Willkie Farms In Indiana Show Profits From Shared Ventures
Five Indiana farms south of Rushville operate under Wendell Willkie with five tenant managers in a 50 50 profit split. The self maintaining system uses farm grown feed, hogs, and cattle, with AAA signups and local oversight by Miss Mary Sleeth. Willkie supports 4 H and emphasizes raised resources, low overhead, and personal welfare.
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Rushville
Indiana
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Joseph Kramer
Jesse Bell
Louis Berkemeier
Charles Brown
Harold Moore
AAA
Mary Sleeth
Miss Sleeth
Dinner guests visit Courtland couple Sunday
Mr and Mrs Bill Haskins were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Hedin in Courtland.
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Theresa Hawkins
Carl Cuthbertson
Bill Haskins
Carl Hedin
Courtland
Not Bullet-Proof But Tough Enough To Resist Shotgun Fire
Prof Harold E Edgerton of MIT photographs a test where a 12 gauge shotgun fires at a laminated high test safety plate glass in a Buick windshield at 15 yards. The glass cracks but does not penetrate, clinging to the vinyl acetyl resin core. General Motors officials announce its use in cars and warn against conflating it with bullet proof glass.
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Harold E. Edgerton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dick Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
Professor Edgerton
General Motors
Fisher
Republican Meetings Dates and Places
A county tour lists Republican Party meetings with dates, towns, and speakers including Norway October 14 Ralph Rogers Lincoln and Belleville November 4 Joe Nichol. The schedule shows stops at Munden Cuba Courtland Scandia Republic Narka Cuba Agenca Wayne Talmo and Belleville with times from 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and a closing speaking segment.
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Norway
Ralph Rogers
Lincoln
Munden
C. E. Birney
Hill City
Cuba
al F. Williams
Court
Belleville
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Kramer
Berkemeier’s
Joe Kramer
Christine Kramer
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
Farmer’s Wife
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
Adlerika
Haggman
Hollywood
Good Housekeeping Bureau
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Republican Party
Spe Aker
OLDS
Lansing
Mich
Oldsmobile
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