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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
4
A notice from 1940 announces a subscription rate of 2.00 in advance for the local post and confirms mailing entry in Moulton Texas on June 7 1940 under second class matter.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced that this year's cotton sale regulations under the marketing quota system will be essentially unchanged from the past two years. Quotas were approved by producers in a referendum last fall. Each farm's quota equals the greater of its normal production or actual allotted acreage plus any salable old cotton from 1938 and 1939. Over quota sales face penalties of three cents a pound for 1939 and 1940 cotton and two cents for over quota 1938 cotton.
Darilek and Krueger pair unite in a Wednesday 7 p.m. ceremony at the Catholic rectory in Shiner. Bride Edith Krueger wore navy blue. Witnesses were Aug Elinger of Moulton. Supper followed at the Kurtz home in Sulphur Park.
Joseph F. G. Darilek Rudolph A. Haas and Emil Grunwald represented the Moulton Branch of Hochheim Prairie Mutual at the 49th annual convention held in Yoakum recently. A report on the association's financial condition appears elsewhere in this paper.
Taxpayers in the Bunjes school district near Shiner defeated a tax cut from 10 to 6 cents per $100 valuation. The election produced a heavy majority against reducing the local school tax rate.
The Lavaca County ACA announces June 16 as the final date to file mattress applications. Applications received after that date will be rejected.
Spokane judge J Stanley Webster rules against Yaki ma Umatilla and Warm Springs tribes over fishing rights. The 1855 Fort Walla Walla treaty is deemed not to bind state sovereignty and the state may charge Indians a $5 license to fish off reservations to support conservation and policing aims.
In nature prose Sydney Porter explains the kea’s alpine habitat and how rumors paint it as a sheep killer. He notes no verified sighting of a kea killing sheep and cites farmers labeling the bird a danger while actual evidence remains scant.
Japanese entertainers including actors, actresses, storytellers, wrestlers, boxers, baseball players, sumo wrestlers, acrobats, and traditional performers must obtain a license after passing character and morals exams. License cards must be shown on demand, renewals cease after revocation, under a rule by the metropolitan police board.
A collection of quotes on simplicity from Steele Hazlitt Baker Martineau Emerson and Pope. The lines emphasize that true simplicity arises from deep thought and noble character.
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