Farmers File Loan Blanks
Panhandle farmers rush to file emergency crop loan applications after the limit rose from 200 to 400 dollars. Congressman's push and Farm Credit Administration say past borrowers can seek additional funds. Seed loan deadline extended to September 30, with estimates of tripling loan volume.
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Panhandle
Farm Credit Administration
Marvin Jones
Plains
J. E. Brown
West Texas
T. L. Miller
Central Panhandle
Assistants Named By Regional Head In Rural Services
D P Trent regional director of the rural resettlement administration announced the appointment of Dr J T Sanders of Oklahoma A and M College and W J Green formerly of Washington as assistants. Sanders may serve after a college leave. Green was a former district agent and once chief of the cooperatives and community service division. Also named were Tulane Smith as executive assistant C E Davis as personal officer and R R Lordan of Galveston as regional loan officer. Washington: treasury data for Aug 26 show receipts 57 430 832 38 expenditures 67 569 232 74 balance 1 948 590 954 90 with fiscal year receipts 600 518 439 30 expenditures 91 755 382 84 including 285 133 371 85 emergency expenditures debt 33 389 831 818 98 gold assets 10 694 947 393 88.
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Dallas
D. P. Trent
Rural Resettlement Administration
J. T. Sanders
Oklahoma A. & M. College
W. J. Green
Washington
Trent
Sanders
Green
Oklahoma
Co-Operatives and
Tulane Smith
Mineral Wells
C. E. Davis
R. R. Lordan
Galveston
The
Treasury
Search for Lake Worth attacker continues after brutal assault
Fort Worth area officers and volunteers hunted a young negro suspect after Desky Foster was attacked at a Lake Worth fishing camp. Foster, away on a trip, found his injured wife bound and later recovered in a hospital. Bloodhounds aided the overnight manhunt amid dozens of posse members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
U.P
Tarrant County
Lake Worth
Desky Foster
Azle
Cleburne
Black Hogs May Solve Pig Problem
Four large black hogs from England arrived at quarantine in Athenia New Jersey seen as the probable solution to the sunburn problem of Midwest pigs. Dr Hugh C McPhee of the Agriculture Department praised the shipment and noted Danish pigs’ struggles in the Iowa heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
England
Mid-West
Athenia
New Jersey
Hugh C. McPhee
Division of
Animal Husbandry
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Dr. McPhee
Grand jury no-bills Elizabeth Dickens in Rodriguez shooting case
Uvalde County grand jury declined to indict Elizabeth Dickens a 16 year old girl in connection with the fatal March 5 shooting of Ricardo Rodriguez a Crystal City butcher.
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Uvalde
Uvalde County
Elizabeth Dickens
Eicardo Rodriguez
Crystal City
World flight in two days foreseen by aviation expert
Selig Brodetsky of Leeds University told Rand University that a Croydon to Cape Town flight at 500 mph and a world circumnavigation in two days could be possible with proper organization and night flying. He cited 400 mph in the Schneider Cup and noted wing span limits cap top speeds around 500 mph.
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Johannesburg
Croydon
Cape Town
Selig Brodetsky
Applied Mathematics
Leeds University
England
Rand University
Brodetsky
Cape
Hearing Set on Trinity River Flood Control Project
Dallas August 28 Lt Col E H Marks district engineer US Army announced a hearing in Dallas on October 6 to revise a preliminary flood control report for the Trinity River canalization project. The hearing invites data on flood control and water conservation from interested parties. John M Fouts Trinity River canal and conservancy district GM noted the new information aims to supplement earlier flood control data and identify urgent Texas river projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Trinity River
E. H. Marks
United States Army
Galveston
Marks
Trinity
John M. Fouts
Trinity River Canal and Conservancy District
Texas
32 Arabs Arrested In Bombing Plot
Police in Jaffa arrested 32 Arabs on charges of involvement in a bombing plot against Jews. A bomb was found in the Jaffa post office and another similar device was reported at the Moslem sports club. The raid followed weeks of Arab protests over Jewish immigration and land ownership in Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Former Kleberg Sheriff Dies in Kingsville Trials
Friends report the death of J. B. Scarborough a longtime Ranger and first elected Kleberg County sheriff born in Lee County who died at his son J B Scarborough Jr home. He outlived several notorious criminals including Patsy Lavin tied to Chicago gangsters and Coleman killed in Lexington pistol fight.
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Houston
Scarborough
Kingsville
J. &. Scarborough, Jr
Kleberg County
Lee
Kleberg
Texas
Patsy Lavin
Chicago
Charles Coleman
Coleman
Yeggman
Lexington
Hackett Opposes Neches River Job
Assistant Public Works Administrator Hackett said he would not approve a 5 million dollar grant for a 12 million dollar irrigation and flood control project on the Lower Neches River in southeast Texas. He doubted the wisdom of gifting such a large sum and suggested funds be spread among many projects. Representative Martin Dies urged President Roosevelt to press Ickes to approve the grant, noting the Reconstruction Finance Corporation would approve a 7 million dollar loan if the grant was provided.
