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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1948
Page
6
A roundup of new devices includes electronic oven temperature control maintaining 0.1 degree progress, a bed foot warmer delivering 105 degree warmth, fiberglass racing sailboats, gasket cement for seals, a 14 piece injection molded harmonica, a VHF transmitter unit for lightplanes, a waste heat boiler for engines, and a Bibhette baby cover with a neck cut-out. Science Service offers Gadget Bulletin 382 for more details.
The piece urges persistent use of DDT to control flies beyond summer. It warns that surviving flies can lay eggs for next season and stresses keeping spray equipment ready. The message declares only a dead fly is harmless.
U.S. Weather Bureau uses student observations from science clubs to track heavy rainfall. FBI agents and science clubs teach fingerprinting and handwriting analysis. Clubs foster chemistry, entomology, archaeology, astronomy, and practical projects aiding communities.
Veterinarians report sulfa compounds aid calf pneumonia recovery. In tests on 75 of 100 affected calves, recovery ranged from 75 to 85 percent with treatment, versus 31 percent without. Early diagnosis, proper daily dosage, and timely discontinuation are advised.
U S Department of Agriculture scientists report hybrid trees grow much faster than nonhybrid timber. A hybrid pine reaches over twice the height and three times the weight of its top parent at three years. The advance could speed future reforestation, though full use will take years.
A how to on two illusions using small magnets and common household items. The first trick makes an arrow move to Yes or No on a printed card by magnetized needles and a concealed disc. The second divination routine uses a magnet placed on a card edge to guide a dog-shaped magnet to a chosen number.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Lederle Laboratories tested a penicillin mold mash grown in lactose and corn steep liquor. The living cells mash is rich in vitamins and minerals, improving livestock health and profits by enabling year round pig and poultry production. The mash is dried to a powder for feed.
Giant wind mixers atop 32 foot steel towers replace traditional smudge pots to guard lemons near Oxnard California. Units use two 12 foot aluminum propellers and a gasoline engine to mix warm and cold air, protecting buds with lower operating costs and no smoke nuisance.
Department of Labor figures show workers under 18 suffer 1.5 times more disabling injuries than those 18 and over. Permanent injury rates in the younger group are twice those of older workers, with early teen workers injured more frequently.
British chemist A R Evans at the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry reports proof that rusting arises from electrochemical currents similar to those in a battery. He presents six measurement methods and an instrument to locate current sources and directions, identifying corrosion spots as anodes and noncorroded areas as cathodes or neutral zones.
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