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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
7
The University of Illinois home accounts specialists summarize 1939 records showing how newlyweds budgets evolve. Expenses rise through the first five years then peak at various life stages, with shifts to savings, housing, education, and later investments as children grow and travel increases.
The report notes that about 30 percent of U S farms had gross annual income under 600 dollars in 1929 and a farm population gain of 2 076 000 during 1930 40. It cites a 268 000 decline in the west north central states in the latter decade, 782 million baby chicks produced yearly by commercial hatcheries, and a 277 million bushel late potato crop projection for the U S in 1940, down 2 million from 1939. It adds that city purchasing power improved and suggests contour farming with electric fences for wasteland and terrace outlets, warning cross fences should follow slopes.
Dr. James R. Withrow of Ohio State University argues fears of new deadly gases are groundless. He notes research aims to increase quantities of known materials at lower costs and warns United States chemical plants could switch to war materials in 30 to 60 days. He highlights cheaper oxygen carbon explosives and U.S. gas field abundance.
The column blends light notes from New York life. An elephant at Bronx Park gives rides to children, unearthed in Sumatra and rescued by keeper Tony Gentry after a historical sit-down strike. It mentions Alice the elephant, transit chatter and a parade of small anecdotes from theater to reunions.
Dean and Hyde Merritt of King Merritt ranch fame return to the University of Wyoming after a summer of calf roping and bronc bustin. The brothers, ages 19 and 18, fund their education with rodeo earnings, including a $200 Spud Rodeo purse in Greeley and a Cheyenne Frontier Days showing. They manage 150 horses and 300 cattle in spare moments.
Hart Mountain antelope refuge near Lakeview Oregon serves as a nursery for over 100 fawns. They are raised on canned milk by bottle four to five times daily until ready to graze. Fawns will be relocated to refuges in Washington and Oregon.
LAS VEGAS N M Mit Adjt Gen R C Charlton of the National Guard inspected troops and spotted a private with thick whiskers. He ordered the beard removed in an hour, joking this isn’t the foreign legion during the Cowboy's Reunion ad.
The Coast Guard proposes a 15 million expansion and modernization program for its New London training academy to handle larger cadet classes and improve barracks, classrooms, and boat-handling facilities. Officials say current spaces are overcrowded and training could be reduced without authorization.
Herman Lang is a 56 year old blind mayor of Lancaster Kansas a village of under 500 people. He has served two terms and may be drafted for a third due to his efficient administration over the last four years. He runs a small farm milks five cows and built a new feeding barn and trailer for hog transport. He repaired his own car and installed home hardwood floors. Lang has been blind since 1900 and previously operated a garage in Huron Kansas.
Soil chemist explains atmospheric nitrogen must be fixed to be useful and emphasizes legume crops and nitrogen fertilizers. He notes past soil vigor, land history, and acid or organic matter content guide fertilizer decisions and soil testing by agronomists and county agents.
Notice quotes a circa 1900 encyclopedia definition of a sandwich as a piece of meat fish or fowl between two slices of bread. An advertisement seeks amateur entertainers for a New Year’s Eve jamboree at the Ideal Theatre. A stray line notes typists in 1870 and modern office workers per million people.
The document notes Moscow houses the world’s largest library with about 12 million volumes. It emphasizes the vast collection and the city’s significant cultural status.
Government study on bindweed shows roots exhaust rather than replenish during early leaf growth. Waiting until new shoots reach four to five inches improves destruction efficiency. Cultivation every 14 to 21 days outperforms weekly or 10 day intervals, enabling large scale eradication programs under state authority in hard hit areas.
Salt Lake City mayor Ab Jenkins bans unnecessary automobile horn blowing, calling it a misdemeanor. He says horns should be a warning and not a love call, reflecting his stance against noise in beer parlors and other public settings.
SAN FRANCISCO The United States army will deploy anti aircraft searchlights so powerful that persons 12 miles away can read newspapers in the 800,000,000 candlepower beam. General Electric chairman Philip D Reed says the firm is producing these for national defense among other items a five foot diameter searchlight is included with the package.
At 80 Eling A Ulmer, described as a retired farmer, still works from dawn to dusk on four rear lots near his Williamsport home. Giant beans and peas are his special crops as he stays active and refuses to quit.
The article notes dairy farmers should apply lime and superphosphate this fall. It compares oats cash income to pre World War II levels, cites maple syrup use in flavoring tobacco, and reports U S farmland planted to soil depleting crops was about 23 million acres below the 10 year average. It also states 90 percent of the 234 billion bushels of U S corn is used for animal feed.
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