Character of soil shapes man's life and crops
A National Geographic bulletin explains how soil type and structure influence farming patterns worldwide. It highlights loess in north China, flood-irrigated Yangtze basins, the US corn belt, and the global role of soil in tobacco and wine quality, with notes on sand, clay, and in-between soils and the micro- life in soil crumbs.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
China
Yangtze Valley
United States
Great ‘Corn Belt
Connecticut Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Carolinas
Virginia
Macedonia
Asia
France
New British Plane Flies At Four Miles A Minute
British test pilots report speeds of four miles per minute with a new single seat fighter named the Jockey by Vickers Aviation. At Brooklands tests reach 238 to 240 mph at 20 000 feet with a nine cylinder radial engine supercharged for 530 horsepower.
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London
England
Vickers (Aviation), Ltd
Air Ministry
Brooklands
New York Skyscraper Jungle Tops 1932 Tax Roll
New York conducts its annual skyscraper survey with roughly 500 buildings of 20 stories or more valued in the billions. Ninety-three rise 30 or more stories, led by the Empire State Building at 86 stories. Chrysler and Woolworth rank among the tallest past years, with Cities Service and Manhattan Company buildings also high. Each tower functions as a city within the city with its own governance, police, and vast office populations.
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New York
Knickerbocker
New
Empire State Building
Chrysler Building
Board of Aldermen
Betsy Ross Corps to Serve in War Time
Women licensed pilots have formed the Betsy Ross corps to fly commercial airplanes during wartime so male pilots can join the fighting. Kansas City will host the seventh corps area covering Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Arkansas.
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Betsy Ross
Kansas City
Betsy Ross Corps
Seventh Corps
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Arkansas
Whales and a Trinity Church Charter Aboard Old New York
A historic note traces how whales ashore in the New York province led Trinity Church to secure rights for whaling profits in 1697. It recounts whale lore near Green Run Virginia and Nassau Island, with royal patents granting seizure and processing of wrecks to fund church building.
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Esse Boies
Simmons
Mozambique
Green Run
Davy Jones
Atlantic
New York Harbor
Long Island
East Hampton
Sag Harbor
Corporation of Trinity Church
Old Trinity
New York
Trinity Church
William III
Church of England
Trinity
Nassau
New York Times
Women Refused Ballot by Quebec Legislature
The Quebec legislature voted 52 to 2 against extending the franchise to women. Proponents led by Dr. Anatole Plante argued women faced inferiority to other provinces, while opponents invoked traditional roles, with Liberal members split on the bill.
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Quebec
British Empire
Anatole Plante
Hungarian nobleman seeks eleven mile balloon record
Count Theodore Zichy and Austrian inventor Hans Braun plan a high altitude attempt in a thermos shaped balloon to surpass Professor Piccard’s ten mile ascent last May. The two aim to reach about eleven miles in the ascent.
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Vienna
Theodore Zichy
Hans Braun
Piccard
Shot strikes rabbit start barn fire in Burns Barn
A hunter near Minersville Pennsylvania fired at a rabbit but hit a barn wall instead. The shot ignited a blaze that consumed the barn and its five ton haypile. Fire fully destroyed the barn.
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Minersville
His Marriages Stick Nacogdoches Rector Crocker
In Nacogdoches Texas for 42 years Dr George L Crocker Episcopal rector here and at Saint Augustine presided over hundreds of marriages and only one couple has ever been divorced.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
George L. Crocker
Episcopal
San Augustine
Odd Industries in British Isles
A Pearson's Weekly feature notes curious trades in Britain. An Armenian outdoor watch repairer operates near Westminster, while a man calls himself a smoke bottler. Other peculiarities include walrus whisker collection for toothpicks and a skin grafting scheme for burn victims.
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Westminster Cathedral
Stratton Ground
London
England
Pearson's Weekly
British Isles
Secretary Wilbur Explains Alaskan Totem Poles Meaning
Secretary Wilbur deciphers the meaning of two totem poles outside his office after many readers asked. He asked Governor Parks of Alaska to consult John Wallace the carver who provided the explanations of his work.
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Wilbur
Governor Parks
Alaska
John Wallace
Profanity Called For and Caddy Was There
Boston golf writer Dr J Whitcomb Brougher, formerly of Los Angeles, played public links in Franklin Park. After a sliced drive at the seventh hole and a poor lie, his caddy delivered a volley of profanities, explaining the need since the doctor was unable to swear.
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J. Whitcomb Brougher
Boston
Los Angeles
Franklin Park
Doctor Brougher
Los Angeles Times
Porches Light helps mother call children home
A mother writes in Parents Magazine that a porch light is a simple aid to summon children. She notes it reduces trips in winter snow and allows kids playing in the evenings to spot the glow from far away.
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Parents’ Magazine
Trainer cites light morning meals for steeplechase horses
A trainer explains that horses receive little food on race morning. A paddock visitor notes this practice makes them fast, reflecting on track tactics observed in racing circles.
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Boston Transcript
Right to the Point Man Advertisement Patten
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from 60 years ago. It claims to regulate liver and bowels and features a husky voice and phrases about a thief.
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Dr. Pierce
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Jordan
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