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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
3
A fleet of 21 airplanes flew from a field near Washington to Mount Vernon dropping floral offerings on George Washington's tomb as part of the 188th anniversary commemorations. The event marked a ceremonial tribute by air to the nation’s first president.
The Farmers National Council head urged Senator Gronna to back a comprehensive crop insurance scheme covering storms hail and poor yields. The council also asked the President to appoint a commission to study farmers' economic status, calling agriculture the most hazardous occupation with the lowest profits.
The Senate post office committee approved one cent local postage and included it in the post office appropriation bill. The bill also allocates 1,400,000 dollars for a transcontinental airplane mail route from New York to San Francisco, potentially abolishing other air mail routes unless private carriers operate them at railroad rates.
A wave of congressional bills seeks to establish criteria for presidential disability. Proposals include giving the Supreme Court power to determine disability, placing the decision before the Cabinet by majority vote, and defining 30 days abroad or 80 days illness as triggering the Vice President or Cabinet head stepping into the presidency.
The suffrage tally stands 32 to 6 after Maryland rejected the amendment while New Mexico ratified it. Maryland’s vote disappointed suffrage supporters, and Lititz notes ten states remain unrecorded. Remaining possible votes lie in Connecticut Delaware Tennessee or Vermont, with special sessions sought in Washington Oklahoma and West Virginia to gain needed support before November.
A special subcommittee on aviation expenditures has submitted its report to the House of Representatives. The document outlines cost-saving measures and recommendations to reduce aviation-related spending across departments. Details include projected savings, implementation timelines, and oversight steps.
A protracted inquiry finds high costs and inefficiency in American aviation during wartime. It notes about a billion dollars spent with only 218 domestically built planes in active use, many more produced for training. The report highlights a grim loss rate, with one American pilot killed per 3387 flight hours versus British and Belgian rates.
The Health Almanac for 1920 provides sun and moon data along with extensive health and disease prevention information. It notes that Readers of the RECORD may obtain a free copy by requesting P. H. Bulletin 98 from the U S Public Health Service in Washington D C, without enclosing return postage.
A Lancaster city and county wholesaler plans a price hike on soft drinks including soda ginger ale and sasaparilla citing higher costs for sugar syrups bottles and labor. He notes a five cent per gross bottle price rise and tests a bottle deposit scheme to curb losses from unreturned bottles and cases.
Lancaster plans a fast ball season promising top competition. Baltimore Dry Dock team to appear from April training in Lancaster through June, with games at Rossmere Park. Klein Parkesburg and Frock schedule top teams, international squads to visit, and Baltimore's fast semi pro squad, noted for defeating the Reds in an exhibition, returns to the region.
Lancaster county recounts the tale of Annie Bucher daughter of Donegal pioneers and a Chester county Quaker named Taylor. Their elopement in 1760 amid parental disapproval led to a happy marriage and produced Bayard Taylor, famed American diplomat and writer born 1825.
Director Sanders of the Bureau of Plant Industry warns against buying trees over three years old. He notes Pennsylvania sales by out-of-state firms offering bearing age trees at four to six dollars. Buy one to two year old trees from reputable Pennsylvania nurserymen. survival under ordinary conditions is unlikely for older trees.
A government pamphlet titled God for Young Children offers suggested meals, a discussion of the five food groups, and child friendly recipes. Mothers can obtain a free copy by requesting F. B. 717 from the Division of Publications in Washington DC.
1919 saw record high farm labor wages in the United States with nationwide averages: month hires with board $39.82, without board $56.29. harvest day wages $3.15 with board and $3.83 without. Regional disparities persisted from South Atlantic to Western Mountain states, while gains over 1918 varied across hiring types, indicating a partial wage recovery postwar.
I S Hollinger describes visits to Elizabethtown Chronicle from Braid entown Florida. He recounts meeting A I Root of Medina Ohio a pioneering beekeeper and wind power advocate. Root uses wind-wheels to pump water light his house charge an electric car and heat his home while growing high value potatoes and keeping a single beeyard yielding honey.
A U S Department of Justice expert predicts sugar will fall 3 to 4 cents per pound as sterling devaluation shifts Cuban supply to the U S market by late March. Cuban raw sugar may cost around 14½ cents with refiners adding 2½ cents and retailers 3 or 4 cents, easing prices for pork, corn, and wheat as foreign exchange losses ripple through. Meat, eggs, and butter have also declined during the period, with traders cancelingApril commitments to avoid high stock.
The Dominion government contracts with F B Lawrence for reindeer import from Alaska. The North American Reindeer Co forms to oversee the project with grazing rights on 75,000 square miles west of Hudson Bay. A Chicago firm funds the effort and 2,000 reindeer will be shipped to Prince Rupert by steamer for Manitoba use.
State College extension specialists conducted 247 culling demonstrations across sixteen Pennsylvania counties last year, examining over 18 000 birds. Of these, 12 565 were good layers 270 medium and 5 773 poor. Most birds were either good or poor with few mid range birds. The program advised regular biweekly culls in June to August and keeping hens that continue laying after mid September for potential breeding. A demonstration occurred at Brunnerville.
A quip traces a man named Smithson urging a companion to join him at the zoo. Johnson declines, citing family quirks including an eldest daughter’s Kennaroo walk a parrot-voiced daughter and a son who laughs like a hyena. The wife, rooks, and mother-in-law frame his claim he seeks change.
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