Twenty Cent Cotton Likely Terrell Says
Texas will likely feed itself next year says G B Terrell Commissioner of agriculture in a July report on crop conditions. He notes favorable rains across the state boosting crops though oats and wheat are short. Cotton acreage 16 651 800 acres down 13 percent. Boll weevils cause about 10 percent damage. Weather remains variable with continued rain.
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Austin
Texas
G. B. Terrell
South
Terrell
Texas Sees Crop Less Than Prior Year As Hog Poultry Rise
The forecast notes total southern crop may top 16 million bales, about 2 million bales short of last year. Hog production has risen 25 percent, and poultry output has increased significantly, suggesting Texas is moving toward self sufficiency in feeding itself.
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South
Texas
Robin Nests in Mop on Chicago Porch
A Chicago woman found a robin nesting in a mop on her back porch. She placed a second mop nearby and left the bird undisturbed as a family of six chicks grew to fledging.
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Chicago
Instrument To Measure Stellar Heat 5000 Miles Away
Washington July 4 Dr Charles G Abbot acting secretary of the Smithsonian Institute sails for Mt Wilson California to carry an improved radiometer ten times more sensitive than the 1928 instrument The device aims to measure heat spectra of stars fainter than the Pole star and to study daily solar radiation variations from Table Mountain California in cooperation with stations in Chile and Southwest Africa to assess sun weather influence.
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Washington
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institute
Mt. Wilson
Cal
Dr. Abbot
Abbot
Smithsonian
Solar Radiation Observatory
Table Mountain
Chile
Africa
Smith Hailed as White House Hope at Tammany Event
More than 1500 attendees at the Tammany Independence Day celebration in the old Fourteenth street wigwam cheered Governor Al Smith as a presidential possibility. State Senator Byrne tied Smith to Jefferson, while Crain urged vigor at the Geneva conference. Grand Sachem Voorhis, age 97, attended as head of the society. Messages were read from Smith and governors Ritchie of Maryland and Moore of New Jersey.
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New York
The
Tammany Society
Fourteenth Street
al Smith
William T. Byrne
Albany
Thomas Jefferson
Supreme Court
Thomas C. T. Crain
John R. Voorhis
Smith
Ritchie
Maryland
Moore
New Jersey
State Board of Health Meets to Plan Hygienic Lab
The first post reorganization meeting was June 30 in Dr J C Andersons office. A committee including Dr J C Anderson Dr Joe Gilbert and Dr Livingston Anderson will seek land for a new hygienic laboratory to consolidate the state labs and enable vaccine manufacture and distribution. The plan outlines divisions for the department and lists attendees: Dr J C Anderson chair Dr W A King vice chair Dr Joe Gilbert Dr A A Ross Dr E W Wright and Dr J M Frazier Belton.
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State Board of Health
State Health Department
J. C. Anderson
Joe Gilbert
Livingston Anderson
State Department of Health
Vital Statistics
Food and Drugs
Hygenic Laboratory
J. ©. Anderson
W. A. King
San Antonio
Austin
A. A. Ross
Lockhart
E.W. Wright
Bowie
J. M. Frazier Belton
Communicable Diseases Reported for June Totals
June reports to the state health department list cases by disease. Malaria 954, measles 453, influenza 95, chicken pox 99, dengue 2, diphtheria 69, dysentery 26, malaria 954, meningitis 1, mumps 50, pellagra 10, pneumonia 10, poliomyelitis 6, rabies 1, scarlet fever 31, smallpox 93, trachoma 1, tuberculosis 5, typhoid fever 86, para typhoid 4, typhus 6, whooping cough 80.
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State Department of Health
Asquith Family Writers Debut New Volumes
The family of Herbert Asquith is noted for literary work with Lord Oxford drafting memories, Lady Oxford finishing a novel and essays, Princess Bibesco composing plays and a novel, and Cyril Asquith authoring a book on trade union law for publication.
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Herbert Asquith
Asquith
Lord Oxford
Lady Oxford
Princess Bibesco
Cyril Asquith
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T. S. Henderson
D. E. Monroe
W. O. Newton
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Tyler Commercial College
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