Weather, relief efforts loom after deadly tornadoes sweep five states
A severe tornado outbreak across Alabama Georgia Tennessee South Carolina and Kentucky killed hundreds and left thousands homeless as communications failed and relief efforts began. The National Guard distributed tents and blankets while Red Cross and welfare agencies organized aid and donations were urged.
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Michigan News in Brief From Lansing and Beyond
A statewide digest reports May start for a Federal prison farm project with a $350,000 appropriation. injuries from a shotgun incident. Corunna water crisis due to a broken pump shaft. MSU warns against buying cheap chicks. legal hits in Jackson and Lansing. a letter delay from 1919 to 1932 revealed. juror travel pay debated. estate inheritance from a Chicago death. Halehaven peach development at MSU. conservation patrols increased for spring. Indiana chase aids a family escaping a burning home. Michigan potato stocks and seed estimates for 1932.
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Bulletin on home food production for Michigan families
Michigan State College releases Circular Bulletin No. 140 outlining how to grow vegetables beans potatoes fruit pork poultry milk and butter on small plots or rented land. The study notes potatoes as the only crop grown on all 57 farms and invites readers to request the free bulletin from East Lansing.
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Feasibility study on quarterly license plate payments
Executives from the department of state weigh a plan to sell automobile license plates in four installments due to economic strain that keeps motorists from paying the weight tax. Arkansas has adopted a similar quarterly plan, and Michigan monitors the approach as a potential model.
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Fit Farm Receipts and Child Diet Essentials Outlined
The article lists daily diet essentials for children from Amy Newberg of the Michigan State College nutrition staff, detailing portions of milk vegetables fruits grains eggs meat and cod liver oil. It then discusses agricultural outlook advice from Michigan State College on aligning farm sales with fixed charges and ways to raise business volume through increased livestock crops land markets and wider outreach with Extension bulletin No. 422 from East Lansing.
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Change of Motor Numbers Under Michigan Law
State law provides for issuing a special Michigan motor number when a car has no number or its number is defaced. Owners may restore original motor and chassis numbers after proving changes were made by thieves. The Lansing school taught investigators about title transfers and junking certificates before scrapping vehicles.
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Wildlife sanctuaries approved in three counties
Areas in Montcalm Lenawee and Schoolcraft were accepted as Wildlife Sanctuaries by the Conservation Commission at its March meeting. The three new sanctuaries total 274 acres, including 94 acres in Cambridge Township dedicated by W J Ayres and Elizabeth Ayres. one application was rejected as not suitable as a refuge.
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Ancient footprints to be made public in Fare land park
Footprints etched on a ledge near Smith's Ferry are believed to be prehistoric dinosaur imprints. plans call for protecting the site and creating a public park around the area for display and study.
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