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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1950
Page
6
A roundup of new devices includes liquid gold coating for metal, a one pound suitcase carrier adjustable to bags up to 10 inches, a ukulele neck device with six chords, a night fishing accessory pack with lantern bracket and lures, a blue or pink baby rain bag, a dining fork with a built in food pusher, a mop with rolling wringers, and a coin holding bracelet. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 540 by mail for details.
Wrong way migration by cranes and eagles signals fall movement. Cranes called egrets migrate from Louisiana to the Canadian border in late summer and early fall, then return as frost ends. Eagles nest in the south and head north after young birds fly, joining the great waterfowl flocks.
The article explains rescue breathing for unresponsive victims. It covers the step by step method, positioning, rhythm, and monitoring for signs of revival, plus notes on when to restart and how to care for the patient during and after artificial respiration. It lists conditions where artificial respiration may be needed beyond drowning and poisoning.
Easy methods explained for builders to determine heights using shadows with a yardstick, three-stripe wood square, or a 45 degree sight line. It covers calculating height by shadow, building a large custom square from 3,4,5 triangles, and basic squared math for beginners.
Nature Ramblings questions how much wood a woodchuck could chuck. The piece notes the groundhog’s uncooperative nature, its fat stores for winter, and its role as a weather prognosticator myth and media legend.
The woodchuck or groundhog is cited as a heavy eater and frequent sleeper. It eats green plants, naps from dawn to dusk, and hibernates as winter nears. A burrower by nature, it digs a home to sleep in rather than improve it.
A British geographer argues that Ferdinand Dulmo discovered North and South America in 1487, not Columbus. Davies contends maps from Lisbon in 1500s show a central American coastline, and Columbus forged or falsified distances to claim the voyage. Morison attributes errors to navigational miscalculations and star misidentification.
In Dr. Loh Seng Tsai's experiment at Tulane University alley cats and rats learn to work together for food. Cats and rats pair up to press levers and share a single dish of dog food, showing no fear and cooperative behavior.
A Yellowstone Park black bear learned to solve winter housing by tearing rock wool from a cafeteria engine room at Fishing Bridge. She carried the material 25 to 30 feet to line her den, providing a warm retreat that helped her raise a litter of three cubs in spring.
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