Insect Pests Hit Crops of Country
Washington reports a wide summer infestation of 235 insect pests affecting crops and crops across the nation. Say’s stinkbug hits wheat. grasshoppers affect sixteen states. Mormon crickets plague western wheat lands. army worms attack grains from Maine to North Dakota. Boll weevil troubles southeastern cotton belts. oriental fruit moth reaches eastern orchards. puddling moths menace New York to Nevada apples. chinch bugs spread from Ohio to Texas sorghum. hairy chinchbugs invade Connecticut lawns. buffalo treedonners attack Michigan pears and Missouri shrubs. three cornered alfalfa hopper feeds Louisiana legumes.
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Washington
Bureau of Entomslory
Maine
California
Gulf
Canada
Alice
Iowa
North Dakota
Seaboard
Michigan
New York
Nevada
Ohio
Texas
Connecticut
Bureau
Missouri
Louisiana
Red Water Study By California Oceanographers
Pacific scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography study widespread red water in the Pacific. Diatoms colored seawater blood red, interfering with fishing near Coronado Islands and in other Pacific coast areas from Washington to Oregon. Researchers compare to a 1901 inshore die-off and note similar diatom-driven colorations.
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Pacific LA Jolla
Calif
Pacific Ocean
University of California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
W. E. Allen
Institution
Coronado Islands
California
Seaside
Washington
Columbia River
Copans Beach
Gray's Harbor
Oregon
Rhodes Birthplace Now Museum of His Relics
A new permanent Rhodes museum has opened in Bishop’s Stortford near London. The house shows 1853 birth era furnishings and personal relics from South Africa. Photographic copies of Rhodes documents, manuscripts, books, and pictures fill rooms, including his tunic from the Kimberley campaign.
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London
Cecil Rhodes
Bishop Stortford
Rhodes
South Africa
Fanland
Rbbodesia
Kimberley
Corn Exports From Humboldt County Surpass 136 Carloads
Farmers shipped over 136 carloads of corn from Humboldt County via oval elevators. The corn settles the 57 cent loan and is consigned to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Elevator dealers earned 2 cents per bushel for handling. Farmers may buy back at market price and seal their entire crop if desired.
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Humboldt County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Circle and club activity notes from local area
The Rebekah Circle meets with Mrs A A Packard the last charter member. Renwick Womans club was entertained at Mrs Welter Phipps home last Thursday afternoon. A Halloween party was held in the primary room last Friday with pupils bringing guests under school age. Mrs Carl Marcellus and daughter Marilyn and Mrs Henry Marcellus of Humboldt visited Harold Saxton's home last Saturday.
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Rebekah Circle
A. A. Packard
Renwick Womans’ Club
Carl Marcellus
Marilyn
Henry Marcellus of
Humboldt
Harold Saxton
World’s Largest U S Relief Map Under Construction
Babson Institute in Wellesley Massachusetts builds a colossal relief map of the United States begun in 1923. Dr Wallace Wood Jr leads the project with Bethlehem Steel framing and a plaster US outline. The 1 216 section model progresses as topographic map data, air charts, and WPA surveys feed its accuracy. Completion targeted for January 1949.
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Wellesley
Babson Institute
Wallace W. +. wood Jr
Clark University
Babson
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
United States
Atwood
Geological’ Survey
WPA
War Department
Bureau of Air Coremerce
Mount Wachussett
Vermont
Maire
Pennsylvania
Carolinas
Father of Umbrellas For Men Remembered In London
The article recalls Jonas Hanway, famed philanthropist who popularized men’s umbrellas in London around 1750, reducing disease risk. Before Hanway, umbrellas were worn by women. his work led to broad male adoption, influencing city life and even Army officers to carry umbrellas after his death in 1786.
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London
Isle of Jones
Hanway
Henney
Man Pays 300 for Old Stamps Finds One Worth 50000
In Los Angeles Warren R. Du Bais bought an estate stamp collection for 300 dollars. A scant bin stamp he marked at 3 dollars later carried a Baltimore first day cancel dated August 17, 1861. Experts valued the stamp at 50,000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Warren R. du Bais
Baltimore
du Bois
Boston Girl Eats 16 Meals a Day for Job
Petite Anna Martin, a 125 pound tast er in Boston, is paid to sample rival restaurant menus. She works six days a week tasting dishes for her employer while walking between meals. The endurance resembles that of six day bicycle riders in energy use.
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Boston
Anna Martin
Miss Martin
Bluebird Defies Mails on One Ohio Mystery
A bluebird in a Mesopotamia Ohio mailbox avoided letters, nesting in a small box, and tossed out mail to keep its home uncluttered. The incident highlights urban wildlife interactions with mail delivery.
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Bluebird
Ohio
Mes
Hunger strike by snakes at Berkeley society meet
Disgusted snakes brought for the annual convention of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists began a hunger strike. To keep them alive after the society closed its defection they were force fed hamburgers eggs and milk via syringe.
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Berkeley
Calif
American Society of Ichth Ngologists
Presidents Book Tastes Poles Apart Librarian Reveals
Washington report on Henry Marshall, longtime White House librarian, recounts how seven presidents diverged in reading tastes. Roosevelt loved books and helped move volumes, while Coolidge stayed austere. Roosevelt collected stamps. Wilson read fine literature. Harding enjoyed mixed fare, with varied reading habits across the era.
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Washington
White House
Marchal
Theodore Roosevelt
Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Star
McKinies
Fire Messenger
House
Tom
Elter
Fal Bareau
File Clark
Roosevelt
Mershell
Calvin Coolidge
Marshal Seid
Anklin
Boorer
Marshell
Divers Reach 500 feat Using Synthetic
Divers extend a 500 foot mark to 560 feet using a synthetic fuel mix developed from research science. The work claims extended descent safety and efficiency with the new synthetic under test conditions.
Man Rescued From Bog After Weeklong Ordeal
BELLEVILLE ONT A farmer named Hugh Jones was rescued after being mired to his neck in a bog for a week. He clung to a log with one arm while searchers passed nearby. His head remained visible as mud pressed on his chest and he could not call for help. He endured exhaustion and starvation before rescue teams freed him.
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Spacia
Us x
Aeblic
Hee
Mai
Belleville
Ont
Hugh Jones
Sig Gays
Jomes
50 000 Carp Fattened On Corn For Markets
Fond du Lac Wisconsin conservation commission fed 50 000 carp soaked corn to fatten them for the eastern market. The last shipment reached New York with dealers saying the ash were too thin. Carp weighing 4 to 35 pounds were taken from Lake Winnebago to protect game fish and kept in landlocked ponds and bays. They consumed 3 100 pounds of corn daily.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
the Conservation Commission
Lsst
New York
Winnebago
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Congreeshan
Fred Coilchrish
Fred C. Gilchrist
Congress
House of Representatives
Gilchristis
A. J. Shaw
Humboldt Rendering Works
Humboldt, Iowa
U.S
New England
L. L. Stevenson
Radin
RCA
National Broadcasting Company
Menyia Broadwar
Proner
Wilson
Bos
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