Aged Texans May Get Pensions Soon
Washington reports thousands of Texans may become eligible for immediate old age pensions as soon as funds exist for the social security program. The second plan would pay pensions starting at age 65 based on earnings, with estimates showing potential monthly amounts up to 81.50 for high earners. The plan requires a state administered program with seven governance conditions and compliance with federal matching rules.
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Regipes 1 Cake Compressed Yeast Donuts
Instructions detail making yeast donuts with Regipes 1 cake compressed yeast and scalded milk. Steps include mixing yeast with lukewarm milk, adding salt cinnamon sugar eggs fat and flour, allowing to rise, rolling dough, cutting into donuts, second rise, deep frying, draining, and serving with sugar.
Buttermilk Pancakes Quick Breakfast Method
A simple batter uses flour salt sugar soda egg or yolks sour milk and melted fat. Heat two minutes and pour from a pitcher onto a greased griddle. Turn carefully with a spatula and fork. Serve warm with butter syrup brown sugar honey or jelly.
The Whisky Deal Reassessed in a Kentucky Table
A Boonville KY Independent note analyzes a whisky price split when four gallons came from a bushel of corn selling for four dollars a gallon. The farmer, government, railroad, and manufacturer each profited small amounts while consumers faced excess costs and social harm.
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New Light for Dentists Uses Mercury Vapor Arc
A. B. McKenna describes a mercury vapor arc as a diagnostic aid for dental health. It makes sound tissue contrasts visible with blue green illumination, distinguishing healthy enamel from tartar and diseased gums.
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X rays used to treat toxic goiter with promising results
Dr. J. Thompson Stevens of New York and Montclair N J reports remarkable results from using X rays to treat thyroid toxic goiter. The method targets diseased thyroid cells that overproduce hormone or secrete excess amounts, destroying the abnormal cells.
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Journal of the American Medical Society
Perfume City Uses Millions Of Exotic Buds
Grasse France reports 1934 perfume production using over 10 billion jasmine blooms and 5 million pounds of roses and 50 million pounds of orange blossoms. Flowers from Grasse fuel a world famous perfume industry shipping to Europe while tourists tour the Riviera factories and distilleries.
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Pedestrian Safety Rules from Mr Walker
The piece notes pedestrians cause 40 to 45 percent of national auto fatalities and 60 to 65 percent in cities. It lists nine tips: use your head, avoid foolish risks, don’t run across, stay alert for emergencies, look and listen before crossing, obey signals, judge speed and distance, stay on the curb until lights change, and look both ways every time.
Educated Prisoners Scarce on U S Rolls
San Antonio report by Reed Cozart shows education status among 188 federal probationers and paroles. College graduates are scarce while over half have less than a sixth grade education and many cannot read or write. Marriage correlates with higher prevalence among probationers. only 12 have been divorced.
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Hat Focus Surprises Crowden Amid Heat Study
Dr. G P Crowden of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine shifts from metal insulation to hats while researching heat in iron buildings under Egyptian sun. His surprising finding shows some iron structures stay cooler than expected.
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Scientist Discovers Foil Lining Cools Pith Helmets
A researcher reports that lining pith helmets with aluminum foil reduces interior temperature by about twenty degrees. This finding suggests foil insulation could improve comfort in hot conditions and may inspire further testing.
New Air Conditioned Bed Bets on Cooling Chicago Market
A bed with built in air conditioning and a small electric motor circulates cool dehumidified air around the sleeper in Chicago. It is touted as a boon for hay fever sufferers. Separately, Dr. I Garcia of the University of the Philippines cites two sex predetermination cases in humans by artificial insemination using an electrical separator, noting two boys born to previously childless mothers and one infant death.
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Texas Receives $946 719 September Relief
Washington reports Texas is granted $946 719 for direct relief in September with $650 000 for general relief and the remainder for special relief programs. The grant will be augmented by state funds and follows a nationwide relief cut as unemployment is redirected to work relief projects.
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