Leafworm and bollworm threaten Texas cotton yields
Texas cotton districts face rapid leafworm and bollworm infestations with calcium arsenate shortages. Reports from Bell, Wharton, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Liberty, Waller and many counties show widespread damage, rising prices, and scarce poison as weather aids or hinders control efforts. Eight planes and large dusting efforts are deployed in Brazos bottoms, while North Texas sees spreading moth activity and late picking risk.
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Texas
Brazos
Trinity
F. L. Thomas
Texas Cotton Belt
Bell
Belton Temple
Wharton County
Austin County
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Liberty County
Waller County
Brazos County
Garland
Dallas County
Denton County
Hunt County
Kaufman
Rockwall
Bowie
Lamar
Red River
Camp County
Franklin County
Hopkins
Morris
Panola
Delta County
Upshur
van Zandt
Wills Point
Winnsboro
Wood County
Brazos Valley
Grimes
Limestone
Anderson
Freestone
Houston
Crockett
Houston County
Jasper
Leon County
Madison
Walker
Tyler
Crop cultivation can be excessive, chemist declares
Dr Charles Thom of the U S Department of Agriculture warns at the Oxford conference that over tillage and excessive crop cultivation can reduce soil humus. He cites weeds as helpful for fertility and notes organic matter improves structure, aeration, drainage, erosion control, and spring warming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thom
United States
Department of Agriculture
Oxford
England
Thom
Rapid Pest Boom Hits Plants After Daily Showers
The text notes plants suffer as daily showers encourage pests with worms and weevils increasing in number.
Oklahoma to sell furniture door to door from state plant
Affairs Board Chairman L. M. Nichols announced Oklahoma will sell furniture from the state penitentiary by van delivery. Ben Wood will run the sales program after renovating the furniture plant and updating patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State of Oklahoma
Affairs Board
L. M. Nichols
Chance
Wood
State Penitentiary
Nichols
Ben Wood
104 New Laws Added To Statute Books of Texas
Texans will gain 104 new laws this week as the Legislature’s four month session ends. Aimed at public and private welfare, most acts pass without record votes, with some counties affected and others broader in scope. Key changes include a new Department of Public Safety combining Rangers and patrols, livestock at large restrictions, expanded murder venue, pardons moved to Huntsville, nurse training limits adjusted, and wartime language texts reintroduced for German and Czech studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
tTexans
Department of Public Safety
Ranger
Rangers
Highway Patrol
Commissioners of Public Safety
Allred
George W. Cottingham
Houston
Albert Sidney Johnson
Ernest Goens
Tyler
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Huntsville
Board of Embalming
Railroad Commission
Board of Nurse Examiners
Texas
Textbook Commission
United States
Card of Thanks for Kate Winburn
We express sincere appreciation to friends for thoughts sympathy and floral offerings following the death of our wife and mother Mrs Kate Winburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Ashinhurst
Kate Winburn
Publication Authorization Requirement Clarified
A notice states that any publication must include the names of persons or parties authorizing it. The requirement ensures proper attribution and accountability for disseminated content.
Once Bustling Wynona Town Goes Bankrupt in Oklahoma
Wynona Oklahoma, once a booming oil town with 3500 residents, filed federal bankruptcy as debt reaches 442000 tied to a 15 year old bond. City treasurer J E Quillan says there is no money in the treasury and no tax revenue this year as population dwindles to around 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Wynona
Oklahoma
J. E. Quillan
Osage County
Wynonans
Quillan
Auditor Takes Office in Sherman Grayson County
B M Whiteacre, former deputy to district clerk S W Earnest, took the oath as Grayson County auditor on Monday succeeding J N Dickson. He posted a 4000 dollar bond with the county clerk for August 4, 1935 to August 4, 1937 with American Surety Company of New York. No personnel changes are planned. deputies C E Thompson and Robert C Neaves will remain.
Sign in Store Promotes Service Motto
A light exchange prompts a shopkeeper to admit the motto We aim to please guides customers. The citizen quips about take a little time off for target practice. The humor hinges on a tongue in cheek suggestion about violence.
Hotel Clerk and Patron Exchange Humorous Name Tale
A hotel clerk asks about the origin of a guest’s long name J J B Bronson. The patron replies he was christened by a minister who stuttered, turning the moment into a light jest about naming and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. John B. B. B. Bronson
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W. H. Schoffelmayer
Dallas News
North
T. W. Ayres & Son
the Sun
Czech
Manning, Clark & Meador
Sun Office
Whitewright
T. E. Barbee
Red Pace
Roberts Garage
Emerson
Farmall
John Deere
E. T. Doss
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis Sr
Sherman
Ashburn’s
Ashburn
Nicholson
Nicholson’s
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