Cotton crop far under last season in 1938 estimates
Washington reports this year’s cotton crop at about 12,008,000 bales of 500 pounds, far below last year’s 18,946,000 and well under the 10-year average. Census figures show running bales near 11.2 million, with acreage and yield forecasts adjusted after July 1 abandonment. Ginnings by state and country totals are listed. a separate note mentions the hornbill bill length vs weight due to air-filled cells.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Missouri
Arkansas
Sea Island
Missou
Buckley’s Texture I cough remedy praised in letter
A nurse thanks Buckley’s cough and cold medicine for a elderly man with chronic winter colds. The letter claims the first bottle helped, and the third dose ended the cold quickly. The ad promotes Buckley’s Mixture as a triple acting cure sold by A Brandenberger Drug Co and druggists nationwide with guarantee.
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Buckley
Canada
A. Brandenberger Drug Co
Cotton Growers Referendum In Missouri Heads To Polls
Missouri counties including Butler Dunklin Ozark Howell Mississippi New Madrid Oregon Pemiscot Ripley Scott Stoddard and Taney vote on a nationwide referendum to decide on marketing quotas for the 1939 cotton crop. Approval by two thirds of voters is needed to implement the quota system with penalties on excess sales. About 15,000 farm families live in Missouri.
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Columbia
Cottton
Missouri
Howard Shirkey
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Butler
Dunklin
Ozark
Howell
Mississippi
New Madrid
Oregon
Penisot
Ripley
Scott
Stoddard and
Taney
Ten year sentence faces Vaughn Marcum in Missouri
Vaughn Marcum, 25, faced a 10 year prison term after conviction of first degree robbery in the Feb 6 Boonville slugging and robbing of S. E. En ochhs, a Springfield leather goods salesman. Defense filed a motion for a new trial as the circuit court jury returned the verdict. Judge Nike Sevier set a December 19 hearing on the motion, with the chase moved here on change of venue.
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Versailles
Vaughn Marcum
S. E. Enochhs
Springfield
Ohio
Boonville
Nike Sevier
Chase
Final Rites Held For Norway Queen in Oslo
Oslo observed a royal farewell as King Haakon led the procession for Queen Maud who died in London on November 20. The funeral included a two minute nation wide silence, a state lying in Akershus fortress, a simple service in Our Savior's Church, and a guard of 1600 attendees. The coffin bore royal standard with a golden lion. The Queen was sister to King George V of England.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon
Akershus
George V
England
London
Our’ Savior’s
Uport
Riving Gerggrav
Father plots murder for estate revealed in Indiana
Rensselaer Indiana December report says 45 year old Ralph Myers confessed a scheme to kill his 72 year old father George M. Myers to obtain a $75 000 estate. Detectives Fargo Lemler and Edward Rose posed as criminals to trap him and he was arrested beside a car with a third man. Myers indicated willingness to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and authorities planned to file charges the next day. He had told an informant he could earn $1 000 for the risky job. Russia breeds horses for violin bow hair.
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Rensselaer
Ind
Ralph Myers
Fremont Lemler
Edward Rose
George M. Myers
Peoria
Ill
Myers
Lemler
Rose
May Place Ban On Propaganda At Conference
Lima Peru December 8 AP A proposal to ban European political propaganda may come before the Pan American Conference opening tomorrow. The Argentina delegation signaled a tentative recommendation and planned stronger wording at a meeting today. Hull US secretary and Latin American heads of delegation held informal talks showing seriousness toward Roosevelt solidarity proposals. Hull may wait for unanimous approval before presenting any project. Brazil likely to back US policy including continental defense if advanced. First on Hull’s schedule today was the arrival of the Brazilian delegation head.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Americas
Argentina
Hull
Roosevelt
Europe
United Hemisphere
Brazil
Brazilian chairman and ex-foreign minister attend conference
An Argentina informant signaled plans to push an anti-propaganda resolution amid delegates at a major conference. Germany and Italy are cited for rising activity after plebiscites backing Austria’s annexation. Peru marks a holiday with a delegate reception, while practical tire tips appear in the travel notes.
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Alfranio de Mello Franco
Argentina
Austria
Lima
Polecat Gets School Boy All Day Freedom
In Oakland Maryland on Dee 8 AP Nicholas Long 12 of Broadford enjoyed a holiday from school. A neighbor saw him loafing on school grounds and asked why he wasn t in class. He answered that a skunk made him stay out and pointed to the nearby school.
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Oakland
Dee
Nicholas ‘Long
Broadford
Sonny
Army airstrikes use seeds to restore Hawaii hills
The U S Army has long used aircraft to scatter karaka tree seeds from New Zealand onto Hawaii hillside areas. The initiative aims to restore denuded slopes, with seeds described as an efficient, nonbomb alternative in rebuilding vegetation and stabilizing terrain.
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U. S
Hawaii
New Zealand
Insect Lacca Case Reflects Labor Value in Trade
Fragmentary note describes the laccifer lacca insect and the labor tied to each pound, suggesting six months of work by 150,000 insects. The text hints at a historical trade value but lacks full context or clear events.
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