Cotton Growers Hope Machines Will Save Crop
In a Senate conference led by Rep. Stephen Pace, cotton reform talks focus on mechanization to cut costs and boost competitiveness. Experts describe flame-thrower weeders and automatic pickers as future aids, while acknowledging job losses and reliance on price supports. Oscar Johnston of the National Cotton Council urges higher yields, lower costs, and freer foreign markets as mechanization expands postwar.
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Washington
Senate
America
House Agriculture Committee
Stephen Pace
Mississippi
Oscar Johnston
National Cotton Council
Johnson
Johnston
Labor hours in cotton farming with mechanical methods
The report notes that in the high western plains a bale of cotton requires about 60 man hours with four row tractors and cultivation but drops to about 20 hours with mechanical cultivation and picking. In Delta areas traditional methods need about 150 hours per bale, while mechanical cultivation and harvesting reduce this to about 30 hours.
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High Western Plains
Epidemic of Personal Crises Reported in Germany
A Reuters dispatch notes an alleged surge in suicides among German officers and SS Black Guards, alarming Himmler and tied to internal SS publication urging self sacrifice. The Schwarzes Korps discusses elite crises and draws 1918 parallels, while commenting on women’s fashion.
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London
S. S
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Reuter
Schwarzes Korps
Germany
Divorce by cruelty cited in Grayson County Texas petition
Citation issued for Reta G. Davis to answer Jasper L. Davis in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas by January 8 1944 in a divorce action filed November 22 1944. Court clerk S V Earnest, deputy Nancy Drake. Case No 53174.
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State OF Texas
Reta G. Davis
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Jasper L. Davis
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
District Court
Drake
Notice of Probate Report Hearing in Grayson County
Publication summons all interested in the estate of Illy Wood Walsh and minors. Kathryn Shelton guardian filed final report in Grayson County Probate Court. Hearing set for the first Monday after ten days service, at the Sherman courthouse on December 3, 1944.
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State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Allersons
Illy Wood Walsh
Kathryn Shelton
Guardian
Billy Wood Walsh
Court House
City of
Sherman
A. D
H. Grady Thompson
Marguerite Berry
Citation No 53159 To F C King Before 10 A M
A citation notice records that F C King must appear or respond before 10 o clock in the morning as required by the official citation. The text reflects a legal or administrative summons with a deadline and recipient name.
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State OF
Texas
F. C. King
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Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Whitewright Lumber Co
Johnie Mae King
Mobilgas
Mobileil
G. C. Stateville
A. Y. Creager Company
M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
Santa Claus
Weingarten
Franklin
Paul Sachs
Jean Carrol
Carol King, Jrs
Weingarten’s
Denison, Texas
du Pont
L. LaRoe & Co
Ing
Lone Star
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