State By State Complaints From Dirt Farmers About Tractors and WPA
Bruce Catton reports on farm questionnaires from 22 000 farmers revealing worries about overcrowded tenancies, rising machinery use, and relief aid. Letters cite wage pressures, WPA roles, and rural depopulation while some farmers express silent resilience and few changes in their localities despite hardship.
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Washington
WPA
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Kansas
Cory
Cory Bine
Lineis
U. 5
An Towan
Pers
Policeman Killed as WPA Strike Sparks Rioting
Rioting by WPA strike groups led to the death of Minneapolis Patrolman Frank Gentry and injuries to others. The new wage law required WPA workers to log 140 hours a month for security wages, with discharges for five consecutive days off work. Congress faced renewed pushback as lawmakers debated repealing or amending the provisions amid threats of further strikes.
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Strogs
WPA
Col. F. Arrington
Harrington
Minneapolis
Frank Gearty
Myiaiday
Washington
Congress
Frank Gentry
Thought Wickedness and the Knaves at Work
A fragment suggests a reflection on wickedness and the use of knaves to set others at work. The lines hint at a long term plan where the orchestrator controls misdeeds for advantage.
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Presner
Riege
Cranium Crackers Six Famous Children Tabbed by Tales
Puzzle item lists six well known children from stories and asks which action each performed. Names include Yor Brown Oliver Twist Peter Pan and others with misplaced spellings. Readers are directed to Page Two for the answers and context.
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Piction
Fulion Yor Brown
Oliver Twist
Peter Pan
Vom Sawyer
Willian ‘Yell
Tiny Yin
Never-Neverland
Aunt Pally
Aswers
Robbery at Ozan Store and Post Office Nighttime Break-In
Thieves entered the Farmers Supply store at Ozan by removing iron bars from a rear window near the post office. They damaged the safe causing about 250 in damages but took only a small amount of change, a few bananas, and cold drinks. Sheriff Baker investigated with no clues.
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Farmers Supply
Ozanahiaut Yakp.m
Ozan Post Office
Suspect in Torso Murders Is Sane
Cleveland case details report Obie Frank Dolezal admitting slayings of a dozen victims. Sheriff Martin O Donnell says two hours of examination deemed him sane. Dolezal allegedly revealed the location of Mrs Florence Polillo head. Deputy to seek new confession. unrelated note on a porpoise follows.
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Cleveland
Frank Dolezal
Pss
Martin. O'Donnell
Dolezal
Florence Polillo
Wat Dolezal
F. D. Loses on Plea to Take Embargo Off Arms Shipping
Secretary Hull announced after a Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote that the administration will press its neutrality program. The panel postponed revision of the neutrality law, awaiting the next session, while President Roosevelt seeks to build support for new legislation before adjournment.
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F. D
Washington
Hull
Senate Committee
Tull
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Farmer Harbor Snakes To Fight Pests On 160 Acre Farm
Pioneer homesteader J. M. Kracker runs a snake sanctuary in a cottonwood grave on his Weatherford area farm. He gathers venomous rattlers and nonvenomous snakes from other farms to help purge pests, claiming snakes clean fields like birds. He says he has protected and nursed injured snakes back to health since his early days.
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Weatherford
J. M. Kracker
Gottonwood
Tye
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Dining Etiquette Answers
A fragmented etiquette quiz lists questions about handling thick sandwiches, gravy, purses, napkins, and seating. It provides the corrected actions: cut sandwiches into small pieces, use a fork, wipe with napkin, and proper seating when couples dine together. The provided answers are partially garbled but indicate standard dining etiquette guidance.
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Werner
Aoman
Panama Canal defense calls for more men and guns
War correspondent Thomas M Johnson reports that the Panama Canal Zone needs stronger air and sea defense, more troops and fire control equipment. While the canal’s old fortifications remain, planners warn a potential attack this summer or later could overwhelm the garrison. The article notes gaps on the Atlantic side, the lack of all-weather capability, and the need to expand a mobile force from 5000 to 10000 troops amid jungle terrain and open approaches.
