AAA Contracts for 1936 Cotton and Hog Programs
Cotton officials in College Station Texas announce a four year cotton adjustment contract replacing 1935 as base. The plan decentralses admin responsibilities to states, lowers national base acreage, and shifts shares to tenants and sharecroppers. Hog and corn adjustments set payments and penalties with two installments for corn and fixed hog rates, in effect from 1935 to 1937.
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College Station
Texas
Wallace
A. L. Smith
State
AAA
Washington
Chester C. Davis
Cully A. Cobb
Secretary of Agriculture
Texas farmers to receive 1936-87 corn hog contract in January
COLLEGE STATION The 1936 87 corn hog adjustment contract has been approved and contract applications will be offered to Texas farmers in January. F E M Regenbrecht, chairman of the State Corn-Hog Review Board, explained outlines of the new contract. Corn and hog loans under the program will be established by ap
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College Station
Texas
FE. M. Regenbrecht
State
Modern Yeggmen Use Advertising in Ripley Safe Heist
In Buffalo the Ripley Feed and Coal Company reports its safe stolen with 500 dollars and records. The thieves used a riddle style note promising return of records if the combination was published. The company published directions and surrendered the combination.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ripley Feed and Coal Company
Ripley
Geggs
Twenty Bureaus Added by Texas During 10 Years
Texas expanded state government in the last decade with 20 new functions and agencies including the Motor Bus Division, Highway Motor Patrol, Tax Commissioner, State Planning Board, and Liquor Control Board. Growth shifted offices from the Capitol to downtown buildings as salaries rose, while total payroll reached about 20,000 and annual expenditures neared 115 million dollars.
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Byron C. Utecht
Star-Telegram
Railroad Commission
Child Welfare Bureau
Board of Control
Commission of Appeals
Supreme Court
Highway Motor Patrol
Barber Board
Cigaret
Highway Department
Tax
State Planning Board
Racing Commission
Liquor Control Board
Pension Commission
Colorado River Authority
Brazos River Authority
Relief Commission
Public Safety Commission
Beauty Parlor Board
Oil
Mark Marshall
Capitol
Austin
Pension Department
Utility Commission
Commission
Oil and Gas
New State Planning Board
Washington
Papers Valued High Prompts Protection For Crooks
The article notes papers valued highly led a concern to protect crooks rather than risk dynamite destruction. A decision was made to assist the criminals to avoid triggering an explosive incident.
Liquor and Cigarette Taxes Expected to Top Billion
Washington Treasury figures show the government will collect over one billion dollars in cigarette and liquor taxes this year. Liquor revenue reached 221 million in five months and may total 530 to 550 million for the year. Tobacco had 211 million by November 30 and averages about 500 million annually.
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Washington
Treasury
Court Decries And/Or Phrasing as Verbal Monster
Wisconsin Supreme Court denounces the use of and/or in legal documents. Justice Chester A. Fowler blasts lawyers for drafting with this vague device. The decision centers on an insurance policy covering Bodie Brower and the Sturgeon Bay Company in a workers injury case.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Chester A. Fowler
Sturgeon Bay Company
C. D. Brower
Justice Fowler
Fake Advertising Curbed by Camp County Chamber of Commerce
At the regular Chamber meeting the issue of fake advertising schemes was discussed as a warning ahead of the Texas Centennial. A committee will investigate proposals and endorse meritorious plans with a chamber letter to help merchants avoid swindles.
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Camp County
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commercce
Pittsburg
Poaching Eggs by Turning Off Heat After Dropping In
A cooking tip explains that after the water reaches a full rolling boil the eggs are added then the flame is extinguished. The eggs finish poaching in the hot water without continued simmering.
Editorial sparks and political quips across papers
A compilation of editorial snippets questions Roosevelt hunger relief taxes Getz Republican funder remarks self government in the Philippines big man theory pension support in Kentucky a talking Texas man for 1936 campaign and a GOP alphabetical agency critique.
Stanford Overlooked a Good Bet on Hoover Grad
A terse sports note hints Stanford University missed a favorable wager by not selecting a Hoover graduate for a key game decision. The brief implies strategic missteps without naming individuals or detailing outcomes.
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Stanford University
Hoover
Springfield Union Notes Uncertain Play Caller
An editorial remark highlights a coach deciding whether to give a play to a quarterback or keep him in the back field. The piece notes the enduring difficulty in predicting if the signal caller will run or pass on a given play.
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Vate
Springfield Union
Now and Then A Hollywood Blonde Passport Joke
A Hollywood blonde sought a passport. When asked if she was married the clerk asked for status. She replied Now and then indicating an unreliable answer.
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O. L
Pig) Jones
J. H. Hollingsworth
John Pace
Ford Service
U. S
J. A. Yeager
Conoco
Editorial Sparks
Mr. Roosevelt
Buffalo Courier-Express
Republican National Committee
Getz
Tampa Tribune
Philippines
Greensboro
Herald-Tribune
Asheville
Kentucky
Wichita Eagle
Toledo Blade
W. H. Stedham
Christmas Comes
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