Ford's Industrial Farm Plan Shifts Agriculture Role
Washington reports Ford Motor Co may lead in industrial farming with a nine to ten month factory year and workers switching to farm tasks. The idea envisions large corporations handling plowing planting and harvesting to sustain high prices while farmers join industry in joint ventures. Critics warn it risks centralized control and feudal labor patterns, urging preservation of the family farm.
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Frank L Weller
Associated Press
Washington
Henry Ward
Paris
Ford Motor Company
Ford
William E. Dodd
University of Chicago
Industrialists
Europe
Rerbert Hoover
Oh Ip
Campbell Farming Corporation of
Hardin, Mont
Wheat Farming! Corporation
Hays
Kan
Campbell Company
Crow Indian Aid
Wheat Faring! Corporation
Kansas
Thomas D. Campbell
Montana Concers
North Carolina
New
New York
Collins Farms Company
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Iowa
Adopted Orphan Now Is Princess
Hollywood reports 5 year old Peggy, an orphan cared for by Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis, has become their adopted daughter and will be renamed Marjorie Elizabeth. Peggy, previously in private care with Mrs. Louise Sullivan, gains equal status with Gloria Lloyd, sharing toys, clothes, and a private nurse, as the couple plan a formal adoption within weeks.
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Hollywood
Tory
Peggy
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Mildred Davis
Gloria Lloyd
Pasadena
Cal
Lloyds
Star
Louise Sullivan
Marjorie Elizabeth
The
Gloria
Pessy
Harold
Mrs. Lieve
Pegzey
Retiring SD Federation Leader Named to Advisory Committee
Mrs D W Bastion of Midland has been advised by Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of the interior, of her appointment as a member of the South Dakota advisory committee on illiteracy. The move follows her role as president of the South Dakota federation of women's clubs.
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Midland
SL. D
D. W. Bastion
South Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs
Ray Lyman Wilbus
Interior
South Dakota Advisory Committee
Tried Span Ocean Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years after the first Atlantic crossing attempt by the airship America, Oscar Leding recounts the 1910 Atlantic City takeoff, its 11000 mile voyage, the crew of six, and the vessel’s silk and cotton 228 foot design with the equilibrator and gas tanks. The story notes later ocean conquest by Alcock Brown in 1919 and details the craft’s perilous voyage and crew.
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Oscar Leding
Associated Press
Atlantic
America
Atlantic City
Trent
Ocean
Navy
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
Walter Wellman
America’s
Melvin ‘Vanimen
P.M. Simmons
J. K Irwin
Loud
Jean
Aubert
Monster Air Lines
Wellman
Europe
Early airship pioneers scattered after perilous flight attempt
The passage recounts Wellman and associates near the end of a perilous dirigible test. One vessel nearly capsized by a thrashing calibrator, crew transferred, airship mounted the skies as an aerial derelict and vanished at sea. Wellman, nearing seventy two, notes Alcon creator killed in 1912 explosion. others uncertain, Irwin in naval service, Aubert in Los Angeles, Simons in Britain.
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Co Wellman
Hives
New’ York
Vanimen
Atlantic
Wellman
Irwin
Naval Service
Aubert
Los Angeles
Lord-tntraced
Simons
Great Britain
Rio Eyes Night Life to Lure Tourists
Prefect Antonio Prado pushes beautification to draw travelers from North America and South America. Recent weeks saw two Argentine and Uruguayan excursions bringing about a thousand visitors who stayed aboard European liners converted into hotels. Night life rare in Rio for 4.5 million residents, boosters urge bright lights to turn the city into a South American Monte Carlo, despite the gambling ban. Poor urban dust in Spokane homes highlights air quality concerns from unpaved streets.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
Antonio Prado
Equator
Argentina
Aridguay
Ric
Monte Carlo
South America
Hoover and Wilbur Back Child Health Conference in D C
President Hoover and Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur propelled by longtime concern for children prepare for the White House conference on child health and protection in Washington November 13 to 22. Officials say the full welfare of the child will dominate the expert assembly. Lieutenant Appolo Soucek tops records with a 43186 feet flight over Anacostia.
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Hoover
Wilbur
Washington
Cme
White House
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Interior
Stanford
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
Dr. Wilbur
H. E. Barnard
Lieut
Appolo Soucek
Anacostia
Dbc
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Doane Agricultural Service of
St Lous
Farmers’ National Company of
Omaha
Neb
Department of Agriculture
JETER
OFM & Son
Sir Garon
Ely
Geyerman's
Fashions of the Hour
Cross
Fox Persien Lamb Carecal
Spokane
Wash
Society
Cy Pxie
Stetson
Schoble
Friendly Five Oxfords
Hats
Sid Street Clothiers
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