Arid Region Farms to Grow Fruits and Vegetables in Maverick County
A Rio Grande fed canal project in Maverick County Texas nears completion transforming 82000 acres of semi desert into a regional farming belt. Waterpower rights sold to Central Power and Light will fund construction and bonds while Eagle Pass sees a highway railway and coal mine revival boosting the local boom.
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Calif
Snd
Eagle Pass
Tex
Maverick County
Texas
Rio Grande
el- Poso-rowneville Road
England
Central Power & Light Company
Laredo
el Paso Brownsville
Theresa McGinty Sings And Talks At Age Two
Theresa McGinty of Brooklyn a two and a half year old described as a versatile radio performer has appeared on New York city programs and NBC CBS networks. She speaks Italian English and French and recites poems in French and Italian averaging 20 lines. Her mother Emma teaches her tunes from a toy piano bought for one dollar.
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New York
Arth
Theresa McGinty
Edward McGinty
Brooklyn
New York City
NBC
CBS
Theresa
Emma McGinty
Ina Toy Shop
Russia's One Man Farm Vision in Soviets Conquer Wheat
FRANK I WELLER reviews Anna Louise Strong's The Soviets Conquer Wheat noting how Russia's planned agriculture uses collective farming to mobilize vast land areas. The book highlights Yakovlev's role, the 1929 collectivization start, and a 1990 harvest claim of 3.006 billion bushels.
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Frank I Weller
Associated Press
Washington
Russia
America
Anna Louise Strong
Yakovlef
Soviet Union
Miss Strong
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
State
Florida Pineapple Growers Plan Price Increase
Florida pineapple producers move to raise prices as supply and demand shift amid market pressures. Industry sources say new measures aim to stabilize income for growers and retailers.
Evangelist Jeffers clashing with Jonesboro church over pastor ouster
In Jonesboro Arkansas militia left after quelling clashes at the First Baptist Church as evangelist Joe Jeffers refuses to back down from pressuring D H Heard. Jeffers cites misconduct claims and plans tent meetings for crowds while guards and arrests mark the confrontation.
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Ark
First Baptist Church
Joe Jeffers
Jeffers
D. H. Heard
Heard
Big Springs
Tex
H. J. Bosler
Tabernacle
Dr. Heard
Jesus
Jeffere
Joe, Jr
Lennie Jeanne
Romeo Hebert
Romeo
Farm Owned Elevators In Ohio Show Profits
Ohio grain elevators reported profits despite low farm product prices. Of 151 companies filing business accounts with B. AL Wallace, 4065000 in revenue remained after deductions in the marketing year.
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Ohio
Columbus
Farmar
B. AL Wallace
Belgian Astronomer Willem de Sitter to Lecture in U.S.
Leiden based astronomer Willem de Sitter plans a lecture tour in the United States this fall, visiting Harvard and the University of California. He argues that the universe is an empty vast space where matter counts little now but will matter in billions of years, a view intertwined with Le Maître’s theory and evolving observations of galaxies moving apart.
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Edward Stanley Leyden
Holland
America
Harvard
University of California
Willem de Sitter
Leyden University
de Sitter
Einstein
Dr. de Sitter
Lemaitre
Fan Letter Hints At Life Tragedy
A Savannah reader wrote to an A WABC CBS entertainer revealing strong emotion about hearing the host. The letter mentions happiness and disappointment and hints at life tragedy while noting the singer was not John.
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New York
Wabc-Cbs
Savannah
John
Fire destroys barn near Ashton in Nebr. farm
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn on the Andrew Zoads farm one and one half miles west of Ashton on Thursday evening. All livestock were saved but feed and seed were burned. Two large stacks of corn fodder were also consumed. Farm owner is N. J. Christianson of Springfield, Nebraska. Loss covered by insurance.
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Ashton
Andrew Zoadsma
N. J. Christianson
Springfield
Oehler Acquitted in Gettysburg Slaying Case
A circuit court jury acquitted L. P. Oehler, a Roscoe mail carrier, of man slaughter charges connected with the death of Frederick F. Phelps, a motorcycle tourist from Thompsonville Conn, who died near Java in August.
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Oehler
Gettysburg
L. P. Oehler
Roscoe
Frederick F. Phelps
Thompsonville
Conn
Java
Ree Heights Pupils Visit Huron Thursday Tour
Ree Heights schoolchildren will tour Huron industrial plants this Thursday. Arrangements were made in a letter from instructor Mamie Rotewitch to Paul K. Myers of the Huron Chamber of Commerce. The group will travel the greatest distance of any visiting group this year. An unrelated note mentions an expedition led by the late Dr Alfred Wegener finding ice more than one and two thirds miles thick in Greenland.
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Ree Heights
Huron
Mamie Rotewitch
Paul KE. Myers
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Alfred Wegener
Greenland
Depreciation Tops Auto Operating Costs say Iowa State study
Robley Winfrey of the engineering experiment station at Iowa State College finds depreciation is the largest single operating expense for the average automobile. He reports about 25 percent or 1.63 cents a mile for depreciation, gasoline and oil about 152 cents, and maintenance 122 cents per mile, with tires interest and insurance at smaller shares based on 1675 private records.
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Ames
Robley Winfrey
Iowa State College
Winfrey
Cost comparisons show large cars costly to run in Iowa study
An engineer reports operating costs for heavy and light autos across 11 000 mile bas es. He finds medium weight six and eight cylinder cars cost 1.33 and 10.55 cents per mile respectively, with totals for paired vehicles around 66 cents to 2 a mile in some cases. Ohio potato production is noted as only half the state's consumption.
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J Automobiles
Iowa
Winfrey
Indiana corn stalk towers above field in Daviess County
In Washington Indiana a Daviess County contest records two tall corn stalks from Edgar Shoaff’s farm south of Washington. A stalk measured 17 feet 2 18 inches with a large ear located around 10 feet up. Albert Beck submitted a 16 feet 3 8 inch stalk in a contest with 83 entries.
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Indiana
Washington, Ind
Daviess County
Edgar Shoaff
Washington
Albert Beck
Adlerika Promised Fast Relief From Bowel Poisons
An old testimonial claims Adlerika eases constipation after appendicitis surgery and reduces nerve tension. It promotes Adlerika as a German remedy washing out stomach and bowels to remove poisons causing gas and restlessness, urging readers to request a free sample by mail.
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J. F. Hannan
Longstaff Drug Co
Adlerika CO
Dept. VV
St. Paul Minn
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