Texas livestock shifts show hog gains and cattle drop
USDA figures indicate Texas hogs rose nearly 500 000 in 1939 while cattle and calves fell by about 300 000. Jan 1 hogs reached 2 293 000, cattle 6 667 000 amid export motion, tractors expand power farming, milch cows total 1 443 000 ranking Texas third in milk cattle. Total farm animals on Texas farms Jan 1 count 23 677 000 valued at 361 042 000 vs 23 139 000 and 342 494 000 year earlier.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Extreme beauty warned as liability in new Boston course
Boston University debuts a first time course by fashion editor Miss Elizabeth Macdonald Osborne on Assets and Liabilities of Personality. She tells students extreme beauty repels men and warns co eds to cultivate individual attractiveness and self improvement instead of relying on looks.
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Boston
Elizabeth Macdonald Osborne
Policy Loans Best Revenue Source of Insurance Firms
The SEC reports that 26 major legal reserve life companies held $24.2 billion in life in force and earned 5.79 percent from policy loans, the top return among investments. Policy loan income supported by $13.1 billion in bonds totaled $875.8 million in 1938, with loans to policyholders rising to $2.8 billion by 1938 and peaking at $3.1 billion in 1933. Minnesota leads in barley and rye production.
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Washington
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
SEC
Federal Monopoly Committee
Mentho Mulsion promises quick cure for colds and coughs
A bold ad touts Mentho Mulsion as the quick remedy for colds with a guaranteed refund if it fails. It credits a university dean of pharmacy and lists vitamins, seven oils, fig syrup, and beechwood creosote among ingredients while warning of flu and tuberculosis risks.
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California
iChildress Pharmacy
Louisiana votes to oust Huey Long machine in landslide
Sam Houston Jones of Lake Charles wins the Louisiana governorship, wiping out Long adherents across parish lines. Voters jubilant in Shreveport as the state faces a financial debacle and a debt burden, while pledging to restore civilization and constitutional government.
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Austin
Texas
Louisiana
Huey Long
Sam Houston Jones
Lake Charles
Shreveport
Elect Jones
Harry Hines Emerges as Strong Texas Gubernatorial Contender
With Harry Hines entering the race and other figures like O'Daniel Derden and Thompson signaling moves, the Texas gubernatorial contest is shaping up. Hines announced from Austin on a radio network, promising against a sales tax, a return to sanity in state government, broadly fair taxation, and a pledge not to outpromise other candidates.
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Harry Hines
O’daniel
Albert Derden
Ernest Thompson
Jerry Sadler
Texas
Hines
Austin
Wichita Falls
Culberson Declares Candidacy For Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson ex-chief of the gas utilities division announces as Railroad Commissioner candidate against Lon Smith. He pledges to cut Texas gas rates, arguing bills rose due to a long cold winter and urging voters to recall winter costs when considering July heat.
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Olin Culberson
Gas Utilities Division
The
Railroad Commission
Lon Smith
Culberson
Texas
Health Dept Warns Texans to Thoroughly Cook Pork to Prevent Trichinosis
The State Health Department reminds Texans of the risk of trichinosis from undercooked pork, especially on farms with many rats. It explains how the parasite is transmitted, symptoms from abdominal pain to delirium, and stresses thorough cooking, proper refrigeration, and inspected meat as the best safeguards.
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Austin
State Health Department
Texas
Village rummage sale misfires over cloak room
A villager boasts of selling everything at a rummage sale but the organizer reveals the room contained cloaks, not sale items, turning the boast into a humorous misstep in the village.
Divide Again Quip on Redistribution Sparks Debate
A terse exchange argues that even a perfect equal split would vanish quickly, prompting the retort to “divide again.” The comments reflect tensions over wealth sharing and communal fairness.
Pastor urges motorists to sing hymns on roads
In Manitou Springs Colorado Reverend C L Miller of the Manitou Mennonite Church warns drivers that highway safety is poor. He prescribes singing specific hymns at set speeds to calm nerves and remind motorists of their fate as speed increases.
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Manitou Springs
Colo
C. L. Miller
Manitou Mennonite Church
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