Wheat growers fret as export relief program drains Texas
Texas grain men described themselves as overwhelmed by wheat they do not own while government export relief orders drain Texas and Oklahoma of the crop. Farmers in Northwest Texas and the Panhandle express anger at Anderson’s forced sale rule as mills and elevators warn the WFA set aside order removes too much wheat from the Southwest. A Fort Worth miller says the CCC shipped 80,000,000 bushels from Galveston last year and the new rule guts Texas and Oklahoma this season, pushing some farmers toward black market buyers at up to 3 dollars a bushel while ceilings cap payments at 1.75. An amendment requires sellers to move half of any delivered wheat within 15 days if stored.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Anderson
WFA
Southwest
Commodity Credit Corporation
Galveston
Garden Pinks Are Spicy and Easy to Raise
Gardeners fall for the charm and color of pinks and are advised to start with four main kinds plus Sweet William. The hardy carnation pinks come in red to yellow with fragrance and good cutting stems. They prefer well drained limey soil and sun. some varieties can be grown from seed for a second year and treated as biennials in mild climates.
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Dianthus
L. H. Bailey
CCC Controls Purchasers Wheat Supplies in War Effort
Purchasers are ordered to deliver to the CCC half of all they buy and are forbidden to hold more than a 30 day supply. Each week they must offer any surplus inventory to the CCC, ensuring centralized control of wheat during the war.
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CCC
Garden Pink Dianthus Varieties Popular in Rock Gardens
Garden pinks and carnations are described as abundant, fragrant, and soil adaptable with a range of colors and forms. Dwarf varieties suit rock gardens. perennials winter with care, while annual pinks attract enthusiastic following, offering varied shapes from simple to deeply fringed blooms.
Grandma Make Believe Foster Grandmother Nurtures 130 Children
Minneapolsis resident Mrs. Peter Van Hoose has cared for six to eight foster children for sixteen years in her home becoming their “grandma make believe.” One former ward became a noted orchestra leader. Agencies honored her at a dinner for foster parents.
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Minneapolis
Peter van Hoose
van Hoose
Divorce by abandonment citation in Grayson County Texas
Citation issued in 1946 to Carrenza Mayes requires appearance by 29 July 1946 in Sherman Texas before the District Court. Plaintiff Jerry Mayes seeks divorce on abandonment grounds after more than three years. case No. 54676. Court clerk S V Earnest confirms issuance and dates.
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State of Texas
Carrenza Mayes
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Jerry Mayes
S. V. Earnest
Freedom of the press and labor power in America today
A reflective piece on freedom of the press, Supreme Court impact, and the balance of power in a republic. It discusses public information as a public good, post office news tonnage, and cautions about abuse of press and labor leaders while advocating self regulation and industrial peace.
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United States
Post Office Department
Republic
Prayerful Willows Over Blue Pool Inspire Gratitude
A poem by Edgar A. Guest celebrates nature’s beauty and harmony. Willows lean toward a blue pool as breezes and birds offer prayers, inviting the world to join in gratitude and a sense of heaven above daily life.
Lincoln quote on honesty and a novice flyer
A novice and his experienced companion joke about Abraham Lincoln. The novice muses on Lincoln’s honesty and his remark that a man’s legs should be long enough to reach the ground. The Sun does all kinds of printing.
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Bill
Abraham Lincoln
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Millers
Millicent Taylor
Christian Science Monitor
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Your Theatre
Under the Stars
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Frances Greer
Paul McCarroll
Chief Justice Court of Civil Appeals
Marching College
Searcy, Arkansas
Supreme Court
Old Country
America
Edgar A. Guest
Joel R. Bond
Justice Court OF Civil Appeals
Kaufman County
R. P. Childress
J. W. Madden CO
Denison
Gulf of
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