Cotton Again Pays Farmers Through Improvement Programs
Atlanta reports farmers benefit from cooperative one-variety cotton improvement programs. Despite a production surplus, high-quality cotton remains scarce for buyers. Jesse F. Giles of North Carolina outlines benefits: helps growers know fiber value, enables bargaining for fair prices, and aids forming uniform lots to attract buyers.
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Ays
Jesse F. Giles
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One-Variety Cotton Push Aids Georgia Farmers
E C Westbrook of the Georgia extension notes stronger values for uniform cotton as growers cooperate to test seed, monitor picking and ginning, and improve marketing. Youth community in Walton County reports over 92 percent of 2,500 acres mid dling or better with uniform staple. Alabama leads in the regional round robin with 229 groups, 32,211 members, and 465,122 acres submitting for classing as part of cooperative improvement begun in 1938.
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Georgia Agricultural Extension Service
Walton County
United States Department of Agriculture
Alabama
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Wool and Mohair Imports Reach 235 Million Pounds in 1940
For the first nine months of 1940 the United States imported 235 711 408 pounds of unmanufactured wool and mohair.
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United States
Battle for Hongkong Deepens As Japanese Capture Half Island
The War Today column notes a Japanese landing and partial capture of Hongkong, arguing a fall would threaten Philippines defenses and widen Japanese reach toward Manila. It discusses Singapore, Malaya, and the broader Pacific war while praising Allied actions in Africa and the Soviet counteroffensive in the winter of 1941.
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America
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Philippines
Far East
Hitler
Africa
Mediterranean
Middle East
Caucasus
Turkey
Bolshevists
Eels flood New York as Christmas delicacy for many
Despite wartime shortages, New York receives about 650000 pounds of eels daily by barge and truck for Christmas Eve feasts of Italians, French, and other Europeans, while Americans expect turkey.
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New York
Turkey
Falstaff Beer Promises Million-Dollar Yeast Flavor
A Falstaff dealer invites readers to sample Falstaff beer claiming a unique flavor guaranteed by a $1,000,000 yeast program. The ad promotes gift certificates and urges customers to visit today.
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America
Polite Little Japanese Revealed as Army Major
In Manila on December 19 a Japanese shopkeeper named Hara who sold bread and sodas in Vigan was revealed as Major Hara of the Imperial Japanese Army. The disclosure followed a Filipino physician arriving from the area with untold details of the deception and wartime tensions rising in the region.
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Manila
Hara
Vigan
Japanese-Linked Official Hara Freed From Jail Near Vigan
An unnamed town near Japanese-occupied Vigan recalls the arrest of Hara at hostilities start. When Japanese troops landed on December 10, they went to the jail, released him, and he donned a major's uniform. He is described as the military governor of Ilocos Sur. Excalibur, the Arthurian sword, is mentioned as a comparison.
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Vigan
Manila
Hara
Ilocos Sur
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