Cornstalk to be Used for Farm Gas Part I
Topeka reports Capper's Farmer outlines experiments by Dr. A M Buswell at University of Illinois showing cornstalks and sewage can produce marsh gas. Lionel K Arnold of Iowa State College summarizes billions of bacteria digesting stalks to yield 10 000 to 20 000 cubic feet per ton, potentially supplying a city of 80 000 with gas within an eight mile radius.
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U.pi
Capper
Lionel K. Arnold
Towa State College
A. M. Buswell
University of Illinois
Buswell
Buswweil
Arnold
Canal Project Clears Route to Texas Line in Louisiana
A 20 year effort led by Intracoastal Canal backers clears most of the Louisiana route to the Texas line. Government rights of way have been granted through Terrebonne Parish, with only a few strips in Jefferson Parish near New Orleans left to obtain clearance for the entire canal path.
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New Orleans
WRI
Louisiana
Texas Line
Terrebonne Parish
Jefferson Parish
New Grizons
Water Meet Draws Stars at Eastern Intercollegiate Regatta
The second annual intercollegiate water meet opens June 19 and 20 with entrants from Yale Dartmouth Syracuse Colgate Miami Alabama Brown Fordham NYU St Johns Rensselaer and Citrus College of California among others. Notable participants include Loretta Turnbull Wade Westworth Stewart Nunnelly and William Crawford. Commodore G Reynolds Rowe arrives to coordinate entries and logistics.
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Yale
Dartmouth
Syracuse
Cornell
Citrus College of California
University of Miami
Alabama
Brown
Fordham
New York University
St. Johns
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution
G. Reynolds Rowe
Association
Colgate
New Britain jail rule unlocks lodging for suspects
Wealthy jail story from New Britain details a Baltimore man who spent a night as a city guest then was jailed for selling newspapers without a license. He carried $13, and his second night in jail was not free. In Harrisburg, machines replace miners as employment rises but machinery use triples, boosting state production from 1,897,194 to 6,881,098 tons.
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New Britain
Conn
Upi
William Parker
Baltimore
Harrisburgh
Sweden Plants Oysters On Baltic Coast Farm
Lysekil Sweden June 2 Up reports fifty thousand Dutch oysters planted at Gravarna in the Swedish west coast archipelago. They will not be fully grown for some time but other beds will soon yield their first crop as plans to expand oyster farming proceed.
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Sweden
Lysekill
Gra_varna
Brothers Reunited in Tiverton and New Hampshire
In Tiverton Rhode Island two brothers Robert A. Eolin and William A. Haley, long separated, have located each other after 40 years. Their original family name Haberkorn had been changed by both, signaling a dramatic reunion. In Texas, Hollywood patrols will guard mortars as an honorary Texas ranger, with James B. Windsor, private patrol operator, commissioned during a recent visit to Austin.
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Tiverton. R. I
Robert A. Eolin
William A. Haley
East Barrington
N. H
Haberkorn
Ranger
Hollywood
Austin
Texas
James B. Windsor
Ranger Force
Saint Bernard hospice eyes Tibet outpost for lost travelers
In Geneva on June 2, reports state the St. Bernard hospice plans a Tibetan station modeled on its Alpine rescue houses. Two monks travel with several dogs to assess feasibility of building a similar hospice to aid travelers in Thibet.
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Thibet
Geneva
Switzerland
St. Bernard
Thos
PROVE AFRICAN PORTS ROME
Important port works are proceeding in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica with dock enlargements at Tripoli and harbor improvements for the fishing fleet. Construction has begun at Zuara for a regular port. Benghazi port project in Cyrenaica earmarks 55 million lire, due for completion in 1933 or 1934.
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Tripolitania
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
Zuara
Benghazi
Complete Mayan Model For Show At World Fair
Two Tulane architects Gerhard Kramer and Herndon Fair completed a plaster model of the Uxmal Quadrangle in Yucatan. The 1/8 inch to 1 foot scale model was built with Frans Blom and associates for the Chicago World’s Fair, depicting the Mayan temple complex for Vestal Virgins in minute detail.
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New Orleans
UPI
Frans Blom
Yucatan
Uxmal
Gerhard Kramer
Herndon Fair
Tulane University
Bicm
Grandma at 30 May Be Great-Grandma at 50
HORNING Pa June 2 APRire, Nevada Marshall 37, who was a grandmother at 30, may be a great-grandmother at 50. Mrs Marshall married at 12 and became a mother at 14. Sarah Ann, a granddaughter, is almost 5. If she marries young like her mother and grandmother she may be a great-grandmother before 50. Sarah Ann is the daughter of George Marshall Jr who married at 16. Mrs Marshall, though married, could not purchase tobacco for her husband due to a law prohibiting sale to minors. ADVERTISE IN THE AGE.
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Horning
Apr
Ire
Nevada
Marshall
Brenzel Eyes Major Leagues After Stellar Catcher Buzz
George Burns praises 20-year-old Bill Brenzel as a future major league catcher and possible star for the Mission club of the Pacific Coast League. Four clubs are said to be courting him with potential $100,000 price tags. Burn differs in calling Brenzel the best behind the plate he has seen, ahead of Cochrane and others, though Brenzel is hitting only .270. Burns also plans to send two pitchers to the majors and highlights Auzie Walsh as a key relief arm.
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George Burns
Mission Club
Bill Brenzel
Burns
Brenzel
Cleveland
Dutch” Lieber
George Caster
The
Missions
Auzie Walsh
Six Million Silver Dollars Move to New Orleans Mint
More than six million silver dollars will be moved from the old United States mint to the customs house here, preparatory to renovating the mint for a federal prison. Hold-up men would have a difficult time taking it even if unprotected. The silver sits in 6875 sacks, each containing one thousand dollars and weighing 64 pounds.
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New Orleans
United States Mint
Customs House
Bootleg Cactus Boom Expands in Arizona
A Phoenix report details a growing bootlegging cactus trade spurred by a law restricting removal of desert flora on public lands and rising demand for cactus gardens. Florists source from private lands or bootleg from public domain. sales total from 100000 to nearly a million annually. A garden society lobbied to curb plant removal but enforcement remains weak, with rare arrests tied to specific complaints.
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George D. Crisley
United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Industrial Congress
Industrial Congress
Phoenix Garden Society
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