Texas Terraces Translate AAA 1938 Soil Gains Into Value
Making Poor Land Rich reviews 1938 AAA soil-building results in Texas. It notes 208000 miles of terraces and 3580500 feet of contour ridging, improving over half the state’s tillable land while 1983 payments included water tanks contour farming tree planting and green manure crops. The report argues terracing argues soil conservation outweighing program costs.
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College Station
Texas
AAA
United States
Extension Service
George Slaughter
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Notable Radio Personalities Highlight NBC Features
Florence George appears on NBCs Music Hall with Bob Burns as TV Love A Mystery gains coast to coast exposure. Alice Frost, famed for a hundred voices, draws potential profits if she licensed her mimicry talents. Brewster Morgan and Bob Knight are key radio figures, while Mort Lewis notes universal desire to switch careers. Lilian Greene stars as Betty Carter in Meet Miss Julia.
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Alice Frost
Alice
Girl
Lilian Greene
Betty Carter
Miss Julia
Dead Joan triggers a shipboard tragedy and farewell
Macduff confronts Joan Foster's death aboard the ship. He reunites with Angela at the harbor as the voyage ends and faces a bleak future without her. Charlton, Wynant, and Jenny weave through a web of love, danger, and moral conflict.
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Joan
Dick Charlton
Charlton
Macduff
Joan Foster
Baring
Horneo
Darjeeling
China
Gramercy Park
Angela
England
Wynant
Ead
Jenny
Susannah
Kandy
Johnny
Patty
Darkness Named Traffic Enemy 2 in New York State Report
The New York State Motor Vehicle Commission reports darkness as traffic enemy No. 2 after speed, with night driving injuries tied to insufficient headlight illumination and glare. Commissioner Mealy calls for higher driving beam to improve night visibility and reduce accidents.
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New York State
New York State Motor Vehicle Commission
Mealey
Mealy
Aia
Martha Cheavens and Family Farm Life in Massachusetts
Martha Cheavens and her husband Hugh J. Schuck with children Nancy and Hugh reside on a Massachusetts farm with a brook and deer tracks. The family has lived abroad, including Mexico where her father served as a missionary for fourteen years, and Japan where her husband was first assigned after marriage.
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Martha Cheavens
Good Housekeeping Magez
Hugh J. Schuck
Nancy
Lugh
Massachusetts
Mexico
Japan
Schuck
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Harper Herald
Harper
C. W. Granville
J Frizzelle
Kerrville, Texas
City Drug Store
A. C. Wendel
Leon F. Zwiener
Optometrist
Freder'ckaburg
Kerrville
Rudolph Stehling
Goodrich
Silvertown
Gulf
Earle Ferris
Eauty
Florence George
Bob Burns
Carlton Morse
NBC
Florence
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Everett Crosby
Bing
Brewster Morgan
Bob Knight
Knight
New York
Horace Heidt
Mort Lewis
Lewis
Chariton
Anela
Manila
Bombay
Miss Mudge
America
Mr. Macduff
Dick X
Morgan
CBS
Jane Froman
Jane
Dienne
Miss Greene
BAY State Farm
Hollywood
Wendy Barrie
E. E. Saenger Lumber Company
Patronize Herald Advertisers
H. Welge Lewis
Fredericksburg
Endent
Woerner Warehouse
Erwin Woerner
Prop
Alex Mittendorf
Fredericksburg, Texas
John Deere
Aermotor Mills
Fairbanks Morse
Krauskopf Bros
Sinclair Gas and Oils
Milton Petermann
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