Discrimination Seen in AAA Cotton Allotment to Texas Growers
Abilene reports D A Bandeen West Texas Chamber of Commerce criticizes 1940 AAA cotton acreage cuts as biased against Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. He notes Texas production fell 22 percent under AAA versus a national drop of 12.5 percent, with 1940 allotments carving 417 081 acres from three states. Francis of Stamford cites Texas share falling from 30.6 percent to 24.6 percent in five years and calls for fair treatment by the USDA AAA.
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Texas
Abilene
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
South
Southwest
D. A. Bandeen
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Bandeen
United States
AAA
Stamford
C. M. Francis
Jayton Cotton Oil Company
West Texas Chamber of Commerce Cotton Rehabilitation Committee
Francis
United States Department of Agriculture
Calendars Hedge On Thanksgiving Date for 1940
Sullivan County farm bureau struggles to fix Thanksgiving as 1940 nears. County agent Paul H. Allen reviews fourteen calendars showing Nov 21 or 28, while several are non committal. A commercial calendar gives conflicting dates.
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Liberty
N. Y
Sullivan County
U. S
Johnny Get Your Gun Against Insects in Texas Crops
Texas farmers face insect tolls in cotton harvests with historical ratios cited from 1929 to 1938. The Farm and Ranch column urges early action and proper tools, using Forrest’s battlefield quote to frame pest control as a preemptive battle.
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Texas
General Forrest
Johnny
Providence
Paper Says F. D. Assured Farley He Will Not Run
The World Telegram reports Postmaster General Farley told Roosevelt he opposes a third term and the President assured Farley Roosevelt will not run. Farley hinted he would allow his name in the Massachusetts primary only after getting Roosevelt's word he would not seek a third nomination.
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F. D
Farley
New York
The
World-Telegram
Cold Weather Grips Porter as Community News Drifts
The Porter column notes clear cold weather and updates on local families. Patients include Rev O F Robinson in a Sherman hospital with pneumonia and Mrs J W Gunter with scarlet fever and diphtheria. Families visit relatives across nearby towns.
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O. F. Robinson
Sherman Hospital
Odus Hicks
Bethel
Claude McCord
W. C. Anderson
Lois Allen
Melvin Anderson
J. W. Gunter
Hattie
Jim Hicks
Marl Wilkinson
Maggie Whitworth
J. E. Worsham
Leonard
Ed Wilkinson
George Hicks
Mary Lee
O. E. Young
Pilot Grove
Betty Marie Allen
Dorotha Jean McCord
Maintain Youth In Future Tense Doctor Advises
CHICAGO Youth may be noth ing more than a matter of grammar. A self-administered psychiatric formula stresses the importance of grammar to the man of 50 by saying prevent your brains from calling up thoughts of yourself in the past tense. Bond says youth may be maintained by thoughts and plans for tomorrow. Dress well at all times and avoid being the life of the party while staying rested to ward off fatigue and illness. In 1988 Americans spent 525000000 on foreign travel.
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Chicago
Carl Bond
Mahwah
N. J
American Medical Association
Bond
Death sentence upheld for Burton Franks in Maypearl bank murder
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Burton Franks of Bonham for the May 10 bank murder of Willis Wisemon in Maypearl Texas. Franks robbed the bank of 1700 dollars and was captured in Denison the next day. Insanity was his defense. The ruling called the killing wanton and tied to robbery.
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Austin
Burton Franks
Bonham
Ellis County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Franks
Willis Wisemon
Maypearl
Texas
Denison
Ten Questions to Test Finances of City Are Offered
Chicago report on a ten-question quiz by Mrs. Melville Mucklestone of the National Consumers' Tax Commission. Questions cover sound financial rating, modern accounting, debt charges, use of serial bonds, tax collections, departmental appropriations, delinquent tax reduction, clear budgeting, and annual audits by an independent agency.
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Chicago
Melville Mucklestone
National Consumers’ Tax Commission
Mucklestone
Don’t Cough Your Head Off Mentho Mulsion Ad
An advertisement touts Mentho Mulsion as a rapid cure for coughs due to colds. It claims university expertise, vitamins A and D, seven soothing ingredients, beechwood creosote, and California fig syrup, with a 48 dose 75 cent and 100 dose 1 25 package. It promises safety and family friendly taste and endorsement by Childress Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Western University
California
Childress Pharmacy
City Purchasing System Questions Raised
Citizens ask if the city operates a centralized purchasing system and whether the local government maintains a citywide procurement center. Officials have yet to provide a definitive answer on the current structure and oversight.
Captain's quiet line crowns household chores
A father asks his children what they did the day. Lorraine aged eight washed dishes and Betty Jean aged six dried them. The four year old captain answers I picked up the pieces.
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Dad
Lorraine
Betty Jean
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