National Geographic Aids Vast East Coast Air Survey
A National Geographic Society survey party will chart the old Spanish Main from the air in the Argentina a flying boat. The expedition aims to map Orinoco and Amazon deltas and other regions, gathering geographic and meteorological data for safer future air travel between North and South America.
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Washington
South America
National Geographic Society
America
Orinoco
Amazon
Frederick Simpich
Jacob Gayer
Albert W. Stevens
Washiington
Buenos Aires
Argentina
New York
Rio
Atlantic
Miami
Havana
West Indies
Santiago de Cuba
Port-au- Prince
San Pedro de Macoris
Dominican Republic
San Juan
St. Thomas
St. John’s
Antigua
Port Castries
St. Lucia
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Guianas
Georgetown
Paramaribo
Cayenne
Para
Brazil
Sao Luis
Amarracao
Camocia
Fortaleza
Natal
Recife
Pernambuco
Maceio
Aracaju
Bahia
Sao Jorge Dos Ilheos
Caravellas
Americas
Continents
British and Krupps in Stainless Steel Pact
Berlin reports a renewed agreement between Krupps of Germany and the Firth Brearley Stainless Steel Syndicate of Sheffield to curb competition in stainless steel. Krupps will refrain from shipping steel and articles into Britain while the Sheffield group and its licensees will halt exports into Germany. The syndicate holds the patents for stainless steel production.
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Krupps
Berlin
Germany
Firth-Brearley Stainless Steel Syndicate
Sheffield
Britain
Sheffield Syndicate
Oil Stove Tragedy Fatal at Seine Island Colony
A banker and his wife in a nature colony on an island in the Seine near Villennes died and another hospitalized after they used an oil stove in a tent to keep warm as they slept. The banker died in his sleep. the wife is in hospital receiving treatment.
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Paris
Seine
Villennes
Italian Aviator Sets Air Endurance Record
Commander Maddalena, famed Italian air ace, set a world endurance record for no refueling in the air on a closed circuit, surpassing Johann Risticz's 85 hours 26 minutes. He began in a Marchetti Savoia 64, pursuing further distance records with Captain Cecconi.
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Rome
Umberto Maddalena
Johann Risticz
Maddalena
Japanese Girls Knew Art of Makeup Centuries Ago
Mrs. Katsuji Debuchi wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States visiting New Orleans said centuries ago Japanese girls already practiced facial makeup. She noted the powder was a paste and liquid rouge is still used.
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New Orleans
Katsuji Debuchi
United States
Growers Combat Thrips Damage To Cucumber Crops
Cornell University experiment station warns cucumber growers of thrips causing curling leaves with white spots. Early treatment recommended with nicotine sulphate and laundry soap mixture or nicotine dusts applied as a fine, enveloping spray or dust cloud to undersides of leaves. The station notes similar damage in other states.
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Cornell University Experiment Station
Cornell Experiment Station
Treat Baby Pigs With Serum Before Weaning
Dr Charles Murray of Iowa State College reports pigs treated with serum and virus before weaning gain similar immunity to cholera as those vaccinated later. Early treatment avoids weaning risks, reduces handling, uses less serum, and shows minimal deaths among about four thousand pigs in five years, with most losses in 1926 during high demand.
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Charles Murray
Iowa State College
Freedom From Perennial Weed Pests Most Difficult Task
Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom from perennial weed pests, says Charles F. Rogers. He notes Canada thistle and Russian knapweed as the worst weeds in Colorado and outlines prevention and control methods including clean seed, machinery hygiene, mowing, spraying, burning, cultivation, fallow, crop rotation, and smother crops.
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Charles F. Rogers
Colorado Agricultural College
Colorado Experiment Station
Colorado
The
Bulletin
Poison Bran Controls Cutworms in Gardens
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. Seedling tomatoes cabbage lettuce and melons are cut off near the ground by cutworms in spring and early summer. A cutworm is the caterpillar of a night flying moth. The moth lays eggs on plants or ground and eggs hatch into caterpillars. Common cutworms are gray to brown, smooth, and cylindrical. They feed mainly at night. Many overwinter in soil and attack again in spring. They damage vegetables and ornamentals alike. A poisoned bran bait using bran Paris green strup or molasses and water can control them.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fighting Quack Grass Hardest On The Farm
The article explains quack grass is very hard to eradicate once established, with cultivation offering little benefit. It notes ideal conditions for control are hot days and cool nights with adequate soil moisture, and that midsummer boosts weakness of rootstocks as plants bloom.
Sweet Potato Diseases Prevented or Checked
A combination of several practices for disease prevention is necessary in controlling sweet potato diseases. For wilt, seed should be hand selected or certified. Treat all seed before bedding and use new hot beds with sterilized materials. Transplant into fields unused by sweet potatoes for five to seven years.
Aphids Limit Vegetable Production In Gardens
Aphids on radishes turnips spinach and other vegetables limit production. Adults are about one sixteenth inch long and range from green to red to black to mottled depending on the host plant. Treat infestations with nicotine dust about seven percent nicotine sulphate or three percent free nicotine applied thoroughly with a dusting machine.
Agricultural Hints From Mixed Planting Notes
A fragmentary set of tips discusses farm care and soil. It notes a saying about a tree free farm, compares cost per hour for tractors and horses to annual hours, warns against planting soybeans too deep to avoid crust, and stresses killing mustard plants and destroying seeds in the soil.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Los Angeles Inner Harbor
Odd Architecture
Chicago
L. R. Lohr
C. W. Farrier
Daniel H. Burnham
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