A Black Person Sees Progress in the Deep South
A reminiscence on two decades of change in race relations, education, health and business across the South. The narrator recalls illiteracy battles, new adult education gains in Louisiana, expanded Black college funding, and rising Black enterprise from farms to banks, with calls for continued improvement.
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South
Dixie
Louisiana
Saint Joseph
Bayou
America
Harlem
Atlanta
Georgia
Durham
N. C
80 Year-Old Adeline Reynolds Makes Movie Debut
Hollywood's late bloomer Adeline de Walt Reynolds at 80 lands a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Come Live With Me starring James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr. Clarence Brown says she is a potential star after her first picture. Widowed at 30 she raised four children, earned UC degree at 70, then did post graduate French and acting before moving to cinema.
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Hollywood
Cinderella
Adeline de Walt Reynolds
James Stewart
Hedy Lamarr
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Clarence Brown
Administration Seeks Extension for Ever Normal Granary
Washington officials said the administration will ask Congress to extend the life of the Agriculture Department's ever normal granary program and to authorize 500 million dollars for federal storage and price pegging. The Commodity Credit Corporation faces June 30 expiration and holds about 1.3 billion dollars in loans and foreclosed crops, with a lending limit of 1.5 billion.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Agency
Koll Trial Set March 17 After Venue Motion Withdrawn
Trial of L. H. Koll charged with murder was set for March 17 by Judge Tom Suggs after the defense withdrew a plea for change of venue Koll advised he would face a Grayson County jury. District Attorney Ralph Elliott had summoned 75 prominent citizens to testify on a fair trial here. Koll is accused of murdering Miss Geraldine Graham on December 26.
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Koll
Geraldine Graham
Car with six cases of whisky halted near Van Alstyne
Deputy F O Mangrum stopped a heavily laden car that hugged the rough road and arrested Ivan Rock, 38, of Seminole Oklahoma, on charges of transporting liquor. Six cases of whisky were found in the rear after he halted the vehicle in Grayson County coming from McKinney.
Treat Cottonseed for Better Yields
Cotton producers can boost yields by treating seed before planting. A four year Temple Experiment Station test shows treated seed germinates nearly twice as well and has far less angular leaf spot than untreated seed. Treated seed yielded 713 pounds per acre versus 571 for untreated.
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Temple Station
College Station
Brazos Bottom
Lubbock
Miller
Texas Has Only 39 Counties Regarded Completely Wet
A 1940 Liquor Control Board report shows 39 of Texas 254 counties were entirely wet. Twenty four counties mixed dry precincts with wet areas, 98 counties allowed hard liquor part or fully, 3 counties permitted beer and wine with up to 14 percent, and 3.2 percent beer was legal in thirty counties. Fifty-one local option elections occurred in 1940 under state law allowing dry precincts in wet counties.
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Austin
Texas
Liquor Control Board
Soldier Salutes Prompted by Morning Exchange
A humorous exchange shows a raw recruit apologizing for not saluting an officer after having already greeted him that day. The officer’s reminder highlights discipline and daily routines in a military setting.
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Ollie Stewart
New York
California
Mississippi
Booker T. Washington
Yeager
Yeager’s Service Station
Adeline Reynolds
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Life Insurance
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Nat’l Bank
Sun Office
Opportunity
Whitewright
Sun
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