AAA program to be worth half million for Grayson county crops
Sherman reports the AAA crop program will bring more than $500,000 in federal benefits to Grayson county farmers this year. County agent B F Gray tallied contracts across cotton, wheat, corn hog and peanuts, noting most cotton lands are under contract and signups exceeded 19,600 acres with dozens of new contracts and withdrawals. Parity and rental payments push total benefits toward a half million, with peanut, wheat and corn hog contracts contributing additional sums.
Receiverships Costing Public Utility Firm In Texas
Federal Judge James C. Wilson approved $180000 in receivership fees for the former Texas Louisiana Power Company now Community Public Service Company. Receivers A P Barrett of Fort Worth and Wiley F Carl shared the costs. Carl was recently killed in a car crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
Community Public Service Company
James C. Wilson
Baylor Agerton
Texas
Louisiana
Kentucky
New Mexico
A. P. Barrett
Wiley F. Carl
Rupture Expert to Demonstrate Zoetic Shield in Sherman
H. M. Shevnan renowned Chicago rupture expert will be at the Grayson Hotel Sherman on May 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to demonstrate the Zoetic Shield, a nonmedicinal method claimed to close ruptures in ten days by improving circulation without straps or equipment. He notes no medicines involved and will fit devices if desired, with address listed as 6538 N Talman Ave, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Shevnan
Chicago
Grayson Hotel
Sherman
Shevnan
N. Talman Ave
F. H. Seeley
Shelterbelt plan expands to 21 Texas counties
Edgar H. Kemp, shelterbelt assistant to State director John D. Jones, says 21 Texas counties plus parts of adjoining areas will receive trees under the Federal conservation program. Planting will span one to three years with 12 rows per strip and 100 mile wide belts running northeast across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hemphill
Panhandle
Scurry
Fisher
Jones
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Kemp
Law firms and parties share receivership fees listed
The document itemizes multiple fees in a receivership matter: $25,000 for reorganization committee, $40,000 to Pam and Hurd of Chicago, $60,000 plus expenses for Canty Han ger McMahon, $9,000 to Graham McMahon Buell Knox of New York, $12,000 to City National Bank Trust Company and Arthur T Leonard as trustees, $12,000 to Zweifel Toney for receivers’ work, $5,000 to Frank B Black as Chicago attorney for original applicants, $32,000 to International Utilities Corporation of Philadelphia, and a $10,000 split among Goree Rice Fort Worth McLean Scott Sayers Fort Worth and Preston Martin Weatherford for preferred stockholders representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam & Hurd
Chicago
Canty
Hanger
International Utilities Corporation of
Philadelphia
Goree & Rice
Fort Worth
McLean, Scott & Sayers
Preston Martin
Weatherford
Joke dialogue about an elephant skin
A classroom exchanges a joke where the teacher asks about elephant skin and a student replies with a pun revealing the skin is on an elephant. The brief back and forth mirrors classroom humor and wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Can Any Canary Do What I Can Not
A kindergarten teacher asks what a canary can do that she cannot. Marvin raises a hand and answers that the canary can take a bath in a saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Relief fund size weighed in big truck and cash terms
Chicago experts translate the $4.88 billion relief fund into visuals of ninety ten ton trucks and 924 bundles of currency stacked end to end. They note it could buy Philadelphia and more, yet would dwarf earlier financial totals and exceed 1933 bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Louisville
Denver
United States
Sharp Gain In U S Taxpaying
A Treasury report shows March receipts at 507 304 493 dollars, up 43 percent from a year earlier, with nine month fiscal year taxes 26 percent higher. Income taxes rise 40 percent, liquor taxes 4 607 192 more, corporations 139 776 550 and individuals 182 131 312, reflecting broad revenue gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Sleep Producing Drugs Linked to Blood Disease in Buffalo
Buffalo Health Commissioner Francis E. Froczak warns excessive use of hypnotics and barbiturate sleep aids may be tied to rising leukemia deaths. He notes nine deaths in the first ten weeks of the year and urges cautious use until lab research clarifies the connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Health
Francis E. Froczak
Fronczak
War Bullet Sneezed Out After 17 Years
Vancouver millwright C. W. Paul, age 47, finally breathes freely after a German bullet lodged behind his left nostril was expelled. He was shot April 6, 1918, fought overseas, spent time in a prison camp, and years of sinus trouble preceded the discovery during a coughing spell. He endured headaches and a chronic cough until the bullet piece freed itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
C. W. Paul
Paul
Fifteen Children Turning Slate Color from Silver Medicine
Chicago doctors report argyria cases from over the past year linking silver medicines bought in drugstores to blue or slate gray skin. Fifteen children under ten, ten girls, show permanent discoloration with no known cure. Authors note seventy recorded cases and a 100 percent rise in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
L. Edward Gaul
A. H. Staud
New York
Come Over on Our Side Ribald Interruption Laughs
A crowd exchange in a heated session includes a speaker lamenting loud interruptions while a nearby voice encourages cheer. The dialogue captures a tense moment as participants trade quick jibes and banter.
Join the Nudists Take Only 1 307 to Join
Santa Cruz Calif. The Vana Vana Nudist Society recruits members to buy a South Pacific island and escape to its shores. An expedition aboard a wind-jammer is planned for fall with a four month cruise stopping at Panama Ecuador Tahiti and the Marquesas to inspect islands before purchase.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
South Seas
Vana Vana Nudist Society
South Pacific
Nature’s Recreative Association
Redwoods
Santa Cruz Mountains
Panama
Equador
Tahiti
Cook
Tongas
Marshall
Marquesa Islands
Argentina to U S Shipments Double 1932 Totals Last Year
Last year shipments from Argentina to the United States doubled the 1932 totals, indicating a sharp rise in trade activity between the two nations during the previous calendar year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
United States
Science Nibbles on Speech and Weather Forecasts
According to Jess Sidney, public speaking expert, stuttering stems from improper breathing and nerves. Cosmic ray intensities at 55,000 feet are fifty times those at sea level. Dr. I P Krick of Caltech discusses the air mass system in weather forecasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Sidney
I. P. Krick
California Institute of Technology
New Methods Tackle Plant Growth and Beetle Threats
Dr Bernard Lewis of the United States Bureau of Mines developed an electrical charge device to extinguish burning gas. Plants bend toward the sun due to gro gusting rays slowing growth on the exposed side. Japanese beetles may be controlled by lead arsenate in soil, but cost limits use where infestations exist. The smaller European elm bark beetle spreads Dutch elm disease rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Bernard Lewis
United States Bureau of Mines
Kentucky farmer walks hundred miles in a day
Jenkins Kentucky. John Blevins, 43 year old farmer, began at 3 a m and walked to Williamson West Virginia fifty miles away by noon. He then traversed mountains to Heiller Kentucky and exceeded 100 miles for the day. He once left his horse at home for mountain trips but does not scorn an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
John Blevins
Near Here
Blevins
Williamson
W. Va
Heiller
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AAA
Ice Industry
WBAP
WFAA
WOAI
KPRC
Central Standard
Southern Ice & Utilities Co
U. S
Science
Nibbles
Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
Genero
Manning, Clark & Meador
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