Norris Advises President Against Airing Third Term Views
Senator Norris urges President Roosevelt to refrain from stating views on a third term to avoid splitting progressive groups. The piece outlines a busy political week including Dewey in Minneapolis, the GOP planning committee, and the Gridiron Club banquet with leaders from both parties.
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Norris
Washington
Ind
Neb
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Col
Frank Knox
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Senator Taft
Nebraskan
Saint Francis Xavier Missionary Pioneer Across 52 Lands
The famed 16th century missionary carried the cross to 52 countries over 19 years, baptizing over one million people. He preached first in Ceylon, Hindustan and Japan and worked in Goa, Moluccas and China, traveling over 9000 miles. His feast is observed December 3, and his remains, buried in Goa, were exhumed in 1859 after 307 years.
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St. Francis Xavier
Ceylon
Hindustan
Japan
Goa
Moluccas
China
Five Thomasville Homes Entered in Weekend Burglary
Thomasville police arrest Lawrence Phillips, a local Negro, after five residences were burgled over the weekend. Burglary details include missing items such as a pistol a small radio and a few dollars. A bloodhound led officers to several suspects before Phillips was jailed.
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Thomasville
Lawrence Phillips
Phillips
Paul Benner
Spring Street
Horace RB. Lawing
Benner
Chester Myers
Colonial Drive
Lexington
Mr. Lawing
Mr. Long
Stone Street
Long
Jacobs Street
Bruton Barber Shop
Salem Street
Burning beds to restart tobacco crop
Farmers advised to burn old tobacco beds or sterilize with steam to destroy soil borne diseases before replanting next year.
Graeber urges public not to mutilate evergreens this Christmas
R W Graeber at State College asks farmers and the general public to refrain from mutilating evergreen trees during the upcoming Christmas season.
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R. W. Graeber
State College
Wayne Youth Wins 4-H Meat Producer Title
Wayne County 16-year-old Joe Sanderson of the Grantham 4-H Club has been named North Carolina 4-H meat producer of the year. He receives a gold watch from Thomas E. Wilson. Sanderson led 101 hogs in three years, earned $181 cash prizes, and generated $1,620.09 in swine returns, with 76 hogs this year earning top ribbons and three championships. He also earned $273 from corn club work and serves as Grantham 4-H music director.
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College Station
Raleigh
Joe Sanderson
Grantham 4
Sanderson
Four Oaks
Route 1
Grantham High School
C. S. Mintz
R. B. Harper
Wayne County
Addiion
Rocky Mount
Grantham
One-Variety Cotton Program Yields Higher Quality
Raleigh December 4 The one-variety community cotton program in North Carolina shows cotton from organized communities is longer and higher grade, earning an average $2.25 more per bale. About 3,000 farmers in 65 communities grew roughly 45 000 acres with free USDA grading and other benefits. 8 907 samples were graded through November 15 with 97 percent of harvest at one inch plus, versus 68 percent statewide. About 63 percent were middling or better, against 42 percent statewide.
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College Station
Raleigh
North Carolina
Ralph H. Harper
State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State College Extension Service
Raper
Acre Of Alfalfa Pays Off Double
In Bakerstown, W C Phillips farm shows one acre of alfalfa yielded over twice as much as others. Seeding 23 pounds in September 1937, lime and 4-10-4 fertilizer were applied. Through 1938 three tons of hay in multiple cuts and 1939 four tons were harvested, valued at 20 dollars per ton for high quality hay.
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Bakersville
W. C. Phillips
Wing
W. C. Maness
Mitchell County
Phenomenal Expansion of North Carolina Beef Cattle Industry
L Case of State College Extension Animal Husbandman says the beef cattle industry in North Carolina has expanded almost phenomenally in recent months, highlighting rapid growth and rising herd numbers across the region.
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North Carolina
L. Case
State College
Swine Self-Feeders Gain Popularity, Extension Reports
H. W. Taylor, swine specialist with the state College Extension Service, notes that the use of self feeders for swine is increasing in popularity daily among farmers and livestock operations.
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H. W. Taylor
State College Extension Service
Special Farm Program May Be Carried On In Yadkin Pee Dee Basin
A flood control survey to test a special agricultural program in the Yadkin Pee Dee River drainage basin will be conducted by the U S Department of Agriculture. E B Garrett of the Soil Conservation Service announced the Salisbury headed project aims to study a 6 000 square mile critical area above Rockingham with a potential 2 million dollar annual flood and erosion loss in the basin encompassing many North Carolina counties.
