Isle Royale Proposed as National Park Preserve
National Park Service director Stephen T. Mather returned from Isle Royale Michigan reporting strong potential for national monument status. The 132000 acre island hosts virgin forest diverse flora and abundant wildlife including 1800 moose and 400 woodland caribou with many harbors lakes and trout streams. The site is accessible from Chicago via train and boat with Houghton Michigan and Duluth Minnesota as gateways and plans already underway to secure the island for the government.
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Ashington
Stephen T. Mather
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Washington
Isle Royale
Michigan
Lake Superior
National Park System
Mather
Middle West
Virgin Forest
Mr. Mather
Chicago
Houghton
Mich
Keweenaw Peninsula
Duluth
Minn
Detroit Board of Commerce
Reasons for Failure of Farm Relief Legislation
The article analyzes why farm relief bills failed in the last session of Congress, noting division among farmers, bickering, and concerns over economic soundness. It discusses the Norbeck Burkness bill, McNary Haugen and Norris Sinclair measures, and price subsidy debates, warning guaranteed prices would spur overproduction and losses. It ends anticipating possible progress in the future.
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Congress
Washington
Philippine lands seen best for rubber cultivation
Government experts report the Philippines especially Mindanao and nearby islands offer superior soil for rubber versus the Amazon and Sumatra. Mindanao hosts few existing rubber plantations, with the largest at 150,000 trees, while three smaller operations exist on Basilan.
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Philippine Islands
Amazon
United States
Sumatra
Malay Peninsula
Philippines
Becamce
Great Britain
Ceylon
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Mindanao
Indiana
Basilan
Oil Engines to Salvage U S Trade Fleet
Chairman O Connor announced a plan to convert 375 laid up vessels into motor ships using $20 000 from a $67 million board budget. Diesel conversion aims to save ships from scrap, expand private loans, and promote standard high grade machinery to lower costs and boost American maritime industry.
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O'Connor
Q O’connor
Seven Seas
Selling a Used Car to a Wise Prospect
A sales guide urges sellers to ensure every visible detail of a used car aligns with claims. Check tire wear and brands, speedometer reading, repainting, dented hubcaps, upholstery, top condition, side windows, lights, fenders, doors, rubbers, and tools. Have a friend critique for overlooked flaws before testing engine and chassis condition.
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Erwin Greer
Greer College of Automotive Engineering
Chicago
High Speed Dries Tire and Raises Blowout Risk
An expert warns motor car owners that tire wear increases with speed as internal heat rises. Normal speeds stay within safe heat levels, but excess speed furthers vulcanization, dries the friction gum, weakens fabric, and reduces elasticity, leading to premature blowouts.
Spare Tube Care and Roadside Readiness
The article notes how motorists place spare tubes in trunks and tool boxes with items like shoes and collars, risking damage. It explains inner tubes are wrapped in waxed paper to protect elasticity, but sharp tool edges can tear it, so tubes are often wrapped in cloth, heavy paper, or stored in inexpensive tube bags for roadside emergencies.
Ready Means of Tracing Troubles of Spark Plug
The device is a T shaped insulator with a high tension wire feeding a short spark gap visible through a window and to a terminal on the spark plug head. A central milled insulated plunger is guided by a brass chain connected to a clip on the plug. It offers a ready method to trace spark plug troubles.
Parisians Call For Musical Warning Horns
Prominent Paris figures urge replacing harsh car horns with musical warning horns. Dr M Marage cites Lyons mayor Herriot and a four note tune tested as pleasant. If not adopted, Paris autos would carry two horns for city and suburbs.
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M. Marage
Paris
M. Herriot
Lyons
M Marage
Open Windshield Ruins Complexion of Drivers
A Detroit motor column blames women drivers for poor complexions due to opening the upper windshield panel. The expert beauty parlor owner says breeze and reflections tempt the action, but wind and dust directly clog pores and ruin the skin.
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Burt
Detroit Motor News
Iowa State Fair exhibits and farm progress noted
A feature on inmates craft at Iowa institutions to appear at the state fair. Melba the Milking Shorthorn cow records 32 522 pounds milk and 1614 pounds butter fat in 365 days, world champion. Premiums totaling 137 962 25 across departments. Farm bureau promotes purebred sires. ISU instructors to teach wildlife protection. state planning includes road upgrades north of Spencer and discussions on Iowa coal and public health efforts.
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Iowa
Melba
Darbalara
Independence
Fair Management
Page County Farm Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Washington
L. H. Pammel
C. J. Drake
Iowa State College
American School of Wild Life Protection
Kendall
State Budget Board
Spencer
Dickinson County
Milford
Des Moines
The
Humane Society
Society
Opening Up Brazil Rail Line Connects Piauhy Capital
A new railway aims to open eastern Piauhy Brazil extending from Petrolina in Pernambuco to Therezina, the state capital. The line will enable rail travel from Bahia to San Luiz de Maranhao over more than 500 miles, previously hard to reach by primitive transport.
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Piauhy
Brazil
Petrolina
Pernambuco
Therezina
Bahia
San Luiz de Maranhao
The Wrong Pew in a Social Circles Clash
A brief note hints at social tension in shared neighborhoods. Two groups discuss a woman who lives in the same square but is said to belong to a different circle, signaling discreet scrutiny or social divide.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Owl Chemical Works
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