Illinois Moves to Ease Costs with Tax Cuts and Roads
Gov Horner signs the first bill of the new legislature abolishing the Chicago general registration saving about 500000. A highway program costing over 3750000 progresses with contracts totaling 3600000 downstate and 750000 in the Chicago area. The Carlson commission proposes tax savings of about 16000000 next biennium through reorganized state activities and reduced appropriations.
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Henry Horner
Chicago
B. S. Adamowski
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Downstate
Carlson Commission On Taxation and Expenditures
United Action
Horner
Illinois
Hunter Future Roads Commission
Linois
Richard Barr
Joliet
Arthur Heubsch
Mississippi
Sennett Conner
State Tax Commission
The
Agricultural Transportation Association
Springfield
C. F. Mansfield
Illinois seeks stock issuance filing under state act
The federal transportation act does not relieve a railroad from filing a certificate of issuance of capital stock in the secretary of state’s office as required by the general corporation act. Attorney General Otto Kerner advised Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes that the filing and fee payment are required.
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Otto Kerner
C. M. Swanson
Paxton
Secretary of State
General Corporation Act
Hlinvis
Edward J. Hughes
Springfield
Chicago Real Estate Bond Exchange
William J. Stratton
Stratton
Chicago
Eddie the Ad Man and the Mettur Dam Development
The Mettur dam in South India, planned as the largest dam in the British empire, targets completion by September 1934. Its masonry block will measure 54,000,000 cubic feet, with cement forming a key component of the structure.
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Mettur
South India
Wheat breeders Near Rust Immunity in Spring Wheat
USDA reports near immunity to stem rust in spring wheat is hereditary. Studies at Mandan and Langdon ND show crosses reveal dominant and recessive factors controlling near immunity and resistance. Results presented by J Allen Clark and H B Humphrey at the American Society of Agronomy meeting in Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Department
Northern Great Plains
Mandan
Langdon
N. D
J. Allen Clark
H. B. Humphrey
Division of
Cereal Crops
American Society of Agronomy
Washington
Kota
Hope
Marquis
Reliance
Ceres
Beginning Advances in Soybean Development
The Illinois experiment station issues a bulletin by M. Woodworth detailing genetics and breeding in soybean improvement. It notes Illinois led U S soybean output with over 40 percent of the national threshing total in 1931 and cites the 1981 Illinois crop at 6 055 000 bushels.
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College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
M. Woodworth
University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
Linds
Inbreeding Study Finds No Harm at Davis Hog Farm
A decade long experiment at the College of Agriculture farm in Davis California suggests hog inbreeding did not reduce vigor or litter size. Other places show vigor loss, but Davis results differ. The study will continue to seek more information on the subject.
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College of Agriculture
Davis
Calif
Sprouting Potatoes Inhibited By Storing With Apples
Apples placed in the same room as potatoes prevent sprouting due to a compound in the fruit. Winter apple varieties like Winesap Black Twig and Ben Davis stay usable through spring if picked in good condition. Wrapping apples in paper aids preservation when supply is modest.
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Winesap
Ben Davis
Unbecoming Gravity of Age Essay Refutes Long Faces
The Indianapolis News piece discusses William Rose Benet’s essay on aging, arguing youth should yield the spotlight to the aged. It notes age and youth can coexist, citing Cicero, Addison, Ruskin, and a general call for mutual respect, good will, and kinder neighborly relations.
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William Rose Benet
William
Cicero
Catiline
Addison
Ruskin
Indianapolis News
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ad Claims Strength
Advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription promoting strength for women with no alcohol. Sold by druggists in tablet and liquid forms.
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Dr. Pierce
Charles Henry
Route 3
West Plains
Opportunity Neglected You Never Profit At All
A reflective brief notes that missed chances from mistakes yield little gain. It argues that learning from errors is essential to future success and warns against repeating the same missteps. The piece emphasizes turning regrets into actionable improvements.
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Ilinois Taxpayers Association
Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs
Galesburg
Earl Walker
Shelbyville
Joe Marquis
Legislative Reference Bureau
Congress
United Mine Workers of America
Progressive Miners of America
Edward L. Ryerson, Jr
Ilinois Emergency Relief Commission
General Assembly
Ryerson
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Cook County Commissioners
Liason
Howard L. Doyle
Decatur
First Methodist Church
Benton
Inez Steed Carrell
Charleston
Murray Clark
Ilinois Reformatory
J. I. Dilsaver
Eddie
AD Man
Jake Hickelberry
Tom
Ann
Rinsoge
Rinso
America
New York
St. Louis
eTta
Calumet
Jess
Sci
General Foods
Dixie Waffles
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