Uncle Sam develops better fighting airplanes
Wright Field in Dayton Ohio houses engineers testing faster more dependable aircraft and enforcing strict entry with ironclad clearances. The feature highlights a colossal propeller test rig spinning 45 ft blades at 4300 RPM, illustrating U S military aviation advances from coast to coast.
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Sam
New York
California
Wright Field Research
Echnical
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Swine Erysipelas Disease Spurs Farmer Warnings
Swine erysipelas spreads across at least 39 states with hog cholera misidentification common. The disease ranges from acute blood poisoning to chronic lameness and skin lesions. Accurate veterinary diagnosis is urged, as recovered animals may carry germs long-term and treatment exists to curb spread.
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Middle West
American Foundation For Animal Health
Lighting Boosts Egg Production and Feed Needs
J. C. Taylor of Rutgers University advises that artificial lights raise egg output only by boosting feed intake. Increase grain by 2-4 pounds per 100 birds daily to 14-16 pounds. once maxed, use a flushing mash of ground oats ground yellow corn and milk to keep body weight stable.
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J. C. Taylor
Rutgers University
Farm Population Near 1916 High in 1940 Census
The farm population of the United States on January 1, 1940, stood at 32,245,000, the largest in 24 years and near the 1916 all-time high of 32,530,000.
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United States
Feeding dry cows for future milk production
E. H. Hanson of the University of Minnesota advises that poor condition dry cows may need 10 to 12 pounds of grain daily to gain body condition for a heavy lactation. A high producing cow cannot maintain weight on feed alone, so bring her to good condition when she freshens. A grain mix of ground corn oats bran linseed meal molasses is recommended. provide good hay for dry cows.
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E. H. Hanson
University of Minnesota
Phosphorus Use in Dairy Cattle Compared to Calcium
A 1000 pound cow stores about 50 pounds of bone minerals, with phosphorus forming a large part. Milk production requires both calcium and phosphorus, with phosphorus comprising about 45 percent of the total mineral need, roughly four fifths of the calcium requirement.
Locker on Billy Conn and boxing punch power
Grantland Rice notes that Billy Conn lacks punching technique despite boxing skill. Locker compares Conn to legends Dempsey Tunney Louis and Greb, explaining true punching requires shoulder back and body involvement. He praises Greb’s dynamite speed and power while criticizing Conn’s limited hit.
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Conn
Locker
Bobby Jones
Bobby
Hagen
Saraszen
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Dempsey
Joe Louis
Gene
Camera
Billy Conn
Louis
Billy
Savold
Greb
Hilda and Mothers On Girls Social Safety Net
An editorial urges parents to guide daughters toward healthy social life rather than stifle them. It contrasts nurturing homes with controlling ones, urging openness, supervision, and fun, while addressing a girl named Hilda who writes about family dynamics and parental attitudes toward women.
Fun at Home by Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris argues it is lamentable when a young girl cannot use her home to entertain friends. She says a mother should provide a happy home so daughters may later foster gay and hospitable homes. Norris urges parents to help daughters make their home a pleasant place for guests.
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Hilda
Kathleen Norris
Miss Norris
Go and Build Your Own Gentlelife at Home
A narrator counsels Alma and Grace to leave a stifling home led by a restrictive father and gentle mother. They should form a small, self guided social circle, start with informal dinners and pencil games, and gradually recruit the next sister, creating independent, natural evenings away from parental control. The piece emphasizes self reliance, gentle advancement, and shaping their own lives.
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Alma
Grace
Draft Makes Major Mistake In Taxi Driver Defense
A New York taxi driver was rejected by the army due to failing a 100 percent eye test. The column argues taxi drivers are natural fighters, capable of leading in war, and mocks the idea of tanks as superior to a fleet of taxis. The piece quotes Elmer Twitchell praising cabbies and urging Roosevelt to lift the ban, while also sharing satirical reflections on Greece and Miami's publicity scene.
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Cirles Socker Coe
Hovelists
Florida
Socker
Navy
Locker
Conn
Savold
New York
Elmer
Hitler
Goering
Goebbels
America
Roosevelt
Shabby Hall Saliente in Ruth Wyeth Smith Narrative
Ruth Wyeth Sp on recounts a scene where Mrs Martindale fears judgment as she returns home to a plain hall. She reflects on outsiders’ impressions before a surprising incident unfolds, beginning with a latch key and a bare foyer. The moment hints at character and domestic atmosphere in a dated handwriting vignette.
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Ruth Wyeth
Martindale
Fringed Green Curtain Panel Project Sketch
A vintage sewing sketch describes dyeing fabric green and assembling green screen curtains forming a panel between a door and window. Red framed small mirrors, cream monk's cloth shelf, and cream fringe accents complete the look, with buckram valance details linked to Sewing Book 5.
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Sgt. D. Samain
Iig
U. S
Grantland Rice
Dempsey and
By Kathleen Norris
Mrs. Norris
Elmer Twitchell
Uncle Sam
Miami
Miami Beach
Wally
Billy Friesell
Valentine
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Gizziress
Hitchcock
Dr. Hitchcock
Ruskin
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