Indiana State News Highlights Farm Woes And School Moves
The state reports a chinch bug outbreak harming wheat and oats, with corn at risk. Purdue joins the National Guard encampment plan and Purdue gains a distinguished service school designation. Public school athletics gain formal approval, with gymnasium expectations. Harvests and prices update Bartholomew and Cass counties, plus post office class changes and wage arbitration in Evansville. Governor McCray announces Purdue board appointees and a seed corn gift to Weihsien academy.
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Woodmen
Indiana
Wabash
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Valparaiso
Indianapolis
Chicago
Jeffersonville
McCray
C. M. Hobbs
Bridgeport
Virginia C. Meredith
West Lafayette
Henry W. Marshall
Lafayette
James W. Noel
John Hillen
Republic
Bartholomew County
Thrashermen
High School Athletic League
L. N. Hines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Kentucky
Radio Signal Corps
National Guard
Clark County
Crown Point
Lake County
Hammond
Cedar Lake
Madison County
Indiana Threshermen’s Association
Hamilton
Tipton
War Department
Purdue University At Lafayette
W. E. Stone
Purdue
Lafayette Service Company
Terre Haute, Indiana & Eastern Traction Company
Traction Company
Cass County
Pike County
Columbus
Frankfort
Shelbyville
Cannelton
Corydon
Dunkirk
Jasper
Rockport
Knightstown
Sheridan
Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
Huntington
Evansville
Arbitration Board
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
United States Grain Growers, Incorporated
Federation
Farmers’ Associations
Samuel R. Artman
State Industrial Board
Cairy Littlejohn
Federal Bureau of Mines
Bicknell
Indiana State First Aid Association
Indiana Reformatory Relocation Commission
General Assembly
Poultry Manure Worth Saving As Fertilizer
United States Department of Agriculture notes poultry manure is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus and can be a profitable by product. Night droppings from 1 000 hens value about 150 dollars a year. treated with sawdust and acid phosphate it stores well and limits nitrogen loss.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Maine Experiment Station
Reducing Chick Loss by Confining Hens During Rearing
The article advises confining hens to brood coops during unfavorable wet and cold weather to prevent chick chilling. It notes that keeping chicks with the hen initially aids growth, but free range after a few days risks losses from cold and storms. USDA specialists emphasize constant growth and shelter during early weeks.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Radiophone Market Reports Bring Instant Prices
The Agricultural Bureau of Markets announces a radiophone service to relay market conditions and prices from East Pittsburgh within a few hundred miles. Using radio station KDKA at 330 meters, farmers will receive English market news after the close of markets, without wireless code knowledge.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Pittsburgh
KDKA
Infertile Eggs Keep Best for Market
The article advises removing roosters from flocks to improve egg quality and marketability. It claims infertile eggs keep better than fertile ones, and notes male birds waste feed while hens lay to support themselves. For summer markets, separating or culling males is recommended to reduce costs and sustain production.
National Boy Scout Registration Crisis Aims At Revival
The national council worries over many troops failing to re register and be stricken from records. Efforts investigate each case of dormancy to revive troops with proper leadership and active membership. Leaders urged to ensure regular registration to wear uniforms and insignia.
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National Council
Congress
Act of Congress
Boy Scouts of America
The Flame That Drives Scout Troop Spirit
From Service Philadelphia scout magazine, the piece argues that a troop succeeds not from pep loyalty co operation or obedience alone but from a unifying flame called THE TROOP SPIRIT that drives attendance progress and teamwork. It stresses that the right spirit ignites action more than any single factor.
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Philadelphia Scout Magazine
Scouts Star In Penrod In Kennedy House Tale
Three boys William Blair Richard Ross and John Call from New York City river area join Kennedy house scouts and discover scouting values through activity and health. Ross plays Penrod Blair Georgie Baskettt and Call Sam Williams in Booth Tarkington play Penrod adding film fame to their scout life.
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New York City
William Blair
Richard Ross
John Call
Kennedy House
Booth Tarkington
Scouts distribute 80000 handbills and 5000 stickers for good roads
St Paul scouts in one day handed out 80000 handbills and 5000 windshield stickers promoting good roads. In Norfolk a 400 pound bear mascot, four years old, was given to the city zoo and will reside at City Park with veterans at the naval base.
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Norfolk
Bruin
City Park
Virginia Legion Man Wins Military Promotions Career
Robert T. Barton of the Virginia American Legion rose from second lieutenant to major during World War I. Born in Winchester, he studied at Shenandoah Valley Academy and the University of Virginia, earning B S and LL B degrees. He practiced law, served on the Mexican border, trained at Fort Myer, captained the 318th Field Artillery at Camp Lee, and fought in St Mihiel and Argonne Meuse offensives before promotion.
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Robert T. Barton
Virginia Department of the American Legion
Mr. Barton
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
University of Virginia
Virginian Infantry
Barton
Fort Myer
318Th Field Artillery
Camp Lee
France
St. Mihiel
Argonne-Meuse
Legion Man Is Lawmaker A Young Iowa Legislator
Clyde H. Doolittle a twenty six year old American Legion member is described by his sergeant as a fightin little devil and a captain he would go plump to hell for. He is the youngest member of the Iowa state legislature and a former Iowa University student. He attended the First Officers Training camp and served overseas with the 42nd Division participating in six major offensives and wounded in the Champagne defensive. He returned to college and was elected to the legislature while away from home. He is praised as wise eloquent and tireless for the American Legion and helped drive the Legion's legislative program benefiting Iowa veterans.
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Clyde H. Doolittle
American Legion
Iowa
Mr. Doolittle
Iowa University
Doolittle
Legion
Union Men Legion Members at Mulberry Post
From a hostile center to a Kansas union stronghold, Mulberry in the coalfields won first prize in the Kansas membership contest. During coal strikes miners joined the American Legion after post officers explained its principles. The Mulberry post of 66 members now includes 50 union labor men and 46 United Mine Workers.
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American Legion
Kansas
Sunflower State
Legion
Mulberry Post
United Mine Workers of America
Memory Trees To Soldiers Along Lincoln and Dixie Highways
A plan to plant a tree for every U S soldier sailor and marine in the World war gains support from the American Legion G A R Gold Star Mothers and other groups. Each tree would carry a veteran’s name and organization with a separate inscription for those who died. The project aims to shade the Lincoln highway from New York to San Francisco and the Dixie highway from Chicago to Florida with trees. President Harding approves and the forestry bureau offers aid.
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United States
Amercan Legion
G. A. R. Gold Star
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Florida
Harding
United States Forestry Bureau
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Indiana State News
Morristown
Indiana State Highway Commission
Charles E. Ziegler
Government Farm
Beltsville
Tdoys
Scouts
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Penrod
Scout
Virginia Legion
Legion Man
Union Men Legion
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