January Floods Test Red Cross Disaster Response
A new Red Cross report details relief actions during the Ohio Mississippi Valley floods. Offices expanded to 182 inundated counties with 146 county refugee centers. 6,400 rescue boats, 300 emergency hospitals, and 3,600 nurses aided 1,062,000 people.
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Red Cross
Washington, D.C
United States
Washington
Cary T. Grayson
Admiral Grayson
States
Alaska
District of Columbia
Red Cross Replaces Farm Family Losses
The Red Cross provided agricultural rehabilitation to 10,116 farm families affected by eastern floods last winter. Aid included feed seed livestock tools and machinery totaling over 539000 dollars. Rural families were rescued clothed fed and sheltered as needed and outbuildings barns and structures repaired. Medical care was supplied and homes refurnished. Agricultural rehabilitation benefited nearly three times as many families as all other rehabilitation combined.
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Red Cross
Red Cross Introduces Home Accident Checklist
Last year the Red Cross released an accident checklist to 7,100,000 American homes. The guide explained hazards in homes and how to eliminate them with self inspection by householders.
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Red Cross
Mrs W W Allen Remembered As Community Host And Saintly Matriarch
Mrs W W Allen longtime Kerrville resident and active Presbyterian and Eastern Star member died after a life centered on family church and community socials. She and her husband lived on ranches in Waller and Kerr counties raising three children Raymond and Fd Allen and another son. She devoted herself to young people hosting many events and aiding the needy leaving a lasting influence on Kimble and Kerr counties.
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John Phillips
Raymond Allen
Fd Allen
Sol West
Betty Dewees
Fred Patton
Waller County
Allen
Kerr
Potato Vine Grows Spuds and Tomatoes in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi a potato vine reportedly yields Irish potatoes at the roots and tomatoes on the vines near Laurel. Locals confirm the unusual crop, while residents debate how the strange plant could produce both vegetables.
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Jackson
Miss
Laurel
Junction Boy Scouts Plan A Cold Winter of Good SchoOTing
Four patrols compete for scout improve ment as long evenings arrive. Regular Friday meetings at seven in the grade school. Official roster lists Flaming Arrow Tejas Wolf Silver Fox patrols with leaders Billy Riley Arthur Lee McCarroll Pie Consert Gwyn Hoi and more.
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Junction
Chetty Porter
Jimmy Bissett
Jack Denman
Pie Cowsert
Cecil Martin Holekamp
Dick Borden
Scribe
Flaming Arrow
Billy Riley
Sonny Lawton
Jack Swatzell
Jack Busby
Hollis Phillips
Thomas Taylor
Barney Fisher
Tejas
Arthur Lee McCarroll
Phil Swatzell
Delmar Butler
Fred Hausmann
Billy Allen
Raymond Busby
Bob Hardeman
Wolf Patrol
Pie Consert
Herbert Hardin Chas
Bissett
John Herring
Milton Powell
Junior Stapp
Sonny St. Clair
Oscar Greenwood
Silver Fox Patrol
Gwyn
Sergeant Warns Recruits on Wood Target Penetration
An army sergeant at training camp instructs recruits during target practice warning that bullets will penetrate two inches of wood, advising them to keep their heads down.
District P T A officers meet for sixth district session
Mrs. W P Riley opened proceedings as Mrs Holt. San Angelo’s Mrs Glenn R Lewis and Rock Springs’ Mrs Gardner Franks named co chairs for music district. Rankin’s Mrs J T Cameron elected fifth vice president. Leaders discussed by law revision, leadership, and parent education with 52 officers and delegates present.
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Holt
Glenn R. Lewis
San Angelo
Gardner Franks
Rocksprings
H. E. Hays
Rankin
J.T. Cameron
W. A. Kay
Ozona
C. T. Womack
P. C. McGlasson
John W. Pepper
Sweetwater
Riley
M. K. Stevenson
Hays Stripling
Big Spring
Roy ‘Thompson
Scott King
Abilene
C. K. McDowell
del Rio
Thomas Head
Scarcity of dependable men slows business expansion
The piece argues that while capital, machinery, science, and management are abundant, the crucial bottleneck in industry is a shortage of reliable men of ability and character to drive work and growth, a cry echoed by Hubert M Harrison in East Texas Magazine.
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Hubert M Harrison
East Texas
Texas Leader Sees Parity Plan Face Tax Hurdles
A Texas leader discusses farm relief amid Roosevelt's balanced budget push and a 100 percent financing requirement. He estimates an eight cent per pound processing tax needed to fund parity payments for domestic cotton and notes limited federal farm relief funds. He praises the White House friendship with farmers and desires a long range program. Mr. and Mrs. J F Horton of Eden visited the McLendons Sunday.
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Jones
Roosevelt
Texas
Congress
White House
Mrs
J. F. Horton of
Eden
McLendons
John Herring Improving After Arm Injury
John Herring who suffered a broken arm recently is showing improvement as he recovers.
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John Herring
Florida Repeals Law Allowing Slot Machines
In Florida the legislature repealed the 1935 law licensing and taxing slot machines and criminalized their operation with fines up to 5000 dollars or prison terms up to five years. About 12 000 machines were in operation when the law took effect at midnight September 30 1937, with owners allowed reasonable time to remove them.
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Florida
Buffalo man John Best pleads not innocent in court
John Best of Buffalo was arraigned for intoxication and pleaded not innocent, receiving a $10 fine.
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John Best
Buffalo
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EXPRE
Evening
Texas’ Foremost
Vening News
W. P. Riley
Allen Feed Store
Pittsburg
Wildcat
Don Heap
Middle West
North-western University
J. L. Ball Dairy
Brooks’ Dairy Milk
Brooks Dairy
the Brooks Dairy
Guy Munny Stor
Snow White Laundry
Lone Star
Russell Lavelle
Junction Cattle Loan Co
Junction, Texas
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