New Farm Board to Begin Work July 15
President Hoover’s new farm board will hold its first meeting on Monday July 15. Five members have been named, with Hyde as ex officio, six of nine ready for service. The initial agenda includes organizing the board, choosing staff, and locating offices in the old Southern Railroad building.
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Washington
Weaver
Farm Board
Hyde
W. F. Schilling
Minnesota
Schilling
W. 8
Moscrip
C. C G. Teague
California
Los Angeles
James G. Stone
Kentucky
State Land Bank
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Alexander Legge
Chicago
C. B. Denman
Missouri
Reed Smoot
Rep
Utah
Public Buildings Commission
Old Southern Railroad
First Stabilization Corporation
Hoover
Legge
Girl 21 Confesses to Belt Strangle and Torch Murder
Laura Weaver of Wyoming Illinois admitted killing her 52 year old suitor Wilmer Kitselman by strangling him with his belt then burning the body as a human torch. She hauled the corpse 30 miles to a roadside near Annewan and dumped it in a reed filled ditch after soaking it with naphtha. The body was found the next day. Weaver was arrested at her sister’s Naperville home shortly after her confession.
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Naperville
Laura Weaver
Wyoming
Wilmer TI
Kitselman
Annewan
Miss Weaver
Joseph Weisenberger
Tennant man jailed 300 days for home brewing beer
I. L. Hill of Tennant received 300 days in the county jail for brewing beer at home in Burnham California. No charge of selling the beverage was made.
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Burnham
Calif
I. L. Hill
Tennant
Army Shoeware Contract Won by Gardiner Firm
The R. P. Hazzard company of Gardiner Massachusetts has been awarded a contract to supply 150000 pairs of army shoes. It is believed to be the largest order received by a New England manufacturer since the war.
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Boston
R. P. Hazzard Company
Gardiner
Mass
New England
Aircraft Motor Contracts Approved for 2 Million
Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics Trubee Davison announced contracts totaling two million dollars for airplane motors. The orders cover procurement and supply to support wartime aviation.
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Airplane Motors
Washington
Trubee Davison
Wills Wins English Women's Singles for Third Time
Wimbledon report Miss Helen Wills of California retains tennis supremacy by defeating fellow Californian Helen Jacobs 6 1 6 2 in the first all American final at the British championships.
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Wimbledon
England
Helen Wills
Helen Jacobs
Powers to Act on War Debt August 6
Paris and London clash over how to implement the Young plan with August 6 set for a foreign ministers conference to study methods. France pushes a three conference process and Switzerland as site while Belgium and Germany prefer London and a single session.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
William Thurrell
Briand
England
London
Sir Tyrrell
Switzerland
Quai d Orsay
Brussels
Berlin
Quai d’Orsay
Young Dewberry Promising Crop Gains Popularity
The Young dewberry named for B A Young of Louisiana is rising in significance across the southern United States. Trials by George M Darrow of the USDA show its hardiness from Norfolk to Texas with strong yields and fruit suitable for freezing, preserves and pies. Growth centers include southern Alabama southern California near Wilmington North Carolina and Houston Texas with nurseries offering planting stock though the department does not provide it.
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United States Department of Agriculture
B. A. Young
Louisiana
United States
George M. Darrow
South
Alabama
California
Wilmington
N. C
Houston
Texas
Norfolk
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Oregon
Washington
Darrow
Wheat shipments rise as Kansas faces car shortage
Governor Reed said he asked Trans-Missouri-Kansas shipping board secretary R K E Clark to set headquarters in the governor's office to monitor the car situation. Farmers rush wheat to market while Hutchinson reports 1,162 loaded wheat cars, signaling potential temporary embargoes on terminals if the shortage worsens.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Reed
R. K E. Clark
Trans-Missouri-Kansas Shipping Board
Hutchinson
Marine Commandant Eli Cole Dies in San Francisco
Major General Eli X. Cole aged sixty two, commandant of the United States Marine Corps Pacific Department, died after a brief illness at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Eli x. Cole
United States Marine Corps
Department of the Pacific
Letterman General Hospital
99 Year Prison Term for Killing Wife
Ocie Nix, a Malta farmer, was found guilty of poisoning and killing his seventeen year old wife in Boston Texas. He received a 99 year sentence in prison.
