Natural Resources Week in Texas Promotes Development
Governor reflects on Texas Natural Resources Week highlighting industrial development, coordinated by the Texas Institute of Natural Resources and Industrial Development in Dallas and the Texas Planning Board. He notes nationwide publicity since the Centennial and Pan American years, with films, magazines, and events shaping the state's image and attracting tourists and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Civic Club
Texas Institute of Natural Resources and Industrial Development
Dallas
Texas Planning Board
Sam Houston
Austin
Amarillo
Eleanor Roosevelt
Germs spread by saliva and unclean glass rims
In New York soda fountains and bars, sterile plates over glasses revealed hundreds of bacterial colonies forming from rim contact. A kiss on sterile plates yielded 10 to 560 colonies, showing saliva can transmit germs in unsanitary venues. Army data from 1918 linked mess-kit washing to flu spread, with 32,624 soldiers sloshing kits catching 254 flu cases versus 33,452 boiled tableware yielding 5 cases.
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R. R. Parker
New York City
Army Medical Corps
Charles Lynch
James G. Cumming
Unfair labor tale told by a little girl at church
A child recounts attending church for the first time and deems it unfair that one man did all the work while another received all the money, prompting a reflective parental response.
Whole Farm Plan Shown In A and M Survey Results
Texas farm families in 1937 posted net incomes from 312 to 19,404 dollars across 48 to 1000 acres as evaluated under the whole farm demonstration plan by Texas A and M College extension specialists. The study covered 363 farms in 116 counties with 20 farms highlighted, showing diverse improvements and several families surpassing income goals and increasing net worth.
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College Station
Texas
Texas A. and
M. College Extension Service
Marriage Invitation For Dixon Barker Couple
A former domestic employee recounts receiving an invitation to the marriage of Miss Josephine Mortimer Dixon and Mr. Henry Clay Barker at the bride’s mother's house. The note adds that all who cannot attend may send their regards.
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Josephine Mortimer Dixon
Henry Clay Barker
Spray mixture to control pecan scab
A special Bordeaux spray with reduced lime controls pecan scab and common foliage diseases. Developed after three years by U S D A experts, the regimen uses staged applications starting when leaves are half to two thirds grown, with follow ups 2 to 3 weeks apart and a possible fourth spray in wet seasons, yielding gains of 50 to 80 dollars per acre in Georgia groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Rosborough
Science dissects home runs and carotene pigments
Government researchers test whether batters or balls drive home runs using a mechanical pitching device at Griffin Stadium. Results suggest ball construction scarcely affects power, while the batter’s skill remains key. Separately, Basil Bailey notes salmon pink contains astacin pigments not transformed in humans and carotene aids vitamin A formation.
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Griffin Stadium
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Dryden
Journal of the Biological Board of Canada
Basil E. Bailey
Pacific Fishers Experimental Station
Bailey
Westinghouse lights germs with new ultra violet device
Westinghouse researchers developed an ultra violet light to kill germs. A surgeon reports its use in an operating room reduced fatalities. The technology also proves valuable in preserving food and preventing spread of disease in public places.
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Westinghouse Research
Standards agency proposes 25.4 mm per inch shift
The Bureau of Standards asks Congress to define an inch as 25.4 millimeters, a change about two millionths of an inch from the current U.S. measurement. The bureau says the move would "put our house in order" and not bother anyone.
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Bureau of Standards
Congress
America
Bureau
Just What Is Salmon Pink The pink color of the salmon is a
The note explains what gives salmon its pink color and how dietary carotenoids affect flesh hue. It outlines how the pigment originates in wild salmon diets and is preserved in processing. Readers learn why farmed salmon may differ in shade and how color grading relates to quality.
Tellurium Vapor Lights Change Color With Heat
The Franklin Institute describes tellurium vapor lamps that glow as current heats the element in a bulb. Marden Reese and Meister demonstrate vaporizing tellurium at around 1200 degrees Fahrenheit, causing the light to shift from blue white to yellow to bright gold as current increases.
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Journal of the Franklin Institute
Earth
Sun
J. W. Marden
N. C. Reese
George Meister
Running Out Of Gas Is Dangerous Warning
Automobile experts warn that running out of gas chokes fuel lines with sediment and advise caution such as blowing out lines if needed. Other tips include easing off the accelerator, cleaning headlights, shifting to second on steep climbs, lubricating the speedometer, avoiding brakes on curves, and starting on ice in high gear.
Air humor asks who invented the hole in the doughnut
A playful quip ponders the origin of the doughnut hole with a jab at a “fresh air fiend” figure. The joke reflects lighthearted banter over pastry trivia and a coined nickname.
Style and humor in a farmer’s quip about a showy mare
A rustic exchange reveals a farmer joking that his new mare wastes time admiring her reflection in puddles. The remark turns on the mare’s vanity and the speaker’s wishful regret, hinting at everyday rural life and wit.
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McDowell Garage
Whitewright Lumber Co
Consumers Information
Pittsburgh
L. LaRoe & Co
Rialto
Denison
Jimmy Fidler
Wleet Warx
Disney
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