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Rural Electrification Marks New Era for Farmers in 1935
The piece recounts the push for farm electrification during the 1930s, highlighting heavy kerosene lamp use, legislative champions like Norris Rayburn and Pinchot, and the 1935 Executive Order 7037 creating the Rural Electrification Administration. It notes Roosevelt’s role, Morris L. Cooke as REA’s first administrator, and the 1936 Rural Electrification Act establishing REA and public power cooperatives to improve farm life and economic stability.
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Thomas A. Edison
America
George W. Norris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rural Electrification Administration
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Morris L. Cooke
Capitol Hill
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