Pine Newsprint Advances From Southern Forests
The author recalls experiments by Dr. Charles Herty turning young Georgia pine into newsprint, with three carloads shipped to a Canadian mill and seven Georgia dailies printing on it. He warns against overvaluing water power and notes a Brooklyn steam plant surpassing Niagara in single-unit output. Front suspension in 1934 cars aims to isolate shocks, while European design leads in innovations. Hope rises for better radio acoustics enabling true stereo-like sound in large venues as orchestras perform.
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Stokbridge
Mass
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Charles Herty
Boulder Dam
Muscle Shoals
Brooklyn
Niagara Falls
Brooklyn Edison Company
Colorado River
Tennessee
C. P. Steinmetz
United States
Beef preservation on the farm by corning process
The article explains preserving beef on the farm by corning. Cut meat into five to six pound portions, rub with salt, pack in a stoneware vessel with a pickle of salt sugar and water, and cure for about two weeks. It can be lightly smoked or hung to dry into dried beef.
Progress in North Carolina dairy industry since 1909
Arey notes the dairy sector in North Carolina has grown since the first 1909 Gaston County creamery. By last year 13,000 farmers sold cream worth about 0.5 million to creameries, plus milk and cream sales to cheese and ice cream plants. Dairy bulls now 55 percent pure bred, up from 21 percent in 1919, with continued gains possible through better breeding and feeding.
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North Carolina
Gaston County
John A. Arey
State College
Inventions to Help Mankind Highlighted in 1933 Series
The American Weekly Magazine in the Baltimore Sunday American profiles a sequence of 1933 discoveries and inventions designed to aid humanity. The issue, dated December 24, invites readers to buy the copy from local newsvendors.
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Baltimore Sunday American
Public Works Funds Update From State Capital
The November issue of Public Roads details construction progress and funding. It reports $555,452.48 let in contracts under construction and $1,968,118.20 estimated for other approved projects, leaving $6,998,722.32 in public works funds. 108.4 miles are under construction, 30.1 percent complete, with $962,532.11 estimated total cost.
Merchants Prompt on State Sales Tax Returns
Less than one percent of merchants in the state are delinquent in filing first quarter sales tax returns due October 1. Sales tax director Harry McMullan says co operation is good and urges all merchants to file quarterly returns by January 1, clarifying that only those with tax above ten dollars must report before then.
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Harry McMullan
McMullan
Birth statistics show rise of midwife births in North Carolina
State Board of Health data for 1929 to 1932 reveal a growing share of births attended by midwives rather than physicians. In 1932, 26 039 of 77 880 births involved midwives, up from 28.7 to 33.4 percent in preceding years, amid economic pressures and lower costs.
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North Carolina
State Board of Health
Tracy Area Social Roundup This Weekend
Mr. Sam South returned from Portland and the west for an extended visit with hometown relatives. Mrs. Lizzie Osborne stayed with sister Mrs. A N Thomas at Trade over the weekend. Mrs. D C Mack and Miss Lillian Thomas dined with Mr. and Mrs. W D Wilson at Trade. Mrs. W H Haworth of Trade is improving after illness. Miss Oris Fuller of Wake Forest visited sister Mrs S F Horton in Cove Creek. Miss Pearl Bumgardner and Mrs Don Bumgardner of Tree Tennessee visited Miss Bumgardner's parents F R and wife. Mr. Tol Reese visited Robert Thomas and they attended church at Thomas Chapel. Miss Lillian Thomas spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs R A Thomas at Tracy.
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TRACY
Sam South
Portland
Oregon
West
Lizzie Osborne
A. N. Thomas
D. C. Mack
Lillian Thomas
Tracy School
W. D. Wilson
W. H. Haworth
Oris Fuller
Wake Forest
S. F. Horton
Cove Creek
Pearl Bumgardner
Don Bumgardner
Tree, Tenn
Thomas Chapel
R. A. Thomas
Martin County Sweet Potato Growers Store 65,000 Bushels
Martin County growers report 65,000 bushels of cured sweet potatoes in storage for sale this winter and next spring. Locally organized, the group plans distribution to markets and buyers seeking fresh supply.
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Martin County
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Quaker State Oil
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