Domestic Allotment Cotton Act proposal from Rep Eagle
Agriculture committee prints a plan laying out a permanent cotton program. It requires yearly USDA estimates of domestic use, apportions by state and county, and establishes parity payments funded by a processing tax. Final determinations are not subject to appeal and the act would replace the Bankhead law while protecting growers on domestic production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Eagle
Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Department
Editorial on Geneva draft treaty and munitions control
The piece argues the Geneva debate over the US Britain and France draft arms pact is hindered by obstructionist postures. It analyzes Britain France and Germany aims and the impact on supervision civil aviation and US Senate approval amid Nye committee and World Court moves.
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Geneva
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
London
Britain
Downing Street
United States Senate
Senate
Hugh R. Wilson
Wilson
World Court
Washington
Nye
Royal Commission
Paris
Schneider-Creusot
Christian Science Monitor
Shaw and publishers shaping fame in a fickle market
In New York on February 26, a profile notes George Bernard Shaw as a valued asset for U S publishers, not just for royalties but prestige. It contrasts Shaw’s publisher relations with the careers of Irene Franklin, Ethel Barrymore, Harry Thaw, and Browning, highlighting how fame and eccentricity influence book and theater markets.
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New York
George Bernard Shaw
London
Shaw
Fry
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Harold Bell Wright
Browning
Distinguished foreign tenor at Rainbow Room
The narrator and Henry Sell misidentify a guest at a Rainbow Room table, guessing careers from diplomat to banker, then to balloonist, until a waiter reveals the man is a distinguished foreign tenor.
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Henry Sell
Sell’s
Beatrice Lillie perches under Queen Mary gaze in club
An elegant Queen Mary era spectator watches Beatrice Lillie through a lorgnette and pats gloved hands as the crowd shifts from stage to nightclub. Lillian Russell enters in full stage persona, drawing the room into a salon mood, while management notes her arrival boosts wine sales.
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Beatrice Lillie
Lillian Russell
Martin's
Martin's Visit with Ray Long Harris Merton
The note records a visit to Martin's with individuals Ray Long and Harris Merton as companions. It preserves the names and indicates a casual, possibly social, context without additional detail.
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Martin’s
Ray Long
Harris Merton
Legislature curbs Ferguson era power of appointment
In Texas Capitol Chatter, Feb 26, the Legislature suspends the Ferguson practice of dispersing appointment power. Both Houses back Governor Allred controlling a state planning board with six appointees plus ex-officio members, amid a fierce Senate debate.
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Austin
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
James V. Allred
House
Allred
Senate
Board of Water Engineers
Texas Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Relief Administration
Ferguson
Board of Control
Pat Dwyer
Natural Resources Board
Railroad Commission
Dwyer
Haile Haile the gang's all here ditty and Italy on the map
Quip style piece notes Italy in the boot shape as Mussolini moves Europe. The column mentions Uncle Sam facing taxes and invokes American songs. It references Heinz and a Dallas representative race with 57 varieties. It closes with Huey and the Norfolk Virginian Pilot quote.
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Italy
Europe
Signor Mussolini
Caesar
Heinz
Dallas
Hughes
Huey
Norfolk
Advertising Urges Merchants to Inform Public
J. L. Foster of the Connersville News-Examiner warns merchants that customers shop competitors due to lack of information about stock and services. He stresses advertising expands trade, attracts customers via better values, and cites improved roads and wider newspaper reach as factors boosting regional commerce.
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J. L. Foster
Connersville
Ind
News-Examiner
Texas conservation plan aims to protect soil and boost farming
Senators Sheppard and Connally push a Brazos River program while Congress debates feasibility. The proposal covers erosion control terracing, water storage, and soil improvement with local county agents coordinating along with Texas Relief Commission to fund and supervise work on selected farms. The effort seeks self liquidating gains through improved land use and diversified agriculture.
Y M C A officials visit Bryan for future chapter
State Y M C A Secretary L A Coulter and assistant G W Benn arrived in Bryan for consultation on organizing a local Y M C A. Superintendent C W Lawson left for Indianapolis for the national school superintendents convention. The piece also notes Bryan's trolley plans, a critique of sidewalks and sewers, and changes at Bryan Electric theater. Noble Melton visits with wife, while J N Hall returns to Galveston from Thompson Creek.
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Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot
L. A. Coulter
Dallas
G. W. Benn
Bryan
C. W. Lawson
Indianapolis
Ind
Korn
Bryan Electric Theater
Houston
Noble Melton
Tyler
W. R. Phillips
J. N. Hall
Galveston
J. Foster Hall
Thompson Creek
Prayers to Be Printed in Texas House Journal
Texas House adopts resolution to publish prayers offered by Chaplain W. Coltrin at the start of each legislative day in the House Journal. The move aims to document formal prayers alongside daily proceedings.
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Austin
W. Coltrin
House
Texas Houe
Rural Department Of State Relief To Conserve Soil
A soil conservation program to save Texas agricultural resources is being formed by the Rural Department of the Relief Commission. W. R. Smitham announces the plan to help farmers preserve lands and rehabilitation clients work on self liquidating projects for cash wages to apply on obligations to the Rural Corporation. Under W. M. Burkes the conservation service section was established recently. Burkes was named to the post by mutual agreement.
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A. and
M. College
Texas
Burkes
Austin
Rural Department
Texas Relief Commission
W. R. Smitham
W. M. Burkes
Upshur County
Conservation Service
Rural
Mr. Burkes
Piedras Negras Mardi Gras Goes International
Eagle Pass reports Piedras Negras Mardi Gras will feature an international coronation with a Queen from Eagle Pass and duchesses from Winter Garden towns added to the parade lineup. The four day event includes masquerade dances, a bull fight, school demonstrations, military reviews and a torchlight parade ending with the burial of Good Humor.
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Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Brooklyn man offers to take Hauptmann’s place in death house
Stanley Prystup of Brooklyn wrote Governor Hoffmann that he would substitute for Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the death house for 6000 dollars. He said relief work for four years and protection for his two children were conditions. A second letter came from Rev J C Brower urging a national poll to gauge public guilt opinion.
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Trenton
N. J
Stanley Prystup
Brooklyn
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Prystup
Hauptmann
J. C. Brower
Louisville
New Jersey
Bundle Options for Old Newspapers at Eagle Office
The Eagle office offers bundles of old newspapers for collectors and researchers. Customers can purchase multiple historic issues, inquire about specific dates, and request bulk discounts.
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Eagle Office
Baker on Trial in Chicago Slaying Case
Baker executive Irving Weitzman sits in criminal court in Chicago as state witnesses testify in the trial for the death of Eli Daiches, a wealthy advertising man. Associated Press photo.
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Irving Weitzman
Baker
Chicago
Eli Daiches
Associated Press
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