19 Mar 1940
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1940
Page
1
Officials report Agriculture Department survey shows farmers to plant 2 percent less tobacco 5 percent less corn and similar wheat acreage as in the year, with virtually no change in cotton. They note a shift toward soybeans hay and beans as AAA programs influence crop choices amid export slowdowns and market hopes.
A Washington Daybook entry recounts Louisiana's long push to place Huey Long in Statuary Hall and the stalled funding, noting other states memorialize leaders like Samuel Adams, Jefferson Davis, Sam Houston, and Ephraim McDowell while a more obscure doctor, Crawford Willem Long, is cited as a pioneering figure in medicine.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss each state's statues in Statuary Hall, noting peak population, per state pedestals, and questions about why some states have few or none. Mentions Idaho, Minnesota, South Dakota and several western states as underrepresented and questions motives behind choosing symbols.
A garbled political column mentions the President, Undersecretary Welles, and European travel. The text devolves into incoherent phrases about primaries, consequences, rallies, and American patriotism, with noted resistance to newspapers and unclear references to Bernards and Brith.
This fragment outlines a discussion of democracy's Golden Age in Athens and warns how corruption arises when great leaders depart. It references Thomas Gresham and his law about bad money driving out good, applying it to democracy’s fate through history and urging vigilance against demagogues.
MEMPHIS Tenn ure A sweeping compound made of cultivated geun seed is touted as a new use for cotton sweeping by the Cotton Research Foundation of Mullan tie SUtUhe in Tis search for pest control. Dr RS Cloud of Pittsburgh Pa advances the project as promising after months of testing in Memphis and Atlanta with Chester & Co. planning expansion and funding for further cotton pest search.
Cotton Council spokesmen describe hulls as an aid in collecting dust while noting the prior use of cottonseed hull for meal fees. They cite a market, efforts in the Midwest, and concerns over low prices and limited farmer gains despite some perceived effectiveness.
Fragmentary text notes that Hahavan Wo are grown in India and dried for making baskets and mats, indicating a craft process and local materials. The details are incomplete but point to traditional basketry uses.
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