Red Cross Campaign Aims to Cut Home Farm Accidents
The American Red Cross launches a nationwide drive to eliminate home and farm hazards causing about 325,000 deaths annually. James L. Fieser says every chapter will spotlight risks, educate children, and enlist families in prevention while safety groups note high farm fatalities and widespread need for safety education.
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James L. Fieser
Red Cross
Mr. Fieser
America
National Safety Council
Mr. Fieger
United States
Red Cross Year In Review Highlights Large Scale Aid
The Red Cross annual report shows 54,305 veterans assisted and 587 public health nurses. It notes 921,455 visits to 186,326 patients, 98,441 first aid certificates issued, and 46,693 people trained in life saving. Volunteers produced 3,102,843 surgical dressings with 80,901 on active duty.
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First Aid Training Surges Under Red Cross Programs
The Red Cross issued more than 187000 first aid certificates last year, up 56000 from the prior year. About 64200 CCC camp boys passed tests, and since its early entry into first aid teaching nearly one million people have been trained. Over 327000 copies of the Red Cross Aid Handbook have been sold worldwide.
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The
Red Cross
C.C.C
Veterans aided by Red Cross and Bureau assist 54305 cases
The Red Cross helped 54,305 veterans clear their cases with the U S Veterans Bureau during the past year.
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The
Red Cross
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Army Red Cross membership tops 3.8 million figure cited
The report notes 3,837,941 people joined the Red Cross last year and says the PoM call occurs annually between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day. Junior Red Cross enrollments rose by 402,000 during the year, and junior members exchanged correspondence with peers in 62 other countries with Red Cross Societies.
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Inflation as discussed by Leonard Ayres in New Brunswick talk
Leonard Ayres vice president Cleveland Trust Company warned inflation could be a real danger if the government finances deficits with fiat money. He outlined a slow inflation period akin to Europe, stressed lack of hedges, and cited five conditions for inflation: active business, rising markets, credit expansion, gold outflow, and large budget deficits.
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American Bankers Association
Rutgers University
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Germany
France
Belgium
Italy
Europe
Colonel Ayres
A Prophecy of a Decade of Economic Change
A prominent business writer lists ten looming developments for the next decade including higher living standards, advances in production tech, factory built affordable homes, easier money, faster travel, radio news, a mechanical cotton picker transforming the South, cheaper electric power, broader goods distribution with chain stores, and a future inflationary boom following a brief downturn.
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South
Why Some Farms Prosper The Key Lies in Modern Farming
A farm authority argues that the gap between high and low yields stems from adoption of power machinery scientific soil care crop rotation diversified planting and efficient feeding. Only with these disciplined practices will farm productivity rise across the board.
Banking says banks ready to finance industrial growth
The June issue of Banking published by the American Bankers Association presents abundant evidence that banks are in an unusually favorable position to finance a period of industrial growth.
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The
American Bankers Association
Government loans could own majority of world cotton stocks
An official survey dated June 10 indicated that through government loans the United States could become the owner of more than half of the remaining world stocks of American cotton.
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United States
Taxes on tobacco paid to Philippines exceed four million
The Philippine government collected nearly 4 million dollars in tobacco taxes annually. Forest fires last year scorched 43,889,820 acres, an area roughly the size of Missouri. In Kansas near Lakin rabbits were hunted down, about four thousand killed in four truckloads.
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Missouri
Lakin
Kan
Remarked Quotations From Notable Voices
A collection of brief quotes spanning poetry and public figures. The statements cover topics from resilience and confidence to education and discipline, attributed to figures such as Thorn ton Wilder Mrs F D Roosevelt Huey P Long and others.
Clarence Bergman Funeral at Kimball After Jersey City Death
Funeral services were held for Clarence Bergman at Kimball, son of a pioneer north divide family. He was found nearly dead behind his Jersey City apartment after a fall from a roof or window. Relatives reported no motive for self harm. Services at the Methodist church were led by Rev Manning of the Presbyterian church, with the Masonic grand lodge and Neeley Post No 22 American Legion at the grave. A brother departed for Jersey City to investigate the death.
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Clarence Bergman
Jersey City
N. J
Trelatives
the Methodist Church
Post No. 22
American Legion
Jersey
Fires in Chicago cost nine million yearly
Brief notes cite Chicago fire costs at 9,000,000 annually while other items note Vandalia Ohio as a trap shooting center, U N C alumni in Congress, and various statistical curiosities on cheese consumption and accident causes.
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Vandalia
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Gems of Thought on Friendship and Reading
A collection of famous lines about friendship and reading. Notable quotes from Abbott Marlowe Shakespeare Addison Smith Colton La Rochefoucauld and Jeremy Taylor, praising honesty openness and the value of good friends and reading as mental exercise.
Food for Thought on Invention and Opinion
A collection of aphorisms praising invention and self discipline. It notes leisure spawns luxuries and bicycles may return to usefulness. Cites Wright brothers as unalloyed genius and critiques public opinion and criticism for its limited reach.
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