Grasshopper Plague Sweeps Plains and West
In the grasshopper belt a serious invasion threatens America's crops as hoppers swarm from fields, wreck fences, and litter roads. The U S department of agriculture expands the largest anti insect campaign in history with poison bait, cooperative state programs, and widespread planning across many western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Great Plains
Bureau of Entomology
South Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
North
North Central
America
Western Newspaper Union
Petain and other aging figures in wartime lore
France wary of new Clemenceau figure Premier Daladier faces scrutiny while Marshal Petain, aged 82, is praised for past Verdun leadership and urged to confront Europe’s serious situation. Also featured are Man Mountain Dean and George E Q Johnson, noted as public figures with varied career turns.
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York
France
Clemenceau
Daladier
Marshal Philippe
Petain
General Pétain
Joffre
Foch
Maginot
von Mackense
Frank Leavitt
New York
Leavitt
Miami
Fla
Doris Dean
Boston
Hien
Rhineland
Alexandre Korda
Charles Laughton
Henry VIII
Man Mountain
Dean
West Forty-third Street
Cosmic Rays Created by Annihilation in Space
Dr. Robert A. Millikan of Caltech reported new evidence at the National Academy of Science on cosmic ray production through annihilation of common elements scattered in space. Balloon probes show the sun's magnetic field extends to space, guiding and blocking certain rays. Elements destroyed include carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, with sodium, silicon, and aluminum also prevalent. Rays arise from elements with atomic weights 6 to 28, while hydrogen and possibly helium remain abundant yet unrevealed in cosmic rays due to magnetic shielding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Academy of Science
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Earth
Millikan
Seedless Tomatoes Grown by the Use of Chemicals
In Missouri at the University horticulture department tomatoes are grown seedless by halting pollen production in flowers and applying indoleacetic acid hormone in paste. About three applications a week to ten days apart yield normal sized fruit with solid meat instead of seeds and pulp.
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Columbia
Department of Horticulture
University of Missouri
Missouri
New Army Crusher Tackles Water Hyacinth Threat
The Kenny, a U S Army Engineer Corps vessel based in New Orleans, uses a wide forward conveyor to scoop hyacinth, crush it with corrugated rollers, then wash the pulp overboard to sink and decay, aiming to ease South navigation.
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New Orleans
South
United States Army Engineer Corps
Longest Single Span Girder in New York
New York Citys West Side express highway features the nations longest single span plate girder. A 190 ft 2 in overall length bridges the New York Central tracks at West 160th Street, with 188 ft 14 1 2 in between supports.
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New York
New York City
United States
New York Central Railroad
West One Hundred and Sixtieth Street
Windmill autogiro promises wide future uses
Washington recounts early tests of the autogiro with no wings, powered by a 225 horsepower motor and overhead blades. The craft can lift more and rise faster than earlier models, hover motionless, and maneuver with precision. Army and Navy interest grows for artillery spotting, reconnaissance, liaison, and even dispersing chemicals or spotting diseased trees.
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Leonard Ao
Engel Washington
W. Wallace
Kellett
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Washington
Lindberghs Glass Heart Keeps Organs Alive
Dr. Alexis Carrel reports to the American Philosophical Society that Lindberghs glass heart has been used in over 900 experiments totaling about 100000 hours to keep alive a wide range of organs from humans and animals. Hearts beat and glands secreted as organs function in circulating medium.
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Philadelphia
Charles Lindbergh
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
American Philosophical Society
Vegetable Sheep From Colombia At National Herbarium
The Smithsonian, via Dr. S. F. Blake, reports new Aster family plants from Colombia’s Santa Marta mountains. The specimens resemble white woolly sheep from a distance, a first for the herbarium alongside the previously known New Zealand vegetable sheep. Also noted is the monk plant, which in light fog resembles robed priests.
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Washington
United States National Herbarium
Smithsonian Institution
New Zealand
Santa Marta Mountains
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Verdun
London’ Daily News
He Was Born
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Man Mountain Dean
Georgia
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Norcross
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Chicago
Senate Judiciary Committee
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