Destruction of Cotton To Start Soon
Several hundred Bexar county farmers were advised to take preliminary steps toward destruction of cotton as part of a national retirement program. County agents will distribute contracts and bonds via 36 committees, with payments to farmers who plow under cotton acreage. Bexar growers expect $150,000 to $175,000 in government funds.
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Bextt
W. Mainounerd
Lbsiz
O. B. Martin
Dexis
College Station
Washington Tech
Martin
Washington
Bexar
Fairbanks Sails From New York After Illness
Fairbanks JH Fairbanks sailed from New York aboard Cunard liner Bernparia to join his father in London. He remains weak from pneumonia and his wife Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was mentioned in the same report.
McCulloch Cotton Acreage Cuts to Bring Revenue
McCulloch county farmers will derive more than 200000 in revenue from cotton acreage reductions under the government plan. The average payment per farmer is about 232 with a 130 pound yield per acre, six pounds under the five year average. A February freeze destroyed the grain trap, increasing cotton acreage benefits for local growers by at least 30 percent this year.
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Mculloch
McCulloch County
Eulton
Labor boom spreads as cotton picking starts in Texas
More than 300 laborers from the Central Relief committee left pest week for cotton fields in San Patricio Karnes and Nueces counties. The season will last 50 to 60 days with wages 40 to 50 cents per 100 pounds as 4 W Green director of the Jamishar employment service reports. Green sent 1100 pickers to South Texas belts Friday and says the season will reopen in Bay City Port Lavaca in about 10 days and start in Central and West Texas in about 30 days.
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Central Relief Committee
San Patricio
Karnes
Nueces
W. Green
Jamishar
Green
South Texas
Bay City
Port Lavaca
Tye Central Hall
Labor Employment Service
Classified Ad Notice From KABC Listing Frnain 1231
An advertisement following KABC announces a light classified notice. It requests courteous ad copying and provides a contact line Frnain 1231 for the listing.
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Campaign for Cotton Cuts to Be Pushed
Washington DC July 15 The Department of Agriculture pushes ahead with plans to cut 1 million acres of cotton this year and withdraw 3.3 million bales a higher figure once returns arrive Farmers warned by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to follow through on offered acreage reductions while awaiting further instructions This season more than 600000 southern Cuban planters are set to receive 220000000 in processing tax rentals for cotton slated for destruction Contracts delaying notices and ongoing picking complicate removal of a matured crop Officials prepare a corn and hog milking program and a Des Moines conference to stabilize the nations third major agricultural activity. Delegates named from ten states will discuss rental payments cash bonuses and market controls to curb pork surplus with a tentative 31 percent production cut target. The 1921 pork and lard outputs are cited as context for the plan.
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A. Cobb
Cief
Tonjeht
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration Fidey
Des Monnca
A. G. Black
F. Sartr
Enoyamle
Oly
Gerald B. Thorne
Department of Ag-Culture
Arljuet- Tarr
Des Moines
Yrar
Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth Sails Toward New Zealand
Lincoln Ellsworth, noted American explorer and aviator, sailed from San Francisco aboard the 6S Larline en route to New Zealand to finish preparation for a proposed non-stop flight across the Atlantic. He travels with his wife and his mother in law, Mrs. J B Ulmer of Poltsville, Pa.
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INS
New Zealand
Lincoln Ellsworth
Heart
Larline
J.B. Ulmer
Poltsvilla
Texas Cotton Destruction Plan Set For July 21
Texas A and M College Extension Service officials announced a novel aid plan for farmers to start by July 21. Plowshares will move between rows to uproot up to three million acres of cotton as part of a price-support program. Washington advices say contracts will begin leaving July 18 and arrive in Texas by July 21, but farmers are urged to wait for local committee word before destroying crops.
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College Station
Texas
INSI
Texas A
M. College Extension Service
Washington
Death Penalty Demanded for 2nd Negro in Dallas
Dallas County prosecutors move to seek the death penalty for H. T. Bennett, a suspect in multiple murders, after a prior conviction. Meanwhile, Jess Mott Bro faces charges tied to the killing of station manager Janea Tutu in June, as investigations unfold across ongoing violent crime cases.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas County
H. T. Bennett
Zore
Hunteville
Ewing
Dang Bushanan
Jess Mott
Gant
Ne- Bro
U S to guard cotton prices as tax nears
Washington July 16. Following steps by the administrator to curb profiteering in cotton prices as higher wheat prices and a new processing tax take effect, officials move to prevent mills and dealers from passing tax and wage costs to consumers on cotton goods stockpiled before August 4. Mills have built large warehoused stocks and retailers hold floor stocks in excess of current demand. Frederic O Howe, solicitor for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, said safeguards will be used to protect consumers.
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Wabhingtor
D. C
Frederic
Howe
Wariéultural Adjustment Administration
Notton
Larder Empty Child Eats Poison in Poverty Shanty
A poverty struck Oklahoma City family told a child there was no dinner. The girl, urged to play outside, ingested a bottle of poison discarded by her mother. She was rushed to hospital as doctors fought to save her life amid the family’s distress.
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Kupper
R Hospital
Darines
Crash Kills Flier and U S Air Official in Delaware
Delaware's famed aviator T Alison Buck and Inspector John Morin of the U S Department of Commerce aeronautics division were killed when a Bellanca Aircraft test plane exploded in midair during a test flight in Wilmington. The accident occurred late today as Buck and Morin were aboard the aircraft.
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Del
INS
T. Alison Buck
Delaware
John Morin
Aeronautics Division
United States Department of Commerce
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation
Pen May in Cotton Dane
Austin July 15 Texas prison system may participate in federal agricultural program Attorney General James A Led advising Conteman W A Paddock of the prison commission there is no law prohibiting plowing up prison farm acreage to conform with Secretary Wallace’s program to reduce this year’s cotton acreage. Opinion notes no civil or criminal liability for the prison board or manager if no reasonable consideration paid by the prison.
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Austin
Texas
Federal
James ¥. Aled
Conteman WA
Prison Commission
Lafprut
Farmerton
Wallace
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