Congress Aids Farmers With Low Rates and Plans
Secretary Wallace praised the past eighteen months of federal action aiding farmers. He cited eight major measures including the Emergency Tariff, War Finance Corporation Act, and Grain Futures Act, and urged lower freight rates and fewer labor disputes to protect farm output and transportation.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Harding
Republican Congress
Wallace
Agriculture Department
War Finance Corporation
Joint Stock Land Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Pockers and Stockyards
Department of Agriculture
Congressional Commission of Agricultural Inquiry
Congressional
Fiji Islanders Progress in Two Generations
Des Moines reports from Professor C C Nutting of Iowa University noting dramatic Fiji progress. Fiji natives shift from savage customs to civilized dress and schools, with vast interior access and polite treatment of visitors. Mission schools by British influence modernization, with natives largely Christian and forming a Polynesian-leaning race mix.
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Des Moines
Fiji Islands
C. C. Nutting
University of Iowa
San Francisco
Iowa
Nutting
Iowa City
University Museum
Islands
Ratu Pope
Negro chemist can make anything from peanuts or potatoes
George Mashington Carver, born a slave and now head of Tuskegee Institute’s agriculture department, exhibits extraordinary feats in agricultural chemistry. He has turned peanuts and sweet potatoes into alleged products from ink to nitroglycerin, rubber, linoleum, and more, boosting profits for southern farmers and solidifying his national reputation.
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Associated Press
Ames
George Mashington Carver
Agricultural Department
Tuskegee Institute
Iowa State College
Carver
United States
South
Planfond Grove
Ku-Klux Klan
Kansas
Simpson College
James Wilson
Iowa
Tuskegee
Britain Faces Resignation as Lloyd George Government Falls
The Lloyd George cabinet resigns after Conservative majority votes to form a government with a likely early general election. King George may appoint Andrew Bonar Law or the Earl of Derby to lead a temporary administration while campaigns begin.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
King George
Lloyd
Downing St
Frank Hodges
Andrew Bonar Law
Earl of Derby
Carver’s 1892 Iowa State tenure and botanist work
The text notes T. Washington in 1892 while Carver served on the Iowa State faculty overseeing the greenhouse and bacteriological laboratory and conducting systemic botany studies.
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Er T. Washington
Carver
Iowa State
Newspaper Editor Injured in Cedar Rapids Fall
Henry Prentiss city editor of the Republican and Times suffered a serious injury after slipping on a concrete floor. He sustained bruises and a deep gash at the base of his skull.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Prentiss
The
Republican and Times
Diversified farming urged to guard rail transport
W KE Ward urged broader farming to reduce national food dependence on rail lines during a Cleveland talk. He endorsed federal care of interstate dairy shipments and cooperative consumer purchasing, plus public education on food economies to improve public health.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
W. KE. Ward
Food Inspector
Brookline
Mass
Food and Drug Section
American Public Health Association
James P. Kilcourse
Bureau of Food Inspection
Chicago Department of Health
Chicago
Kilcourse
Bundeson
Muscatine Land Brings Large Price
Muscatine on October 19. A. R. Schwab bought a 287 acre farm owned by C Wittmann for 70000 dollars, equivalent to 244 dollars per acre. The deal marks one of the year's largest farm transactions in the area.
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Muscatine
Associated Press
A. R. Schwab
C. Wittmann
Verne McAvoy Sells Goods in Crawfordsville Shopping Day
Verne McAvoy of Crawfordsville shopped for yesterday business needs, highlighting a local shopper’s routine visit in town.
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Verne McAvoy
Crawfordsville
Legion Meet Sees Presentation of Resolution
A resolution was presented at the legion meet as part of the session. Members discussed the draft and awaited a vote on the measure, outlining its aims and potential impact within the community.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Convention Hall
Chas, E. Sawyer
Legion
Rice Meats of
Colorado
National Research Committee
Legion Meet
Mountbatten and Lady Arrive in Los Angeles
Lord Louis Mountbatten and his bride Lady Edwina Mountbatten arrived in Los Angeles for a U S tour. He explained the term giving the bird to reporters and joked about American slang while praising Chaplin and expressing affection for Americans.
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Associated Press
Los Angelis
Cali
Louis Mountbatten
England
Edwina Mountbatten
United States
Newspdster
J. M. Lands
New York
Lord Mountbatten
America
Chicago
York
Angeles
London
Charles Chaplin
Topping
Elevah
Chaplin
Steamer Cord Fire Off Rhode Island Coast
Providence October 19 A Cohn Line steamer Concord caught fire near Water Hill Rhode Island Passengers were transferred to the freighter Mees Hagan and brought to port The crew soon had the fire under control and the Concord is steaming into port under her own power
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Associated Press
Providence
Rhode Island
Te“ Cohn Line
Water Hill
New York
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