Subsidies debated to shift Britain from wheat and sugar to vegetables
Sir Daniel Hall urged diverting subsidies from wheat and sugar toward livestock, milk and vegetables as Britain produced only two-fifths of its food. Sir John Orr warned one half of Britons eat below standards, calling for higher milk and fruit vegetable intake to raise health and prosperity.
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Daniel Halls Blunt
Daniel Artentiff
Agriculture
Great Britain
Daniel
John Orr
Britain
International Committee of Physiologists
Sir John
Oldest Known Life Region Found in Michigan Quarry
Diners at Iron Mountain Michigan credited Oscar H Reinholt a geologist who unearthed evidence of life forms 1.5 billion years old in the Menominee range between iron veins. He said the find places upper Michigan as the oldest life region surpassing Saratoga Springs NY and compares to dinosaurs in Mongolia and other famous prehistoric milestones.
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Michigan
Iron Mountain
Mich
Oscar H. Reinholt
Reinholt
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
New Tract
Menominee Range
Mongolia
Bavaria
Rancho la Brea
Los Angeles
Wisconsin
Canada
Stranger in Small American Town Seeks Handshake
A visitor asks the town’s police chief to shake hands with the fire chief. The chief jokes he will change hats to fulfill both roles, highlighting small town cooperation and humor.
Radio Artists Stand Out as Better Off Than Some Peers
A brief note highlights radio performers who enjoy stronger status and earnings than certain colleagues, noting industry contrasts and continued audience appeal.
Plants And Hormone Flavor Taints Milk From Pasture To Hay
The article notes plants in pasture or hay can taint milk when eaten in abundance, with onions and wild leeks as common culprits. Butter cups hub bitterness. oxeye daisies chamomile tansey yarrow cause sour milk. spurges froth milk. horsetail and marsh marigolds reduce yield. Turnips and cabbages taint if fed before milking. Beet tops may give fishy taint if overused.
The Lesser Evil Burglar Wife Cross Examined
A courtroom moment recalls a burglar’s wife testifying under cross examination. The exchange reveals her rationale for marrying a man with a criminal record and ends with a quip about a song dedicated to the morning milk man, titled Wagon Squeals.
Sable Island the Isle of Lost Ships and Graveyard of the Atlantic
Sable Island off Newfoundland is nicknamed the Isle of Lost Ships and the Graveyard of the Atlantic for its history of wrecks and treacherous seas.
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Sable Island
Newfoundland
Church collection humor from a southern sermon chat
A rural greeting about church fund raising uses a northern visitor’s joking reply. The speaker asks about collections and the other quips they have never stopped a collection to empty the box. The exchange reflects lighthearted church life and vernacular speech.
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Bradder Jackson
Neiber
Memorial for Lawrence to be erected near Dorchester
Mrs Lawrence plans a memorial at the Dorchester area grave of her son Lawrence of Arabia in the Moreton village cemetery near the spot where he was killed last year. Artist Eric Kennington designs the Portland stone memorial crafted by Dorchester mason B Grasby.
Post Office to Introduce Time Warning Signal
The British post office plans an automatic signal for long distance telephone callers to warn them when their time is nearly up, aiming to manage call duration and reduce overuse.
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Post Office
Stingless bees from Central Africa arrive for experiments
A swarm of stingless bees from Central Africa arrives for实验 purposes to test homing behavior. some insects may be released to observe whether they can locate the origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Africa
Engineering ethics debated at British Association meeting
Prof Cramp argued that science has no inherent morality while engineers must answer to society for uses of their work. He warned that dual uses of tools like explosives, telephones, and bacteria mean ethics cannot be avoided or separated from technical progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cramp
Association
Cramp
York
Reading Convicts Drive Interest Across Prison Library
H A Stillson, librarian of Jackson prison library the world’s largest, reports inmates favor detective and western fiction with biograph history and travel also popular. The library holds 16390 volumes including a 16 volume business practice set. 25396 newspapers monthly with 300 Detroit dailies daily.
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Southern
Michigan
Jackson
H. A. Stillson
Stillson
Detroit
Travel notes from Mrs Bazley on Canada
Mrs. Robert Bazley of London says Canada tops in many ways after a Gatineau River fishing trip. She praises Canada as the cleanest place she has seen with exceptionally clean streets shops and railway stations as she sails home with her husband and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bazley
London
Eng
Canada
Germany Allows Tax Deduction for New Car Purchases
Report states that buyers of new cars in Germany may deduct the purchase cost from their income tax returns. The detail implies policy shifts affecting automotive buyers and tax planning.
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Germany
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Daniel Hall
England
Royal Air Force
Gress of Science
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Modern Mechanix Magazine
Mr. Sarnoff
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Queen Victoria
Palace
Mr. Longfellow
Longfellow
Christian Science Monitor
Lawrence
C. C. Haviland
Wilsonville
Ontario
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