Senator Caraway Mulls Wool Industry Inquiry in Senate
Senator Caraway of Arkansas tried to push a resolution for a senate inquiry into financial ties between senators and wool industry interests amid the wool tariff controversy. Three western senators admitted wool ties while others denied current ownership, sparking sharp exchanges and charges of politics.
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Ashington
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Gooding
Idaho
Bursum
N. M
Stanfield
Ore
Smoot
Utah
Oddie
Ney
Jones
Wadsworth
N. Y
Gonding
Warren
Wyoming
Delliver
Town
Abraham
New Mexico
Army Board Begins Massive Purge of Officers
The Army Board of General Officers, led by Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, starts its task to remove or demote about 2,000 officers. Concerns focus on morale amid suspensions, while Congress aims to drop regular army officers to 12,000 by January 1 and avoid retirements that would open general officer vacancies.
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Joseph T. Dickman
Pershing
Baker
Congress
Army
War Department
Hug
National Leper Home at Carville Gets Budget Authority
A Senate debate cited 800 to 1,200 lepers nationwide and approved a bill authorizing the treasury secretary to fund expansion at the National Leper Home in Carville Louisiana with up to 650000. The measure authorizes, not appropriates, a future December appropriation if desired by the appropriations committee.
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United States
Senate
Fernald
Maine
Committee On Public Buildings
Rounds
Secretary of the Treasury
Carville
Committee On Appropriations
Lousiana
Lia
Public Health Service
Washington Angles for Title of Convention City
Washington may win the title as convention city as national groups increasingly gather in the capital each year. Observers note a record number of visitors, with New York, Chicago and Denver rivals urged to compete.春春
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Washington
National Capital
White House
New York
Chicago
Denver
Paradise Inn
Rainier National Park
American Institute of Bankers
Portland
Ore
Big Rush for Water Power Development
The federal power commission reports a surge in water power development under the Water Power Act with 21 applications totaling about 20 million horsepower, more than doubling the current installed power. By June 30, 1940, 60 survey permits and 49 licenses were issued, 31 for power projects and 18 for transmission, while staffing shortages delayed many major projects and about 100 million dollars in valuations await action.
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Federal Power Commission
Concrete finds many new uses across industries and farms
The article chronicles Portland cement’s 100 year rise from simple sidewalks to grand infrastructure. It notes Smeaton's hydraulic cement origins, Aspdin’s Portland patent in 1824, and U.S. output growth from 42,000 barrels in 1880 to over 100 million in 1920. It highlights concrete for roads, buildings, farming structures, feed floors, silos, and railroad works.
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Washington
Eddystone
English Channel
John Smeaton
Smeaton
James Tarker
Northfleet
Singland
France
United States
Madison County
New York
Erie Canal
Benjamin Wright
Canvass White
England
Joseph Aspdin
Isle of
Portland
Aspdin
Wampum
Coplay
Kalamazoo
Mich
South Bend
Ind
Rockport
San Francisco
Ort
Egypt
Fortland Cement
Rabies Clinic Opens at Englewood Kennel Club
The Englewood Kennel Club sponsored a first of its kind dog clinic under the Board of Health in Closter New Jersey. An Englewood ordinance allows unmuzzled dogs if inoculated with canine rabies vaccine providing one year immunity.
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David A. Wark
Hazelhead Kennels
Closter
N. J
Englewood Kennel Club
Board of Health
Englewood
Concrete uses span cities and eras in bold variety
Concrete covers every scale from baby hippo pools in Franklin Park to bear dens in St. Louis and a tallest chimney in Japan. It shapes ships stone boats and sarcophagi alike and serves pockets of cement for manholes drains porches cisterns and even statues and tennis courts.
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Boston
Franklin Park
St. Louis
Saganoseki
Japan
Pair Live Without Food Twenty Days in Mountains
Prince Rupert S C reports Peter Stafford and his wife found in late starvation stages by two constables on the Kaye river 82 kn from Skeena mills. They had not eaten real food for 20 days surviving on soup boiled from beaver skin. They were discovered in a small tent under a tree with food and medicine enough for six weeks. Short Hair Scorned She Tries Death by Own Action New York Mrs Tillie Livingston attempted suicide by gas after her husband reproved her bobbed hair. Her condition is not serious.
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Prince Rupert
S. C
Peter Stafford
Kaye River
Skeena Mills
Stafford
New York
Tillie Livingston
Aged Civil War Veteran Pitches Hay at 81
Fred Steel eighty one years old of Graysville Waynesburg Pennsylvania spent a week in the harvest field and still pitches two stacks of hay in a day despite his age.
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Waynesburg
Fred Steel
Graysville
Swordfish Defeat Whales On San Diego Waterfront
Fishermen recount a coastal encounter in San Diego where swordfish attacked whales, claiming several whales were killed by swordfish prongs. The scene was described as a dramatic water front retelling with local pride in the fishers' vigilance.