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Thomas M. Johnson
NEA
Acon
Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Congress
Old Bess
Navy
Craig
Jingle
Panami
Costa Rica
Atlantic
Pavule
Niles
Pacific
la Venta
Laday
Oveaa
Tofantyy
1Th Engineers
2Nd Field Artillery
Hey
Anyking Ube
Ayne Carribeau
Korts DeLessos
Bherman
Randolph
St Davis
Coro Solo
France Field
Army Air Field
Colon
Gatun
Panama
Gamboa
Pacific Air
Albrook Field
Fort Clayton
Corozal
3Rd Infantry
Fort Amador
Coast Artillery
Balboas Ancoo
Cana
McNutt Named to U S Security Post
President Roosevelt nominated Paul W. McNutt of Indiana to be Federal Security Administrator. McNutt, then American high commissioner to the Philippines, said he would retain his post for a few weeks to finish details. The nomination would add a Democrat whose 1940 candidacy had been openly supported by friends.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul W. McNutt
Indiana
McNutt
Philippines
Demincrat
Tennessee Congressman Sam McReynolds Dies at 67
Washington reports Representative Sam D. McReynolds of Tennessee died at 6 19 a m Tuesday at age 67. He was chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee and a prominent figure in Democratic party circles. Doctors cited a heart attack as the cause.
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Washington
Sam D. McReynolds
Tennessee
McReynolds
House Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
Erosion expert Dr Bennett to speak at Hope field day
Dr Hugh Hammond Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, will speak at 2 p.m. July 25 for a soil conservation field day seven miles south of Hope on State Highway 29. The event, drawing an estimated 5,000 farmers and business people, includes a noon barbecue and visits to nearby farms. Organizers from local chambers, civic groups, Farm Bureau, Extension Service, Farm Security, CCC, and vocational teachers coordinate arrangements.
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Hugh Hammond Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Soi Conservation Service
Hope
Shreveport
Soil Conservation Service CCC
Service Project
Iren
Hope, Nashville and
Prescott Chambers of Commerce
Hope Civic Ore Ganizations
Farm Bureau
Arkcan Agricultural Extension Service
Frit and Truck Branch Experiment Station
Farm Security Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bennett
Bar Committee to Draft Bond Bills in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK Three prominent Little Rock attorneys were named to represent the State Bar association in drafting proposed legislation to carry out Governor Bailey s 140 million dollar highway bond refinancing H T Harrison president of the bar association announced the committee would be composed of J Merrick Moore chairman Charles T Coleman and Grover T Owens Coleman chief critic of Bailey s previous refunding efforts was active in drafting the Martineau road program 1927 and the 1934 original refunding plan David M Wood a member of the New York law firm Thompson Wood Hoffman which represented bondholders in the drafting of the 1934 refunding act arrived here Tuesday morning but could not be reached at his hotel
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Bar Association
Bailey
H. T. Harrison
J. Merrick Moore
Charles T. Coleman
Grover T. Owens
Coleman
David M. Wood
New York
Thompson, Wood & Hoffman
Three Year Old Dies in Texarkana From Burns
Texarkana reports a gasoline explosion at a farm near town on Monday night. Eugene Bonner, age 6, son of Mr and Mrs W B Bonner of 8 North America Street, died Tuesday from injuries. The item notes the boy suffered severe burns and victims listed include bloodline mentions of bison.
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Texarkana
Eugene Bonner
W. B. Bonner
Hope Man Testifies in Arson Trial at Ashdown
Earl Jarvis, former Diamond case proprietor in Hope, pleads guilty and testifies about buying the Ashdown hotel, named Princess, for 10 000, insuring it for 22 500, and arranging payments to Woodard Breed and Chris Wheaton for arson. Breed Crosnoe and others in Hope were involved as witnesses and suspects as the Little River circuit court proceeds toward a jury verdict.
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Hope Tien
Little River
Ashdown
Earl Jarvis
Woodard Breed
Chris Wheaton
Jarvis
Breed
Leonard Ellis
Steff
Wn, Ark
Hope
Minor Milwee
Byron Goodson
Jarvis Saaid
Princess Hotel
Wheaton
Diamond Cafe
O. C. Jarvis
Columbus Road
Earl Pondexter
Crosnoe
Charley Crosnoe
Cotton market closes steady in New Orleans bidding
The New Orleans Cotton market on Tuesday showed quotes at 9.76 for the nearby, closing quietly around 23. Spot cotton remained unchanged with middling at 10.10 as traders closed processes.
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New Orleans
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