Prison Board Reports Dip in Recidivism and Industrial Gains
Lee Simmons distributed the 1934 Prison Board annual report noting improved reformatory outcomes with a 25 percent repeat offender rate among 2,953 new convicts and 2,835,000 license plates produced at the Harlem plant. The report highlights education gains with 624 inmates taught to read and write, and plants diverting costs from $293 to $76 per convict since 1920.
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Lee Simmons
Prison Board
Simmons
W. A. Paddock
Highway Department
Harlem Farm
Central State Farm
Board of Control
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Austin
Huntsville
One Chance in Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty
A Greenville Herald note reflects on the slim odds of reaching age one hundred. With under 4,000 Americans alive at that century mark and a U S population near 123 million, each person has about one chance in 30 750 to live to 100.
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United States
Greenville Herald
Western Plains Drouth Worse This Year Than 1934
U S Agriculture Department reports drought conditions in the western Great Plains worsening by April 1 versus last year. Winter wheat prospects are extremely poor and pastures at record low. Some spring crops not yet planted. cattle thin. possible wheat imports anticipated. irrigation districts west of the Continental Divide show relatively better outlook.
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Washington
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
North Dakota
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Great Drouth
Drouth
United States
AAA Holds 4.27 Million Bales of Cotton on 12 Cent Loans
The AAA has loaded 4,270,000 bales on loans at 12 cents a pound totaling about 256.2 million dollars. Prices have fallen below loan values, and exports decline threatens a 9 million bale carryover. Observers fear AAA faces a major disaster if prices stay below loan levels. The program may cut 1936 production to near zero, with warehouse receipts issued to growers in return for reduction promises.
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Washington
AAA
Federal Farm Board
The
Farm Board
Five Officials Chosen in Races For School Jobs
Final returns announced by the Commissioners' Court name five trustees for county schools. D. C. Wallace Gun ter leads as trustee at large with 2164 votes. Other winners include J. L. Ladd Sherman E B Scott Celtic S C Hall Sadler and G C Leary Gordonville.
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J. L. Ladd
Sherman
C. A. Barnett
Howe
E. B. Scott
Celtic
H. D. Dodge
Denison
J. W. Washburn
Pink Hill
S. C. Hall
Sadler
C. J. Patterson
Range Creek
G. C. Leary
Gordonville
H. M. Godwin
S. D. Steedman
Hagerman
Spare Rod Save Child Mother Of 14 Declares
ATLANTA Ga Spare the rod and save the child is the maxim of Dora Mote a 38 year old Atlanta mother of fourteen who has never spanked a child She married at 13 and had her first child before 14 Now with ten living children two married and a two year old granddaughter she sees no good in whipping a child and regrets only that half her children are boys She says girls are easier and less troublesome The East Texas oil field remains the world s largest with 16000 producing wells and a potential flow of 11900000 barrels daily yet production is capped at 436000 barrels daily despite ongoing drilling
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Atlanta
Dora Mote
East Texas
Divorce girl at 14 wins custody of baby daughter
In WeWoka Oklahoma Mrs Audrey Sisney 14 was granted a divorce from W A Sisney 24 Judge H H Edwards awarded custody of their eight month old daughter. The divorce was filed by her father J H Schlitz field as she was under the age at marriage in Ozark Arkansas.
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Wewoka
Okla
Audrey Sisney
Sisney
W. A. Sisney
H. H. Edwards
J. H. Schlitzfield
Sisneys
Ozark
Ark
Liberal G O P Chief to War on Old Guards
Washington Senator Borah and other liberals press for a strong anti old guard stance at the Midwest Republican Kansas City conference to frame the 1936 campaign. The battle over resolutions centers on ousting entrenched leaders and may signal Hoover backing. Hastings criticizes Roosevelt for breaking 1932 promises on budget, antitrust, and bureaus.
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OLD Guards
Washington
Borah
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Charles D. Hilles
Mitteeman
New York
Republican National Committee
Hastings
Delaware
Republican Senatorial
Roosevelt
Blackboard Eraser Used as Dry Window Cleaner
A historic note claims a simple blackboard eraser cleans dry window powder from ordinary cleaning preparations. It says the eraser wipes evenly and reaches corners with ease, offering a quick finish to the task.
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Barbee-Bassett
Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Western Plains
A. F. Nossaman
O. L
Pig) Jones
Stephens & Bryant
MAN, Public Service Company
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