Shelter Belt Tree Planting to Start
Four million trees will be planted next spring as the first step in a national shelter belt from Canada to the Texas Panhandle. The American Tree Association listed 23 of 30 planting areas with 139000 trees each in five mile by ten rod strips across the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Washington
Forest Services
Canada
Texas Panhandle
American Tree Association
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Forest Service
Roosevelt
Doctors on the Spot The 1929 medical care crisis
In 1929 many families cannot afford care while over a third of doctors earn low wages. The piece argues for socializing medicine to lower costs and prevent government control, with the profession portrayed as being on the spot facing public pressure. Serbia's army of gold prospectors is rapidly increasing.
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Ft. Worth
Serbia
Townsend Plan Critique by Lipmann in Dallas Times Herald
Walter Lipmann argues against Dr Townsend s pension plan noting a 70 percent sales tax would raise about 20 billion dollars annually and cripple purchasing power. He contends wealth must be produced by producers to fund non producers and questions extending pensions to younger ages.
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Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Fifth vitamin produced synthetically leaves one natural
Prof. Richard Kuhn announces artificial production of Vitamin G at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Heidelberg. The synthetic vitamin, derived from a sugar derivative, urea byproduct and a xylol nitro compound, reportedly matches natural Vitamin G in effect. Vitamin E remains the only vitamin not yet synthesized.
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Richard Kuhn
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute For Medical Research
University of Heidelberg
Germany
Florida Turning Arriving Tourists Into Money Test
Florida officials deny funds for transient relief and require new arrivals to show visible means of support. Gov. David Shultz says thousands of jobless winter visitors overwhelm lines and state resources as ED funds end and Florida steps up checks at the line to turn back those without funds.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
David Shultz
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Nine of Your Forty Dollars Taxed Across America
Analyzed by the Indianapolis News from the Chicago Daily News experiment, nine of every forty dollars earned or received by Americans go to taxes. The piece argues indirect taxes hit all, urging protest against disguised levies and noting public demand for higher spending reduces take-home pay. Insect pest parasites are shipped in refrigerated containers to infested regions to ensure arrival in good condition.
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Indianapolis News
Chicago Daily News
Alexander Hamilton
Old Earth
Lexington
Daily
Oklahoman
Men Use Better Sense In Eating Says Bureau Report
Washington reports the Bureau of Home Economics studied 785 men and 880 women and found men favor milk and potatoes while women skip milk and potatoes and binge on desserts. The survey notes women are calcium protein phosphorus and iron deficient versus men, highlighting 1935 nutrition concerns.
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Bureau
Washington
Bureau of Home Economics
United States
Household Remedy for Burn Marks in Sousepans
If burnt sousepans are filled with hot water and salt, left to stand, then rubbed with a salt-dipped rag, the burn marks will disappear.
Illegal Liquor Still Controls Main Supplies In Dallas area
The Dallas alcohol tax unit reports bootleg liquor dominates local supply despite legal whisky influx. Fresh spirits sell for 1 to 6 and 7 dollars a case, flowing from East Texas stills into Dallas and nearby cities at hundreds of thousands of gallons monthly. Much of the liquor sold in jars or counterfeit labeled bottles with fake stamps. operators say stills are widespread in Wood County and enforcement is hindered by limited manpower and inadequate vehicles.
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Dallas Dispatch
Dallas Alcohol Tax Unit
Wood
Freestone
Texas
Dallas
East Texas
Wood County
Hidden Texas laws on public officials revealed
A Dallas Times Herald report uncovers obscure Texas statutes governing officials. Fines exist for omissions by sheriffs and for county judges practicing law, with other rules triggering removal for missed votes or improper depository choices.
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Texas
Dallas Times-Herald
Justice of the Peace Court
Dallas Times Herald
AID TO HOME OWNERS OVER TWO BILLION
Fisher said more than 2.1 billion has been put into American homes by federal agencies under the current administration. Home Owners' Loan Corporation loans totaled 2.0217 billion with 670,423 loans closed, averaging about 3 016 each. Modernization loans reached 100 million and subsistence homesteads 19 million for 62 projects delivering 6,800 homes.
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Chicago
Ernest M. Fisher
Federal Housing Administration
American Statistical Association
Fisher
FHA
PWA
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
New Printing Method Reproduces Drawings Without Darkroom
A tracing paper drawing can be duplicated using a new approach that omits a camera and dark room. Prints are made on sensitized paper and developed in daylight or with artificial light using ammonia fumes.
Early Chinese discovery of loadstone magnetism
The text notes that Chinese discovery of magnetism in magne tite occurred around 2400 B C or 3500 years before magnetism was known in Europe. The claim positions China as the earliest magnetism innovator and links the spread of magnetic knowledge to ancient times.
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Europe
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Fort Worth
Whitewright
Susie Hamilton
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