Wallace Explains Benefit Plan to Connally
Senator Tom Connally of Texas was advised by Secretary Wallace on how total grant payments under the 1936 37 soil conservation program will be allocated. Wallace said payments go to every producer who diverted land to soil conserving crops or followed program practices, regardless of regional allocation. The final regional share depends on regional participation and could shift as more participation data become available.
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Washington
United States
Tom Connally
Texas
Wallace
Senator Connally
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tea interval dispute halts London work stoppage ends
British workers halted 150 jobs after a London firm withdrew a tea interval. After talks the firm restored the tea break and the men returned to work.
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London
Texas Passes Law Regulating Milk Labeling
Austin reports the Legislature outlawed fraudulent grade labels on milk and milk products. Under the act, any use of A B or C grade labels must meet United States Public Health Service specifications, enforced by the state health officer. If standards cannot be met, dairies may sell milk or cream labeled simply as milk or cream. The law aims to protect rural residents from mislabeled dairy products.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
Port Arthur
Texas Planning Board
United States Public Health Service
Woman candidate vows mother as Medford police chief
Medford Massachusetts widow Mary E Donovan 39 announces for mayor next fall promising to appoint a mother as chief of police. With Police Chief Daniel W Connors due to retire next year she says the chief will be a mother and a woman who understands both the poor and the affluent. Donovan works as a secretary to a Boston bank official.
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Medford
Mass
Mary E. Donovan
Daniel W. Connors
Slot machines bring in eighteen million dollars a year
Across 46 states efforts to outlaw the machines have persisted with raids and loopholes. Officials estimate slot play generates about 180 million dollars annually. A courtroom joke ends with a coin for the crowd as a prisoner pleads for the rest.
Customer and butcher trade pork quip in joke exchange
A humorous exchange features a customer asking for good pork and a butcher replying that his pork could improve chicken salad more than any veal, turning a kitchen quip into a playful punchline.
Cotton plant to rayon aims to save Southern farmers
At the American Chemical Society meeting in Chapel Hill NC Dr Frank Cameron reported a plan to harvest whole cotton plants for oil and alpha cellulose to feed rayon needs. The method foresees mowing, pulping, and processing to keep cotton competitive with timber fibers, aiding 3 million Southern growers.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Wonderland of Natural Science
American Society
North Carolina University
Frank K. Cameron
Cameron
South Atlantic
Grady
Henry W. Grady
Window Box Garden Request Ends In Misunderstanding
A man asks for Saturday morning off to dig his garden. The manager recalls that Smith said there was no garden. The man then laughs that someone must have taken it off the window sill, explaining the mix up in a light office exchange.
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Smith
Household Hints on Towels and Stains and Cooking Tips
The piece outlines towel grades and stain removal methods. It also covers accurate measuring for cooking, tips on using milk to reduce fatigue, and a glaze recipe for cookies using sugar and milk with a pastry brush.
Hogs Must Have Legume Hay Says Missouri Professor
Professor L A Weaver of Missouri College of Agriculture warns hogs will eat coal if not fed proper hay and supplements. He stresses legume hay, bone meal, and salt as essential, noting hogs in dry pens require leafy legume hay and minerals to prevent coal consumption.
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Columbia
L. A. Weaver
Missouri College of Agriculture
Sit-down strike said to be started by wives of WLala tribe
Akron report cites Capt Carl von Hoffman claiming that disgruntled wives of Africa's W Lala tribes originated sit-down strikes. He says if a husband abuses a wife she calls the Bu Dundi housewives union to boycott the men, leaving husbands to seek the troublemaker.
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Akron
Ohio
Carl von Hoffman
Africa
Aunt Sally Slams Government On Women’s Support
Claude Callan reports Aunt Sally is upset the government does nothing for women. She accuses it of funding Uncle Buckram for fences, cedar cutting, tanks, and idle land while ignoring her idle kitchen, hoping government aid would let her visit relatives and buy clothes. She urges more spending on women over men.
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Aunt Sally
Uncle Buckram
Sally
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