Penitentiary reports progress in 1934 and new industries
Lee Simmons released the 1934 annual Prison Board report highlighting education gains with 624 inmates taught to read and write and an average enrollment of 2234. The system produced license plates, signs, brick, and processed over 1,000,000 cans of food, while reducing operating cost per convict from 293 in 1920 to 76 in 1934.
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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 For Century Age
A Greenville Herald note explains that fewer than 4,000 Americans have reached age 100 amid a U S population near 123 million giving approximately one in 30 750 odds for any person to live to a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Greenville Herald
Western Plains Drouth Worse Than Last Year
The Agriculture Department reports April 1 conditions in the western Great Plains worse than a year earlier. Winter wheat prospects are extremely poor and pastures are at a record low for April 1. Subsoil moisture deficits may force wheat imports next winter while irrigation districts west of the Continental Divide look modestly better than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
North Dakota
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Great Drouth
Drouth
United States
Cotton Loans Put 4 Million Bales in AAA Hold
Washington reports the AAA now has 4,270,000 bales on loan at 12 cents a pound totaling about 256.2 million dollars. The program, like the Farm Board, fails to peg prices as market value dips and exports fall. Officials fear a disaster as talk grows of production cuts and warehouse receipts to secure growers’ cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Federal Farm Board
The
Farm Board
Five Officials Chosen in Races For School Jobs
Final returns in five county school trustee races were announced after a Commissioners Court canvass. Winners: D. C. Wallace Gunter trustee at large. J. L. Ladd Sherman Precinct 1. E. B. Scott Celtic Precinct 2. S. C. Hall Sadler Precinct 3. G. C. Leary Gordonville Precinct 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
D. Steedman
Hagerman
Spare Rod Save Child Declarations By Mother Of 14
An Atlanta woman Dora Mote at 38 is mother of fourteen with ten living children and a two year old granddaughter. She opposes spanking saying it worsens behavior and regrets not having all girls. The article notes her marriage at 13 and early childbirth. It also mentions East Texas oil fields and production limits with 16 000 wells and 11 900 000 barrels daily potential.
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Atlanta
Dora Mote
East Texas
Young Oklahoma divorce grants custody of infant daughter
In WeWoka Oklahoma district court Judge H H Edwards granted Audrey Sisney custody of her eight month old daughter after a divorce from W A Sisney age 24. Audrey, married at 12 and mother at 13, is represented by her father J H Schlitz field as she was under age. The couple wed 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. Chiefs Prepared to Fight Old Guards
Senator Borah leads liberals in a push against old guard control at the Midwest Republicans meeting in Kansas City set to shape the 1936 campaign. factions clash over strong anti old guard resolutions while Hoover potential support and party renewal are discussed. Hastings accuses Roosevelt of breaking 1932 pledges.
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Washington
Borah
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Charles D. Hilles
Mitteeman
New York
Republican National Committee
Hastings
Delaware
Republican Senatorial
Roosevelt
Blackboard Erasers Serve Odd Window Cleaning Role
A pasted tip describes using a blackboard eraser to remove dry abrasive powder left by ordinary window cleaners. The eraser sweeps evenly and fits into corners, aiding the cleaning task.
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Barbee-Bassett
Insurance Agency
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Western Plains
OLD Guards
A. F. Nossaman
O. L
Pig) Jones
Stephens & Bryant
Nun
Public Service Company
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