Filibuster over Lend-Lease bill crumbles due to home sentiment
Washington commentary notes the final passage of the Lend-Lease bill on March 8 followed a collapse of Senate opposition led by Wheeler. It attributes the shift to back-home political pressure and warns against demanding Britain's war aims, arguing such statements could aid Hitler.
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Britain
Hitler
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Washington
Senate
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
New York
Coolidge
United States
Wilson
U. S
Bustling Farmer Moggs and Dark Mushrooms Exchange
A humorous dialogue features Moggs the farmer and a lawyer. The farmer jokes about mushrooms grown in darkness while the lawyer guides a courtroom scene amid manslaughter confusion. A quip ends with a line about marriage proposals.
Breeding Hens Need Vitamins for Healthy Chicks
Prof C S Platt explains that vitamins A D and G are crucial for both hatchling health and early growth. He notes yellow corn and dried alfalfa supply A, cod liver or sardine oil supply D, while G is scarce and should come from dried yeast, liver meal, dried skim or buttermilk. Daily rations must ensure 10 percent dry mash consumption per 100 birds to meet G needs.
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C. S. Platt
Rutgers University
Regrassing Old Fields Reduces Insect Danger
Dr. P. N. Annand of the U S Department of Agriculture says weedy old fields in moist regions and dry infertile lands become ideal grasshopper breeding sites. Abandoned Northwest fields from the 1920s and 1930s drought years boosted grasshopper plagues, and speeding regrassing lowers future crop hazards.
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P. N. Annand
United States Department of Agriculture
Dr. Annand
Mineral deficiency signs in cattle and calves at fences
Cows and calves gnawing fence posts indicate mineral deficiency in feed. Calcium is provided by legume hays like cowpea, soybean, clover, and alfalfa if soil lime is adequate. A grain mix with 30 percent wheat bran, cottonseed meal, and soybean meal typically supplies phosphorus. A mineral mix of salt and steamed bone meal is harmless.
Agricultural Seeds and Trade Across Americas
The 1941 seed supply is expected short. Sheep and buffalo milks aid cheese in Europe and Asia. Latin America and U S agriculture employ two thirds and one quarter of the population. U S Latin trade totals about 1 billion yearly, a fifth of world trade. U S farms produce eight times Argentina’s annual beef exports, while U S buys about 60 percent of Argentine hides.
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South America
United States
U. S
Latin America
Argentina
Household Questions and Cleaning Tips
Gives tips on removing grease with cornmeal and ink with milk soak. Advises polishing furniture with grain, boiling meat at 350 degrees, delaying sauces with boiled vegetables, cleaning hardwoods with wood alcohol then wax, sanding badly worn floors, refinishing them, and beating egg whites with cream of tartar for stability.
Potent Events and Life’s Parabolic Moments
A reflective line on how certain events act like comets in a life, strikingly unusual and influential while obeying their own laws, distinct from everyday milestones. The quote invites contemplation of pivotal, unpredictable moments shaping a person’s path.
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Bulwer- Lytton
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Frank Talbert
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Peet Es
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Mme
du Deffand
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
King Pentores
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