hybrid vigor could boost livestock efficiency. It notes breeders’ concerns about finding reliable boars for producing hybrid hogs and cautions that hybrid should refer to litters from market hog producers.
Organic matter loss hurts plowing and soil tilth
Purdue agronomist G. P. Walker says soil that fights plowing signals low organic matter. He urges more sod crops in rotations with adequate nitrogen phosphate and potash to improve texture, tillage ease, and soil life.
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Farmers Warn of Newcastle Disease Across States
Bold Ellis, poultry specialist with Wyoming extension, warns farmers may feel secure about Newcastle disease as the outbreak spreads nationwide. He notes significant casualties persist and the threat remains despite reduced discussion.
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Markets Report from Chicago USDA Livestock Market
Hogs salable 11 000 crowd shows moderately active to weak demand with price drops up to 15 cents for butchers and heavier weights down 25 to 50 cents. Top price around 20.50 with good to choice 140 to 250 lb hogs 19.65 to 25.00. sows under 450 lbs 16.00 to 18.00. spring lambs 28.00 to 30.00. ewes 6.50 to 11.00. Cattle and calves salable 13 000 with steadier tone overall. steers and yearlings mixed, most good and choice heifers 29.00 to 31.25. feeders and bulls vary.
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Grain Quotes and Independence Note Run Together in Chicago Page
Chicago grain table shows July wheat at 214 and Sept at 215 5/8 with mixed closes as traders grapple with small moves. A separate United Nations passage notes Libya’s path to independence by January 1, 1952, joining Egypt Ethiopia and Liberia as Africa’s fourteenth nations.
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