Cotton Provisions of Conference Report on New Agricultural Bill
Washington digest outlines cotton support in the farm bill conference report. It covers benefit payments totaling about 100 million for 1938, soil conservation requirements, allotments by state and county, and penalties for noncompliance. It details marketing quotas, referenda, and penalties, plus price adjustment payments and loan provisions for 1937 crop cotton.
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Washington
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Boileau
He's An Industrial Worker A Farmer In Modern Industry
The article notes a farmer who is increasingly central to industry as a producer and consumer. Soybeans grown in fields move through processing into products like paint, varnish, soap, and linoleum. It cites 91 million pounds of soybean oil produced in a recent year, with 2 percent for soap, 5 million for linoleum, and 13 million for paint and varnish.
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Beed
Consumers Information
Cotton Loans Tied to Parity and Marketing Quotas
The text outlines future loans for cotton producers with rates between 52 and 75 percent of the August parity price when Aug 1 price conditions or crop estimates trigger them and only after farmers approve marketing quotas by referendum. It also notes four million dollars for four regional cotton research labs and one million dollars for a sales promotion fund.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Aged and Young in Texas Will Share Big Liquor Taxes
Liquor revenues for January will be prorated to fund old age pensions and the state school fund as Ber t Ford announced. The total projected liquor tax intake is 12 323 890 with last month’s taxes yielding 47 457 in taxes and fees. Proceeds will split into 9 447 055 for old age pensions and 2 876 834 for the school fund, while the general fund earns 307 402 from liquor revenue.
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Austin
Bert Ford
Circus Question Sparks Parental Sermon
A playful exchange sparks a strict parental reply as a youth asks for a quarter to attend the circus. The parent counters by recalling a recent late night outing to view the lunar eclipse and warns against a life of constant amusement.
Chain store tax due in Texas reaches 3 million dollars
Texas Comptroller George H. Sheppard announced three years of chain store taxes are due immediately after the Fifth Court of Civil Appeals upheld the law. He estimates 1 million annually from the tax and says every store and wholesaling unit must pay a filing fee and minimum tax.
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Austin
George H. Sheppard
Fifth Court of Civil Appeals of Dallast
Sheppard
Texas
United States Supreme Court
Tax on service stations and auto accessory sales upheld
The law exempts filling stations selling only petroleum products and servicing automobiles but not when accessories are sold. The AG ruled that selling tires parts and similar articles brings a station under the tax. Application forms mailed to merchandising units. penalties for failing to display a merchantile establishment license range from 25 to 500 dollars per offense.
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Comptroller
Newspapers Split on Liquor Ads Across The Nation
The article notes that two to three hundred dailies refuse liquor advertising entirely while another three to four hundred bars hard liquors but accepts beer and wine copy. It mentions that several large, influential papers join in restricting liquor ads despite regional bans.
Embalmed Man Revives on Los Angeles Sidewalk
Harry McNeil, believed dead after an assault, was found on a sidewalk in Los Angeles. A police surgeon and an embalmer at the county morgue witnessed the supposed dead man groan and blink, prompting the man to ask where he was.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harry McNeil
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How did the victim amass so much money for con games
Fort Worth Star-Telegram questions how a target in a widely repeated confidence scheme accumulated a large sum, probing the circumstances that enabled the financial gift to a stranger.
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Fort Worth
Father and daughter quote on late nights and men
An irate father scolds Gladys for late nights while she recalls her mother’s view that men haven’t changed. The exchange frames a family dynamic and gender commentary with a hint of humor.
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