Texas Livestock Report Warns of Sheep Losses and Dry Feed
Sept. livestock report for Texas notes cattle holding 78 percent condition and sheep at 76 percent amid scarce rain. Losses from sore mouth and screw-worms rise as feed remains short in many areas. Prospects say lambs from dry zones will be light. few sheep shearing ahead mid month.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Panhandle
Montana
North Dakota
Colorado
New Mexico
Utica
Nevada
Arizona
Kansas
Nebraska
Oth
Oklahoma
Washington
Oregon
California
Wyoming
Dakotas
Mexican Game Laws Simplified
American hunters may take dead game from Mexico duty free under a new customs ruling announced by William A. Neal deputy collector of customs. Some birds must be dressed before crossing the Rio Grande and feathers cannot be brought in. Hunters need a permit from the game warden to enter Mexico with dead game and customs now uses blanks to list equipment before entering and returning across the bridge.
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Elsa
Mexico
William A. Neal
Rio Grande
Del Rio Man Wounded Near Bracketville After Customs Stop
Pel Rio reports Davie Davis a former Panhandle resident in Del Rio was shot late Thursday near Bracketville while resisting arrest by customs officers. Officers Paul White and A P Cummings seized 40 quarts of tequila from Davis who carried a sack on his back. A second man fled as the officers halted the pair. The wound was described as a flesh injury to the left thigh. A gun was found on Davie Davis.
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Davie
del Rio
Bracketville
Paul White
A. P. Cummings
Davis
Hurricane Wits Carolina Cape Strikes NC Coast
A tropical hurricane battered the North Carolina coast near Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras with up to 120 mph winds. It damaged a dozen buildings and Coast Guard HQ, cut communications, but was believed to have moved back to sea with no loss of life.
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Raleigh
Cape Lookout
Beaufort
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
Norfolk
Radico
Morehead City
Cane Lookout
Atlantic
Lookout
Northeast storm warning reaches New Jersey coast
The Weather Bureau issued an advisory noting a disturbance of considerable intensity near Cape Hatteras moving northeast at about 15 miles per hour. Gale conditions are expected along the coast as far north as Atlantic City by Saturday forenoon.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Tonight
Cape Hatteras
Sandy Hook
N. J
Atlantic City
Banker and Flapper Convicted in Maywood Bank Case
Chicago jury convicts Elmer Langeuth and Miss Laverne Lindgren of making false statements to bank examiners tied to the collapse of Maywood State Bank. Prosecution eyed $173,000 in speculation but charged only the two with untrue statements. Verdict carries one to ten years. defense plans a new trial. Lindgren had been promoted from waitress to cashier by Langeuth amid a lavish lifestyle evidence.
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Chicago
Elmer Langeuth
Laverne Lindgren
ePonle
State
Maywood
Laneruth
Miss Linderen
Agenth
Miss Lindeven Attec
Hase
Lanveuth
Uninspected Milk Blamed in Sickness
Austin Texas September 6 Health Officer J Anderson reports five cases of intestinal disturbance linked to a dairy lacking sanitation. He notes water borne epidemics in unincorporated towns where water supplies were not safeguarded.
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Austin
Tex
J. Anderson
Health Department
Anderson
Wolf Trapping Bulletin Encourages Strategy Against Predators
Washington reports wolves and coyotes threaten livestock and game across the west. The Bureau of Biological Survey urges strategic trapping and distributes leaflet 49 L detailing successful methods, lure placement, and trap setup to control these predators. Copies are available free from the Department of Agriculture in Washington.
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Washington
Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Office of Information
Department of Agriculture
How to Destroy English Sparrows
A reader reports success in destroying English sparrows by poisoning with prepared wheat. The method uses strychnine dissolved in hot water, flour, and coating wheat, then baited outside poultry yards after a 6 to 7 day wheat prep period, with confinement of chickens during the sparrows’ feeding. The text emphasizes careful placement and timing to minimize risk to poultry.
