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Cambridge Sentinel

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1931

Page

2

New Ruling Boosts Refined Corn Sugar Market Prospects

Secretary Hyde's administrative interpretation lifts the long standing restriction on refined corn sugar use in foods. The move is expected to raise cash corn demand by 20 million bushels, lift dextrose production to 620 million pounds, and spur refinery expansion and farmer relief across seven corn belt states.

New York Secretary of Agriculture Hyde United States Corn Products Corn Belt Henry &. Caulfield Missouri Clyde M. Reed Kansas Harry G. Leslie Indiana Arthur J. Weaver Nebraska Louis L. Emmerson Ilinois John G. Richards South Carolina John Hammill Iowa

Man pays 35 year old meat bill with interest

In Springfield Missouri the McGoy brothers recall a man who bought $4.45 of meat on credit 35 years ago and now returned to settle the bill with interest after visiting the shop and producing the old ledger. The act earned the brothers praise for honesty.

Springfeld, Mo MecGoy Brothers Mary Henderson Washington Congress

Virginians Plan Monument to Cornwallis Next Year

Richmond reports a memorial to Lord Cornwallis will be unveiled during the 150th anniversary celebration of the Yorktown victory. The event marks a historic commemoration of the end of the Revolutionary War.

Cornwallis Richmond Lord Cornwallis Yorktown

School Boy Kills Bandit With Stone in Hold-Up

In Seattle Washington a seventeen year old schoolboy Irving Stanb killed one of two bandits by throwing a stone as they left a store. The stone struck Dan Bunker in the head and Bunker died while the other bandit escaped.

Seattle Wash Irving Stanb Dan Bunker Stanb Bunker Sixth Infantry Fort Oglethorpe Wii D Company Mesa Big Boy Alabama Shorty Fort Slocum Ble Boy Mississippi Tuck Western Newspaper Union

Hospital to Brand Babies With Sun Lamp

Newark New Jersey Beth Israel hospital adopts a new identification method for newborns. A stencil with the mother’s initials is sun burned onto both mother and child’s arms within minutes of birth. The marks last ten days and may be seen longer in darkness. Dr Paul Keller developed the system.

Newark N. J Beth Israel Hospital Paul Keller

Hunter Treed by Bear Family on North Mountain

Pat William Temple describes a hunting incident on North Mountain where four bears appeared in a clearing. He fired, killing one adult bear while the others, including a cub, pursued him. He climbed a tree and the bears guarded the area until dark before wandering off.

Berwick Pat William Temple Benton Hunter Temple North Mountain Poursue Temple

Coffins in Room With Paralyzed Son Shock Rubner Family

In Luray Virginia two coffins sit in the same room as a paralyzed young rail worker, amid a history of family violence including a fatal shooting near the home. The Ruffner family, longtime county farmers, has endured multiple killings and a homicide acquittal in Page County.

Ruffner Ruff Ner Mark Walker Noah Fox Fox George Kiey Page County

Tornado Strikes Rosetta Hurting Mrs Maggie Beattie

A tornado ripped through Rosetta injuring Mrs Maggie Beattie at her home. Two children and their mother escaped through a wire cave as the structure was destroyed.

Rosetta Miss Maggie Beattie

Rare foods shipped by air to Sweden from France

Culinary delis now travel by air to Sweden. Grapes from the Rhone valley and oysters from Brittany go from Paris to Malmö via the Amsterdam Malmö line, delighting gourmands in Stockholm or Gothenburg the next day. Swedish specialties like crawfish are shipped broad in the same manner.

Sweden Air Malmoe Rhone Valley Brittany Air Express Paris Amsterdam- Malmoe Stockholm Gothenburg

Hoover Sides Win Drought Relief Pact Amid Budget Debate

After days of argument in Congress a drought relief agreement broadens credit programs, adding 20 million dollars to 45 million already approved. The plan funds loans to individuals or agricultural credit firms secured by crops, not charity, with a broader scope for rehabilitation and supplies. The deal, tied to Interior appropriations and wartime veterans bonus shifts, shapes policy under President Hoover with key figures including Watson, McNary, Longworth, and Tilson involved in conference steps.

Congress Hoover Tilson Senate Interior Department House L. C. Cramton Michigan James E. Watson Indiana Charles L. McNary Oregon Longworth John Q. Tilson Connecticut House Ways and Means Owen D. Young Treasury Mellon

Hoover official sees improving business nationwide gains ahead

BR Stephenson of South Bend head of the American Bankers Association tells President Hoover that business conditions are improving across the country and should rise further this year. He adds the downturn likely bottomed on December 3 and would ease if unemployment talk decreased.

Hoover BR. O G. Stephenson South Bend Ind American Banker's Association Stephenson

Bishop James Cannon Jr Faces Church Probe in Washington

Bishop James Cannon Jr appeared in Washington before twelve traveling elders of the Methodist Church South to answer grave charges the exact nature of which was not made public.

James Cannon, JR Washington Methodist Church, South

Dramatic World War Era News Spans Trials Gifts and Youths

Long summary of 1930s world events including a church trial proposal for 1934, oil lease bribery case involving Albert B Fall, estate and trustee issues for Mrs Henderson, senate votes on power commission members, Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign, DC-X flight mishap, Fort Oglethorpe flapjack contest, and young soldiers in WWI with unusual anecdotes.

Senate Smith Garland Draper Power Commission Republican Coalition Sulth Commission India Mahatma Gandhi All- Indian National Congress Gandhi Durance Nationalista

Notable Deaths This Week Across Arts and Nobility

The week saw the passing of figures including the Duke of Vendome a Bourbon prince Philip L Hale an American artist son of Edward Everett Gale veteran actress Mary Hampton and Lady Decies formerly Helen Vivian Gould granddaughter of Jay Gould.

Duke of Vendome Royal Bourbon Ine Philip L. Hale Edward Everett Gale Mary Hampton Lady Decies Helen Vivian Gould Jay Gould Western Newspaper Union

The Hungry King Louis XIV Eats Grand Feast

The record notes Louis XIV of France as the hungriest king. At one meal he consumed four plates of soups a pheasant or phenasafit a partridge salad roast mutton two plates of ham pastry and a fruit dessert.

Louis XIV France

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