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Washington
Horatio B. Hackett
Lower Neches
Texas
Hackett
Martin Dies
Orange
Tex
Roosevelt
Ickes
Reconstruction Corporation
Dies
PWA
Democrats Hold Majority In Senate Battles Ahead
The Democratic Party appears to retain a solid Senate majority for the next session with 5 incumbents listed as certain in January. Georgia’s September 9 primary pits Eugene Talmadge against Richard B. Russell Jr. and border states Tennessee Kentucky and Oklahoma show continued Democratic control. Colorado Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Mexico Rhode Island also await nominees with New Mexico holding two open seats. Overall, of 36 seats, 70 were Democratic, 23 Republican, 2 Farmer-Labor and 1 Progressive.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Colorado
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Recount Starts in Election Contest in Precinct 16
Special Judge Grady Lowery ordered all absentee ballots in Precinct 16 treated as challenged votes in Judge M B Wolcott's contest of Bob Davis's county judge nomination. The recount began today amid prior challenges over unsigned ballots in the county's largest voting division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Grady Lowery
M. B. Wolcott
Bob Davis
Grocery List From Historic Market Row
A fragment lists items such as bananas apples prunes writing tablets notebooks filler ink a 10 lb bottle of sugar cane cloth bag 8 pounds shortening peas three cans flour 42 pounds and a potted ham. The OCR shows a mix of food staples and household goods.
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Armour
del Monte
White House
Anti-Lynching Play Prize Awarded to Texan and North Carolinian
Mrs Jess ie Daniel Ames announces the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching has awarded anti lynching play prizes. Walter Spearman of Chapel Hill North Carolina wins first prize of 100 dollars for Country Sunday. Ann Seymour of Strawn Texas wins second prize of 35 dollars for Land Does You Understand.
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Atlanta
Jessie Daniel Ames
Association of Southern Women For the Prevention
Association
Walter 8. Spearman
Chapel Hill
N. C
Ann Seymour
Strawn
Tex
Five Die in Truck Plunge Near Darlington Md
Five itinerant potato workers bound for homes in Florida and Georgia died when a truck plunged down a steep embankment near Darlington Maryland. Six teens were injured, several critically, and treated at Elkton hospital. Driver George D. Hart, 57, of Hastings Florida, died at the wheel. The other four victims were tossed from the rear of the truck.
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Darlington
Florida
Georgia
New Jersey
Elkton
George D. Hart
Hastings
Fla
Arrest Smash Tron Theft Ring In Waco Case
Sheriff Mobley says a gang in Texas suspected of widespread corrugated iron thefts is broken up after Clarence Slaton is arrested in a truck with 7,000 pounds of iron identified as stolen at Caldwell. Other charges include a pipe cutter and a tool chest theft with additional iron missing at Grandview.
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Waco
W. B. Mobley
Madisonville
Caldwell
Cleburne
Clarence Slaton
Slaton
Grandview
Mobley
Woman dies in Oklahoma City from self-inflicted bullet wound
Mrs. Leona Austin, 28, formerly of Corpus Christi, Texas, died in Oklahoma City today from a bullet wound to the head. Justice of the Peace Carl Traub said it appeared self inflicted. A note on tree leaves noted they are about 95 percent water.
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Oklahoma City
Leona Austin
Corpus Christi
Tex
Justice of the
Carl Traub
Youth Indicted in Attempted Robbery at Katy Limed
Leroy Wilson, 20, from Johnson City New York, indicted by Harris County grand jury on charges of attempting robbery by assault and assault to murder C K Cott a midget drug store clerk at Katy. Cott testified Wilson struck him with a pistol and fled when help was cried for. City citizens threatened him but officers protected him after minor roughing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Leroy Wilson
Johnson City
N. Y
Harris County Grand Jury
C. K. Cott
Katy
Cott
Wilson
Connally Leads Dedication of New High School Auditorium
Sen ator Tom Connally was the principal speaker at the opening of the new 25000 dollar high school auditorium in Aug. 28. Neighboring city and county officials and school leaders attended the dedicatory meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Connally
van Alstyne
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Paschal
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Woodbury
Lake AT Fort Worth
Borden's
Borden Fine Dairy Products
Pierce Street
16Th Street
C. W
Alaska
California
Sunkist
Chase & Sanborn
Ile
Armour's
Neches River
U.S
PEAS
Wees
Texan
Sarah Childers
Tyler St
Alma L. Dysart
Virginia St
Asa A. Eason
Washington St
Pearl Fish
Sixth Ave
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Lincoln St
Dee Alan
Fillmore
East 10Th Street
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Ilo
Philip's
White Eagle
Miller
Dog Food
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