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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
3
Sherman reports Grayson County sets 1940 cotton allotment at 95 974.5 acres, slightly below 1939. County supervisor W W Gunn notes the small cut and mails individual farm allotments soon. Government payments in 1940 totalled 1 057 698 with earlier 1939 conservation and parity payments included.
Grayson County's WPA rolls shrink from 1938 to 1939 with 3 007 total cases on Dec 27 1939 and 1 952 assigned. For Dec 28 1938 the county reported 3 649 cases with 2 083 assigned.
Washington officials said cotton and tobacco farmers will pay about 1.948 million dollars into the federal treasury this fiscal year as penalties for selling beyond marketing quotas. Excess cotton penalties are 3 cents per pound and tobacco penalties equal half the market price.
A reflective piece argues against dismissing small efforts as useless. It cites Roosevelt’s Panama Canal, a jar music maker, Blind Boone, hidden treasure in work, and life as building a character, then shifts to commentary on bookies and large-money baseball bets. The tone blends moral exhortation with anecdotal examples.
New York bookmakers estimate total sports betting in 1940 at about 1 billion dollars with New York race tracks expected to handle 200 million between spring and fall. Betting concentrates on racing baseball football hockey and boxing while polo track and field tennis see little activity.
Texas A and M College Extension Service abandoned a full directory of farm organizations after finding it would span 252 pages and blow budget. The count lists 4 652 groups on state regional county and community levels including 2180 home demonstration clubs and 722 farmers associations. Also notes 60000 plus radio sets weekly and a bank with 379 officers and 74 vice presidents.
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