Texas Farm Income Up As 1940 Revenues Rise
University of Texas economist Dr. Buechel estimates 1940 farm cash income in Texas at 423.6 million with shipments lifting to about 465 million and government subsidies possibly pushing total to 575 million. He cites favorable moisture and rising prices as factors behind a cautiously optimistic outlook despite meager cotton marketings.
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Austin
FA Bueche
University of Texas
Burcher
Buechel
Corsicana man elected president of Texas Fairs Association
Richard W. Knight of Corsicana was elected president of the Texas Association of Fairs at the Dallas meeting. Otis Fowler of Denton was chosen secretary treasurer. Directors named include W. F. Fitzhugh Tyler Pete Smith Plainview H. C. Copenhaver Wharton Joe Mack Nacogdoches and H. J Tanner Eastland. The three day convention closed in Dallas with plans to meet there next year.
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Dallas
Richard W. Knight
Corsicana
Texas Association of Fairs
Otis Fowler
Denton
W. F. Fitzhugh
Tyler
Pete Smith
Plainview
H. C. Copenhaver
Wharton
Joe Mack
Nacogdoches
H. J Tanner
Eastland
Dozen U. S. Firms Fire Nazi Representatives
In Mexico City on February 1 reports say more than a dozen American firms have dropped their representatives after Rockefeller highlighted Axis-linked employment in Latin America. The American Chamber of Commerce coordinates replacements and the U.S. embassy in Mexico reportedly forwarded a list of firms with German or Axis ties, potentially naming up to 750 concerns nationwide.
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Mexico City
American Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Washington
Florida Ship Canal Completion Sought
Florida senators Claude Pepper and Charles C Andrews say they will introduce legislation to authorize finishing the 160 million dollar Florida ship canal as vital to national defense. They warn that in any hemispheric war, enemy aims would include destroying American shipping in the Caribbean Gulf and Florida Straits. The project began in 1935 with a five million dollar federal relief grant but stalled when further funding was not approved.
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Washington
Florida
Claude Pepper
Charles C. Andrews
Florida Ship Canal
United States
Caribbean-Gulf- Florida Straits
Congress
Kerosene Fire Fatal to Two Burkburnett Boys
In Burkburnett Texas a kerosene blast while pouring fuel into a wood stove killed four year old Euel Dean Germany and 12 year old J H Germany. The incident also burned 10 year old Avis Lee Germany and their grandfather W N Bedford. The blast occurred in a Germany home bedroom as Avis Lee moved a five gallon can toward the stove. The two boys died in Wichita Falls hospital this afternoon.
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Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
J. H. Germany
Euel Dean
Avis Lee Germany
W. N. Bedford
Germany
Avis Lee
Thief Takes Congratulatory Messages From Sweeney Car
In Cleveland thieves stole several hundred congratulatory messages from the car of Secretary of State elect John E Sweeney. Sweeney said he planned to answer them personally and hoped no one would feel hurt by the loss.
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Cleveland
John E Sweeney
Sweeney
Colorado Calls Water Session to Address Western Crises
Gov. Ralph L. Carr urged 17 western reclamation states to a Water conference to discuss two hot issues. The first concerns the Supreme Court ruling on navigable rivers under federal control. the second weighs powers in river basin development. Carr expects about 50 participants and notes congressmen urging the meeting.
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Denver
Ralph L. Carr
Colorado
United States Supreme Court
Arkansas River Authority
Carr
Washington
Congress
Arkansas Valley Authority
Texan Tells of RAF Raiders
Lee Sullivan a 20 year old Texan who served nine months with the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer describes air battles and bombing raids over Germany. He flew 48 missions faced antiaircraft fire and bullets, crashed once after a night raid, and plans to pursue aviation with possible US Army or Navy air corps service or ferrying bombers to Britain. He is son of a Hillsboro cafe owner and was the first American flier invalided out of the RAF.
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Lee Sullivan
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Germany
Sullivan
RAF
Hillsboro
Dallas
R.A
United States Army
Naval Air Corps
Atlantic
Britain
Glass workers sign wage contract in Libbey-Owens-Ford talks
Representatives of 15 000 glass workers and Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company reach a compromise after 48 member negotiation committee signs a new wage contract in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
A.M
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
Wisdom Quotes From Poets And Thinkers
A compact collection of aphorisms and lines on wisdom from Proverbs Wordsworth Prior Prior Eddy Goethe Emerson and others. The quotes emphasize wisdom as grounding happiness greatness and understanding and as a godlike attribute found in truth.
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Matthew Prior
Goethe
Wheat in Southwest in Best Condition in 10 or 12 Years
TOPEKA Kan Feb 1 The winter wheat crop in the southwest is in the best condition in 10 or 12 years according to a Santa Fe Railroad summary of agricultural conditions The report notes the crop is largely dormant but weather damage has been minimal and there is abundant moisture across the territory.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Santa Fe Railroad
Woman Gets Six Year Term For Stealing Coat
In Dallas on February 1, Helen Kahn age 36 of Chicago received a six year sentence after being found guilty of stealing a $2,400 mink coat from a Dallas shop. Prosecutors said she secretly hid the coat in a false lining of a coat she wore into the store and left with it. The coat was never recovered.
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Dallas
Helen Kahn
Chicago
Willkie Faces Bus Fare Snag in London
Wendell L. Willkie encountered a farebox dilemma on a London bus as a conductor urged him to hurry. He eventually paid his fare and remained a courteous passenger in the bustling metropolis.
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Willkie
London
U.P
Wendell L. Willkie
Charles Dockson Improves After Illness Delays
Charles Dockson, a seriously ill Detroit manufacturer, showed improvement today as foggy skies again thwarted an ambulance plane from Odessa attempting to fly him to Dallas for emergency hospital care. Dockson fell ill two weeks ago while traveling with his wife toward California.
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Alpine
Charles Dockson
Detroit
Dallas
Odessa
Dockson
California
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