U S Spending Far in Excess of Its Income
Senate figure Byrd cites Brookings data showing federal outlays rose from 1 billion before WWI to 7 billion annually in recent years with payrolls at 1.5 billion a year excluding relief and military costs. Eight agencies the size of the Empire State Building in Washington, 28 agencies over 1,000 workers.
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U. S
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Dem
Virginia
Senate Committee On Governmental Reorganization
Brooking Institution
Federal
Treasury
Research Agency
Byrd
Congressional
Roosevelt
Brookings
Empire State Building
New York
Brookings Report
Droughts predicted no return on Great Plains in 1937
Washington weather officials indicated that forecasts show no expected drought on the Great Plains for 1937. They cite recent rains from the Dakotas to Texas and say normal growing-season rainfall could yield good crops, though they warn four months of erratic rain could still threaten North Dakota Montana Idaho Nebraska and Texas.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Dakotas
Texas
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Nebraska
Joseph B. Kincer
Kincer
You Bet Your Life Travel Warning on Traffic Gamble
You are told not to gamble with life by comparing everyday driving risks to lotteries. Even small acts like crossing midblock, speeding, passing on curves, or failing to signal can dramatically raise the chance of severe injury or death this year, far more than any sweepstakes prize.
Tuberculosis Cases Found in Sherman County
Fifty neglected tuberculosis cases mostly children were found by Miss Edna Druliner, county Red Cross nurse, during county visits. A file of cases will be turned over to the Red Cross nurse assigned to Grayson County. The council discussed a full time nurse for next year and noted Druliner’s plans to attend Minnesota.
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Red Cross
Grayson County
Nursing Council
Druliner
University of Minnesota
Sherman Kiwanis Club
The
Crippled Children Association
Woman asks Bank of England about war loan inquir y
A language challenged woman visits the Bank of England seeking guidance on her war loan holding. A grave clerk asks if it is conversion or redemption, prompting the woman to clarify whether she is in the Bank of England or the Church of England.
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Bank of England
Church of England
Allred vows fight to repeal race betting law now
Governor James V. Allred said he is prepared for a summer fight to repeal the horse betting law. He warned a special session may be called if the Senate does not vote on repeal before the session ends, accusing Senate filibuster tactics of thwarting the will of the people.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Senate
House
Allred
Typical Citizens and the Booster Ethic in Jeanerette
A Jeanerette Progress editorial contrasts two citizen models the neglectful, tax-evading complainer with the proactive booster who pays debts and taxes, supports schools and streets, and drives local progress. It urges readers to classify themselves and embrace civic involvement.
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Jeanerette
Sailor Refuses Change Yet Offers Credit
A beggar asks for a dime from a sailor. The sailor says he has no change but promises to repay when he returns. The beggar jokes that he loses money by giving credit in such cases.
March of Science Reports Pure Vitamin A and Solar Power Promise
Pure Vitamin A crystals produced by Professors Holmes and Corbett of Oberlin College are 4000 times more potent than cod liver oil. The piece outlines chemical processes, sun energy, and nitrogen's effects on plants, plus advances from Columbia and Yale on electricity generation and ultracentrifuge motors. It notes potential future reliance on solar power as fuels deplete.
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Harry N. Holmes
Ruth E. Corbett
Oberlin College
Julius Stieglitz
University of Chicago
Clifford C. Burnas
Yale
Earth
R. B. Dearborn
New selenium oxychloride reported dissolves nearly all materials
Prof. B L Smith of the Poly technic Institute Brooklyn N Y reports a straw colored liquid that dissolves almost all substances except glass platinum and tungsten. It freezes at 65 degrees F and in a Brooklyn lab a bottle froze broke the glass warmed and dripped dissolving a hole through the floor and damaging instruments below. The chemical could redefine acids bases and salts and makes water be considered a base in theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Smith
Polytechnic Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Smith
Dry ice from chimney smoke reported by chemist
A new chemical process described to the American Chemical Society claims dry ice can be made from chimney smoke. The method, discussed by J. Wellford, suggests converting human and factory exhaust into solid carbon dioxide.
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American Chemical Society
J. Wellford
Nitrogen Shapes Cucumber Growth At Cornell Station
Research at the Cornell University agricultural experiment station in Ithaca shows nitrogen levels control cucumber fruit quality and sex expression. With abundant nitrogen the vines yield well shaped highly colored fruit and produce more female fruiting flowers than male ones.
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Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Ithaca
N. Y
The Age of a Horse Delineates Its True Age
Poem explains how to age a horse by examining teeth and gums. It traces tooth development from birth to twenty years, noting front teeth, corners, and black spots turning with age, concluding with the indicator growth as horses age. The verse credits Jewett M. Fulkerson in the Journal and promotes Whitewright printing.
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Jewett M. Fulkerson
The
Journal
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J. W. Beams
L. B. Snoddy
University of Virginia
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