New Gadgets and Machines Highlighted in Science Bulletin
The bulletin lists a mobile restaurant truck able to sell 1000 ready to serve items without commissary return. It describes echo sounding gear from naval development, a spinach washer for home use, seawater to drinking water, a floating seawater distiller bag, bruise-proof harvest baskets, a full car sunshade, and a screw holding screwdriver with a sliding tube. Readers can request Gadget Bulletin 329 by sending a three cent stamp.
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N St
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Washington, D. C
Algo
Bears as peaceful foragers despite fearsome reputation
The article argues bears are not typically ferocious, describing their diet of roots, bulbs, berries, bark, grubs, fish, and carrion. It notes occasional pigpen raids and recalls the biblical story of the two bears, but emphasizes bears mostly live by scavenging and foraging with little discrimination.
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Old Baldy
Prefabricated Houses Show Strength and Modern Methods
The National Housing Agency backs guaranteed prefabs for Veterans Housing. Lightweight materials including light concrete panels plastics and honeycomb cores offer strong insulation. Codes and standards evolve with industry leaders from the Building Officials Conference of America and manufacturers adopting a national code to curb costs and ensure safety.
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National Housing Agency
Veterans Housing Program
NHA
Wilson W. Wyatt
U. S. Department of Commerce
Department
Ernment
Building Officials Conference of America
Utah Desert Trails Once Used by Ancient Indians Found
Ronald L. Ives of Tooele Utah uncovers routes across the Dugway area southwest of Great Salt Lake based on pottery fragments arrowheads hematite and animal bones. The occupants appear to have maintained an extensive network linking sites across the desert.
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Utah
Desert
Dugway Area
Great Salt Lake
Ronald L. Ives
Tooele
Prickly Trails Point to Desert Crossing Routes
Mr. Ives argues desert routes through waterholes camps and hunting sites in northern Utah offer the safest foot passage across the basin. Trails link with adjacent areas where similar culturally allied Indians lived and red ocher marks the routes. Accurate waterhole knowledge prevents fatal summer crossings and could have altered pioneer tragedies.
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Utah
Utah Desert
Ives
Mr. Ives
Sugar Cane Boom Hopes for Everglades Reclamation Plan
The article argues that Florida Everglades could yield thousands of tons of sugar if flood and water control plans receive government aid. Estimates show 250 000 to 300 000 acres usable for cane with potential yields of about 2.5 to 3 tons per acre, increasing national sugar supply substantially.
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Florida Everglades
United States
Everglades
Florida
Puerto
Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee
Miami
West Palm Beach
Science Service
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American Southwest
Karl Maslowski
Cincinnati
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Joseph H. Kraus
Science Clubs of America
Florida Evergades
United States Sugar Corporation
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