Illinois News Roundup Lapses In License Law And Local Incidents
A string of arrests and local crimes spark action in Illinois as Dan Mackinaw faces perjury charges in tax returns with a $2000 bond. Robbers hit Berkeley suburb stores, taking cash and goods. Officials restore Vandalia’s state Capitol, now a museum, at an estimated $12000 cost.
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Dan
Mackinaw
Re Threshermen’s Association
Berkeley
Chicago
Samuel Collins
Theron Haines
August Weinberger
Augusta
Manita
Horner
Ilinois
Vandalia
Fayette County
Abraham Lincoln
Hughes
Illinois
Joseph H. Braun
Chicago Motor Club
Illinois General Assembly
Kelly
Harold ©. Ward
Liquor Control Commission
Assembly
State Liquor Commission
Ward
Cotton as Americas constant companion and staple fiber
A National Geographic bulletin highlights cotton as essential to modern life, noting its broad use from vehicle tires to clothes and home furnishings. It details global reliance, production scales, fiber growth, planting, and the hand-picking method still dominant, with future machinery in development.
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Washington
America
United States
National Geographic Society
Dobbin
Cotton
Ten Millions Saved in Year by U S Students
New York reports that during the school year ending June 30 1933 pupils in U S schools deposited 10 332 569 in school savings. W Espey Albig of the American Bankers Association notes withdrawals still surpassed deposits for the second year but by a smaller margin. He cites withdrawals as evidence of funds aiding emergencies from tough business conditions.
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New York
United States
W. Espey Albig
American Bankers Association
Albig
War Fear Speeds Air Defense Paris
European nations build arms amid fear of war and possible failure of disarmament talks. France accelerates frontier fortifications from Dunkirk to Nice, while modernizing forces. Pierre Cot orders 25 De Woitine planes. Britain plans 100 new fighters and trimotor flying boats. Belgium funds frontier defense and air power. Switzerland boosts reserves amid potential Alpine invasion routes.
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Paris
Germany
France
Dunkirk
Basle
Mount Blanc
Swiss
Nice
Mediterranean
Pierre Cot
London
British
Air Ministry
British Air Ministry
Britain
Belgium
Herve Plateau
Tunnel to Reach Vast Cripple Creek Gold Deposit
Cripple Creek mining men sponsor a five mile tunnel plan to drain the district and lower water levels by 600 to 700 feet unlocking an $80 billion gold resource. The project would also divert water to irrigate 20 000 acres in the Arkansas valley. A $1 million loan was approved by Guy Ed C Johnson and is before Washington officials.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Arkansas Valley
Canon City
Pueblo
Guy. Ed C. Johnson
Washington
Record of School Savings Deposits and Participation
The report notes deposits reached 29,113,063 dollars, with annual deposits shrinking by 18.8 million over three years. For 1922-23 deposits totaled 10,631,838 dollars, slightly above this year's by 300,000, while 6,868 schools participated versus 10,890 the prior year and pupil participants fell from 3,080,685 to 1,790,851.
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Albig
Wealthy Australian Chinese Leaves Legacy to Distant Kin
Sydney report says Wong Wah Gee leaves 5,000 dollars to descendants of his ancient ancestor Nem Bat Tsu. Court action sought to determine rightful heirs among an estimated 5,000 descendants.
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Sydney
Australia
Wong Wah Gee
Nem Bat Tsu
Nem Bat
Kentucky Breckinridge Named First Woman Pan American Delegate
Miss Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Samuel Deutsch professor at the University of Chicago, becomes the first woman delegate to the Pan American congress. The Jeffersonian Democrats hail her as highly honored, noting her Breckinridge lineage including John Breckinridge and James Breckinridge. Her father served five terms in Congress from Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Breckinridge
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
Samuel Deutsch
University of Chicago
John Breckinridge
Jefferson
James Breckinridge
University of Virginia
Congress
John Cabell Breckinridge
Buchanan
Sweet Clover Poised to Rise in Illinois Wheat Program
Illinois farmers have expanded sweet clover acreage from 48 000 to 850 000 acres since 1919 and the crop is expected to gain prominence under the agricultural adjustment administration. The University of Illinois bulletin notes sweet clover as a superior soil improvement legume, with easy cultivation, wide regional adaptation, and use for pasture grazing.
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College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
WNU
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Illinois
Bulletin
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
New Bulletin
United States
Corn
Complex Mineral Feeds Reducing Farm Costs
A University of Illinois College of Agriculture circular argues farmers can economize by avoiding complex mineral mixtures. Minerals should supplement balanced rations, including salt and calcium, with calcium phosphate recommended for dairy cows and pasture-fed growing livestock.
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College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
H. H. Mitchell
Agricultural trends in crops and pests noted
In a 1930s style roundup the item cites insects consuming a tenth of world crops. It lists oats as a top US cereal, Hawaii switching from rice to potatoes, 40 percent of US tobacco exported, and hail losses in Montana. Minnesota peat soil trials favor corn, Garbanzo beans introduced in Texas Rio Grande, dairymen urged to dispose of unprofitable cows, and manure with superphosphate advised for upcoming corn beans or cabbage fields.
Modern Society Girls Embrace Careers Over Idleness
Ex Debutante notes a shift from social ruin for working women to a generation pursuing diverse paths. Rich girls now become bacteriologists, opera singers, stage performers, social workers, interior decorators, journalists, or models to earn money and avoid boredom.
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Saturday Evening Post
Park Avenue
Ninth
Seem a Requisite If we have no cares we Invent a few
A compact reflection suggests that without care one may invent needs and rules. The phrasing implies a philosophy of invention driven by apathy and the desire to regulate trivial matters.
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G. Allison
Robert Allison
Naperville
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Pekin
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Eddie Woods
Chester Baughman
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Moline
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Delaware
Connecticut
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Patrick Sullivan, Jr
U. S
Switzerland
Sweet Clover
Hawaiian Islands
Hall
Montana Board of Hail Insurance
University of Minnesota Agriculturists
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Postal Mutual Life Association
Pershing Square
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Jennings
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