Field agents will keep jobs under soil conservation plan
Secretary Wallace pledged that 115,366 field agents and 6,500 AAA workers would remain employed under proposed soil conservation legislation. He noted the AAA staff would administer soil conservation and fertility features of the revamped farm program and that the massive AAA machine would be used to implement the new plan.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
National Agriculture Conference
Congressional Committee
Supreme Court
104,371 Texans on WPA rolls
San Antonio January 11 WPA payrolls listed 104,371 Texas workers. Of these 101,184 were former relief recipients, 3,187 nonrelief workers. Unrequisitioned group totaled 8,748, led by Fort Worth district with 2,564. Brownwood Uvalde and Big Spring relief labor all requisitioned. District directors estimate 7,046 more applicants by January 26.
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San Antonio
Works Progress Administration
Texas
Fort Worth
Brownwood
Uvalde
Big Spring
Homegrown Food Stocks Flourish in Texas Pantries
Resettlement Administration reports Texas resettlement wives canned 5,489,236 containers and dried 3,876,165 pounds of meat and produce. Tarrrant County totals include 48,678 containers and 15,967 pounds on local pantry shelves. Program aims for family independence with homemade cotton mattresses clothing updates and neighborly literature exchanges.
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Texas
Resettlement Administration
Dallas
Georgia F. Caremean
Tarrant County
Bill To Correct New Salary Law Is Sought
SAN ANGELO O C Fisher representative of the Ninety first District said he would ask Governor Allred to let him introduce a bill at the next called session to correct the new general salary law passed last year The issue centers on the word earnings versus collections and the need to define actual collections as of 1935 Tom Green County Commissioners Court noted increases in salary schedules this week that exceed 15000 dollars under the law
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Tom Green
Pampered Mink To Become Coats
Anchorage Alaska five hundred mink raised on a six acre farm faced slaughter for coat material. The Everetts owners for five years rearing luxuriously noted the animals enjoyed concrete pools planted shade trees and a diet of dried eggs yolk cereals carrots lettuce tomatoes. The herd averaged twenty dollars per animal with several selling for thirty six dollars the highest bid since 1928.
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Anchorage
Alaska
E. L. Everett
Dinner Table Tales From A Humorous Page
A collage of old jokes and vignettes. a Lancashire retiree canvasses for a cooperative director post while a wife rebukes, two Irish soldiers in Canada joke about war, a recruit mocks a salute, a Darwin talk at dinner prompts a grandma’s quip, a Mexican tale about rabbits, and a box-ad response to a razor order yields witty letters.
Collector Earns Fee But Sees Limited Progress
A dialogue between Jones and a collection agent reveals the agent has secured a 50 percent commission but doubts he can recover the remainder of the bill on the shares. The exchange hints at ongoing trouble in collecting the debt.
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Jones
Camel Work Ethic Question Framed by Father Joke
A humorous exchange asks if camels can work a week without water and answers that the opposite applies to the father, who can drink a week without working, reflecting a light domestic quip.
Parable of Consolation After a Funeral
A priest consoles a parishioner after a mother in law's funeral asking what complaint arose. Pat replies there was no complaint, everyone was satisfied. The excerpt follows two workers, Stew A Mexican and an American, who collaborated in a Kansas mine.
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Pat
Mike
Stew
Kansas
The Best Loser: Merchant Turns Defeat Into Triumph
A town merchant who lost an election faced ridicule yet chose humor over bitterness. He printed a $95 reward ad for the man who cast the vote against him. The clever gambit won public sympathy, boosted his business, and made him the town’s admired loser.
Atlantic plan backers gain praise over time
Increasing numbers commend the original proposer of the plan that placed the Atlantic barrier between America and Europe, signaling growing support for the concept as years pass.
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America
Europe
Revision Social Bill Planned to Allow Private Pensions
Washington reports a new drive in Congress to revise the social security plan to permit continued operation of private pension plans for about 4,000,000 workers. Sponsors say the Supreme Court may deem compulsory old age insurance unconstitutional and thus private systems are needed. Senators and representatives fear unconstitutionality and cite the tax and benefit sections as likely targets. Senator Clark argues the Court would view key provisions together under constitutional limits.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Joint
Congressional Committee
Clark
Missouri
AAA
Production Credit Unit Will Meet at McKinney
The McKinney Production Credit Association will meet here on January 31 with annual director elections. Reports for the past year will be read and a Houston Production Credit Association representative will address the meeting. Farmers interested in the association are invited to attend.
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McKinney
McKinney Production Credit Association
J. W. Brookshear
Houston Production Credit Association
Brookshear
Horses Staged For Big Comeback
CHICAGO Members of the Horse and Mule Association of America predict a draft animal comeback within five years. By 1940 the horse census would return to 1920 levels with about 25.2 million on farms and 2.08 million in cities. Secretary Wayne Dinsmore notes the pattern as farmers seek economical, productive draft animals. The association cites 16.6 million draft animals nationwide and 500,000 in cities.
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Chicago
Horse and Mule Association of America
Wayne Dinsmore
Farmer Rescues Calf Trapped in Hay Stack
J C Wagoner of Sanger who owned a Hereford calf that disappeared in November rechecked stray notices and found the animal after fifty five days hidden in a straw stack three miles north of Sanger on highway 77. Rex Wagoner, the farmer’s son, discovered movement in the straw and the calf was released. it had lost one eye but otherwise recovered.
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Sanger
J. C. Wagoner
Rex
Wagoner
Relief cash for Grayson County unemployment relief issued
Grayson County receives 5679.90 in relief funds for February to aid 1225 unemployables. The allotment drops from last month and covers under four dollars per person. 496 unemployable families on relief are noted. WPA and road project requisitions near Denison Gunter and Van Alstyne have largely cleared eligible records. A few men remain in remote areas where relief labor is unavailable.
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Denison
Gunter
van Alstyne
Fat Tillman
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