Flood Control at Source Saves Soil and Floods
H. H. Bennett of the soil conservation service warns floods originate on sloping lands and erosion must be cut at watersheds. He cites 20 to 25 percent runoff reduction with erosion control and urges detention dams and dykes alongside land use reforms to curb future flooding.
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Washington
H. H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Bennett
H. F. Eaton
Bath
N. Y
F. B. Howe
Cornell University
Soil Conservation
New York
Howe
Automobile Homicide and a Call for License Laws
An editorial argues for mandatory driver's licenses and uniform traffic laws to reduce auto fatalities. It cites reckless driving, color blindness, nervous disorders, and absent mindedness as factors, and urges national reforms enforced by public demand. Western Newspaper Union.
Hash and Leftover Hash Recipes Featured by WNU
A reader-penned piece shares practical hash ideas using canned corned beef and potatoes. It includes corned beef hash with bacon fat, onion, potatoes, and stock, plus a baked option. lamb stew with sour cream. curried veal. and spinach with sour cream, all styled in a home kitchen tip tone.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Virginia Willyard Collects 250 Plus Miniature Canines
Los Angeles Junior college coed Virginia Willyard has a collection of more than 250 miniature dogs made of china cloth and wood. The group ranges from 1/2 inch to 12 1/4 inches tall and serves as door stops pots lamps and many other utilitarian forms.
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Virginia Willyard
Los Angeles
Coed
Wlllyard
Jefferson the dreamer who walked a town’s arc
A playful sketch tracks Jefferson from childhood dreams of becoming a Methodist preacher to a restless youth chasing acting politics and business. Through college triumphs and fits of ambition he circles a simple fate, returning to run his father’s general store and farms while the town belts out a final wink about life’s chances.
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Jefferson
Jesfie
Norval
Spartacus
Equity Association
Rome
Lincoln High
Court Square House
Grand Opera House
Dad
Ford
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
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Henry Picard
Hershey
Pinehurst
N. C
Picard
Ray Mangrum
Pittsburgh
Hamilton
Ont
McMaster University
Wallingford Hall
Leonard A. Barrett
Western Newspaper Union
Lucile Paray
Arnold
Goost
Lord OF Reptiles
Thu Beckice
Gabby Gertie
van Ben
Dramatic Club
Demon Realtor
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