The Lure of Bright Lights and City Life Debate
A long piece contrasts rural youth dreams with metropolitan realities. It argues eight of ten migrants find poverty in cities, with ghettos, tenements, and crime replacing gilded nights. It then critiques how national conventions are run by leaders, not voters, and notes tax changes for public servants.
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Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Riverside
New York City
East Side
Harlem
Chicago
Lake Shore
North Shore
Halsted Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Notorious Hodcarriers Union Exposed as Private Graft Network
An exposé claims the Hod Carriers International under the AFL operates as a private preserve for leaders who extract fees and graft from contractors. It describes a corrupt cycle where officers manipulate elections, block conventions, and fund lavish parties, while rank and file pay the price.
20000 Sheep Cut Grass for U S Navy
Hastings Nebraska reports a top secret Navy depot uses 20000 sheep to mow 30000 acres to prevent grass fires near explosives. Owner Noel Cover grazes flocks across 14 states while guards battle dog packs threatening 150 sheep daily.
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Hastings
Neb
Navy
Nebraska Plains
L.M. Hale
Public Works Department
Union Pacific
United States Treasury
Noel Cover
Cozad
Government orders free shoes for low wage workers
In Bogota the government requires employers to provide a free pair of shoes every six months to permanent workers earning less than 80 pesos a month. Money cannot be given instead, and workers lose the next pair if they do not wear them. Official agencies may run shoe factories to supply the shoes at cost with fines up to 1000 pesos for noncompliance.
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Bogota
Colombia
Firemen on Vacation Battle Boat Blaze in Reservoir
Four Twin Falls firemen Kenneth Young Bob Miller Bill Pettigrove and Leonard Ross were fishing on Island Park reservoir when a storm capsized their boat spills from a gas can ignited by a carbide lamp. They fought the fire with wet burlap sacks and drifted for hours before the craft washed ashore three miles from their planned destination.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Kenneth Young
Bob Miller
Bill Pettigrove
Leonard Ross
Island Park Reservoir
Miller
Young
Vegetable Centerpiece Ideas For Edible Tables
A homemaker shares easy garden centerpieces using radish roses celery curls and cucumber wheels to spruce up meals. Tips include chilling in ice water, trimming radish tops, and creating edible arrangements alongside sliced roast beef cheeses potatoes au gratin and raspberry pie.
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Lynn ‘Chambers
Colorful Vegetable Platters From Classic Guide
A vintage how to on creating attractive vegetable platters. It lists prep steps for carrots cauliflower celery onions scallions and tomatoes with crisp ice water chilling and various plating ideas plus multiple platter combinations using cabbage lima beans parsnips beets cucumber radish olives and potatoes. Also includes simple sauces Vinegar Bacon and Cheese for serving with greens and other vegetables. Released by WNU Features.
No Eaglets in Famous Mt Johnson Nest
Audubon Society reports the Mt Johnson Island bald eagle nest below Lancaster is vacant for the first time since 1936. Dr Herbert Beck notes no eaglets now as two or three would typically fledge soon. He suggests either the mother died or was shot, as the bird is federally protected.
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Audubon Society
Lancaster
Bird World
Lancaster County
National Audubon Society
Mt. Johnson Island
Susquehanna River
Herbert H. Be
Baldy
Beck
Papa Baldy
Crochet Rose and Pansy Pineapple Motif Daily Design
Crochet Irish rose designs shade pansies and pineapple motifs for a trousseau pillowcase. The finished 12 inch diameter piece uses lavender blue on a white center with lacy white background for an heirloom daily.
Garden Flavor Freezing Tips in Moistureproof Cartons
Miss Frances O. Van Duyne of the University of Illinois urges careful packaging to preserve garden fruits and vegetables. She recommends moisture and vapor proof containers, heat sealing, and removing air to prevent drying and loss of palatability.
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Frances O. van Duyne
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Miss van Duyne
Keep Kitchen Cool During Hot Days
Lynn advises cooking major meals early in the day to avoid heat. Roast meat or meat loaf in the morning and serve cold later. prepare gratin and melted cheese dishes, finish in a brief oven heat. store fruit and desserts in advance. partial range cooking saves oven time. use refrigerator desserts for quick service.
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Lynn
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Senate
Preum
Westbrook Pegler
WNU
Hadcarriers
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International Union
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American Federation of Labor
Treas
Joe Moreschi
Mike Carrozzo
Jim Colosimo
Hodcarriers
Moreschi
Dominick D'Alessandro
The
International
U. S. Navy
Carrot
Crea
Trousseau Gift
Sewing Circle Needlework
South Wells St
Chicago 7
Lida LY
Ole
Kellogg's
Hazel Rufsnyder
Pottstown
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Bass
Wood Manufacturing Company
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