Cotton Farmers Vote Friday on Bankhead Act Fate
Alabama farmers face a Friday ballot to decide whether to extend the Bankhead cotton control act for another year. Senator Bankhead urges continuation but seeks amendments to aid small farmers. opposition centers in Texas among big buyers. He notes the five-year average tax free bale rule harms small tenants and favors a change using 1933 plowed percentage as a basis. A light joke follows about a fired worker.
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Texas
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Secretary of Agriculture
Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe From Miss Wilder
Miss Susan Wilder of South Dakota State College shares a Christmas fruit cake method. Mix pastries flour salt nutmeg mace cinnamon graham flour with raisins fold in sugar fat molasses egg whites and yolks then stir in currants candied peels pineapple cherries preserves fruit juice soda water and walnuts. Bake in greased pans for three to four hours in a slow oven then wrap and store in a cool place.
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South Dakota State College
Cotton Crop Estimates Released by Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department pegs this year’s U S cotton crop at 9 731 000 bales of 500 pounds each, down from last month’s 9 634 000 and well below last year’s 13 047 000. Census Bureau ginnings tally 9 029 792 running bales as of Dec 1.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Paris Nose Beauty Contest Draws Crowd
In Paris a competition for the prettiest nose drew hundreds of spectators last week. The event reported by Everybody's Weekly in London showcased public interest in light hearted fashion competitions and urban pageantry.
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Everybody’s Weekly
London
Banner Year In War On Crime 1934
Chicago report notes a Washington crime conference where federal state and local officials praise 1934 as a banner year in the crusade against criminals. The purge ends with the deaths or executions of noted gangsters including Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Baby Face Nelson, and others.
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Washington
John Dillinger
Vern Miller
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Connors
Blackie’ Thompson
Fred Goets
Willie Sharkey
Notable gang figures listed in arrest and imprisonment
Imprisoned individuals include Russell Clark Edward Shouse Walter Dietrick Harry Copeland Waxey Gordon Murray Humphreys Roger Touhy Basil Banghart Albert Kator Isaac Costner Gus Schaeffer Fur Sammons Gordon Alcorn Ludwig Schmidt. Arrested names include Dutch Schultz Adam Richetti Ed McFadden Joe Palmer.
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Edward Shouse
Walter Dietrick
Harry Copeland
Waxey Gordon
Murray Humphreys
Roger Touhy
Basil Banghart
Albert Kator
Isaac Costner
Gus Schaeffer
Fur” Sammons
Gordon Alcorn
Ludwig Schmidt
Dutch Schultz
Adam Richetti
Ed McFadden
Joe Palmer
Cars built to limit speed match driver expectations
Life suggests reducing motor accidents by designing cars that cannot exceed the speed an average driver believes is safe. The idea links vehicle limits to driver perception to improve road safety.
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