Farm of Tomorrow cuts farm labor costs by 30 percent
Marion Wisconsin reports University of Wisconsin scientists built a model electrically operated farm of tomorrow on a 140 acre site near Madison. The display shows chores controlled by buttons and mechanisms from barn cleaning to feeding and milking with air drying hay boosting milk output.
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Og Marion Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
University
Wisconsin Utilities Association
Madison
Clerk Gambles U. S. Funds on Horses Loss: $40,000
In Inglewood California postal clerk Andred A. Benson 40 confessed embezzling $40,000 of government funds to a U S commissioner. He said racing losses at Hollywood Park and Santa Anita led to the theft and he now awaits grand jury action with a $2,500 bond. A separate Kansas City note quotes grocer James Harlow on lamb prices and buyer resistance.
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Los Angeles
Andred A. Benson
Inglewood
Calif
Howard V. Calverly
U. S
Benson
Hollywood Park
Lee Miller
Federals
Hollywood
Santa Anita
Kansas City
James Harlow
Yum Yum Elephant Eats 117 Dollars in Transit
ARLINGTON Ohio railroad telegrapher A A Hall tossed a day's receipts amounting to 117 45 into a baggage car thinking it held baggage. It was a freight car full of circus elephants. By the time keepers were alerted the money was gone and the elephants were left unfazed.
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Arlington
Ohio
A. A. Hall
Hall
New York Central
Polly the Parrot Makes Her Appearance Before a Judge
In Elizabethtown Tennessee a four year old parrot served as chief exhibit in a custody dispute. Judge W R Pearson heard the case involving Raymond West and Robert L Smith over possession of Polly the parrot. The bird answered with its name Polly as it was questioned briefly. West was awarded custody of the bird. Smith expressed attachment to the parrot.
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Elizabethtown
Tenn
W. R. Pearson
Raymond West
Robert L. Smith
West
Florida
Smith
Polly
Sardine Scarcity Hits Pacific Coast Canneries
Monterey Calif reports a major sardine shortage threatening a 75 million dollar industry with 12 000 fishermen and thousands of cannery workers. Catches have plummeted from 700 000 tons in peak years to 124 000 tons last year, affecting oil and meal supplies for soaps fats and paints. Experts cite overfishing poor spawning and shifting ocean currents.
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Monterey
Calif
Pacific Coast
Europe
Far East
Rooster Lays a Miniature Egg in Australia
A rooster in Oakleigh Victoria astonished B J Finch by laying a spherical egg about three quarters of an inch in diameter. The egg contained only white with no yolk, puzzling experts who say the bird must have been at least half a hen.
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Sydney
Australia
Oakleigh
Victoria
B. J. Finch
Finch
Movie Stars Share Studio Tales and Personal anecdotes
A collage of actor anecdotes covers Sabu Gail Russell Turhan Bey and others in India themed Columbia film. Jody Gilbert Agnes Moorehead Patricia Neal June Havoc Joseph Cotten Eddie Bracken and more are profiled with career notes and quirky off set stories.
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India
Columbia
Milk Sponging Gives Golden Cloud Her Lustrous Coat
In Montana star Errol Flynn’s film, the Palomino stallion Golden Cloud was bathed in milk each morning before scenes. The dairy treatment reduced glare by limiting light reflection, while still producing a glossy coat for the camera.
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Golden Cloud
Errol Flynn
Montana
Wickes On Hollywood Type Casting And Career Fears
Actress Mary Wickes comments on beauty bias in Hollywood saying prune faces and skinny legs ease job access. She foresees remaining a sour-puss actress for decades if she continues acting.
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Mary Wickes
Hollywood
Miss Wickes
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Johnny Belinda
Zanesville
Cambridge
Patricia Neal
Gary Cooper
Joseph Young
Africa
RKO
Robert Armstrong
Sam Spade
June Havoc
Alan Ladd
Paramount
Joseph Cotton
Eddie Bracken
Turhan Bey
Richard
Basebart
Samuel Goldwyn
Roseanna McCoy
Gary Merrill
Dr. Malone
Chicago
Gene
Flying Cowboy
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
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America
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Egypt
Rome
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Fleming-Hall Tobacco ,C., Inc
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