Benson Rejects Combined Price Supports Plan
Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson rejected Sen. Henry C. Dworshak idea to combine rigid and flexible price supports to aid small farmers. Benson argued the basic solution is larger operations and more efficiency, warning the plan would create administrative problems for the Commodity Credit Corp. The scheme proposed 90 to 100 percent parity on the first 2000 bushels of wheat per farmer, with any excess at 75 percent, and similar for other commodities including dairy.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Henry C. Dworshak
Ridaho
Benson
Dwarshak
Sit- Commodity Credit Corp
Dworshak
NBC Symphony To Disband After Toscanini Era
NBC announces the Toscanini directed symphony will end its 17 year run at season end. The Boston Symphony Orchestra will take over next year’s nationwide broadcasts under Le Munch. NBC president Sylvester Weaver cites Toscanini's retirement and the $1 million annual cost since 1937.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Symphony
Arturo Toscanini
Boston Symphony Orchestra
le Munch
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr
NBC
Toscanini
Weaver
Former Jailer Appointed New Sheriff In Lincoln County
Glenn D. Confer, a former Lincoln County jailer, was named sheriff by county commissioners to succeed E. V. Anderson who died after a heart seizure following a scuffle.
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Lincoln County
Chandler
Okla
Glenn D. Confer
E. V
Bill) Anderson
Anderson
Noble county Farm Bureau names temporary president
In Perry Oklahoma on April 14 a Farm Bureau membership drive was under way in Noble county following a founders meeting last Friday Henry Bellman of Red Rock was elected temporary president. The group aims to enlist 100 families to qualify for a county chapter.
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Perry
Okla
Farm Bureau
Noble County
Henry Bellman
Red Rock
Temm
Holdenville Endures Second Local Quake Shake
Holdenville Oklahoma residents rattled by a second minor earthquake in as many days. Reports say the first quake was louder, the second quieter, with no damage noted and comparisons to a cannon in sound.
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Holdenville
Okla
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