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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
8
Livestock prices and trade results from Union Stock Yards Omaha dated May 28 1940 show hogs higher by 10 to 20 cents and fat lambs up 15 to 25 cents. Cattle receipts around 9 000 head with mixed demand. feeders and calves steady to higher. hogs and lambs strongest in bidding with light weights near peak values.
A list of individuals including Ekstrom, Swanson, Fredrickson, Larson, Nyquist, Johnson, and many others appears in a board record. The session ends with no further business and the board adjourns to meet on June 4 1940. AFMRCVED: A C Twarling, Chairman.
Dr. Willis D. Ellis of the University of Arizona urges colleges to replace flat graduation credits with a sliding scale that allocates more credits to top students. He argues current equal credits for all encourages below average work and that merit should be rewarded with greater graduation credits to spur deeper study and enable more elective coursework.
A leading life insurance report shows across decades to 1937 white female death rates fell faster than males at every age. Babies, youths, adults and seniors all show stronger female mortality gains, predicting a growing female surplus and social shifts such as later marriages and higher divorce rates.
The average cost to grow and transplant a seedling last year was about 1.25 cents. National forests planted 125 million trees on 131,707 acres, led by longleaf 28.6 million, jack pine 22.98 million, and red or Norway pine 22.81 million.
Science works on a compact television apparatus for aerial use to spot enemies and display images in the home base. Lord Chatfield notes the Admiralty has a working shipboard televisor letting a captain watch shell impacts, though its table size makes it unsuitable for planes. Germany pursued a similar system years ago to speed development.
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