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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1950
Page
2
Austin urged lifelong health maintenance as Dr Geo W Cox state health officer notes that aging varies greatly among individuals. He advocates regular physical examinations, proper diet, and staying active to prevent neglect and promote a healthier old age.
In Tampa Florida 96 year old Sailor Jim Bloodgood, long known for a life of sea service and inventing mania, has patented an interlocking concrete block. West Florida developers plan a St Petersburg factory to mass produce the blocks. He and housekeeper wife Minnie McKlockney live on $50 monthly state aid and anticipate new income from the venture.
London reports the Church of England released a revised best selling booklet The Threshold of Marriage offering guidance on honeymoon behavior and lasting happiness. It frames marriage as a loving partnership built on humor effort understanding and continual courtship with emphasis on family and responsible choices on children and birth control.
Bells have long marked events and daily life from ancient times to modern schools. The Liberty bell, cast in America after importing a English bell for Philadelphia's State House cracked when tested and was recast, while bell metal alloys shaped large bells in Campania and beyond.
Alvin S. Townshend told an American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting in Montreal that early expansion of mining, fresh fish products, and wood processing could lift Newfoundland's economy. He noted vast untapped mineral potential in Newfoundland and Labrador and cited the strong role of dried salt cod as the leading industry. The newsprint sector has raised employment but pulpwood limits may constrain new mills, though Labrador promises future expansion if reserves become accessible.
Major Frederick W. Whittemore told the American Chemical Society meeting that military needs for a light deadly lingering insecticide are not met by current commercial products and that extensive research is required to provide a satisfactory military insecticide.
The giant planet Jupiter has a metal and rock core about 37,000 miles across. A 17,000 mile ice layer surrounds it, with an outer 8,000 mile shell of frozen ammonia in a hydrogen and methane atmosphere. The total diameter is 86,700 miles, roughly 11 times Earth's.
A new research device called the ultrasonic generator uses a wafer shaped quartz crystal to produce sound waves above human hearing range. An applied voltage makes the crystal vibrate generating the high frequency waves.
In Romney West Virginia George Williams a former state senator shares a family recipe for corn cob syrup. He boils red corn cob pieces to make cob liquor then adds white and brown sugars to create a maple flavored syrup. He notes the method is private and commercial plans stalled by regulatory issues.
Williams contests the FDA stance that his corn cob syrup cannot be called maple syrup and suggests naming it imitation corncob syrup. He argues the product is corncob syrup, not imitation maple, and mocks the maple syrup industry's objections.
In San Marcos at the A. E. Wood Hatchery biologists treat dying hatchery fish with baths of permanganate or glacial acetic acid to remove parasites. Young fish about one to two inches are bathed, moved to clean pools, and most survive to boost Texas anglers’ supplies.
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