Louisiana Farmers Suffer Through 1940 Disasters
Repeated natural disasters in 1940 caused $24 million in crop losses and forced many Louisianans to seek relief. Red Cross and WPA aid, along with state relief programs, supported food, shelter, and medical needs as floods, droughts, and freezes hit farms across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Lebreton
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
American Red Cross
Sam Jones
Crowley
Red Cross
State Board of Health
Work Projects Administration
Farm Security Administration
Milton C. Tainter
Louisiana Fana Bureau Federation
WPA
Fiat Regional Housing Authority
United States
Nathan Straus
New Orleana
Jones
Alabama
Louisana
Reorganized Department of Agriculture
Louisiana State University
Agricultural Department
H. C. Sanders
J. W. Bateman
Poultry Division
Alexandria
Yugoslavia
Arthur Denes
Europe
U S Missionaries Absent From Posts In Japan Survey
The Japan Times reports a survey showing one third of Christian missionaries in Japan are absent from posts and four fifths of their children have returned home. It notes the Southern Presbyterian and Seventh Day Adventist groups will withdraw by June 1941 due to a new religious law. The Episcopal board disclosed transfers to Japanese control, while Methodist and Baptist missions have not changed policy though some missionaries have returned home. Most birds observe territorial boundaries and defend nesting areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan Times
Southern Presbyterian
Seventh Day Adventist
Japan
Times
Episcopal Board of Missions
Methodists
The
Baptists
New Pine Resin Method Cuts Naval Stores Costs
A new process for turpentine and resin from pine uses a 20 percent sulfuric acid solution applied to a tree wound. In tests at Olustee Forest near Lake City Florida, gum flow rose 67 percent, while longleaf pine showed 27 percent. Researchers note the mechanism is not fully understood but no harm to trees was observed. Market conditions remain challenging, yet the technique offers cost reductions for producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Forest Experiment Station
T. A. Liefeld
Silviculturist
Olustee Experimental Forest
Lake City
Fla
I. F. Eldredge
America
Eldredge
Liefeld
Midget Hurt in Fall At Local Rodeo
Minneapolis dispatch reports 58 pound midget Brownie Rogers of a rodeo circus was hospitalized with a possible basal skull fracture and a broken left leg after being thrown during a rodeo event at Swedish Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Brownie Rogers
Midget rider Roger Ben Brown Thrills on Buffalo Rodeo
Roger Ben Brown, a 27 year old six foot tall? no, 46 inches, known as Will Rogers’ heir, rides a wild buffalo bareback. He has spent a decade riding buffaloes, previously survived a 3 month hospital stay after a Madison Square Garden incident. Brown, from Poteau Oklahoma, was born on Talequah Will Rogers’ ranch and learned rope and shoot from the late Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Madison Square Garden
Roger
Ben Brown
Poteau, Okla
Will Rogers
Talequah
Okla
Fireworks Cause Two Fires Christmas Night
Fire Chief J. Roddy reported two fires started by fireworks on Christmas night in residential areas. One blaze damaged a home at 1005 Louise Ann avenue and another at an unnamed house. crews from trucks one two and six fought both blazes and quickly extinguished them without serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Roddy
F. A
Estie Lee
Louise Ann Avenue
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Clinton
7Th Ave
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Pennsylvania Station
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Glenn
Bromley
Kent
U. S
Rodeo
Emaar Wile
Sutfit
Iitress
North
Carlton
Bucharest
Romania
Enery Prts
Grout aRiy
Dat
Ais
Mit
Weil Cleaners
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