Pure Seed For High Quality Cotton
M C Jaynes of the A and M College Extension Service urges pure seed as the first step to better cotton at lower cost in 1942. He notes a Texas seed outlook with Mebane strains plentiful but Deltapine and Acala varieties scarce, and warns that low germination seed may cause crop failure even if costly. Treating seed can raise yields, he adds.
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Jaynes
Texas
Republic of Mexico
Texas Seed
Oklahoma
Texas Experiment Station
Coolidge Interview Sparks A Backward Reply
A reporter sought comments from President Coolidge on prohibition the farm bloc and the World Court. The president replied simply no to each question and then warned the reporter not to quote him when he was asked to speak further.
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Coolidge Reserve
The
World Court
Coolidge
Air Cadets Slang Gallery Reveals Bar Maids and Dodos
A cheeky glossary shows air force slang from the Army Air Corps era with terms like barmaid, dodo, and top wash. An anecdote about a Scotsman and smoking rules closes the piece with humor.
Inventor Simon Lake and the dual edge of invention
The piece reflects on Simon Lake’s submarine concept intended to survey and recover wealth under the sea. It argues that marvels of science are shaped by human use, not only by invention, citing other innovators and the war’s impact. It stresses responsibility lies in mankind’s attitude toward technological power.
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Simon Lake
Wright Brothers
London
Eastman
Mr. Goodwin
Domag
LaBrocq
Collip
Erlich
Nobel
Wit and Mailbox Confessions from Mrs Smith and Liza
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mrs Smith questions Liza about mailing a letter and the missing stamp three cents. Liza reveals she dropped the letter in the box without using the stamp and jokes about witnesses contradicting each other after an accident.
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Mrs. Smith
Liza
Ma’‘Am
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Mobiloil
Mobil
Mobilgrease
G.C. Stateville
Texas State College For Women
Ruth Hildebrand
Galveston
Elsie Bell
Longview
Joe
Army Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Fogey
Buck
H. P
Kiki
Pea Shooter
Yardbird
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Nat'l Bank
John Blake
South
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