WKAR Schedules New Program Series
WKAR at Michigan State College will air a new daily program series from January 4 to May 28 featuring farm service information weather and markets, general education discussions, and entertainment. The 3 PM daily lineup includes Studio Trio music and housewife guidance plus science and humanities talks from college departments.
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Agricultural Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Home Economies Division
State Department of Public Instruction
Michigan State Medical Society
Michigan
Device found to set barn on fire in Superior township
A firebug device was discovered Sunday morning on a farm north of Ypsilanti. A one foot square tar soaked box with excelsior held a lit candle protected by a tin cover. the candle burned out before reaching the kindling. Deputy Klavitter suspects a trained maker and officers pursue clues in ongoing county fires.
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Superior Township
Ypsilanti
Jate
Mills
Klavitter
Manchester Enterprise
Windbreaks and Poultry Tips for Farm Efficiency
Agricultural notes advise windbreaks near the home to reduce fuel use and beautify farms. They cover pullet housing and maturity grading, rhubarb fertilization with barnyard manure, fall manure piling, and spring incorporation. Feeding two parts grain to one part mash supports weight gain and protein needs for proper organ function. It also urges selecting breeding hens for next year while avoiding ragged plumage and bleached shanks.
Congressional clash over Hoover policy and war debts in 1932
The report outlines Republican criticisms led by Louis McFadden and David Reed against Hoover's moratorium on intergovernmental debts and the idea of reviving the refunding commission. It covers senatorial responses, party strategy, and remarks by Mills and Stimson, plus the Chicago convention scene, Wagner’s jobless relief push, and the European reparations discussions under Beneduce and the Young Plan advisory committee.
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Congress
Pennsylvania
Louis McFadden
David A. Reed
Hoover
McFadden
House Banking and Currency Committee
United States
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Seligmans
Paul Warburg
John J. O'Connor
New York
Hicago
National Committee
Fess
Chicago
Atlantic City
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Basel
Switzerland
Young Plan Advisory Committee
Alfredo Beneduce
Italy
Germany
Colijn
Walter W. Stewart
Europe
Beneduce
Reich
Resignations Stun Chinese Government Leaders
Chiang Kai-shek and key ministers Soong and Wellington Koo step down amid a power shift toward a united China under a Canton-influenced coalition. Sun Fo and others form the reform group. Lin Sen leads the new government. Japan policy promises greater vigor, while Manchuria edges toward autonomy with Tsang Shih-yi as first ruler.
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NDER
Chiang ’Kai-shek
China
Soong
Wellington Koo
Lin Sen
Nationalist Party
League of Nations
Japan
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
Rats Evasion of Poison Baits Warns of Safe Practices
Michigan State College zoology warns bait choice matters more than poison type for rats. Ensure food protection, seal leaks, and limit access to baits to prevent harm to non targets. Red squill offers rat specificity but must be used carefully and according to Circular No. 138.
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Zoology Department
Michigan State. College
Michigan State College
Moisture in Beans Should Be Watched
J C G Hackle man of the University of Illinois warns that newly harvested soy beans going into storage should contain less than 15 or 16 percent moisture to avoid spoilage. Dry beans must look clean and marketable, be cool, free of mold and insect injury, and have minimal foreign material.
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J. C G. Hackleman
University of Ilinois
Corn Harvesting Costs Drop with New Machines
The Illinois experiment station compared corn harvest costs over two years. Hand husking on 12,000 acres cost 10.4 cents per bushel. One row pickers used on 102 acres cost 83 cents per bushel, while two row pickers on 64 farms cost 6.6 cents. Two row machines needed 2.2 hours of labor per acre. single row 2.7 hours. hand husking 3.1 hours. Wagon setup increased labor when horses pulled it. tractor pull would reduce labor needs.
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Mlinois
Fertilizing Fruit Trees: Spring Application Guidelines
Fruit trees should receive fertilizing material each spring. Spread under outer branches away from the trunk where feeding roots are. If using nitrogenous fertilizer such as nitrate of soda or sulfate of ammonia, apply about a quarter pound per year of the tree's age. A four year old apple tree gets one pound, a 24 year old six pounds. Old peach trees will rarely...
State News in Brief leads with Michigan items
Houghton isie Royal trappers clash with coyotes to save moose. Blissfield sugar plant processed 25 million pounds this season. Albion sees Mrs Ida Tingay die from lockjaw after stepping on a rusty nail. her son Maj Lynn Tingay serves in the Panama Canal Zone. Grand Rapids warns drivers who owe fines may have licenses suspended for 90 days. Sault Ste. Marie announces full time work for 400 Union Garbide employees starting January 1. Owosso reports forged check for Mayor Wille spelling error leading to life imprisonment of Clyde Marsh. Ludington doctor contracts tularemia after rabbit exposure. Marquette sentences John Arts for assault with a dangerous weapon. Hillsdale notes possums returning to county. Lansing reports Bloomfield Township tax valuation jump. Corunna notes Myrtle Mason Hughes profits from funeral stock sale. Benton Harbor truck lines face license penalties for failure to apply for permits. Petoskey hosts winter sports carnival February 4–6. Pontiac reports an escaped patient from Pontiac State Hospital ends life on a train track. Flint teen wounded in stabbing by brother. Ann Arbor bank reopens after reorganizing. Mason region pheasants held back as economy measure. Owosso landlords seek rent payments from welfare clients. Lansing notes theft recovery rates surpass thefts. Flint fatal motorcycle crash. Ypsilanti Ford building permit issued for 150k factory. Parma youths rescued from burning wreck on U.S. 12. Marquette arson conviction for Bridget Harris. awaits appeal. Lansing malt tax funds released for tuberculosis care. delays possible until January. Ann Arbor football ticket order record as Michigan-Northwestern game demand rises for next season.
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Grand Rapids
Frank A. Hess
Sault Ste. Marie
John White
Owosso
H. B. Wille
Clyde H. Marsh
Lansing
Marsh
Willie
Marquette
John Arts
Gary
Ind
Marquette Branch
Frank A. Bell
Arts
Republic
John
Hillsdale
Bloomfield Township
Oakland County
State Tax Commission
Myrtle Mason Hughes
Corunna
Benton Harbor
Chicago
Clarence Butler
Michigan
Michigan Utilities Commission
Clemens
Martin Fpeitier
Peltier
Bridget Harris
Detroit House of Correction
Wayne
Ann Arbor
Fielding H. Yost
Northwestern University
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Lake Huron
Ludington
Russell Peterson
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Big Bear Swamp
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Menomineé, Delta
Dickinson Counties
Petoskey
Michigan State Fox Hunt Association
Pontiac
Edward Wood
Pontiac State Hospital
Grand Trunk Railway
Johnson Avenue
Flint
Helen Dell
James
Saline Savings Bank of Saline
Mason
County Board of Supervisors
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Walter George
United States Pressed Steel Co
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Forrest Strain
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Roscoe Barber
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Sheldon Memorial Hospital
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