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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
6
The piece analyzes U.S. and British loan moves to China amid Japan’s advances and notes simultaneous British and American credit efforts. It covers Romania’s Nazi-aligned trade, Spain’s Alfonso status, and Washington’s 1940 jockeying including Roper’s resignation, Garner’s return, Hopkins’ potential move, and John L. Lewis backing a Labor tilt.
The article reviews Pan American diplomacy at Lima with President Roosevelt seeking to reassure Latin nations the U. S. will not dominate while remaining a guardian. Hull notes unanimity is unlikely due to Argentina's trade with Germany and Mexico's land expropriation. Landon’s Lima role and London’s support for Roosevelt signal U S unity on foreign policy. New Year revelry in Philadelphia is banned after midnight as Mayor Wilson cites a 144-year old Sabbath law.
Christmas mail hits a new high with an estimated 3 billion postage stamps used. California Medical Association approves a pioneering state run health plan for physician and hospital care. Social security law changes top agendas for 44 state legislatures opening in January. Detroit reports a 42.9 percent drop in auto deaths in 1938.
Vermont Governor George D. Aiken urges Republicans to act with liberal deeds matching words. Neville Chamberlain warns Germany of financial and military costs in war. George McLean Harper laments the severance of American colonies from Britain as a historic mistake.
A. R. Winter of Ohio State University advises free lunch counters in laying houses to reduce labor and improve egg yield. He suggests proper feeder density, culling of underperforming two year olds, and clean well ventilated houses to prevent disease while noting vaccinations for fowl pox may delay production. He recommends self feeders with mash concentrate and grains separated, using wheat, corn, and oats as the grain mix.
A Missouri Farmer article argues that dairymen benefit from common breeds. Isolated breeders struggle to sell surplus, while multiple breeders attract buyers, allow bull exchanges, and enable cooperative use of purebred bulls and joint sales. The idea applies to other livestock and poultry as well.
The article notes grade A eggs vary by state, straw mulch aids strawberry beds, and terraces with rodents prevent breaks. It cites ten percent of US eggs stored cold, four and a half million honey bee colonies producing 160 million pounds annually, undersized pullets laying undersized eggs, geese as an old domesticated bird, pullet fat rations boosting production, and dairy herd improvement members monitoring cow production and feed costs.
Mae Towers in Bay Park New York endures a Christmas Eve shock from a new neighbor who sees a deviled vision in the bedroom. The woman, found in nightwear with a deranged expression, calls the Devil’s name and mistakes Mae for the Devil’s wife before police arrive and take her away. Mae later helps, recalling a hospital stay for the patient.
The phrase love all traces to 1742 whist where love signified no score for either side. It appeared in 1833 in Parson's Daughter with the line about losing two love games. J Marshall in 1878 defined love as nothing scored on either side.
The franking privilege originated with an 1782 Continental Congress ordinance allowing members and secretaries to mail letters and dispatches on official business without postage. It has continued and expanded to other government officials and departments over time.
The text notes that honeybees are not native to America and were first imported from Europe in 1638. Early imports were the German race, common in the United States, but later the yellow Italian race became favored for their docility, higher honey yield, and better resistance to the bee moth.
During World War I prisoners in the Baku prison in Russia were divided into two privileged sections. Collier's Weekly notes the "Grand Hotel" allowed friends, meals, and furnishings for a fee, while the "Hotel Metropole" let inmates live at home for a higher sum with daily roll call visits.
New and different yet easy to make patterns with detailed guidance for beginners. Five in One Dress offers multiple necklines and belts with a slim hip line. Four in One Closet Set includes a laundry bag cape hanger cover and slippers. Patterns No 1597 and No 1644 list sizes yardage and material needs.
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