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Yadkin- Pee Dee
College Station
Raleigh
Dee
Yadkin-Pee Dee River
U.S. Department of Agriculture
E. B. Garrett
Soil Conservation Service
State College
A. Gates
SCS
Salisbury
North Carolina
Yarrett
Garrett
Rockingham
Yadkin-Pee Dee
Yadkin
Davie
Davidson, Rowan
Cabarrus
Stanly, Anson, Richmond
Scotland
Surry, Wilkes, Watauga, Stokes, Forsyth, Caldwell, Alexander, Iredell
Guilford
Randolph
Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Union, Hoke, Robeson
Cumberland, Bladen, Columbus
Brunswick
Marketing Quotas Improve Farming Practices, Says AAA
COLLEGE STATION RALEIGH Dec 4 Better farming practices have resulted from cotton marketing quotas says E Y Floyd AAA executive officer of State College He cited yield improvement and more food and feed crops as evidence Cotton growers will vote next Saturday on marketing quotas for 1940 approval by two thirds of those voting is required to place quotas in effect All cotton growers this year are eligible to vote and registration lists are being prepared Floyd noted that quotas assure price stability allowing farmers to adjust plantings and emphasize soil building crops He also highlighted yields rising from 170 to 212 pounds per acre between 1933 and 1938 an average gain of 25 percent
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College Station
Raleigh
E. Y. Floyd
AAA
State College
Floyd
Stock Raising Interest Rises in Harnett County
Harnett County farmers show strong interest in brood mares and home raised work stock. Twenty five farmers owning thirty seven brood mares signed an agreement to breed to a jack bought by Roger Sexton of Lillington route 1. Sexton, with a Farm Security Administration loan, will likely obtain the breeding animal in Tennessee.
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Lillington
Harnett County
J. B. Gourlay
Roger Sexton
Lillingine
Sexton
Farm Security Administration
Tennessee
Lenoir County Youth Profits From Small Bee Colony
Ervin Hill a Deep Run 4-H Club member posted a net profit of 100.32 this year from eight bee colonies in Lenoir County. The bees yielded 717 pounds of honey at 15 cents per pound totaling 107.40 with 5.00 for equipment and 2.18 for Hill's labor. Last year he netted 115.31.
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Kinston
Ervin Hill
Deep Run
C. R. Freeman
Lenoir County
Young Hill
Resourceful Winter Meals Urged By Miss Thomas
The article notes 80 homemakers urged to plan balanced meals this winter as Mary Thomas of State College stresses resourceful cooking amid limited food options.
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PAUL
Mary Thomas
State College
Hatchery plans seen for one of biggest years in 1940
Hatcherymen forecast a record year in 1940 as CC. F. Parrish, poultryman with the State College Extension Service, reports strong expansion and expected higher production.
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CC. F. Parrish
The
State College Extension Service
Rural electrification advances in North Carolina since 1935
The rural electrification program has greatly expanded power access across North Carolina farms since 1935, bringing electric service to numerous rural areas and transforming farm life with reliable lighting and electricity.
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North Carolina
Better Peanut Prices Sought
Peanut growers wait for higher prices as crop shortages press demand. State College agent B Troy Ferguson cites county reports and USDA data noting firm to slightly higher Virginia type nuts, shelling costs around 4 cents per pound, and 30 pound bushel prices near 7 to 7.5 cents. Harvest conditions improved after earlier rains.
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College Station
Raleigh
Troy Ferguson
State College Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ferguson
North Carolina-Virginia
U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Feeding Out Steers Gains Popularity in Montgomery County
Troy December 4 The practice of feeding out steers during winter months is rising among farmers in Montgomery County Farm Agent R E Davenport reports Otis Poole of Candor bought 50 high grade steers from Virginia and is on full feed They are producing excellent gains W D Haywood of Candor and others are adopting the method Davenport says finishing beef cattle for market provides winter farm employment.
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Troy
Montgomery County
R. E. Davenport
Otis Poole
Candor
Virginia
W. D. Haywood
Davenport
Corn Weevil Faces Resistance in Hoke County
Raeford December 4. The corn weevil pest in Hoke County is meeting unexpected resistance this year. Extension Service reports farmers act to combat the menace with methods such as treating stored corn with carbon disulphide to reduce weevil damage.
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Raeford
Hoke
A. S. Knowles
State College Extension Service
J. W. Smith
Little River
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