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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1937
Page
6
Princeton professor John von Neumann argues in a lecture that even loaded dice cannot guarantee long term wins. He classifies games of chance into two types and notes the 7 11 combo favors the house, while high odds in poker render specific hands virtually unattainable.
Excavations along the Kura river near Baku reveal jug coffins dating from the first to third centuries AD. Women appear buried in 40 inch high earthen vessels with adornments, food dishes, toys, and stone stoppers, while men were buried in pits.
On the Algiers to French African motor road engineers use ants to create road surfaces. Ant hills ten feet high scattered across the region yield a gritty material ideal as road surface. When sections of each hill are dug away the ants rapidly replace the material, keeping the road material replenished.
Archaeologists trace writing to Sumer in southern Mesopotamia where temple accounts preserved on clay tablets show early finance. The invention arose with urban economy and temple wealth handling, as noted by Dr. W Gordon Childe who links writing to bookkeeping and school dictionaries.
A Denver inventor receives a patent for curb side banking and shopping. Customers remain in their cars while an attendant at a drive up stand identifies them via a peephole and microphone then uses a conveyor through a tunnel to move deposits or payment items to the interior desk.
Magnetic road sweepers on gravel roads collect nails tacks caps and assorted metal as a safety measure. One mile yielded up to 12 pounds of metal including 102 large nails 187 small nails 39 tacks and other items after passing over dirt and debris.
USDA forage specialists study a new sweetclover from China that lacks the bitter coumarin found in common varieties. Trials show animals prefer the new clover, and spoiled hay has caused no ill effects in rabbits and calves. Researchers search to cross it with domestic strains to reduce coumarin further, though 성공 has not yet been achieved.
A Rural New Yorker writer explains age in animals by general appearance as the best guide for hogs and poultry and by teeth for horses cattle and sheep. In horses the first front incisors appear at two and a half to five years, the next pairs follow yearly, and full mouth by five. Cups indicate age from six onward with wear progressing each year on lower center incisors. Surface shape also changes from egg to round to elliptical. after eleven years general appearance becomes the sole guide.
Department of Agriculture tests on gizzards show gizzards are not essential for digestion of coarse feeds in chickens. Gizzardless birds fed finely ground feed perform well. coarse feeds digest poorly. A 1934 hen and a 1933 rooster remain productive. Country Home Magazine notes limited practical impact and jokes about removing vocal cards from old roosters.
Capitol News reports a federal analysis showing a six million acre rise in annual legume plantings alone and nearly three million more grown with other crops in the last five years, marking a major agricultural shift.
The Ohio experiment station reports wheat and oats stored in bins remained in good condition with minimal shrinkage. Over five years, average wheat shrinkage was seven-tenths of one percent and oats less than two-tenths of one percent. Grain moisture varied monthly with weather.
The Prairie Farmer notes bromegrass is highly drought resistant and should be planted in early spring with ample moisture or late summer if moisture exists. Seeding rate is 26 to 25 pounds per acre and it can be broadcast with red clover, alfalfa or sweet clover, though it tends to crowd out legumes.
A National Geographic bulletin highlights ethnic enclaves across the United States. It notes Holland Michigan with its Dutch festival and Dutch names, Tarpon Springs Florida with Greek sponge divers, and Erie Pennsylvania’s Old Believers Russian community. It adds Finnish settlers in Michigan Minnesota and Washington, describing cultural practices and endurance.
A newly joined politician fears a poor first speech while warning of war and urging a large army. The piece surveys Finnish, Yugoslav, and Portuguese-linked communities in Minnesota and coastal California, noting Dalmatian seafaring roots and names like Silva, Ramos, Costa, and Dutra in New England directories.
A reflection on viewing work as more than money, urging heart and soul in effort. It argues that dedication makes one indispensable and earns world respect who cannot do without such commitment.
The ad touts Firestone Standard Tires with a deeper tread and Gum-Dipped cords for unity of tread and cord body. It emphasizes reduced skidding and blowout resistance through the patented Gum-Dipping process and urges readers to visit local Firestone dealers to join a save a life campaign.
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