Cotton acreage curtailment planned for 1934 program
The 1934 plan would use voluntary domestic allotments with options to require reductions in 1935. Payments would rely on parity prices based on pre war averages for the portion of cotton used domestically. Farmers signing contracts would retire part of their crop for cash with possible government cotton purchases at 6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Uncle Sam
Washington
Associated Press
Brazos County
Tiny Homes Trend Roars Amid Glamour Gloom
A 1938 New York feature notes demand shifts from grand mansions to compact dwellings and toy houses. It highlights a Greenwich Village narrow eleven by nine foot footprint once home to Edna St Vincent Millay, while detailing chic miniatures in Cannes and London. The piece also surveys stylish interiors, surging interest in petite living, and portraits of cultural figures like John P. Medbury and Earl Carroll, framing urban glamour against austerity.
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New York
Holland
Long Island
Manhattan
Bedford Street
Greenwich Village
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Miss Millay
Deems Taylor
Michael Arlen
Cannes
Noel Coward
London
Chancery Lane
Public Works Plans Highlight Brazos Valley Flood Control
Discussion in Bryan centers on National Recovery act projects with wide impact. Officials favor flood control and land reclamation along the Brazos and its tributaries, including Navasota and Little Brazos, to reduce flood risk and provide work for many people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bryan
Brazos Valley
The
Brazos
Navasota
Little Brazos
Calvert
Normange
Roosevelt's Big Stick and the National Recovery Act
The administration warns industry to speed up code formation under the National Recovery Act. If needed, the President may impose codes or issue sample models to accelerate hearings. Major manufacturing sectors face pressure as licensing powers can back imposed codes. voluntary codes remain preferable to avoid tougher licensing and unequal competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Administration
Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Fort Worth
Well Known Texas Newspapers Man Dies In Alice
A. A. Grimes, 60, veteran newspaper man and foreman of the Alice ws, was found dead in his Daniels Hotel room. Justice Sam Bagnall ruled death from natural causes. Grimes previously worked with the Austin American before three years in Alice.
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Texas
Alice
A. A. Grimes
Alice Ws
Daniels Hotel
Sam Bagnall
Grimes
The
Austin American
Texas A and M records 370 registered for second term
College Station July 18 370 students had registered up to noon for the second term of the summer session at Texas A and M college Officials in the registrar's office report 138 were new students those not attending the first term Registration for credit will continue through Thursday.
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College Station
Texas A. and M. College
Editorial on gambling and the horse racing boom
The Christian Science Monitor argues that legalized pari mutuel betting shifts focus from racing to betting, corrupting sport and harming society. It cites California and New Hampshire cases, cites Gov. Rolph, and calls for a strong reform movement against gambling as a moral and social threat.
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America
California
James Rolph Jr
Rockingham Park
New Hampshire
Christian Science Monitor
Ranchmens Round-Up Set For Sonora August 7
More than 2 000 ranchmen are expected to attend the seventh annual Ranchmens Round-Up sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Substation No. 14 Sonora on August 7. The event has been held annually since 1925 with two years omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Sonora
A. B. Carr Jr. Home Sold in Bryan
The A. B. Carr Jr. home transfers from J. E. Brown to E. H. Astin for 2600 dollars and Astin will move in shortly. Judge T. S. Reese visits his daughter in College Station. Millican barbecue attracts about 100 people with broad county turnout. Mary Graves is arrested on misdemeanor theft. $10 recovered. Twin show windows added to J. H. Mawhinney store. Bryanites return from Lake Hall with fine fishing and squirrel catches.
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Bryan Morning Fagle
A. B. Carr, Jr
J. E. Brown
E. H. Astin
Mr. Astin
T. S. Reese
Court of Civil Appeals
First District
Galveston
D. W. Spence
College
Bryan
Mary Graves
Baker
Josh Elmore
J. H. Mawhinney Mercantile
Halls Lake
A Nation in Flux on Belief, Roads and Taxes
The piece laments belief erosion in both youth and adults amid oversupply and poor distribution. It critiques Congress over unemployment and shortages, argues for wide future roadways, cautions against tax cuts, notes rapid industrial shifts, and asserts city growth depends on citizen cooperation and loyalty. Gasoline taxes support highways and must fund road work.
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Congress
Government watchfulness urged on postwar spending
The Kansas City Star argues that wartime excesses taught the need for tight control of billions in a peace time program. Secretary Ickes stresses lavish waste must be avoided to protect labor, taxpayers, and permanent public benefits, with vigilance over contracts and fund handling as essential safeguards.
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Ickes
Interior
Special Public Works Board
Ing
Kansas City Star
Bryan Social Notes and Funeral Attendance Report
Misses Lena and Clara Wetter depart Tuesday for a West Texas trip visiting Brady San Antonio and Corpus Christi before returning to Bryan. Relatives and friends gather for the funeral of Dr. R. H. Harrison with many Bryan residents and visiting kin arriving from Austin Fort Worth Dallas and Houston.
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Lena
Clara Wetter
West Texas
Brady
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Bryan
Charles Weigle
Henry S. Evetts
Austin
R. H. Harrion
Bonner H. Barnes
Toledo
Ohio
Juliett Castles
Mable Castles
John F. Astin
M. Flettie Curry
Edwin
Houston
Astin
Castles
Con
Edge
W. S. Barron
FE. W. Crenshaw Sr
Ss. S. Rosier
Wixon
Willie Milberger
Helen Milberger
Emma Scasta
Kings Highway
Will V. Bethel
Pasadena
Texas
Mat S. Bethel
Dallas
R. H. Harrison
Robert. Fairchild
Mary
Josephine
Fort Worth
I. H. Johnson
John ©. F. Kyger
Brazos
Elizabeth Hunnicutt
Baylor College
Belton
Peyton H. Harrison
Bedias
R. WH. Harrison
Maggie Mathis Godsoe
Tulsa
Okla
J. W Mathis
College Road
W. N. Wilson
Jones County
Tabor
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Baer
John P. Medbury
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Mr. Medbury
Medbury
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Earl Carroll
Carroll
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Ted Slaine
Washington Square
Dickery Dock
Roosevelt
Big
Moley
Raymond Moley
Herbert Bayard Swope
Arthur F. Mullen, Jr
Lula Conn
Madisonville
Visi
W. F. Gibbs
Conn
Gibbs
Evelyn Sanders
William
Montgomery
Marshall Spell
Pendleton
Ore
Emma Spell
East 26Th Street
Theodore Thomson
Ela Smith
Are, Cloud
Goote Creek
Bob Cloud
Mies Rosa M. Sandoz
Carlos M. Lopez
Porto Rico
Major Lopez
M. I. Evans
Teague
Evans
Lucian Sandifer
Hou
Bill Clarkson
Auestin
Dy. R. H. Harrison
George B. Hensarling
Wellborn
L. O. Wilkerson, Jr
L. O. Wilkerson
Wilkerson Memorial Clinic
Aubrey L. Banks
Miami
George A. Adams
East 27Th Street
Banks
J. J. Adams
W. T. Buchanan
Rodway
Radway & Cow
N.Y
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