Fingerprint checks reveal criminal records of job seekers
More than 10,000 applicants for federal and local government jobs had their fingerprints checked by the FBI. Of 4,908 Civil Service Commission cards, 107 matched prior criminal histories, including penitentiary terms, with some using alias names. Cases span California, Florida, Texas, and Kansas, highlighting the value of fingerprint screening in hiring.
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U. S
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal
United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
St. Louis
California
Post Office Department
Police Department
Pasadena
Calif
Bureau
St. Paul
Minn
Ocala
Fla
Texas
Wichita
Kans
Lansing
Kan
Bureau of Identification
Kansas
Miami
United States Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Miami Beach
Wardrobe costs for a working girl in New York
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor estimates a respectable yearly wardrobe costs 77.75 dollars for a working girl. Their budget lists dresses 16.50, winter underwear 0.50, summer underwear 1.20, shoes 9, stockings 8. Minimums are set at 32.50 for a housewife, 58.65 for a workman, 41 for a young boy, 34.50 for a young girl, and 214 for a representative family of five.
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New York
New York Association For
Need of Farm Inventory
Five reasons why farmers should take an inventory are given by G. W. Hedlund of the New York State College of Agriculture. It shows net worth after debts, tracks financial progress, helps credit statements required by banks, puts farming on a business basis, and lists property for fire, estate settlement, or other needs. The note also mentions Kimble County 1877 Rangers and the Suez Canal traffic.
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G. W. Hedlund
New York State College of Agriculture
Mother's Breath Saves Child in Pneumonia Crisis
In Dundalk Maryland Earl Shields age 3 collapsed during a pneumonia attack. His mother, a registered nurse, revived him by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compression for about twenty minutes until a fire department inhalator squad arrived with oxygen tanks.
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Dundalk
Earl Shields
Earl
Sweet Potatoes for Cows in Louisiana Experiments
The Louisiana Experiment Station tested feeding value of sweet potatoes for small farmers with few cows. Results show 100 lbs chopped sweet potatoes equal 240 lbs sorghum silage or 256 lbs corn and soybean silage, with an average milk increase of 3.1 lbs per cow daily. Two months of vine grazing added 2.6 lbs daily over permanent pasture, valued at $14.82 per acre. Light grazing over two years did not hurt yield and could provide September October pasture if planted early.
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Louisiana Experiment Station
Louisiana Bulletin
Simple Cream of Mushroom Oven Chicken Recipe
A young four pound chicken is seasoned with salt and pepper, coated with flour, and fried in fat. It is then baked in water until tender, stirred with a mushroom soup and flour blend, and finished in a slower oven before serving with gravy.
Corn Fritters with Ham and Sauce Adapted Recipe
A historical recipe describes combining one cup of corn with % cup ground boiled ham and onion, then mixing in flour and baking powder. Form small drops and fry in 375 degree hot lard, drain, and serve with seasoned cream or tomato sauce. Corned beef can substitute for ham.
Shepherds Pie From Sunday Dinner Leftovers
A simple pie crafted from leftovers uses diced cooked meat peas and celery with onion and salt. Creamy mashed potatoes and parsley are mixed with cream then spread over the ingredients and baked for about twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
Simple Quick Biscuit Dough Instructions
A compact recipe lists ingredients including flour baking powder salt lard milk brown sugar and butter. Mix dry, cut in lard, add milk to form soft dough then roll to half an inch thick. Spread remaining ingredients, roll, slice two inches, bake ten minutes in a moderate oven and serve warm.
Quick Molasses Ginger Cake Mix Instructions
A simple batter combines flour salt ginger evaporated milk water vinegar soda and molasses then adds oil. The batter is poured into a greased shallow pan and baked in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes until firm yielding one 9 inch layer.
Orange Brandy Mousse Drink and German Machinery Rise
A recipe for a foamy orange drink with egg yolk and stiffly beaten egg white plus milk and orange rind is described. The passage notes Germany’s machinery production rising 210 percent from January 1933 to January 1936 as a separate factual detail.
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Germany
Sun powered furnace melts steel with concentrated sunlight
Los Angeles inventor H E McCoy demonstrated a 60 mirror solar furnace concentrating sun rays to 4000 degrees Fahrenheit, melting a steel plate and a rabbit. He envisions solar plants replacing coal for factories and even charging electric car batteries at service stations.
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Los Angeles
Calif
H. E. MccCoy
California
McCoy
The Greatest Woman in History Prize Winner
A reader note from Polk County Enterprise recalls a gathering of 200 teachers who asked who was history’s greatest woman. The judges awarded to the wife of a farmer of moderate means who manages home tasks and family while pursuing self improvement. Samoa is noted as the United States' only South Sea possession.
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Polk County Enterprise
Samoa
United States
General Sam Houston mansion becomes squatters refuge in Huntsville
The Steamboat House once home of Gen Sam Houston is now a patched and rickety shelter for families living in rooms of the decaying building. Former owner J G Johnson recalls its move and current neglect as termites creep through the wood and the state contemplates its future fate on Texas Centennial day.
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Huntsville
Sam Houston
Texas’ Independence
Steamboat House
Santa Anna
Texas
San Jacinto
J. G. Johnson
Johnson
Houston
C. A. Randolph
Elkins Lake
Republic
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Texas Rangers
Kimble County
Suez Canal
Whitewright Lumber Co. “Neighborly Service
Ned Moore
Liberty Bell
the Sun
Life Insurance
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
General Houston
Barbee-Bassett
Insurance Agency
L. LaRoe & Co
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