World Peace Drive Moves Toward Global Religious Conference
World religious leaders back a 1932 World Conference for International Peace through Religion. Dr Henry Atkinson receives a Chinese wishing-rod symbolizing Sino religious cooperation, with four commissions shaping aims to curb war and coordinate interfaith efforts.
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New York
National Confucian Association of China
Henry Atkinson
Church Peace Union
Feader
Chen Huan-Chang
Atkinson
United States
Brahmo-Samaj
Arya Samaj
Ramakrishna Movement
New Thought Movement
Europe
Doctor Einstein
Townsend triplet birth tale ends with three babies
In Townsend Tennessee a blacksmith, Manning M. Stinnett, learns from three different criers outside his shop that his wife has given birth to multiples. Each announces one more child until he races home to find three four pound infants, four pounds each, delivered as triplets.
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Townsend
Tenn
Manning M. Stinnett
Stinnett
Panl Revere
Mayor Boess of Berlin Fired Over Scandal
Berlin authorities dismissed Gus tav Boess the chief burgomaster after the Sklarek brothers graft case. The Prussian disciplinary court cut his pension from 7500 to 5000 marks and censured him for failing to investigate untrustworthy city business partners amid Berlin graft probes.
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Mayor Boess
Berlin
Sklarek Brothers
Gustav Boess
Herr Boess
United States
German Alien Tears Over Bible in Deportation Hold
Carl Stern a young German alien showed tears as he faced deportation, insisting on his Bible while police warned other prisoners might steal it. Stern deserted from a German ship at San Pedro California and was taken into custody by immigration officers here.
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Bible
Denver
Carl Stern
Stern
San Pedro
Calif
Court Rules Against Boess in Pension Fight
The court found him not responsible and granted a pension of $5,000 instead of $7,500 as promised. Herr Boess plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Herr Boess
Supreme Court
Old Newspaper Comics Best Sellers in China Seattle
Merchants in the Orient lacking wrapping paper bought thousands of tons of U S newspapers from cities like New York Boston Chicago and Philadelphia. Dealers salvaged roto gravure and comics sections bound them with Chinese covers and now sell them in large Chinese cities.
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China
Seattle
Orient
New York
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ontario Jails See 2,000 Added In 1929
The sixty second annual report of the Ontario provin cial jails shows 25,800 persons were committed in the year, a rise of 2,194 from the prior year. Canadians led with 16,776 commitments, followed by English 2,228 Irish 921 Scotch 1,217 United States 1,245 and other nationalities 3,524.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
United States
Fertilizer Boosts Farmer Income Says USDA Expert
The United States Department of Agriculture explains that 7,500,000 tons of fertilizer are used annually, and for every dollar invested the return averages about three dollars. Dr. Oswald Schreiner notes fertilizer raises yields, profits, and soil health, while warning against expecting magic and stressing manure and green manures.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Oswald Schreiner
Division of
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Doctor Schre
Schreiner
New Tomato Pollinator Uses Electric Vibrator
A newspaper notes that early tomato blooms fail to set fruit without proper pollination. Weather must be warm and dry. artificial methods include shaking, tapping, and hand pollen transfer. Now an electric vibrator pollinator is described as effective even on damp or cloudy days.
Peas Lead All Vegetables Grown for Canneries
Since 1905 the garden pea trade for canning grew more than fivefold and by 1922 led all vegetables in canneries. In 1928 pea canners packed 17 948 000 cases per USDA data. Peas suit cool well drained soils and early spring planting. they fix nitrogen and fit into a 100 acre rotation, boosting subsequent wheat yields in New York by 5 to 18 bushels per acre.
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United States Department of Agriculture
W. R. Boswell
Bureau of Plant Industry
Office of Information
Washington, D. C
The
Bulletin
New York State
Regular Schedule Boosts Dairy Farm Profits In Minnesota
Carl Stadig reports a fixed feeding and milking schedule raised profits by 15 percent for a Nicollet county dairy herd. Paul Star notes hand stripping after milking increases butterfat from 2.5 to 3.8 percent in a single cow. January totals show 38,955 cows tested in Minnesota with 8,564 yielding over 40 pounds butterfat.
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Carl Stadig
Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1
Nicollet County
Minnesota
Ramer Leighton
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
University Farm
St. Paul
Stadig
Paul Star
Harmony- Preston Association
Leighton
t@st
Edible Period of Vegetables Lengthened
The article explains how the edible period for many vegetables is brief and varies by crop. By planting in successive batches every two weeks from May to July, the roasting ear season for sweet corn, and similar crops, can be extended from weeks to nearly two months, yielding a longer fresh vegetable season.
Turnips and Wheat: Tips for Fall Garden and Seed Treatment
Agricultural squibs urge trying a 10 cent Kou-rabi seed as a tasty turnip family addition. A thriving fall garden should rival spring with crops. Keep plots weed free until frost to avoid losses. Smut in wheat lowers value. washing costs justify discounts. Treat seed with copper carbonate to avoid smut.
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