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Boston
Texas
Ocie Nix
Malta
Good Crops Seen in Russia and Nearby Regions
The commissariat for trade reports harvest prospects brighter than last year. Officials expect good crops in Ukraine and the central black soil district along with the northern Caucasus.
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Moscow
Commissariat For Trade
Ukraine
Black Soil
Northern
Caucasus
Pope Sets Consistory Dates for New Cardinals
Vatican confirms a secret consistory on July 15 to create new cardinals and a public consistory on July 18 in Vatican City. Pope Pius aims to expand the college of cardinals with selections announced in church circles.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Vatican
Equipment Needed for Creosoting Fence Posts
The open tank method requires a heated tank, a galvanized iron tank three feet in diameter and four feet high. Posts must be seasoned, then the lower half stays in hot creosote at 190 degrees F for two to four hours, after which they cool in the creosote. Tops of certain posts may be dipped briefly, and a half inch ground-contact penetration provides protection.
Oats Production Rises Despite Decline in Farm Horses
Oats production in the United States continues to grow even as the number of horses and mules on farms falls. Postwar oats prices show demand hit by shift to mechanical power, remaining about prewar levels and signaling an unfavorable position versus other feed grains and commodities. Farm prices overall run about 40 percent higher since the war.
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United States
Agricultural Hints for Crop and Livestock Care
The notes discuss rape pasture as a milk taint risk and its value as a five week to harvest pasture crop with sweet clover as a top grazing option. Home gardeners can extend the growing season with hotbeds and cold frames while seed care can save farmers large sums from disease losses. Lime and sulphates are advised for oats corn and soy. Sudan grass is a hot weather sorghum. plant warm soil. Prepare for insect control with arsenate of lead nicotine dust and nicotine sulphate. Cultivation reduces pests conserves moisture and enhances soil nutrients.
It is human nature to attribute success to chance
A concise reflection on how people tend to credit luck for others' achievements rather than effort or circumstance, noting the bias in interpreting success across social contexts.
Glacial drumlins shape landscapes in several states
Drumlins are elongate or oval hills of glacial drift typically compact and unstratified with the long axis aligned to ice movement. They abound in Wayne Cayuga and Onondaga counties New York and in Dodge and Jefferson counties Wisconsin and in Massachusetts.
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Wayne
Cayuga
Onondaga
New York
Dodge and
Jefferson Counties
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Victory for Locusts Over Desert Invasion
Air force bases in Africa guided fighters to defend the city as locust swarms threatened major damage. Planes rose to scatter the insects but several machines were forced down because locusts blocked radiators.
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Koweit
Africa
Japanese forests guard against erosion in mountain regions
Recognition of forest protection as a key erosion control measure has grown in Japan. The empire now oversees over 350,000 parcels of protection forests totaling more than 4,300,000 acres in mountainous areas.
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Japan
Kalighatta Meaning of the Kali Temple Site
The Hindu notes Kalighatta in Calcutta derives from Kali meaning goddess and ghatta meaning landing place. Kali ghatta thus translates to landing place of Kali.
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Calcutta
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Believed to Cure
An old superstition says the seventh son of a seventh son gains healing powers through laying on of hands and possesses foresight to see the future.
Early Dynamite Use and Manufacturing Origins
The notice recalls early dynamite use in 1865 and its U.S. manufacture beginning in 1867. It notes a factory for dynamite production was established in Stockholm in 1861.
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United States
Stockhom
Burdens Adjusted in a One Day’s Garden Writings
A reflective note attributed to J. R. Miller, D. D., on bearing burdens with steady effort until day’s end, emphasizing endurance and practical virtue.
California Monopolizes Mohave Kernite Discovery
Kernite deposits in the Mohave desert of California, found in 1926, are the only known source of this mineral critical to the borax industry. Local authorities note the unique global position of California's find.
