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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
5
About 2,000 airports and airfields, including municipal and commercial sites, are spread across the country. The figure rose by 262 since June, with 663 commercial and 645 municipal airports forming the largest groups. By Nov 1, 511 airports were planned for future construction as expansion of the nation's airways continued.
The Fourth Circuit Court reverses a North Carolina tax ruling, voiding state and county levies on land in Swain County owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The land was conveyed to the United States in trust under an Act of Congress exempting it from state taxation, raising constitutional questions about the act.
The Chicago Motor Club issued a safety poster to over 36 000 classrooms warning that icy streets and steps greatly increase crosswalk danger. The accompanying letter to teachers urges doubled caution in bad weather as pedestrians slipped on ice and snow, while vehicles skid as drivers slow or stop.
A film sequence from the United States Bureau of Mines explains what happens inside a vehicle battery when the self starter is pressed. The graphic presentation covers hot, the round, spark plugs and other phases of automotive operation. The films are prepared in clear terms for lay audiences and sent free to educational and civic organizations.
A jurist in London or Tennessee grants women vacation from housework. a figure in the piece notes their right to rest, stretching fingers cramped by chores. The item blends domestic hope with legal framing and lighter cultural quips.
A Rio Vista structure built entirely of ten thousand beer bottles measures 20 by 16 feet with two rooms. Across the page other briefs report a Jacksonville blind student hitchhiking home, a tiny birth weight in Pretoria, a found baby corpse near Clinton Cemetery, a Carthage contract with the Duncan Sisters, an unknown Milwaukee area death verdict, a three legged rabbit killed in Muscatine, and local jokes and quips from various towns.
Farmers may obtain loans from the National Corn Credit Corporation by submitting papers including an application, warehouse certificate, certificate of integrity, and note. The warehouse certificate acts as collateral, filed with the County Recorder, with endorsements and lien verification required. Notes mature July 5 1931, discounted from loan start, with insurance and proper signatures required to avoid delays.
A quirky classroom moment features jests about worship and daily offerings before a teacher. The dialogue touches on mining money and rent, with a line about despair if a fire blows out. Tey A Classified.
A collection of light quips and lines from a social gathering. The jokes touch on cards, family heirlooms, and celebrity gossip, with exchanges about watches, Adam’s apple, and a chorus of playful boasts. A theater crowd scene ends with a humorous hat obstruction anecdote.
In Greenville two new business houses are erected and one old one remodeled. Seventeen new brick homes built this year. Thirty five Peoria factories report employment gains and higher payrolls from September to October. Bloomington factories show employment and payroll increases. Kuehne Manufacturing leaders visited Maroon 2 to inspect sites for a furniture factory relocation. Harrington Employment Agency will begin operating December 1 in Harrisburg, via Senator Thompson’s push. A local exchange highlights regional industry growth and labor shifts with mixed quotes and plans for expansion.
A collage of light sketches and punny exchanges. A duck trousers joke, a tale of a hero firefighter buried with a grand funeral sheaf, a chess of misheard phrases, a sardine lunch joke, a lace tablecloth misunderstanding, and a potato crop quip. Familiar humor and local flavor.
Seven legislative measures introduced at the start of the special section have received Governor Jimmersons sanction. Two provide township pauper relief. One eases grain warehouse insurance rules by removing Agriculture Department approval and directs agriculture agency oversight. Another protects pheasants from hunter destruction. Three appropriate funds to defray special session costs. All took effect upon the governors signature.
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