Gutenber g Bible Kept Sealed in U S Vault
Washington September 12 seal in a cubical trunk locked in a vault in the Office of Dr. Herbert Putman librarian of Congress is the 301000 Gutenbere Bible of the Voll Behr collection. Dr. Putman who personally brought the rare volume from an Australian monastery said the seal will not be broken until the Bible can be placed in its proper setting.
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Washington
Herbert Putman
Congress
Putman
Mason Woman Buried in Llano County Funeral
Funeral services were held in Castell Llano County for Mrs Walter Bauer 25 of Mason. Rev Max Heinrich conducted the service. She was formerly Miss Lot tie Kowierschke daughter of Mr and Mrs C Korcherschke of Castell. She is survived by her husband two children her parents and many relatives in Llano and Mason counties.
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Llano
Tex
Castell
Llano County
Walter Bauer
Mason
Max Heinrich
Bauer
Lottie Kowierschke
C. Korcherschke
Masor
Five Million Asked Of Legislature In Texas Budget
The State Board of Control has completed its appropriations recommendations for the 42nd Texas Legislature, totaling about 45 million dollars for the biennium starting September 1, 1931. The plan adds four new experiment stations and facilities, covers the Alabama Indians and Dickson Orphans, and expands the State Prison budget, with no new dormitories for schools and reliance on new room rental income laws for funding.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Control
Control Board
Ware
Winter Garden District
Tyler
Abilene
Galveston
Canada Plans High Tariff Barrier
Ottawa moves to raise tariffs as the Bennett government opens a special session of parliament. Liberals are out, Conservatives hold a strong majority and intend to push measures to protect Canadian interests.
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Ottawa
Canada
America
Bennett
Dominion
House of Commons
Ax Is Best Treatment For Sick Turkeys
Dr W A Billines an extension veterinary specialist at University Farm St Paul Minn known as turkey talker says the best treatment for a sick turkey is not to wait for November. He urges prompt action to save birds and reduce losses in flocks.
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W A Billines
University Farm St. Paul
Minn
Turkey News Letter Warns Against Gobbling Greens
The author urges minimizing sick turkeys and warns against poults overeating greens. Doctor Billings counsels gentle revelation of greens to poults and warns that gluttony can kill young birds. He also notes a risky grasshopper year and advises confining poults in pens away from chickens and buildings.
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United States
Terrell urges more aid and less talk on drought relief
Texas agriculture commissioner George B. Terrell calls for real relief actions in drought areas. He proposes reducing freight rates on feed and livestock, extending Farm Loan Bank interest payments, state help for school lands, and county loans via a two thirds legislative vote, criticizing GOP lip service.
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Austin
George B. Terrell
Commissioner of Agriculture
Republican Party
Drouth
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Drouth Strickn
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Real Ice Cream and Dairy Offerings Advertised
Play Safe guards against milk borne diseases. Our herds are T B tested. Next time try real cottage cheese. Our butter milk brings repeat orders. Delivered twice daily on your instructions. Neat package for a gallon of ice cream for trips or outings. Real Ice Cream sold in many quantities from one gallon. Also special cream for parties or socials.
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Prisoners and Sunstroke Toll Reported in Texas Prisons
The September prison report to Governor Moody records August sunstroke deaths on State prison farms totaling three with 27 heat exhaustions. Harlem farm saw 17 and Imperial 10. Ramsey farm had one death. The state lists 25 convicts in insane asylums 786 in Huntsville 4238 on farms. 302 new convicts entered, 190 discharged, with 25 recaptured and 3 paroled.
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Austin
Harlem
Imperial
Ramsey
Dan Moody
Huntsvile
Neff Honor Farm
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Peery
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Roy Banker
Lindren
Miss Lindgren
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Terrell
Sunstorp
Taylor - Burke Motor
Dan Honig Harper
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Implement Co
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