Drastic Step Is Taken To Control Peace Propaganda
United Press reports from London that the government plans to take over the British Broadcasting Company, currently holding a radio monopoly in Great Britain, turning BBC into a government news service and propagation tool. The move is set for June 7 under emergency charter authorization.
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Developments In Europe Today led by tense world events
London reports Soviet Russia seeking general Stalin consultations with Britain and France to bolster armed strength for revival of 1914 entente. Paris cites 30 percent of French income for armaments and a 45 hour week with a 1 percent sales tax to fund weapons. Rome and Berlin discuss a Balkan bloc and a new totalitarian axis. Washington plans to press Japan on reopening the Yangtse River. A Philadelphia court awards 711,9932 to a hosiery mill owner against a labor union in a sit-down strike, while Texas counties lag in literacy gains over the last decade prompting calls for reform.
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May 8 Marks 2Sth Anniversary Date Extension Service
Texas marks the 25th anniversary of the Smith Lever Act creating the Extension Service as a joint federal state county effort. Texas notes its pioneer role with 647 workers, 246 county agents, 40 county home demonstration assistants, 43 Negro agents, and a 77 member headquarters staff. National and statewide observances are planned. Also included are remarks on mosquito prevention and a cautious note on Roosevelts statements to Europe.
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South Carolina
Wooodrow Wilson
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Jack County
T. M. Marks
Texas Extension Service
Farmer Leads In 1910 Presidential Nomination Poll
Polls show a farmer leading in the 1910 presidential nomination race. Emi Huria, political analyst, cites Garner and Dewey as top timber with Garner favored in rural areas and Dewey in larger cities. Potential candidates Cordell Hull and others noted.
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National Democratic
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Democratic National Committee
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Paul McNutt
U. Sen
Bennett Clark
Missouri
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U. & See
Farmer
Governor Signs Bill Requiring Alien Poll Receipt Marking
A bill to stamp the word alien on poll tax receipts issued to nonresidents will take effect this fall when state poll taxes for voting are issued. Gov D Daniels approved the bill, filed with the Secretary of State, as sixty three other measures also passed by the legislature.
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Lindbergh begins study of Army Air Forces at Wright Field
Col Charles Lindbergh arrives at Wright Field to study the Army air corps. He flies in from Washington in a Curtis Seater pursuit plane in about two and a half hours and is hosted by Brig Gen George H Brett, chief of the material division. He plans to depart Dayton for an undisclosed destination Sunday afternoon or Monday.
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George H Brett
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French Inquire Into Cause Many Plane Accidents
Paris April 22 officials ordered a rigid inquiry into multiple air crashes with twenty dead at Preneh ay farm. Reports mention aid spiders planes not in service and a third disaster near Oudja in Algeria with a bomber crew of six killed. Additional crashes at Tours field caused nine deaths.
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Grasshoppers Crickets Invade Pacific Coast Farmlands
California reports a severe grasshopper invasion spreading from the San Joaquin Valley into northern counties. State and federal experts mobilize to aid weary ranchers near Winters Dunigan Coalinga and Colusa. swarms threaten 20000 acres of cotton, grain, and flax as a small army of men fights the pests.
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Trade demands reopening of Yangtze for U S travel and trade
Washington reports say the United States will renew protests to Japan for reopening the Yangtze river to American travelers and trade. Officials see the move as significant amid broader East Asian tensions and looming Anglo Soviet diplomacy. President Roosevelt’s fleet transfer to the Pacific adds pressure as observers link it to China policy and potential alliance shifts.
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Drought Forest Fires and Crickets Devastate Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND Ore April 22 A triple plague of drought forest fires and Mormon crickets struck the agriculturally rich Pacific Northwest hard tonight causing wide damage and threatening much greater losses.
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Wolfe City Man Is Seriously Injured in Truck Collision
Bonham merchants seek to draw south Fannin county trade to Bonham amid paving highway and road programs. Suggestions include free picture tickets and midweek bargain days to lure customers from Greenville and south areas. Also reports a gasoline truck collision near Gladewater injuring four. Randle Clark charged with trespassing in Memphis case. judge dismisses.
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W. C Bateman
Southern Senators back Plan of EDR and Wallace
In Washington on April 22 a bloc of seven teen Southern senators endorsed an export subsidy plan advocated by Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace and supported by President Roosevelt. They backed an amendment to the Agriculture Department appropriation bill proposed by Sen. John H. Bankhead to increase cotton exports from 4,000,000 to 6,000,000 bales next year, though the aim remains 1,500,000 bales below the 1928-37 average.
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Hair dye process may rival coat of many colors
A Madison report notes Dr Severre Quisling announced a patent for a wax and cellulose ester hair dye mixture that could turn a woman blond at breakfast, brunette at lunch, and a redhead by evening, a claim described with period curiosity.
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Fire kills six in Otumwa home blaze
A father Carlos Helmick and his five children died when a kerosene explosion sparked a fire in their small house in Otumwa on April 22. The children were asleep upstairs. the father perished while trying to rescue them.
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