The 80th Congress First Session Review
A brief overview notes the 80th Congress began under reorganizational cuts to committees in both chambers. It details nine major bills and twenty appropriation bills passed by mid July, highlights key acts such as income tax measures and rent control, and references the symbolic Mace in the House. It mentions travel pamphlets, a planned European visit by a district representative, and dairy aid programs through UNICEF. It closes with crop forecasts and a local publisher lament about large envelopes for weekly Navy mail.
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80Th Congress
Spray Painting for Farm and Home Ad
Bill Kearney offers spray painting for farm and home with guaranteed work. Contact via phone 231 for estimates and service details.
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Bill Kearney
Uncle Sam Promotes Savings Bonds and Payroll Plan
The U S Treasury urges savers to buy Savings Bonds arguing they remain theirs and are callable, and encourage enrollment or increased allotments in the Payroll Savings Plan as the safest way to save for future needs.
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U.S. Treasury Department
Wanted Ad For Heating Installer Familiar With Gas Coal And Oil
Classified ad from Montgomery Ward in Columbus Nebraska seeks a man to install heating equipment. Requires familiarity with gas coal and oil installations. All labor charged to you. Also selling shepherd puppies and farm equipment including wagon boxes with 100 bushel capacity. John Cederberg listed for puppy inquiry.
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Montgomery Ward & CO
Columbus
Nebr
Holcomb's York Hatchery Poultry Health Service Ad
Holcomb's York Hatchery promotes poultry health service vaccinating culling assorting young stock with metal nests and feeders available. Phone York 949.
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Holcomb’s
York
Little Brown Boll Weevil Toll Hits Cotton Industry
The boll weevil, a reddish brown beetle from Mexico, crossed the Texas border about 50 years ago and now causes an annual loss exceeding 200 million dollars. It reduces yields by about one seventh, roughly 1.5 million bales per year, with a peak drop over 30 percent in 1921, though relief has reduced the decline in recent years.
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Mexican
Mexico
Texas
Cat’n Belt
Ancient City of Sand Resisted Savage Onslaughts
Chan Chan in Peru, once the Chimu capital, withstood Inca assaults until torrential rains in 1701 1720 and 1891 eroded its adobe walls. Today tourists view sand drifts and relics that attest to a great, skilled civilization famed for pottery mosaics and metals.
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Chan Chan
Peru
Artificial Casein Bristle Brush Factory Opens
The Department of Agriculture reports a successful commercial use of casein based bristles. Dr. Thomas L. McMeekin and associates developed the process, with one firm opening a factory to produce casein bristle and brushes. The extruded casein fibers resemble horsehair and can be made in various lengths and diameters. They are oil and solvent resistant and suited for paint brushes.
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Department of Agriculture
Thomas L. McMeekin
Image of Liberty and the Guatemalan Quetzal
The quetzal, Guatemala's monetary unit since 1924, stands for independence. Once prized by Mayas, its golden green plumes drew Spanish admiration but nearly led to extinction. Now the living bird inhabits Guatemala's interior and its image graces public buildings and currency.
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Guatemala
Proper Care for Damask Table Linen
With careful handling damask table linen lasts years. Wash in hot soapy water, repeat if discoloration remains, and rinse in hot water. Do not wring, hang to sun dry, iron while still damp for a high gloss, and vary folds to avoid wear along creases.
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United Nations International ‘Children
Betty Jacob
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Emil Hauge
Meadow Grove News
Hauge
Navy
Storz
Harum
Texington Mill G Elevator CO 2
Lexington Nebrance
David Harum
Dinges
Osceola Hatchery
Uncle Sam
John Cederberg
SAILE
Wes Peterson
Corona
Call
C. E. Daniel
Willis
Gamble
Sugar Creek Creamery Company
Omaha
Aero
MONTGOMERY WARD @& CO
Eo & Soscs
David City
White Horse Inn
Cafe Regis
Ford Tractor
Dearborn Implements
Ford Motor Company
Correa
Dearborn
Ford
Polk County
Consumers Public Power District
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