Radio Used to Guide Airplanes in Houston
In front of 5000 spectators at Houston Municipal airport a pilotless monoplane was guided by radio control from a separate airplane. Robert E. Autrey, holder of three government patents, demonstrated driving an automobile by radio and then piloting a Stinson Detroiter remotely for about fifteen minutes. The test showed both aircraft and car responding to a master key and radio signals, with planes at 1000 to 3000 feet. Autrey claimed radio control has wartime potential and could allow one operator to manage multiple aircraft.
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Houston
Texas
Robert E. Autrey
Los Angeles
Autrey
Owen
Doctor Gould
Crimson
Wolverines
Little America
Michigan
Harvard
Bell Syndicate
WNL
Oldest Swede in 106th Year in Gaakxsjoe Parish
Lars Olofsson a Gaakxsjoe farmer near Oestersund celebrated his 105th birthday. The Gaakxsjoe parish area lists two men aged 101, two centenarians and five men aged ninety nine.
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Oestersund
Sweden
Lars Olofsson
Gaakxsjoe
Here
Made to Order Weather Shown In St Louis Talk
Willis H. Carrier, president of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, told the Electrical Board of Trade of St. Louis that home weather control may soon allow residents to create tropical warmth or brisk mountain air at the flip of a switch. He cited Harvard and bureau of mines research noting comfort at 66 degrees winter and 71 degrees summer with saturated air, and 65 degrees with still air as equally comfortable as 76 degrees with dry air. He warned that air quality may involve factors beyond oxygen and chemistry, affecting well being.
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St. Louis
Willis H. Carrier
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Electrical Board of Trade of
Carrier
Harvard
Bureau of Mines
Fifteen Children Win Prize at Pure Man's Ball
Memphis story reports a prize for the man who brought the most children to the American Legion event. Dwyer arrived with fifteen children, though four of his offspring had died. In Sidcup England a swan was found at a police station and placed in a cell as a joke, its meal listed as bread and water.
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Memphis
American Legion
Dwyer
Sidcup
England
Swan
Strange tale of a giant 7 inch sweet potato feat
John Hix reports on Stanley Groton of Accomac County Virginia growing a remarkable sweet potato weighing 7 inches in length and only about an inch in diameter this year. The unusual tuber draws attention amid local agriculture.
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Stanley Groton
Accomac County
Tommy Armour Wins British Open At Carnoustie
Detroit golf pro Tommy Armour clinches the British Open title with 296 total strokes across four rounds and a final 71. Armour succeeds Bobby Jones as champion noting a strong finish on Carnoustie.
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Tommy Armour
Detroit
Mich
Carnoustie
Tommy
Bobby Jones
Fisherman Digs Worms, Birds Steal Them All
Dr Leon Hollenbach spent the evening digging worms for a trout trip. At dawn he found a robin had flown away with the last worms from a tin can left in the garden.
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Shamokin
Leon Hollenbach
Hollenbach
Hesitation Sends Mian to Jail for Two Months
Hartford judge sentences Arthur Banks to two months in jail after he confessed taking $100 from Mrs Van Shhaack's trunk. He claimed hesitation and loss of direction led to the act, with part of the money later found during deliberations.
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Mian
Hartford
Conn
Arthur Banks
Banks
John D. Bonee
van Shhaack
Lights of New York Burns Mantle recalls thefts and a mesh bag
In recalling a former career as a reporter, Burns Mantle notes his apartment was burglarized and a mesh bag valued by his wife Mrs Mantle. A trusted office boy offers to retrieve items, but the bag is likely gone with the thief possibly given to his girl. The piece also tours Forty seventh Street shops, highlighting a Japanese crystal and jade shop and a briar pipe shop with carved calabashes and ivory holders.
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Burns Mantle
East Side
Forty-seventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifth
USELESS GIFTS By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men
A satirical piece on gift giving and practicality contrasts useful gifts with useless ones while recalling expeditions of George Rogers Clark and Dr. Lawrence Gould. The author notes history, mentorship, and the value of meaningful, usable presents amid college life nostalgia.
Portland Rose Queen Controversy Ends With Humble Rebuff
A Portland Rose Festival scene unfolds as Gov官rnment official presents a second sword to an aged leader who rejects the gift with the line that Virginia once needed bread. The tale highlights a clash between ceremony and practical need during the 1931 Western Newspaper Rio item.
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Virginia
Rio
Guinea Pigs Point Way to Faster Livestock Growth
USDA scientists say inbreeding and crossbreeding guinea pigs affect growth rates and fertility. Crosses between lightweight and heavyweight lines sped offspring growth, with the heaviest inbred line leading in early growth. Research aims to apply findings to swine sheep and cattle to lower production costs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Hugh C. McPhee
Bureau of Animal Industry
Three Cattle Feeding Questions in New Minnesota Bulletin
A Minnesota agricultural experiment station bulletin discusses three cattle feeding questions: grinding shelled corn, barley, and alfalfa hay. feeding cane molasses. and the value of neatland hay as roughage. It concludes that grinding or not grinding feeds yields no clear advantage, molasses has little impact on daily gain and may reduce feed margin, and timothy hay or timothy with clover on fertilized peat soil offers good palatability and feeding value. Copies are available free from University Farm Mailing Room, St. Paul, Bulletin 274.
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Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Minnesota
Timothy
Nortal
University Farm
St. Paul
Live Stock Notes on Feeding and Breeding Practices
This column covers labor balance in mixed animal teams, the need for abundant feed for successful stock farming, and the high pig loss before two weeks. It warns about tetanus in lamb castration, suggests silage for coarse forage, and recommends grain and protein feeding timing. It also notes pasture lowers costs, but protein from fattening feeds remains essential, and better alfalfa or clover forage reduces protein needs.
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