Levee Project to Employ 2,500 and Use 6.5 Million Federal Funds
The U S Army plans to employ about 2,500 workers for Mississippi river levee construction with 6.5 million dollars in federal funds. Bids on removal of roughly 19.5 million cubic yards of earthwork in the Up Yazoo Levee District will be sought at the Memphis Engineer office until October 4. The project aims to reinforce levees from Memphis to Hillhouse, Mississippi, with additional bids anticipated for the Lower St. Francis districts in Missouri and Arkansas.
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U. S. Army
Army
Whitehall Street
Mississippi
Caro
Arkansas River
Up- Yazoo Levee
U. S. Army Engineer
Memphis
Yazoo Leve Basin
Hillhous
Miss
St. Francis Vee
Missouri
Caruthersville
Board Head Blasts Grain Men at French Lick Meeting
W Schiling acting chairman of the Federal Farm Board attacked Thomas Cain and allies over cooperative marketing. He cited a 41 percent rise in cooperative handling since the board’s creation and blamed opponents for propagandizing farmers against cooperative marketing from local points through to trade channels. He noted prices fell over three years while wheat rose in cooperative marketing and cited events at French Lick and Maswon City.
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Ing
Thomas Cain
Grain and Feed National Association
French
Indiana
Chary
Federal Farm Board
W. Schiling
Cain
Schilling
Farm Board Beieves
Farm Board
Mr. Cain
French Lick
Towa Cooperative Grain Company
America
National Cooperative Program
Maswon City
Iowa
Farmers Tional Grain Corporation
Washington Brother Troy Wheeler to Preach at Baptist Church
Washington Brother Troy Wheeler of Lewisville will preach at the Baptist church October 2 in morning and evening services. Everyone is invited to attend. Local residents and visitors, including Mr. Frank May of Little Rock and families from Spring Hill and Hope, were noted in the community notes.
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Troy Wheeler
Lewisville
Baptist Church
Frank May
Little Rock
Alvin Robinson
Spring Hill
Bob Levins
C. C. Stuart
Luther Smith
Hope
Charley Bullard
Hot Springs
R. A. Carrigan
Ozan
Branson Frazier
Texarkana
W. V. Frazier
Baptist
One Car Family: The Autobio of a Born Leader
A witty editorial note argues that future statesmen will not claim log cabin origins but start life as a one car family and rise through modern mobility. The piece satirizes traditional celebrity biographies and links progress to changing social mobility.
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Ississippi
Sehilling
Washington
Robison’s
Arkansas
Tam
Bette
Revison
Dd EO
Red Goose School
Laures
McKay
Oxford
Friedman-Shelby
Prescott
Kirschbaum
Nashville
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