State Soil Conservation Act Creates Districts and Powers
The act establishes a State Soil Conservation Committee with up to five members including the State director of extension and the head of A M College. Districts form by petition with a majority referendum. five district supervisors govern each district and may perform erosion control research, loans, equipment gifts, and project administration with private landowner consent. Funding comes from state appropriations and federal grants. districts cannot levy taxes.
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Ich
State Experiment Station
A. & M. College
Henry G. Bennett
Secretary of Agriculture of the
United States
E. P. Weston
The
Soil Conservation Service
Condition of Soil In This Area Shows Need of Conservation Plan
W E Sutherland Oklahoma soil conservation camp superintendent argues erosion past and present in Seminole, Pottawatomie and Pontotoc counties requires a comprehensive plan. He details soil loss causes, farm practices, crop rotations, cover crops, fertilization, liming and contour methods to anchor soil and protect fertility.
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Oklahoma
Nature
United States
Seminole
Pottawatomie
Pontotoc
Soil Conservation Districts Law Aims To Help Farmers
Konawa Oklahoma editorial praises soil conservation districts as a key step in shared responsibility for protecting land. It argues local control via referenda, careful district formation, and five year checks ensure democratic, practical action while outlining contour farming, strip cropping, terracing, and pasture improvements to reduce erosion and improve long term productivity.
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W. E. Sutherland
Konawa
Okla
Atlantic
Pacific
Terraces Need Outlets and Grass to Prevent Erosion
The article explains using Bermuda grass in outlet ditches to protect soil and control water flow. It warns grass height must be managed to avoid sand and silt buildup and suggests rock baffles and stilling basins to reduce edge erosion at ditch ends. Early grassing of outlets minimizes need for overfalls and maintenance costs.
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Bermuda
Parties Begin Preparations For Congressional Campaign
Washington reports that in the run up to the 1938 senatorial elections both parties are planning early. Democrats hope to gain seats including those held by Steiner Davis and Nye while Republicans cite the Roosevelt 1932 landslide as shaping a favored map. Several named Democrats face re election bets and appointments loom in New Jersey Alabama and other states.
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Washington
Steiner
R.-Ore
Pennsylvania
Davis
Gibson
Vermont
Nye
North Carolina
Clark
Missouri
George
Georgia
Gillette
Iowa
McCarran
Nevada
Smith
South Carolina
Tydings
Maryland
van Nuys
Indiana
Senate
Moore
D.-N.j
New Jersey
Alabama
Dixie Bibb Graves
Adams
Colorado
Barkley
Kentucky
Bone
Brown
New Hampshire
Bulkely
Ohio
Mrs. Caraway
Arkansas
Dieterich
Illinois
Duffy
Wisconsin
Hayden
Arizona
Hitchcock
South Dakota
Lonergan
Connecticut
McAdoo
California
McGill
Kansas
Overton
Louisiana
Pepper
Florida
Pope
Idaho
Reynolds
Thomas
Utah
Oklahoma
Wagner
New York
Berry
Tennessee
Pontotoc County Teachers elect Stegall president at annual meeting
Attendance at the Pontotoc County Teachers association sessions reached 147 with 180 reservations. M. L. Stegall of Latta school was elected president, succeeding G. W. Fugatt of Vennes. Mrs. Wilbur P. Lee was named vice president and Ray Stegall serves as secretary and treasurer.
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Pontotoc
Rofs
Ray Stegall
Carl Coleman
Fittstown
Lowell Turner
Allen
Ruth Cockenour
Stonewall
T. T. Akers
Pleasant Hill
R. G. Duke
Rebee
Wilmore Kendall
First Methodist Church
Stillwater
Kendall
J. Arthur Herron
Oscar Parker
Dorothy McGee Stubbs
Cleo Sumpter
Ruth Fashion Shaw
East Central
Controlling Gullies With Grass and Ditches
Water running through gullies can be controlled by planting hardy vegetation and using diversion ditches. Baffles of rocks, woven wire, or brush with Bermuda grass slow erosion and stabilize banks, helping silting fill the gully while slopes establish grass roots to secure the soil.
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Bermuda
Measles Epidemic Worsens Suffering in Shanghai
Shanghai reports 154 measles deaths to date amid wartime hardship. Medical authorities appeal for aid to care for about 5,000 refugee children in camps threatened by the outbreak.
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Shanghai
Pontotoc County Teachers group resolution applauds officers
The Pontotoc County Teachers Association meeting commends retiring officers for their program and thanks Ada schools for facilities. It also praises Roff and Allen schools for entertainment and notes talks by Glen Smith and others. Signed by Loyd R Watson B L Pannel Carl Coleman.
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Stegall
Aldridge
Glen Smith
State Department of Education
Marshall Gregory
Finance Department
State Board
Allen
Rofs High School
Austin Kidwell
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Teachers Association
Dan Procter
Ada
Roff and Allen
Elizabeth Parker
Will Moore Kendall
Probate of B. C. King Will Filed
Petition seeking probate of the will of B. C. King was filed in county court Friday with a probate hearing set for December 14. The deceased, who died November 2, named six heirs Edna E. King his widow Lester W. King Turner M. King Harrie Lee English nee King Mary Curtis Eaves nee King and Edna Earle King. The will designates his widow and two sons as administrators.
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B. C. King
Adam
King
Edna E. King
Lester W. and
Turner M. King
Harrie Lee English
Mary Curtis Eaves
Edna Earle King
Woman Who Took Poison Released From Hospital
Ruth Childress, operator of a West Main restaurant, was treated after taking a poison dose Friday night. She was released Saturday with no serious injury after urgent care at a local hospital.
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Ruth Childress
West Main
Quinton Police Chief Pleads Innocent in Slaying Case
Mitchell Davis Quin ton police commissioner aged 42 pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the slaying of Hubert Pollard after Pollard blamed him for a federal liquor conviction. Preliminary hearing set for Tuesday with no bail until after.
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McAlester
Mitchell Davis
Quinton
Hubert Pollard
Chickasha
W. J. Counts
Davis
Bennie McClenahan
Jeff Hickman
Pollard
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Rock of Gibraltar
Terracing
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
House
Democrats
ML. Steball
Pontotoc Teachers Association
Rev
Loyd R. Watson
B. L. Pannel Carl Coleman Committee
B. C
Brooklyn
Southwest
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