Texas to Vote on Cotton Quotas in December Ballot
About 800000 Texas cotton farmers are asked to vote December 9 on continuing or ending marketing quotas for 1940. Secretary Wallace notes quotas become mandatory when supplies exceed 107 percent. current stock Aug 1 sits at 25.5 million bales, 140 percent of normal. Non-cooperators face a 3 cent per pound penalty on excess sales, while compliant growers market freely. Judge Allred recently upheld quotas as legal in court.
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Houston
Presbyterian Auxiliary Bake Sale At FitzGeralds Grocery
Presbyterian Auxiliary plans a bake sale this Saturday at FitzGerald Grocery to raise funds for church activities. Volunteers will raffle a cake and offer assorted desserts for quick purchases.
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Lodge notices for Pecos Valley Lodge and others
Pecos Valley Lodge No 736 AF&AM meets second Tuesday at 7 30 p m visitors welcome Roy W Turnbow Worshipful Master W W Ruhilen secretary Knights of Pythias No 388 meets Mondays at 730 p m visitors welcome J B Heard chief clown IOOF Lodge No 650 meets Fridays at 800 p m visitors welcome Aubrey Shoemaker Noble Grand R T Crist secretary
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Unlimited Marine Quota Set For Dallas Area
Marine Corps headquarters in Washington grants the Dallas recruiting office an unlimited quota of new marines for November from Texas. Postmaster M W Col lie reports the action confirms satisfaction with high type Lone Star State recruits.
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Bachelor Mother at Cactus Theatre Starring Rogers and Niven
Ginger Rogers and David Niven lead in RKO's Bachelor Mother at the Cactus Theatre this week with previews praising its sprightly charm. Rogers plays a salesgirl amid a baby mix up that drives a comic romance as Niven, mistaken for the infant's father, navigates family plans and a budding love.
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Army Similar To CCC Life In Engineer Corps
Fort Sam Houston reports many Civilian Conservation Corps alumni enlist in the engineers. They perform topo graphical surveying and mapping along harbors and rivers, help survey routes for a potential canal through Nicaragua, and oversee Mississippi levee construction. Enlistees receive military training and specialized courses at Fort Belvoir in surveying drafting aerial photography map work and vehicle maintenance. The eight month program blends engineering study with military duties.
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Bee Eugenics Aims To Breed Gentler Honeybees
Bee experts seek to develop a new bee strain through eugenics aiming for gentler dispositions large honey stomachs and other desirable traits. The project focuses on genetic selection to improve behavior and productivity in managed colonies.
Visitors Set Record At Carlsbad Caverns October Visit
Carlsbad Caverns saw 12013 visitors in October, the highest October total in 16 years, announced Col. Thomas Boles. The 1939 month surpassed October 1938 by 2048, with visitors from 48 states and many nations. California led states with 2930 visitors, Texas had 2897.
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Texas Business Improves Over 1938 September
Texas business records for September show a solid upturn from a year earlier, per the University of Texas bureau of business research. Power consumption, postal receipts, new firm capitalization, lumber shipments, unfilled orders, building permits, and cement plant production all rise, with cement and orders posting notable gains.
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University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Toyah Residents Visit for Weekend Business
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Derrick of Toyah were here Friday attending to business affairs.
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Toyah
Toyah and Arla residents shop and visit in Pecos
Mrs. Doug Hart of Toyah and Mrs. Hall Olds of Arla were in Pecos Tuesday shopping and visiting with relatives.
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Arla
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Carnival Plans Set for El Paso Pageant and Sun Bowl
El Paso announces 25 floats entered for the January 1 Americas parade out of a 40-float limit. The three day Sun Carnival precedes New Mexico Coronado Cuatro Centennial with events including a December 28 concert by the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, Army Day, coronations, and a December 30 Pan-Civic luncheon and square dance contest.
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