Urges Support Of Relief Bond In Texas Town
Mayor F M Echols argues for a state relief bond to fund work relief as federal aid may end. He notes Whitewright lacks local welfare structures and calls for legislative authority to issue 20 million dollar bonds to supplement federal funds amid rising unemployment.
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F. M. Echols
NRA
Red Cross
Whitewright
Corporation of Whitewright
Congress
Texas
Grayson County
State of Texas
Ginning Totals for Year’s Crop Reaches 459 911 Bales
Washington reports the Census Bureau shows 459 911 running bales ginned before August 16 this year, with 9 815 round bales counted as half bales. State totals include Texas 404 818 and Georgia 46 653, among others.
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Census Bureau
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
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Mississippi
Texas
States
Cotton prospects vary as insect damage impacts yield
In Grayson County and Whitewright area, opinions diverge on this season's cotton outlook. County agent B F Gray cites higher expected production than last year despite 38 000 acres retired. 1932 results fell short of the five year average due to pests. Growing conditions were favorable until recent rains. By midweek 115 bales had been ginned in Whitewright. Local buyers offered up to 9 ¼ cents per pound, with a decline later and seed valued at about 15 dollars per ton.
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B. F. Gray
Grayson County
Whitewright
Missouri Victory Prompts Expected Eighteenth Amendment Repeal
Washington notes Missouri as the 22nd state to favor repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Repeal action hinges on conventions in December after votes in Maine Ohio Pennsylvania and North and South Carolina set the stage. Several states schedule votes or conventions from Sept to Dec with November 7 as key dates.
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United States
Wallace Predicts Further Reduction In Cotton Acreage
Secretary Wallace said on Monday night that U S cotton plantings may fall from about 40 million acres to roughly 25 million next spring. He reviewed farm adjustment programs and noted Southern leaders expect a plan soon to curb unlimited cotton planting.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Adjustment Administration
South
Robert Fulton
State Ballot Details for Texas August Ballot Measures
The sample ballot outlines four proposed Texas constitutional amendments and two related liquor questions for the statewide election on August 26. It lists Home Rule Charter authority for populous counties, a $20 million bond issuance for unemployment relief, and a 3.2 percent alcohol content cap on vinous or malt liquors, with opposing versions noted.
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Grayson County
Justice Precinct No. 3
State of
Texas
Residence Homesteads Tax Exemption Affects State Taxes
A provision exempts Three Thousand Dollars of assessed taxable value from state taxes for all residence homesteads. The text specifies a $3,000 exemption application across homestead assessments under state tax rules.
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State of
Texas
Official Ballot for Amendment Ratification Delegates List
A historical ballot text outlines proposed constitutional amendment repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and prohibits liquor importation. It lists nominees for delegates and alternates for and against ratification, with instructions for marking ballots and vote limits.
Prices to be paid for hogs in Texas
Texas Oklahoma hog buyers under the Agricultural Adjustment Act begin August 28 in Fort Worth with Chicago basis minus a 60 cent per 100 pounds differential for the Texas Oklahoma region. Inferior pigs bear a $3 per hundred discount. Market centers across the country begin slaughter of 1,000,000 sows and 4,000,000 pigs as plan goes into effect.
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Oklahoma
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Pacific Coast
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Eolliduvia
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Institute of American Meat Packers
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Sioux City
Omaha
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Brouth
Whitewright to study bus purchase under new aid law
Whitewright trustees explore buying a school bus to serve rural students as the Transportation Aid Law is clarified. A three-member committee reviews feasibility, routes built around Kentuckytown to Desert, testing with Supt. F W Smith and bus firms. Plans for private conveyance and state approvals to be processed next week.
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F. E. Douglas
R. A. Gillett
Supt
F. W. Smith
Kentuckytown
Sherman Highway
J. B. King’s
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Plan House to House NRA Consumer Drive in Texas
Mrs. James M. Loving, state chairman of the NRA women’s division, announced that by August 28 Texas housewives will be asked to sign the consumers’ card to buy only from NRA merchants. Each signer will receive a Blue Eagle emblem to display at home or on a car as a symbol of patriotism and cooperation.
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James M. Loving
Women’s Division
NRA
Women of
Texas
NRAA
Mrs. Loving
Dwellings Tested for Atmosphere Cooling Amid Dinner Time Crowd
Experimenters test devices to cool the air in houses while a large crowd of relatives gathers near dinner time and nothing to eat. In Rome, the doors of St. Peter's, aged about 1,100 years, are described as being made of cypress.
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Boston Transcript
St. Peter’s
Rome
Federal Day Work Ends in Houston as Prohibition Enforcers Depart
Prohibition enforcement ended in Houston Tuesday as the last two federal agents were moved to San Antonio. City and county officers take over enforcement locally. Beer has been sold openly for several days while the Louisiana Texas office relocated to San Antonio. Over 500000 people in 1930 reported French as their mother tongue in the United States.
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Houston
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United States
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