New Gadgets Introduced For Prospector and Home Use
A range of new devices includes a blinking Geiger counter for uranium ore, a neon illuminated automobile antenna, a compact fly-bin for fishing hooks, a plastic slingshot with a corded power system, a dry molybdenum lubricant, large mirror blanks for TV to cinema scaling, a non freez ing faucet with removable outside handle, an anti static liquid for plastic phonograph records and TV lenses. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 542 from Science Service in Washington D C by sending a three cent stamp.
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Water Dilemma Hits Pennsylvania Anthracite Mines
Water equal to the three big Pennsylvania rivers must be pumped from anthracite mines each year to keep mining. The flow, driven mainly by rain water seeping through ancient river valleys, raises pumping costs and has already forced some mines to close.
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Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Lackawanna
Schuylkill
Science Service
First Aid Planners for Safe Transport of Injured in Disasters
A 1950 Science Service piece outlines Red Cross first aid planning for moving patients after bomb or other emergencies. It details stretcher use with four bearers, positioning, lifting signals, and improvised stretchers from blankets or boards to prevent further injury.
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Red Cross
Science Service
You Can Do It Use Car for Tightening Wire Fences
A 1950 Science Service tip explains using a car or light truck to tension wire fences. It covers post setup, diagonal bracing, spacing of wires, nail choices, and safety steps while pulling sections to uniform tension.
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Hill and Dale
Science Service
Nature Ramblings on the bobwhite quail survival and value
The piece extols the bobwhite quail as a resilient, beneficial game bird. It notes how predators and hunters pressure quail populations yet they persist across farms and edges of towns. It highlights quail as seed and insect controllers and laments human hunting and ecology.
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North America
Bobwhite
The Bobwhite's Flight Response to Hunters
A field note on bobwhite quail behavior describes a steady clutch size of about fourteen offspring per year and a repertoire of calls from friendly to alarm. It explains flock dynamics, camouflage, and the usual preference to run rather than fly, with sudden bursts of wing noise at 30 to 40 mph when escaping, often startling hunters.
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Bobwhite
Science Service
Masks Tell Indian Spirits Through Legend and Ritual
The article surveys masks used by Iroquois and Delaware peoples, their religious power to cure disease, and the Great One story. It notes Cherokees’ Booger Dance with masked strangers, and describes mask types from corn husk to animal hide symbols.
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Frank C., Speck
University of Pennsylvania
University Museum
United States
Florida
North Carolina
Science Service
American Museum of Natural History
Duck Shiela Nominated For Medal By Wildlife Institute
A Manitoba Delta swamp duck nicknamed Shiela is nominated for a medal by U S wildlife biologists in Washington. Each spring since 1947 she returns to the same marsh patch to nest and has produced at least 60 known eggs despite researchers stealing eggs and trapping her.
Banished Gods and Halloween Traditions in History
Reading through a dated view, the article traces Halloween roots from medieval Christian observances to the pagan Saturnalia harvest festival. It notes All Hallows Eve, saints feast day timing, and the shift to mischief and merrymaking. It mentions bat and owl imagery, modern costumes, and the American pumpkin lantern custom replacing gourds.
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Hallowe’en
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Jane Stafford
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