Rail labor and railroads clash over pay cuts and strikes
The Daily Events discusses postponement of railroad wage disputes as unions withdraw demands for restoring a 10 percent cut and a 10 percent increase while railroads seek further 5 percent reduction. It weighs labor, capital, and potential government intervention, warning that continued strife could push toward fascism and urging compromise for the New Deal to succeed.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Stamp Tax To Raise Millions For Wildlife Refuges
Congressional approval of a new duck stamp tax on hunters clears the way for a vast wildlife conservation program. A $1 per sportsman levy funds migratory bird sanctuaries across the country, with revenues exceeding a million dollars annually. Jay N Darling is named chief of the biological survey overseeing the program.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
Jay N. Darling
Bureau of Biological Survey
Agriculture Department
Conservation for Waterfowl Needs Bill on Duck Stamps
The major groups urge funding for waterfowl nesting areas and sanctuaries across the country to conserve game resources. About six million hunt licenses and seven million fishing licenses are issued annually, with a $1 duck stamp attached to each hunting license to support sanctuaries and fish culture stations. Reports describe field conditions and ration fund savings during demonstrations at Fort Crook.
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Alruout
America
Acre
Rigors Of Camp Life Told By Hoover In Letter
A. M. Hoover of Sidney writes to an Omaha paper detailing life in CCC camps. He cites harsh conditions and explains why he did not reenlist after discharge last October. He recalls Fort Crook’s conditioning camp and the rough daily routine.
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A. M. Hoover
Sidney
Omaha
Hoover
Fort Crook
Grain Prices Remain At About Same Level
The weekly grain market review shows prices essentially unchanged for the week ending March 16. Wheat faced mixed factors from drought and wind in Kansas to weak foreign markets, while corn stayed steady, oats and barley moved into consumption channels, and rye held near the prior levels.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kansas
Acreage shifts in principal producing areas show little change
Data show total acreage at 171,870,000 acres, up from 170,318,000 last year, with gains in India and Russia offsetting reductions in winter seedings elsewhere. Indian seedings rise to 34,503,000 acres, and Russian wheat area reaches 87,970,000 acres. Domestic spring wheat acreage expected to drop about 2.5%, while hard winter wheat prices edge higher and storage markets remain active.
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Corn quotes and freight terms from Nebraska shipping points
No 3 yellow corn sold at St Louis for 4944 cents per bushel. No 2 white and No 2 yellow corn quoted f o b western Nebraska shipping points at 33 cents per bushel. Demand described as good and quotations noted for aut 48 percent.
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F.o.b. Western
Nebraska
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