Government moves to curb tenant abuses in cotton program
Agriculture Secretary Wallace orders a conference of cotton state extension directors and farm administrators to craft a temporary enforcement body. The aim is to investigate complaints of tenant displacement and improper sharing of rental and parity payments under the acreage reduction contracts and to ensure compliance across crops, with a Duke economist study outlining hardships.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Administration
Wallace
Agriculture Secretary
Calvin B. Hoover
Duke University
You Can Sew This Yourself Marian Martin Cape Collar Pattern
A Marian Martin pattern advertises cape collar design 9993 with front and back V motifs. It details fabric ideas black or dark blue grounds with white and light blue accents and lists sizes 36 through 48 with yardage for size 36. Order instructions include 15 cents per pattern and book pricing.
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Marian Martin
Iors
Hoover cites flaws in 1934 cotton reduction contracts
President Hoover says acreage reduction contracts create incentives to cut tenancy on farms and notes inadequate enforcement and confusing tenant classifications. He claims landlords divert benefits, displacement of large families, and substitution of relatives as tenants before 1934 contracts.
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Hoover
State Symphony To Be Formed In N C
Chapel Hill May 4 Plans were under way for a permanent North Carolina state symphony orchestra with 50 to 60 musicians after a federal $45 000 appropriation for 36 weeks of maintenance was approved by Mrs Thomas O Berry federal relief administrator Lamar Stringfield director of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra said the permanent enlarged group would be organized immediately with headquarters here
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Chapel Hill
Thomas O’berry
Lamar Stringfield
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Oxen blockade planned to slow speeders on highway
North Wilbraham residents devise a handmade speed control. Two teams of oxen will be driven along the state highway to form a slowing blockade, hoping the plodding animals deter fast drivers after failure to win traffic light installation.
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Wilbraham
Mass
Ed Bater's pool hall robbed in San Rafael incident
Ed Bater was locked in a telephone booth by a robber who looted his pool hall, while eight customers crowded the booth. The man could not reach a phone to call police. In Santa Cruz, a lost mama seal seeks help for her orphaned pup after Captain Mitchell's failed feeding attempts.
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San Rafael
Calift
Ed Bater
Bater
George Mitchell
Dentist Faces Lawsuit Over Miss Kiim Ore Teeth
Dr K Lionel Holtzman made dentures for Miss Bertha Kiim Ore and later kept the teeth after asking to borrow them for a dental exhibit. Kiim Ore sued. the teeth cost 64 dollars and the court awarded 95 dollars but the dentist retains the teeth. In Rochester Indiana firefighters battled a blaze at an ice storage house on Lake Mani tou.
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Chicago
K. Lionel Holtzman
Bertha Kiimore
Rochester
Ind
Lake Manitou
Jobless Men Dismantle Furniture For Bird House Fund
In Pittsburgh unemployed men dismantle old furniture at the association for the improvement of the poor. The wood is recycled into bird houses and sold to raise funds for the workers lacking jobs.
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Pittsburgh
The
Association For the Improvement of the Poor
Camden man injures knee at home in stretched pose
Joseph Elegro, 26, of Camden, sat at home and stretched, then grimaced as his knee twisted badly. He could not walk to a hospital, prompting concern over a non emergent injury. In Emporia Kansas workers began repairs on an old residence revealing a dated inscription from 1883 referencing a windy day.
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Camden, N. J
Joseph Elegro
Emporia
Kas
Henry
No whipping but reprimand for Seattle boy fire
Don ald 6 admitted lighting a birthday candle from a closet, causing a blaze that damaged nearly all the family’s belongings. His father spared the whipping but promised a reprimand as losses reached about $1,000.
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Seattle
Donald
Day Job Bid Quietly Targets Higher Office in Oklahoma
WANTS "DAY JOB" OKLAHOMA CITY Herman Charles Shockley a 860-a-month night janitor in the state capitol seeks a day job while running as a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor. In Pratt Kas George Mc Mullen justice of peace notes that troubles come in bunches as a week brings his wife eye operation a broken shoulder for his son and breaks for two grandsons in a car crash.
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Oklahoma City
Herman Charles Shockley
State Capitol
Shockley
Bunches Pratt
Kas
George McMullen
Justice of Peace
Columbia Fails 10 Support Club in Pro Baseball Return
The Columbia Sandlappers struggle to draw fans at Dreyfuss Field as manager Billy Laval says Columbia does not want professional baseball. Only 208 paid admissions for the Norfolk opener, amid 1,600 opening day turnout, with 3,102 total in four home games. Rumors of relocation to Greenville or Asheville dismissed.
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Columbia
8. C
Dreyfuss
Columbia’ Record
Billy Laval
The
Sandlappers
Norfolk
Charlotte
Laval
Greenville
Asheville
Southern Bell to justify rate cuts before utilities board
In Raleigh on May 17 Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph must show cause why its North Carolina rates should not be reduced. Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winbourne issued the order, applying mainly to the Raleigh exchange and directing reductions in other exchanges based on population.
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Raleigh
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
State Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Stanley Winbourne
Winbourne
Court Finds Company North Carolina Rates Unjust
A careful examination of the company’s tariffs and new reports by the commission suggests the income of the company exceeds a fair return on its properties. Rates are described as unreasonably high and not justified by underlying costs.
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North Carolina
Commission
Convicim
Camel Native to North American Continent
A reader note states that the camel is native to the North American continent. The claim contrasts with the well known fact that camels are native to Asia and Africa, suggesting a historical or regional misstatement in the source text.
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North American
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