AAA Ups Subsidy Rates for Wheat and Other Crops
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced higher subsidy rates for wheat and other crops as part of next year’s planting and quota measures. Wheat subsidies rise to 26–30 cents per bushel with a 31 percent acreage cut target, amid a projected $712 million in payments. The plan includes potential marketing quotas for cotton and possible reduced corn plantings to curb surpluses, with home gardens exempted and nurse crops allowed to preserve soil.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Walter Haxman
Kansas
Crop Control Critics Scored Warns of Farm Price Collapse
Secretary Wallace urged 200 state AAA committeemen in Washington to defend the farm act and launch a militant campaign to save the measure amid Mid West and Southern criticism. He labeled opponents as either offering unsound substitutes or failing to propose remedies for surpluses.
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Washington
Wallace
Mid-West
Corn Belt
Spring
AAA
Georgia
Florida
South
Corn Belt Liberty League
Wearable thermometer wristwatch combines health sensing with timepiece
A new thermometer for taking body temperatures can be worn as a wrist watch or integrated with a standard watch. The device offers hands free temperature monitoring and comfort for continuous health tracking in daily use.
Substitutes Dethrone Cotton in German Trade War
German traders on the Dallas Cotton Exchange say cotton is finished as dominant and that substitutes like cellipse, wood pulp and coal blends, may dismantle cotton’s global role. They highlight raincoat trials, new fibers, and high labor costs abroad as factors hindering a U.S. return to foreign markets. A Dallas Dispatch Journal report notes a tire made from chalk and coal with 14,000 miles wear, illustrating broader shifts toward science and synthetic materials in Europe.
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Dallas
United States
Germany
Italy
Dallas Dispatch Journal
Oldest climber scales Grand Teton at 68
Prof. D. S. Hartline of Bloomsburg Pennsylvania becomes the oldest recorded climber to reach Grand Teton’s 13 766 foot summit in Grand Teton National Park at age 68 years 11 months. He completed the ascent amid clear conditions and was reported by local observers.
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Grand Teton Mountain
Wyoming
D. S. Hartline
Bloomsburg
Grand Teton National Park
Yes Man Attitude Drives Bold Business Moves
The piece highlights a rare breed of decisive men who accept tasks and take responsibility. It contrasts passive compliance with proactive courage, citing Rowan as an exemplar who delivered a message to Garcia amid challenging terrain.
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Cuba
General Goethals
Panama Canal
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Rowan
Garcia
Sun list of Democratic primary candidates 1938
The Sun presents candidate names for the Democratic primaries 1938 including SAM RAYBURN for Congress in the 4th District J H Jim Waggoner for Representative Place 1 Sewell R McKinney for County School Superintendent J Benton Davis P M Pleas Porter for Sheriff S B Ben Vaughan for Commissioner Precinct 2 Bennie Ben Ball for Public Weigher Precinct 3 K B Simmons for Contable and an incomplete entry for Justice of the Peace.
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S. B
Ben) Vaughan
Bennie
Ben) Ball
Grayson County to refund bonds for lower interest rate
The Grayson County Commissioners Court announces plans to refund $89,000 of bonds to cut interest to 3 percent annually. Refunding will cover $8,000 of 5 percent bridge repair bonds dated May 15, 1929, $37,000 of 3 percent county road and bridge funding warrants dated Sept. 1, 1936, and $44,000 of 3 percent road and bridge funding warrants dated May 15, 1937. The court will issue the refunding order on Sept. 30 with a maximum maturity date of Sept. 30, 1948.
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Sherman
Grayson County Commissioners’ Court
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Luther Gordon
the Sun
Whitewright
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso
Michigan
New York
Dewey
Fort Worth
Texas
The
Sun
Sam Rayburn
Grayson County
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
Sewell R. McKinney
J. Benton Davis
P. M
PLEAS
Porter
K. B. Simmons
For Justice of the Peace
W. H. Horton
Ebataral
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