Texas to move 30000 families to farms under relief plan
J B Stanford head of the Texas Relief Commission rural rehabilitation reports 30000 Texas families will join the program by year end. About 15000 vacant farm houses and plots will be made tenable with 35000 to 40000 cows 50000 meat hogs and 40000 laying hens needed. Four centers approved Friendship Houston County Tennessee Anderson Rio Grande City Cochran County with more coming after storm damage.
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Austin
Texas
J. B. Stanford
Texas Relief Commission
Rural Rehabilitation Department
Lawrence Westbrook
Stanford
Relief Agency
Friendship
Houston County
Tennessee Colony
Anderson County
Rio Grande City
Cochran County
South Texas
Effect of the Dole Urges Moral Stand Against Welfare
Denison Herald editorial argues that England's dole undermined national morale and debts, warning the United States risks a similar fate if it follows a dole path. It labels chronic unemployment as a moral failing and urges repayment of debts to preserve self-respect.
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England
United States
Denison Herald
Housing Program Threatened by Selfish Acts
Washington reports that the housing act may lag if all costs are not cut, as lumber and other material prices rise. James A. Moffett leads efforts to place the act in operation while job applications flood the housing commission. Builders say renovation costs could rise 15 to 18 percent, threatening the program nationwide.
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Washington
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil
Lumber Code Authority
Housing Corporation
Federal Emergency Council
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Village Bell Cracks on Toll for Hindenburg Memorial
In Schoenach Black Forest Germany villagers tolled the bell for President von Hindenburg and heard a crack from the first pull. The broken tone reportedly caused many locals to view it as an omen as the bell continued its mournful toll.
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Hindenburg
Schoenach
Black Forest
Germany
von Hindenburg
Texas Forest Lands Set For Federal Purchase
Washington reports the federal government will pay about 4.80 per acre for land to form four new Texas national forest reserves. The Forest Service projects total land purchases around 5.62 million dollars for about 1.72 million acres across East Texas counties including Angelina Jasper Nacogdoches Houston Trinity Montgomery Walker San Augustine San Jacinto Shelby and Sabine.
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Washington
Texas National Forest
U. S. Forest Service
Texas
Angelina
Jasper
Nacogdoches
Houston
Trinity
Montgomery
Walker
San Augustine
San Jacobo
Shelby
Sabine Counties
World Consumes Less U S Cotton as Foreign Demand Rises
The New York Cotton Exchange Service reports 1933-34 world cotton consumption at 25,106,000 bales, a peak since 1928-29. American usage falls vs last season while foreign usage rises, with overall carryover down from a year ago.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Service
Exchange Service
Dempsey Welcomes Firstborn Daughter After Birth at Polyclinic
Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, becomes a father as his wife Hannah Williams gives birth to a 70 pound girl at Polyclinic Hospital. Both mother and baby are reported well, and Dempsey says he is satisfied if they are all right. He adds he once hoped for a boy to rival Gene Tunney's child.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Polyclinic Hospital
Dempsey
Hannah Williams
Jack
Max Waxman
Gene Tunney
Air minded cows guide pilots on Boston Montreal run
In a quirky aviation tale from Boston, dairy cows in pastures along the Boston to Montreal air route react to planes. When cows panic the pilot is off course. calm grazing indicates the aircraft stays on the proper path.
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Boston
Boston-Montreal
Montreal
Harris Sentenced Over Car Price Allegation
Supreme Court Justice William Harman Black Friday dismissed a habeas corpus writ by Gordon S. Harris and remanded him to Tombs prison for three months. Harris, a Ridgewood New Jersey resident with Manhattan offices, was convicted in Special Sessions Court of allegedly violating the motor vehicle retail code by selling an automobile at 50 dollars less than list cost.
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New York
Supreme Court
William Harman
Black Friday
Gordon S. Harris
Tombs Prison
Harris
Ridgewood
N. J
Manhattan
Special Sessions Court
Clarksville Times
Noticing double standards in everyday judgments
A quoted quip contrasts how people label similar behaviors in others versus themselves. It questions why kindness, firmness, tact, and frankness are judged differently depending on who performs them, ending with a wry attribution to an unknown author.
Anonymous gift funds new church in Mile Cross
Dr. Bertram Pollock, bishop of Norwich, England, received an anonymous donation of 60,000 dollars to provide for a new church in Mile Cross.
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Bertram Pollock
Norwich
England
Mile Cross
The First Sunday Giving Boosts Whitewright Baptist Church
The article notes a strong Sunday with 200 in Sunday school and over $1000 raised for a new church building. Members are urged to give cheerfully and details outline a plan to begin construction by September if funds allow. A donor preferred anonymity but contributed to the building fund.
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Baptist Church
Holy Spirit
Whitewright
Progress update on association year ending Sundays
The message notes ongoing progress with three Sundays left in the associational year. It urges full attendance at Sunday school and church and calls for record crowds during the vacation month.
Dancing Condemned as Sexual Indecency at Lutheran Meeting
Dr Louis Graebner of St Louis argued dancing is sexual indecency at the Texas District Lutheran Church meeting in Vernon. He warned parents about the dangers of dance and noted the side by side embrace as the objectionable feature. Two slates for the Lutheran Concordia College Board of Control were elected and will be presented to the general synod at the June 1935 convention. Electro plating was discovered in England in the mid nineteenth century.
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Board of Control
Lutheran Concordia College At
Austin
Synod
General Synod
England
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