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Mohave Desert
Calif
Teaching Banking Provides Bankers Instruction Network
The American Institute of Banking serves as the educational arm of the American Bankers Association, offering instruction to bank employees. It maintains about 160 chapters in cities nationwide to deliver training and materials.
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American Institute of Banking
American Bankers’ Association
Imaginary Stone in Alchemy Folklore
The piece notes the philosopher's stone as an imaginary substance once believed by ancient alchemists to transmute base metals into gold. It warns that seeking such shortcuts to riches amounts to chasing fiction.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Bible's Legacy Shapes a Nation Across Centuries
Three centuries of the Authorized Version Bible influence British life culture and memory, shaping religion literature education and childhood experiences in enduring ways. Stanley Baldwin notes the work's lasting imprint on tradition and national identity.
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Stanley Baldwin
Airplane Noise Source Identified by Air Corps
The air corps states that airplane in flight noise mainly comes from the engine exhaust, with lesser contributions from the propeller, air flowing over the wings, and air passage between struts and wires.
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The
Air Corps
Silkworm Leaves Power Japan’s Textile Work
In Japan, girls are employed to feed freshly hatched silkworms mulberry leaves. The worms quickly consume leaves, devouring many times their weight.
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Japan
Population Growth Prompts Crowded World Forecast
The article warns that at the current growth rate the world will have standing room only in 60 years. It notes a daily population increase of about 50,000 people and calls for attention to future crowding and resource strain.
One Always Successful Crossing Tale
A stark warning contrasts two fates at crossings. A motorist who tries to beat a train fails, while an incidental match lighting a gas leak often leads to a dangerous, successful outcome.
Monetary Parity Bimetallism Defined
A monetary system named monetary parity bimetallism places gold and silver on equal footing for mintage and legal tender, ensuring both metals are accepted at the same value by law.
Stevenson Plot Influence Cited by Dr. W J Long
Dr W J Long says Robert Louis Stevenson borrowed the plot of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde from Edgar Allan Poe's William Wilson. The claim ties the 19th century tale to Poe and suggests a literary lineage influencing the famous novella.
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W. J. Long
Stevenson
KE. A. Poe
William Wilson
Doctor Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Smell Imagination and the Power of Odor Recall
A reader asks if smells trigger memories and scenes from the past. The note explains that olfactory imagination means odors like yellow roses can recall boyhood farm moments and a rosebush near the house.
Jealousy Over Dakota Admission Sparks Signatory Shuffle
Priority unsettled as two Dakotas jostled for first entry to the Union. Papers laid before President Blarkson with state names concealed, then mixed so no one knew which was signed first.
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Dakotas
Blarkson
Combating Old Age Metchnikoff and His Ferment Theory
Professor Elie Metchnikoff, born in Russia but educated globally, proposed in 1904 that many human ailments and especially aging result from intestinal putrefaction. He suggested lactic ferments and bacteria could combat this decay.
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Elie Metchnikoff
Precious Stones and the Chemistry of Gems
A brief note explains opal as flint and water and describes the blue of sapphire as iron acting on alumina. It suggests chemists cannot replicate the natural processes of Father Time and Mother Earth.
Tar Sand Deposits in Athabaska River Region
The bituminous sands known as tar sands lie along the Athabaska river and its tributaries in northern Alberta. The deposit spans about 5,000 square miles with varying depth and richness.
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Athabaska River
Alberta
Canada
Insurance Scope for Ocean Liners Broadens Populace Risk
Modern liners are insured for wide emergencies including men of war pirates fire and theft at sea and the restraint and detainment of all kings princes and peoples as part of the policy coverage.
Books and the Child Quote by Kate Wiggin
A reflection on the value of home libraries over circulating libraries. It stresses that a child benefits most from books at home rather than in a nearby lending library. The passage emphasizes reading as a foundational good for child development.
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Kate Douglas Wiggin
Plain Speaking Man Draws Keen Listeners
A concise observation from the Atchison Globe notes that clear simple talk paired with solid ideas attracts attentive audiences, suggesting plain speech maintains appeal despite claims of decline.
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Atchison Globe
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