Committee Favors Bigger Allotments
Washington and congressional committees sought to ease 1938 Farm Act hardships by voting to raise cotton acreage allotments by 4 percent this year, bringing the national total to 26,500 acres. House and Senate also rejected a tobacco increase and other provisions, including special state treatments and quicker bonus payments.
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Oklahoma
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Spring Fashion Draws From Hempstead County Clubs
Hempstead Home Agent and 4-H club girls in Hempstead County showcase clothing demonstrations with color and variety in spring and summer styles. The princess style dress remains popular, recommended for ideal figures by extension specialist Sue Marshall of the University of Arkansas. Bandaged waistlines feature wide girdles or crosswise bands on striped or figured fabrics. Jackets and skirts or dresses are in fashion, often collarless with a scarf or blouse at the top, fitted jackets with angled pockets. Suits come in gray, navy, rust, green, or multicolor fabrics, with matching blouses and a range of fabrics from silk to cotton for tailored shirts.
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Hempstead
Migt Sue Marshall
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Fashion notes and a messy legal notice from Hempstead
A fragmentary fashion column discusses spring fabrics and blouse styles with jackets called shorties and casual coats, plus quotes from Miss Marshall and a taxicab driver. The text mixes fashion tips with a lengthy, garbled legal notice from Hempstead Chancery Court about delinquent lands, property descriptions, and a public sale, dated March 1998.
Local social and church notes from Shreveport area
Harold Gorham of Shreveport spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. M O Gorham. Chester and wife visited in Little Rock. Aunt Samantha plays at PTLA event drew a large crowd Friday. Arline Wortham from Prescott visited her mother Dora Wortham Thursday night. Home demonstration club plans meet March 31 at McCaskill Methodist. Eley visitors at Experiment Farm. Stokes visited. Marguerite Long S and Eva Shuffield attended Methodist Training in Prescott. Irrelevant quotes about hoboes and a Toledo anecdote follow.
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Little Rock
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William Scott
Henry Ford Sees Bright Era Ahead After Vacation
Henry Ford, returning from a Georgia plantation trip, asserts a prosperous era is ahead driven by soil wealth and farm cultivation. He criticizes wars and dictatorships, notes trials with a new tractor, and warns that dictatorships rise from a sleeping populace but says there will be a way to handle or destroy such threats.
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Henry Ford
Georgia
Ford
Seed advertising claims and government testing warned
County Agent Clifford L. Smith notes improvements in seed catalog claims but warns that phrases like triple recleaned, triple tested, or state tested lack meaning without purity and germination details. Seeds are sold subject to government testing after sale, and “in sealed bags” may reflect dealer sealing not official supervision. Farmers should test seed quality and beware misrepresentations in brand certification.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Several Fined for Selling Wildlife in Blytheville
In Blytheville Arkansas four Manila men and women arraigned in Municipal Court on illegal sale of quail as part of a multi state game law roundup. Fines ranged from 25 to 100 dollars with several defendants appealing or receiving suspended fines. Bonds for 12 Manila defendants were posted for U.S. District Court at Jonesboro. Federal and state agents plan further actions including warrants for buyers.
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Fallowe: Lovth and West Half of Lot 11, Block Vs, In the City of Hope
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Hermpstead
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Blytheville
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Manila
Carl Newton
Ella Newton
Obie Ashabranner
Elbie Crow
Seed brand registration clarifies not tied to seed quality
A notice states that the name has been registered with the U.S. Patent Office. The registration confirms brand identity but does not indicate the variety or quality of seed sold under the label. The patent office action is administrative and separate from product standards.
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U. S
Barbs on Transit Fares and a 1948 Fairy Tale Note
A collection of snippets satirically contrasts city transit fare concerns with a 1948 fairy tale phrase Once upon a time. It further recalls a Kentucky policeman who started with a 10 cent knife and after 100 swaps ended with a $2 used car.
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Austria
Kentucky
State Grants $336,306 to Arkansas in Quarter
Kansas City report says Ed McDonald, regional Social Security director, announced grants to Arkansas for the quarter ending June 30. Old age assistance tops at $275,459, aid to blind $11,490, aid to dependent children $349,358. Germany's seizure of Austria and a New York snow removal spend are noted amid an assortment of wartime and domestic lines.
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Kansas City
Ed McDonald
Social Security Bonn
Arkansas
Maryland trucker breaks window to protest jail risk
A Maryland truck driver allegedly broke a window to trigger arrest and possible jail time while signaling a broad change of opinion. The brief incident centers on the driver’s actions and the potential consequences he sought to provoke.
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Kel
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