Fall Planting Boosts Strawberry Yields At Cornell Station
Prof George L Slate of Cornell reports fall planted strawberries out yield spring plantings by about 20 percent across eight varieties. Fall planting yields fruit earlier next season, though requires extra mulching and weed control. In mild winter regions early winter planting of orchard trees offers similar benefits.
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Geneva
N. Y
George L. Slate
Cornell University
New York State
Slate
Study Finds Gender and Temperature Affect Walking Speed
Dr. Willard C. Myser and Dr. James G. Haub of Ohio State University reported at an Ohio Academy of Science meeting that males walk faster than females due to longer strides. They found people walk faster by taking longer steps rather than quicker steps, and that lower temperatures also increase walking speed.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Willard C. Myser
James G. Haub
Ohio State University
Zoology and Entomology
Ohio Academy of Science
Infant Drowns in Wash Basin While Mother Answered Phone
A 2 month old boy, Victor Schraeger, drowned in a kitchen wash basin in Chicago after his mother Judith Schraeger left him briefly on the drainboard to answer a wrong number call from her husband Thomas. Firemen failed to revive him after 30 minutes of CPR.
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Chicago
Judith Schraeger
Victor
Thomas
FFA to Wind Up Convention Today
The Future Farmers of America closes its 3rd annual convention in Kansas City with 101 teams from 44 states judging ongoing. Regional and national awards were given for soil and water, farm mechanics, electrification, and safety with winners including Earl Stinson of Rocky Gap Virginia and Delmar Chapter Delaware recipients.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Earl
Stinson
Rocky Gap
Delmar
Del
Russell Singer Jr
Huttonsville
W. Va
Arden el Allman
Cox's Mill
Social Workers Needed at New Cumberland General Depot
Applications are invited for Social Worker (Psychiatric) GS-7 and GS-8 positions with annual salaries of 4525 and 4970 respectively. No written exam. applicants must meet experience requirements. Obtain full details and forms from Civil Service Commission Representative Joe Haines in Winchester Virginia.
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Board No. 8
Civil Service Examiners
New Cumberland General Depot
New Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Civil Service Commission
Joe Haines
Winchester
Skeleton found in former medical offices in Guthrie
C C Pike uncovered a skeleton behind a closet in a building he recently bought in Guthrie Oklahoma. Authorities confirmed the site previously housed a doctor's offices and the skeleton appeared to be used for experiments.
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Guthrie
Okla
C. C. Pike
Pike
Diatron weight loss pill promises quick results
An advertisement touts Diatron as a safe no diet no exercise weight loss aid with a money back guarantee. It claims you can lose weight by reducing portions, supporting the claim with a full refund if you are unhappy. Sold by Miller's Drug Store at 107 N Loudoun St with mail orders available.
Rainy Weather Moves Eastward Across Region
Rainy weather that dampened central areas moved east today as cooler, drier air spread into the Plains and Mississippi Valley. Light rainfall extended from the Great Lakes south to Tennessee and the eastern Gulf, with the belt expected to push through the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions later.
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Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Gulf States
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mid-Atlantic States
Peron Auction Nets $50,000 for National Recovery Board
An auction in Buenos Aires of cars, speedboats and jeeps seized from deposed dictator Juan Peron raised more than two million pesos for the National Wealth Recovery Board. Argentine race driver Roberto Meties paid the top price, 400,000 pesos, for a red Alfa Romeo Flying Saucer racer.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
National Wealth Recovery Board
Roberto Meties
Weather Report Records Light to Moderate Snowfall
An inch was reported in sections of Indiana and Birmingham Alabama. About half an inch fell at Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee. Lexington Kentucky and Flint Michigan recorded similar totals.
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Indiana
Birmingham
Ala
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lexington
Flint
Mich
Iowa's Colonial Ties: French and Spanish Ownership History
The region now known as Iowa has a complex colonial past revealing periods of control by France and Spain before becoming part of the United States. This history reflects shifting borders and treaties that shaped early North American geopolitics.
Partygoers abscond with patrol cars in Richmond incident
Police rushed to a noisy Richmond party and stayed longer than planned. Revelers fled with two patrol cars and left them abandoned nearby, drawing authorities into a pursuit and investigation.
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Richmond
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