Family Tries to Circle the Globe in a Tiny 32-Foot Craft
Bill Zaleski and his bride and his stepson Gene Carron plan a two year world cruise in the 32 foot Ad Astra. They will sail from Los Angeles toward Hawaii then on to Gilbert Islands Solomons Australia Sumatra India Arabia Egypt Suez Canal the Mediterranean and Europe before returning via the West Indies Panama and Galapagos. The craft has electric power radio gear and a 25 horsepower motor as they chase a record.
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NEA
Los Angeles
Calif
Bill Zaleski
Pacific
William J. Zaleski
Gene Carron
Frank Robinson
Harry Pigeon
Zaleski
Ad Astra
Carron
Coast Guards
Navy
Tejon
Hawaiian Islands
South Seas
Gilbert Islands
Solomons
Australia
Sumatra
India
Arabia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Europe
Atlantic
West Indies
Panama
Galapagos Islands
California
Largest 100 pound gold trophy to crown tourney winners
Wichita hosts the national semi pro baseball tourney in August where the champions will receive a 100 pound gold trophy, the largest ever made. The article notes a separate fact that in 1639 there were 30,000 cattle in the American colonies.
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Wichita
Social Notes from Hope and Nearby Towns
McCaskill Miss Eva Kelley left Saturday for Hot Springs to visit her sister. Mrs Argie Henry left Friday for Fittsburgh Texas for the summer. Mrs J O Harris was a Nashville visitor Friday. Missionary Society hosted at Mrs Bert Scott's home Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Homer Rhodes visited in Hope Thursday. Harald Gorham of Shreveport enjoyed the weekend with his mother Mrs M O Gorham. Mrs Louis Sutton and her son of Hope spent the week visiting relatives here. Mrs Frank Ethridge visited in Hope Tuesday. Miss Eva Jean Sheffield visited friends in Blevins Tuesday night and Thursday night. Home Demonstration club met at Mrs C S Bittick's Thursday afternoon. Mrs Jess Tinsley visited Nashville Monday. Miss Dora Mangum of Hope visited relatives here Friday. Charles Teeter and family left Saturday for Gould where he will be employed next year. The speech of Robert Fulton’s Clerent, an early steamboat, was five miles an hour.
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Eva Kelley
Hot Springs
Argie Henry
Fittsburgh
Texas
J. O. Harris
Nashville
The
Missionary Society
Bert Scott
Homer Rhodes
Hope
Harald Gorham
Shreveport
M. O. Gorham
Louis Sutton
Son of Hope
Frank Ethridge
Eva Jean Sheffield
Blevins
Home Demonstration Club
C. 5
Bittick
Jess Tinsley
Dora Mangum
Charles Teeter
Gould
Dairy farming gains traction in Hempstead County
County Agent Clifford L. Smith reports from Shover Springs that G. F. Ruggles notes a shift from cotton as the principal cash crop to dairy farming. Ruggles explains cotton’s declining profitability and soil degradation since continuous planting, leading to a switch in 1933 to milk sales as a supplementary income.
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G. F. Ruggles
Shover Springs
Hempstead County
Ruggles
Dairy and forestry notes on Arkansas farmer practices
The report highlights a farmer expanding his dairy herd to 30 cows on 40 acres of pasture sodded with bermuda and lespedeza. It details crop rotation with fall oats followed by cowpeas, soil improvement claims, and Ips bark beetle control via thinning and slash management, plus mineral needs for hogs and winter cover crops like rye and vetch yielding 1,403 pounds lint on 3.5 acres. It quotes W I McClellan on rye and vetch, noting profit gains and soil benefits.
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Bemhuda
Ruggles
Ips
Sumer
Souther Forest
M. H. Bruner
Extension Forester
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
W. OW. McClellan
Nashville
Ark
McClellan
Practical Guide to Outdoor Photography Exposures
The passage outlines simple exposure rules for outdoor photography, noting light strength varies by time of day and recommending fixed 1/25 second speeds for bright conditions with specific lens openings. It advises larger openings or slower shutters during dawn and dusk and mentions film types like chrome or pan for best results, plus tips for box cameras on dull days.
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Hecht
TCU toname Mabry captain elect Moses to lead Wo rld
Texas Christian University fielded a team that had endured 18 straight losses last season and finished last in the Southwest Conference. The lecture notes Mabry is named captain elect and nicknamed Moses to symbolize hoped leadership out of the drought. Tennessee coach Neyland asserts the SEC remains the fastest in the land as long as spring football allows. Porfirio Diaz served as president of Mexico for 30 years.
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Fort Wortit
Texas Christian
Charles Mabry
Moses
Horned Frogs
Nashville
Bob Neyland
University of Tennessee Mid
Ated
Teague
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Mexico
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Electrolux
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Eldorado, Ark
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Ao Gan Investment
Whitten-York
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