Dust Storms Blamed on Dry Farming Growth
William B. Heroy of New York, president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, argues that dust storms originate from 1909 reforms and the spread of the dry farming method. He cites homestead policies and sod breaking as factors, with vast western plains exposed to wind as soil moisture dwindled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan
William B. Heroy
New York
American Association of Petroleum Geotaxists
Congress
Heraye
Cofresa
Washington
Utility Bill Theft Shocks Texarkana Legislature Session
Representative Ben B. Carter reported that the original enrolled copy and carbon copies of House Bill 323 were stolen or lost from file. The measure aimed to bar Southern Cities Distributing from obtaining a permanent injunction to restrain Texarkana from raising gas rates before Tribunal investigations. The incident prompted re-enrollment and submission to the governor as Carter and staff sought to preserve the bill’s fate and the pending rate dispute with the utility.
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Little Rock
Harve B. ‘Thorn
Hal P. Smith
Serling
Bi Mysterio
Ben B. Carter
Texarkana
Southern Cities Distributing Company
Nexarkana
Carter
House
Whiel
Teexarkana
Y T
Span Over Mississippi Near Completion At $13 000 000
A fragmentary report cites a $13 million bridge span on the Mississippi near completion. The text shifts to a crime scene where Mrs. Payne claims her daughter Gladys Mae Kelley was found with a man named Ewing in a car, resulting in a fatal single gunshot. Authorities, including Sheriff J. Guy Krebs, investigated the events and witness statements. A second note mentions a University of Oregon scientist seeking clues about ancient man in Oregon and a possible tie to Wall Street locations.
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Mikers
Bullard
Mrs. Payne
Ewing
Mr. Ewing
Pogeagoulh
Seawall
University of Oregon
Wall Street
Vinson Bill Turned Down for Patman
The House rejected substituting the Vinson American Legion bill for the Patman measure to fund the soldiers bonus by a narrow margin. The vote left final action on pending bills for Friday while the Senate faced hurdles on related tax and NRA provisions. PWA cases and a Texas project attracted attention as dust storm relief and a gold exchange proposal were noted in the broader budget context.
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Washington
Hrouse of
Munday
Vinson American Legion
Patman
Associated Press
Senate
Nrac
Cemeron Werliit
Department of Agricuure
PWA
Texas
Treasury Department
Goler
Toosevelt
Dohaled Riebberg
Chapman
NRA Boar
S. Clay Williams
U S Exchanging Gold for Silver
Washington report says the Treasury floated the idea of exchanging gold for an equivalent amount of silver with foreign buyers. Secretary Morgenthau asserted America has all the gold it can use and would sell to suitable offers, while Treasury policy aims to boost silver stocks to one third of gold reserves.
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Washington
Gokel
Treasury
Morgenthau
America
Amaunees
Wall Street
Seducer Slain in Mississippi Camp
PASS Christian Miss January THUP Charged with murder in the death of Albert Ewing 52 and with involvement in the camping party tragedy. Vivian Lucille Payne 42 and her husband J J Payne an evangelist both of North Fairfield were jailed in Jackson County awaiting a preliminary hearing. The three victims were part of a two family beach camping party in Pascagoula for several days when the incident occurred.
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Passagoula
Miss
Albert Ewing
Vivian Lucille Payne
J. J. Payne
Evangelis
North Pairfield
Jackson County
Ewing
Paynes
Poscagoula
Russia May Hold Key to War Plot
Bainbridge Colby argues in a New York dispatch that the real threat and clues lie east of Germany. He cites Allied arms reductions as imperfect and says Russia holds the clue to recent dramatic developments. He warns Japan presses Russia in the Far East and Germany eyes expansion eastward.
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Russia
New York
Bainbridge Colby
Woodrow Wilson
Belever
Germany
Western
Europe
Thut
Reich
Japan
Far East
East
Hickory Shade Gardening Slow in Local Circles
Hickory Shade gardening is the order of this week’s community notes. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Petree visited Mrs. Malone and children, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wilson called on the B. Wilsons, and Annie Terry spent Sunday with Mrs. Sam, reflecting a quiet weekend in the neighborhood.
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Fritz ‘Petree
Malone
Wilson
Annie Terry
Sam
Saaree
Terry
Lurie Calhi
Ralph ‘Bros
Millie Ree
Gene Ra
Sista Willitof
Emme
Popular Old Laxative Black-Draught Endorsed by Steady Users
Mrs A M Brumley of Steele Missouri praises Thedford's Black-Draught as the reliable vegetable laxative. She says she uses it after meals for headache and constipation relief and notes her father also used the product with no equal. The ad touts quick relief from discomfort after meals linked to constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedford
A.M. Brumley
Steele, Mo
Jonesboro Man Kidnaped Release Trial Reported
A Jonesboro man, Joe Burns, 40, was reportedly kidnapped and later escaped after several hours. He told officers he was forced from a car near Luxury Thursday. The incident prompted a search by local authorities in northeast Arkansas.
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Tun
Joe Burns
Arkansas
Burns
Luxury
Agi
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Ponstess
Parson's Shoe Shop
Synth
Nud Deliquy
Gadchaux
Presseo Buffalo
Pear
Mississippi
O Mrarvel
Mississi New Orleans
Eas
Vicksburg
MB River
Vinson
Bill
U.S
Jonesboro
Craighead
Abdu
John S. Gibson Drug Company
Rexall Store
Hope, Ark
Hempstead County Lbr. Co. Telephone
Hope, Arkansas
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