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San Diego
Cal
California
Mexican bean beetle spreads threatens southern crops
A federal study warns the Mexican beetle spreads rapidly from established Georgia Alabama and Tennessee areas toward the Mississippi River and north to Michigan New York bean zones. The pest feeds on table beans and various legumes, with Alabama showing four to five generations yearly and potential spread to Florida possible. Losses exceed 100 million dollars annually.
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United States Department
Pet
South
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi River
Michigan
New York
Colorado
Florida
Time to Cut Sweet Clover For Second Year Crops
The article explains cutting sweet clover when blossoms first appear to prevent woody stems and leaf shatter. For a second year crop, cut eight inches above ground to avoid removing buds on lower stalks that yield new growth. Cutting too low inhibits a second harvest.
Individual hog houses offer shade for small herds
A plan describes building individual hog houses with liftable sides to increase shade during summer. It notes the design suits situations with only a few hogs.
Essentials for Success on the Farm
The article argues that farm profitability hinges on aligning the size of the business with crop yields live stock and marketable production and on efficient use of man and horse labor to maximize earnings for the farm owner.
Let Them Alone and Tillage Improve Soil
A fragment notes that a farmer without affection for sheep is better off without them and that tillage enhances the soil’s physical condition.
Louisiana Moves Toward Cattle Tuberculosis Eradication
The United States Department of Agriculture notes rising efforts to end cattle tuberculosis. Louisiana's June 29 legislation creates a $15,000 yearly indemnity fund for two years to support eradication with the state livestock sanitary board. Massachusetts expands cooperative funding and duties with about $60,000 yearly to indemnities under federal partnership.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United
States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Bureau of Animal Industry
Massachusetts
Bureau of ‘Animal Industry
United States
Department of Agriculture
Rape as a Forage Crop Endorsed for Hog Feed
J. C. Eldridge of Iowa State College touts rape as a heavy yielding high protein forage for hogs. Plant early for higher yields, sow from now until late summer, and use Dwarf Essex variety. Provide light initial grazing and avoid heavy dew when turning hogs in. Recommend adjoining corn fields for late season balance.
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J. C. Eldridge
Iowa State College
Exhibit Highlights Pigs From Riverside County Club
At a Riverside County California pig club exhibit both good and bad pigs were shown with initial and final weights feeds costs and gains. Two litter mates fed 150 days entered one gained 70 pounds at 18 cents per pound the other gained 206 pounds at an unspecified cost per pound.
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Boys’ and Girls’ Club
Riverside County
California
Virginia County Replaces Scrub Cattle With Purebreds
Three beef breed associations in Virginia have redirected funds to replace scrub cattle with purebreds, according to USDA Bureau of Animal Industry reports. Over 100 scrub animals have been replaced in recent months, while a separate agriculture note notes that cultivation mainly serves to remove weeds in corn.
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Virginia
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Shade and Crop Notes From Farm Report
Poultry require shade in hot dry weather to prevent suffering. Steers fed mixed roughage gain as well as those fed alfalfa alone. Weeds hinder hay drying and grain drying processes.
Boone County News Highlights And Local Incidents
Local notes report Boone County events including a picnic, a new Iowa City garage project valued at $30,000, school site purchases at $31,000, and a potential $20,000 building from a Des Moines firm. crime reports include a roadster theft in Sioux City, a Keokuk boy injured by an ax, and a fatal railroad detecitve case near Clinton. Additional coverage covers weather, crop damage across Atlantic and Estherville, a cyclone death toll in Satow, and community health and farming updates.
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Boone
Barker-Updegratt “Motor. Company
Iowa ‘City
Boone’ County
Board ‘of Education
Monticello
Ku Klux Klan
Cedar Rapida
Johnson County
Juniory Savanson
Keokuk
Frank C.stevenson
Cherokee
Croft
Ames
Ed Twill
Waterloo
Twill
Still
Hootch
Charlotte
Stone
Iowa City
Wilber W. Watters
Ivan
Nevada
Roy I
Kent and Son
Satow
China
Ronald Englebeck
Ellis Englebeck
East Ninth Street
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Atlantic
Chares Messett
Service Company
Fairfield
Estherville
J. H. Bonémar
Chicago & Northwestern
Mississippi
Clinton
Catherine Riley
Rippey
Riley
Albert Grunder
Wilton
West Liberty
War Department
Farm Bureau
Tipton
Hayden Campbell
Fanny Emeny
Eldon
Harding County
Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
South Africa
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Transvaal University
Pretoria
Glenn Sallers
Court of
E. A. Crossett
Howard de Silvas
Mat Mulligan
Mason City
Swaledale
Wis Park
Cedar.Rapids
Teoma Manning
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National Leper
Carville, la
Pickett
Gettysburg
Senator Pepper
Pennsylvania
Greenville 5. C
W. H. Gillard
Inez
J. J. Gillard
Gillard
Thomasville, Ga
Birmingham
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