Plan to Ease Interstate Trade Barriers
Washington reports a broad move to lower interstate trade barriers. Kentucky maintains 18,000 pound truck limits while other states raise caps to 30,000 or more. The article notes repeals and reforms across Texas Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi and urges federal state cooperation to allow freer trade while protecting health and safety.
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Washington
South
Kentucky
Texas
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
New England
Bang
Department of Agriculture
Bureaus of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
F. W. Waugh
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Japan’s Global Trade Strength Amid Limited Export Goods
The document outlines Japan's land, population, and industrial profile, noting four main islands totaling 260,704 square miles, a 1940 population of 105,226,101, with Tokyo and Osaka as major centers. It highlights Japan’s shift from agriculture to heavy industry, silk and fishing as key sectors, and lists principal imports in 1940 including raw cotton, oils, and coal, while noting data gaps since 1937 and 1940.
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California
Hokkaido
Mairie
Honshu
Minnesota
Kyushu
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticu
Shikoku
New Jersey
Taiwan
Formosa
Chosen
Korea
Kwantung
Bokoto
Pescadores
Mandated Islands
Texas
Japan
Tokyo
New York
London
Osaka
Nagoya
Kyoto
Kobe
Yokohama
United States
British India
Egypt
Australia
British Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Four Flights Up Rex the Cat Rescued in New York
A four-story clothes pole incident in New York City ends happily as Rex the cat reaches the top and is saved by an ASPCA official using a special noosing gadget. The neighbor hood provides vocal encouragement and Rex retains all nine lives.
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Rex
ASPCA
New York City
Milk inspection woes spark calls for uniform sanitary rules
The article notes two main milk inspection troubles: lack of uniform sanitary standards and cities and states refusing outside inspections. It argues these issues resemble grading practices and quotes Mr. Waugh urging greater uniformity in sanitary requirements to prevent raised costs and arbitrary denials of market access for dairymen.
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Waugh
State Commissioners of Agriculture
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
U. S
Farm Lands Sell Briskly as War Creates Demand
Minneapolis reports show farm lands selling faster than in years due to wartime demand. Buyers include tenant farmers, factory workers, investors, and city families seeking security. Improved farm sales rise nationwide with more cash deals and stronger demand for buildings.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
New York
Florida Farm Realty
Baltimore
Farm Topics Eliminate hens that don't say
Poultry expert urges home flock owners to cull nonlayers before winter. Criteria include physical vigor, dry tight feathers, active feeding, and a clean, well proportioned head. Large waxy comb and plump wattles indicate laying potential. limp or dry comb suggests nonlaying.
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H. H. Alp
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Quiz: Historical and constitutional questions
A general knowledge quiz covering flag rules sunset flights First Lady born in England chromosphere surrounding region US Congress age 25 naval captain boat term admiral boat libel eligibility for offices Napoleons Grande Armée size Mason Dixon line existence and a temple burned and rebuilt every two decades.
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England
Congress of the United States
Iceland
Napoleon
Grande Armee
Russia
Mason-Dixon Line
Capitol Boundaries and Notable Facts From History
The excerpt notes locations of official Capitol buildings in Washington. It mentions Mrs John Quincy Adams born in London to an American father. It explains the sun as a mass of incandescent gases and recalls U S representatives must be 25. It cites a 1938 census of 118888, and references a gig and a charge. It states libel caveats for officials while in office. It gives population approx 400000 and details Mason Dixon boundary surveying from 1763 to 1767. It describes Shimo Gamo shrine robes in Kyoto with 20 year cycle temple renewals.
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Capitol
House
Senate
Washington
John Quincy Adams
London
U.S
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
Baltimore
Penn
Shimo Gamo
Kyoto
Peach crops drive industrial uses and regional growth
Florence C. Weed explains how peaches moved from colonial cider and hog feed to modern canning and emerging industrial products. The peach industry spans California, Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Virginia with key growing areas near the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes.
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California
Forsythe
Pacific States
Georgia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Virginia
Great Lakes
Michigan
Ohio
Finger Lakes
New York
America
England
Railroads Adopt 24 Time Zones for Unified System
In 1883 officials from major U S railroads sought a universal time method. They proposed 24 standard meridians 15 degrees apart from Greenwich to standardize schedules. An 1884 international conference in Washington endorsed the plan. Since then four zones Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific have governed U S time.
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United States
Greenwich
England
Washington
The Pattern of Dependence in Modern Industry
The speech laments a trend toward specialization that robs individuals of initiative. It argues millions of people fail to think or act independently, living as cogs in large machines who follow fixed patterns and never attempt to create their own.
Rural Briefs Highlight Water System For Poultry Range
Water piped to the poultry range by a temporary surface system will save many hours in poultry chores. Carelessness in handling eggs for market cost 5 percent of US production in 1939, about 175 million dozen eggs worth 30 million dollars.
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United States
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