Surplus crops may fuel new Philadelphia area lab project
A government laboratory in Wyndmoor near Philadelphia will study new uses for surplus crops such as tobacco apples potatoes vegetables wheat and alfalfa. Within a year about 200 technicians will begin work with results likely in a decade. Dr Henry G Knight notes only about nine percent of the nation’s large corn crop is used industrially, highlighting prospects for smarter crop utilization and agrarian encouragement.
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Wyndmoor
Philadelphia
America
Henry G. Knight
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
North
George Washington Carver
South
Poles Report Recapture Of Lodz
Warsaw radio said Polish forces broke the German encirclement, recaptured Lodz, and joined the Pomorze army in contact with Warsaw defense. The Warsaw front saw successful sorties while Poznania forces linked southwest of Warsaw and regained Lodz, with German advances halted on other fronts.
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London
U.P
Warsaw
Poznania
Lodz
Paris
Poland
Posen
Germany
Pomorze
Miedlin
Franklin Inventor of Early America With Many Innovations
The article details Benjamin Franklin as a prolific early American inventor who pursued science over patents, citing heat retention methods, lightning identification and the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, a smoke consuming stove, and improvements in lamps, meteorology, hygiene, oceanography, and evaporation cooling. It notes his Autobiography on devoting time to experiments rather than disputes and mentions tomorrow’s feature The Light That Failed.
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Benjamin Franklin
America
Franklin
Washington Merry-Go-Round political tensions and arms policy
Washington punditry surveys Cabinet dissent over Hull’s arms shipments to Germany prior to the neutrality embargo, notes on French siegfried line tanks and Spanish civil war tactics, plus Morgenthau’s inner circle reshuffle and a cheeky Easter of tone about the Normandie and Pan-American neutrality talks.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Germany
U. S
Berlin
Mr. Hull
Congress
Senator Nye
Nye
Secretary of State
Frank Murphy
Justice Department
Siegfried Line
Germans Will Bomb Cities From The Air
Berlin reports the army high command states Polish resistance will be broken by all means and open cities may be bombed from the air. It blames Polish authorities for consequences and notes a two week meat ration cut and rubber tire confiscations for all but permitted vehicles.
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Berlin
Army High Command
Bible Readings Wednesday September 13 Psalm 14
Read Psalm 14 emphasizes the folly of denying God and the security of faith. It argues religious faith grounds a good life and confidence, warning that without God one drifts to self centered sin and fear. The piece also notes about eight percent of Poland's area is productive.
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God
Notable anniversaries and historical events listed
A compilation of anniversaries for Caspar Wistar Samuel Wilson John M. Palmer William H. Rinehart John H. Bankhead Walter Reed and related dates. It also notes battles at Quebec Fort McHenry the Broderick TERRY duel the 1906 Havana Marines landing and 1916 St Mihiel gains plus Masaryk provisional government offices in New York.
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Caspar Wistar
Philadelphia
Samuel Wilson
Troy
N. Y
Sam
Arlington
Mass
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Scott Co. Ky
William
Quebec
Wolfe
Montcalm
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
David C. Broderick
California
David S. Terry
Broderick
Havana
St. Mihiel
Prof
Masaryk
New York City
Notable 19th to 20th Century Figures Born in Years Past
A collage of biographical notes listing births of prominent figures across several decades. Names include General John J. Pershing born in Missouri, U S Senator Henry F. Ashurst from Nevada, warden Lewis E. Lawes, author Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Jesse L. Lasky, Dr. Irvin Abell, Milton Hershey, Cyrus Adler, Maud Ballington Booth, Claudette Colbert.
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John J. Pershing
Linn Co
U. S
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Nevada
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Elmira
N. Y
Sherwood Anderson
Marion
Camden
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Oyster Bay
Jesse L. Lasky
San Francisco
Irvin Abell
Louisville
Lebanon
Milton S. Hershey
Hershey, Pa
Dauphin Co
Cyrus Adler
Jewish Theological Seminary
van Buren
Ark
Maud Ballington Booth
the Volunteers of America
England
Claudette Colbert
Paris
Shifting Business Cautions and Courtroom Outburst
A Pasadena civil suit features Dr. Michael A. Togolevitch, a former Russian surgeon, who refused to sit after being sworn during testimony, saying one never sits in a hall of justice until ordered by his honor. The judge then issued the order. The piece notes broad commercial skill yet a tendency toward disputes and cautions about dealings with foreigners. The National Sculpture Society in New York counts 250 members.
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Louis Johnson
War Resources Board
J. P. Morgan & Co
John Hancock
Lehman Brothers
Washington
SEC
William Douglas
Morgenthau
Norway
Treasury
Dapper
Earl Bailie
J. &W. Seligman & Co
Jacob Viner
University of Chicago
Viner
New Deal
Bailie
Henry
Tom K. Smith
St. Louis
Miss Perkins
Labor
New York
Roosevelt
State Department
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Pasadena
Cal
Michael A. Togolevitch
Togolevitch
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John Hix
Senave
Franklin the Inventor
Mrs. Hull
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Lame Duck Patriots
Bible
PERC
Westmore
Percc Westmor
Anger Bros
Syst
All
Moroms
Jeridan
Florida
Porto Rico
The
National Sculpture Society
Home Insurance Co
P. R. Smith & CO
Elyria
Cash and Carry Service
Hygrade Dry Cleaners
Middle Avenue
Sheridan
Hesterfields
Chesterfield
Lrowert
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