The Mechanical Cotton Picker and Southern Change
In this analysis the author argues that government interference harms invention and that mechanization, led by new cotton picking tech, will bring prosperity to the South. It recalls the cotton gin and notes how machinery shifts labor, production, and national competition, urging readers to view progress as inevitable and beneficial despite short-term disruption.
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Snachlies
South
America
Dixie
Erih Whitney
Red River Valley
Europe
Indies
Levant
Great Britain
United States
Sweden Solves Share Cropper Issue With Law, Says AP
The Swedish farm system is described as largely free of foreclosures as governments and laws since 1900 reshaped farming. A 1992 census shows most holdings are owner operated, with only about 19.6 percent leased. Small farms dominate, and tenancy is restricted to keep peasant land in peasant hands. Financial aid and local committees address farmer distress to avert evictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Peterson
Associated Press
Stolkholm
Sweden
Leon Trotzky isolated by Norwegian Cabinet
The Norwegian cabinet decided Monday night to keep Trotzky in isolation under a special guard, with exiled Russi referred to as Leta tretzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Trotzky
Leta Tretzy
Philippine medical association urges national heart department plan
The Philippine Islands Medical Association calls on the Commonwealth government to establish a national Department of Heart. President Manuel L. Quezon expressed support and asked for a concrete proposal detailing the department’s structure and functions.
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Manila
P. 1
The
Philippine Islands Medical Association
Commonwealth
Department of Heart
Manuel L. Quezon
Anellas
Medicos 9
Mechanized Cotton Picker Tested in Stoneville Miss
In Stoneville Mississippi two farm experts evaluated a new mechanized cotton picker. Government cotton specialist Oscar Johnson warned swift success would pose a major question for Southern agriculture, while associate A F Toler said it could upend the current system and unsettle the region's farming outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoneville
Miss
Oscar Johnson
A. F. Toler
Johnson
Million Driver Toll: 110 Die in Weekend Crashes
Nationwide weekend crash toll hits at least 110 with Michigan City fatalities and two high speed head ons. July marks third straight month of higher fatalities, as a National Safety Council warning echoes across states including New York and Michigan. A motorcade of contest winners sails to New York for a three day safety drive conference. A note adds that an Aheby is born in New York City every four minutes.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Michigan City
Safety Council
National Safety Foundation
New York
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizooya
California
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Mlinois
Indiana
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Mantam
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Frisco Delayed by Derailed Tender Near McNab
The Frisco passenger train due in Hope from Ardmore Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Sunday was delayed five hours after the coal tender derailed near McNab. No injuries were reported. An investigation was begun to determine the derailment cause.
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Frisco
Ardmore
Okla
McNab
Woman Air Race Visits Hot Springs in Ark Event
Thirty three contestants in the Ruth Chatter air derby race head to Hot Springs Arkansas for a cross country flight to Dallas. Native governors and subordinate officials assist the American commandant governor of Samoa in administration.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ruth Chatter
Get Springs
Dallas
Samoa
Adinistration
Boys Scouts Will Supervise Traffic in Hope
Troop 38 of the Hope Boy Scouts will take over city traffic duties Tuesday with about 20 scouts stationed downtown. They will target bad packing speeding and stop-sign violations and violators will be ordered to court at Hope city hall where a judge will convict and fines go to the troop camping fund for tents. Troop 58 will be on duty all day Tuesday.
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Hope
Hope Boy Scouts
Hope City Hall
A. W. Stubbeman
Ex-Commerce Secretary Whiting Dies at 72 in Holyoke
HOLYOKE Mass William Whiting 72 former Secretary of Commerce died at his home Monday after a long illness The report notes a rainfall offer in wooded land is 23 percent greater than in open spaces.
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Holyoke
Mass
William ¥. Whiting
Rebels Attack U S Warship Prompt Fire Order
U S naval officers believe firing back could follow any further attack on the destroyer Kane off the Spanish coast. Secretary Hull pressed Spain and Franco as a bomber hit near the Kane. Three attacks were launched by an unmarked tri motor bomber. the Kane returned fire without effect.
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U. S
Washington
Kane
Navy Department
Hull
Francisco Franco
United States
Gibraltar
Bilbao
Franco
State Department
Turned Brown By Brown Turner NORRIS Tenn
A fragmented TN snippet notes heavy valley water delaying farmers who may need pilot licenses to access distant land. sluice gates opened to water horses and generate electricity. regional hopes rise that water from the lake could ease drought.
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Norris
Tenn
Lower
Tennessee
Drouth
Mussolini
East Africa
Ickes' Foster-Son Dies By His Own Action
In Winnetka suburb, Wilmarth Ickes, 37, foster-son of Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, was found shot in his foster-father's home. Police Sgt. Harold Lewis called it death by own action after caretaker Erick Magnuson discovered the body and noted a single bullet wound to the head.
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Wilmarth Ickes
Father
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Winnetka
Harold Lewis
Erick Magnuson
Ickes
Black Legion Trial Opens in Wayne County
Unusual precautions were taken to exclude Black Legion members from the jury for 11 men charged with kidnapping and killing Charles A. Poole in Detroit. Wayne County membership of the order is estimated as high as 10,000. Circuit Judge Moynihan postponed the opening of the trial until Tuesday.
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Detroit
Mich
The
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Order
Wayne County
Moynihan
Kansas Returns Wheat Seed to Native Russia
Kansas sends back historic seed wheat to Russia. More than 60 years after Monnemite-sourced Turkey hard red seed helped establish the hard red winter wheat industry in Kansas, 2000 pounds of Tenmarq and 1000 pounds of Kaw vale seed developed in Kansas are shipped to Soviet farms for experimental use.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Russia
Bandit Trio Robs Atlanta Bank In Texas Shootout
In Atlanta Texas a bank robbery ended with Chapman a fugitive from Arkansas wounded and captured. A second robber was wounded and captured hiding nearby a third escaped toward Texarkana. Money was taken with undetermined amount. All three had previously escaped from an At penitentiary last Tuesday.
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Atlanta
Texas
Chapman
Arkansa
Morternoon
Clarksville
Texarkana
Former coin office to open in Hope for housing loans
RL Byers, former official, will open an office in Hope Wednesday to handle federal housing loan applications. Two loan types will aid Hemps county citizens for erecting new buildings or repairing and modernizing old ones. Office hours 9:00 to 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Loans offered at low interest over long periods.
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RL Byers
Hope
Byers
Hemps County
Plead Guilty on Drunk Charges in Municipal Court
The municipal court docket listed ten defendants charged with drunkenness and related offenses. Six pleaded guilty, four forfeited $10 cash bonds for failing to appear. Individuals named include Walter Anderson, Clifford Byers, Robert Patterson, W. D. Harris, Hilton Blake, Bud Bown, Brooks Campbell, James Harris, Haynie Yarbrough, and Percy McFaddin. Other cases saw fines for possession of illegal liquor, driving over a fire hose, and assault. Civil judgments were awarded in two suits.
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Robert Patterson
W. D. Harris
Hilton Blake
Bud Bown
Walter Anderson
Clifford Byers
Brooks Campbell
James Harris
Haynie Yarbrough
Percy McFaddin
B. Graham
Rosie Lee Low
Bertha Brazzel
Billy Monts
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Terence Y. Powderly
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Ed Gunder
McCormick Reaper Works
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Seere
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Texark
Notorious
Hope Municipal Court
P. L—Pi
Philippine National
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