Debate on World Crop Policy Sparks Curiosity
A Detroit News item questions a plan by Mr Wheeler of the Department of Agriculture for a hemisphere wide crop pact to restrict shipments and prop up export prices. The piece urges broad inclusion of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, challenging restraint only in Brazil’s cotton and corn markets.
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Australia
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Defense engineers discuss Utah highways at University of Utah meeting
Utah and Idaho civil engineers gathered for a three day conference to examine Utah’s road system in national defense terms. Talks covered defense highways funded by a projected federal appropriation, airport access, and bridge upgrades to handle heavier military loads. The Salt Lake municipal airport award praised its glare reducing lighting system, and Utah Highway 40 was named a defense highway linking key routes toward Park City.
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Idaho
California
Chicago
Congress
T.mbers
Salt Lake Municipal Airport
T Plum
Silt Lake City
Far East
Park City
Barber Shop Quartets to Flourish in Utah
Utah Barber Shop quartets may compete for cash prizes and join a national revival. The Orpheus Club announced a statewide contest open to all amateur male quartets with no entrance fee. Contact committee member M. Harrison at the Salt Lake City post office for entry.
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Utah
Ralf R Woolley
Orpheus Club
Woolley
Barber Shop
Harrison
Tech Rics
Tax deadline and exemptions revised for this year
The March 15 deadline for federal income tax payment remains in place as personal exemptions drop from 2500 to 2000 for heads of family and from 1000 to 800 for single filers. With lower exemptions and higher surtaxes plus a 1 percent national defense levy, about 2000 more returns will be filed and more taxes collected this year.
Revival of Barber Shop Quartet Sings for Contest
The 60 year old Orpheus club the oldest male chorus west of the Mississippi aims to revive Barber Shop quartet singing in the state as part of a nationwide push Finals will be at a local theatre with scenery Proceeds fund future promotion of the contest plus cash prizes and merchandise awards winners judged on casting originality and musicality Information from the contest committee upon request
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Old Wheln
Aura Lee
Maggie
Genevieve
Polly Wolly
Woolley
BYU Track Meet Invites Local Athletes in April
Local school athletes receive invitations to the 31st annual Brigham Young University Invitation Track and Field Meet and Relay Carnival in Provo on April 25 and 26. Participants come from over 400 junior and senior high schools and junior colleges across Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. Edwin R. Kimball named director of relays, with Charles Hart on leave to pursue a doctorate at New York University. The relay carnival, among the largest intermountain events, features track and field events plus tennis, dancing, and a posture parade.
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Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Edwin R (Eddie) Kimball
BYU
Charles J Hart
New York University
Intermountain
America
Expert Recommends Planting of Baart on Wheat Lands
A F Bracken of Utah State Agricultural College urges wider Baart wheat planting. The semi hard white spring variety yields about 464 bushels per acre over six years at North Logan, tolerates drought and low moisture, and suits dry land with winter-killed fall grain. Introduced 1900 from Europe, Baart seed demand grows per the Utah crop improvement association.
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Utah State Agricultural College
North Logan
Bracken
United States
Europe
Arizona Experiment Station
Baert
Utah Crop Improvement Association
Chas Bingham in USAC Class to Pass Final Flying Exams
Eleven advanced aeronautics trainees at Utah State Agricultural College passed final flying exams last week under Prof S R Stock director of the flight training program. Examinations were conducted by M Beeman and Robert A Trennert with headquarters in Salt Lake City. Trainees began last fall and are now eligible for commercial light licenses. Names include James Alleman Springville Charles Bingham Vernal Max Bigler Payson Robert Dorton Lehi Clark Greenhalgh Perron Arthur Hansen Garland John Victor Rudolph Little Falls Minn Verl Long East Lake City Selwyn Young East Lake City John William Quayle Clyde Baugh Logan.
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Lehi
Clark Greenhalgh
Perron
Arthur Hansen
Garland
John Victor Rudolph
Little Falls
Minn Verl
Long
Selwyn Young
East Lake City
John William Quayle
Clyde Baugh
Logan
Farm Income Mix Shifts Amid January Marketings and Aid
January farm income totaled 30 million dollars from marketings and government payments. Crops income fell slightly from the prior year due to corn under loan and lower potato prices, while livestock and livestock products income rose enough to offset the crop decline and smaller government payments. A later note references production controls and rationing actions affecting essential materials for defense industries.
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