Connally urges Senate to aid farmers with loan rate cut
Senator Tom Connally urged lowering commissioners' loan interest from 5 to 4 percent while keeping 3 percent on regular loans. He argued the aid targets farmers building homes and paying loans, noting land banks would absorb some costs. The Senate approved extending and reducing rates for Federal Land Bank borrowers after House action.
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Washington
D. C
Tom Connally
Senate
Texas
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
United States
Senator Connally
Federal Land Bank
House
Texas Acres Are Elastic if Tax Figures Are Right
Texas tax rolls show a large shrinkage in real estate and autos from 1935 to 1936 with a net gain in total taxable value. Real estate dropped by about 2.32 million acres assessed, autos fell by 12,656, horses and mules down, rail lines shortened by 72 miles, and telephone lines by 3,467 miles. Net gain of 56.79 million reflects higher land values and increases in manufactured goods and tools. Whistle pig note appears as a local animal reference.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Comptroller
Germany Sets U.S. Tour Budget At 256 Dollars
Berlin reports German tourists to America will face tighter limits this summer. Each visitor is capped at 640 marks about 256 dollars for a sixteen day trip, with only 56 dollars allowed as cash pocket money and 200 dollars in coupons for living costs.
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Berlin
America
Germany
United States
Government to Purchase Potatoes to Aid Prices
Government officials announced a program to buy surplus Irish potatoes through year end to support grower prices after an above average crop. The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation bought about 800,000 dollars worth of new potatoes in late June and purchases will extend to Maryland Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri as the season advances. Funds derive from customs receipts allocated to the Agriculture department and future buys will come directly from growers when possible for relief distribution by state agencies.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Maryland
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilcox
AAA
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
California
Flood of rocks proves power of newspaper stories
Tacoma resident Walter Sutter credits a press feature with transforming his rock garden. From 2000 rocks and a small waterfall, his garden grew to host more than 800 tons of stones collected from readers across all states, 22 countries, seven continents, and 14 volcanoes in 18 months.
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Tacoma
Wash
Walter Sutter
Associated Press Feature Service
Sutter
Friendship Road Poem of Enduring Bonds
A short poem extols friendship as a chain of gold shaped by divine mold. Each link is a smile tear or cheer from a steadfast bond that grows closer as life travels from verse to verse.
Around the House Tips and Kitchen How Tos
A collection of household hacks and recipes detailing broom preservation by boiling salt water, washing white gloves with soap, safe storage of oil treated cloths, stain removal for peach using lime, best times to pick raspberries, cheese mold recipe with bread crumbs and cheese, keeping peeled apples white, a spinach macaroni pie method, orange peel marmalade steps, tea using lemon, eggs boiling tips, and chicken salad with sliced almonds.
Government Plans War on Fake Mutual Insurance Clubs
Postmaster General James A. Farley announced a nationwide Postal Inspection Service drive against fake mutual benefit life protection groups fraudulently using the mails. About one hundred such operations are active nationwide costing the public hundreds of thousands yearly. The drive follows eight year prison sentences for two men convicted of mail fraud in these schemes. The promoters avoid use of the word insurance, mislabel policies as certificates, and use alluring names like National Aid Society. Members are misled by fine print and lack of medical exams, with many claims denied after postmortem reviews. The National Aid Society alone reportedly cost the public over two million dollars in four years, with only about twenty percent paid as benefits while the rest funded salaries and expenses. These schemes recruit through newspaper ads, mail, and personal solicitation, targeting rural and urban areas alike.
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James A. Farley
Postal Inspection Service
Mutual Benefit
Post Office Department
Angus C. Littlejohn
Springfield
Chas. E. Hill
Lake Charles
National Aid Society
Southern Life Club of Physicians’ Guaranty Union
Europe
Problem Plea and A Holiday From Worries
A mother counsels to set aside a heavy problem and play outdoors. The speaker, tired and worn, retreats to nature for a respite in sun and wind. After rest, the person returns to the issue to discover its simplicity. Grace Noll Crowell.
The Value of Small Deeds in Everyday Life
A reflective verse urges careful kindness in daily actions. It highlights tiny gestures like a note or a coin to aid others, suggesting such acts echo through time and may define one's legacy.
Courage Poem About Grit In Defeat
Anonymous reflects that true shame comes from quitting not from losing a fight. If one gives the best effort and maintains grit, defeat is not disgraceful, even when the other side wins the contest.
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Connally
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
U. S
Friendship’s Road
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Pp CH
Ripon College
THE
Academy OF Dramatic Arts
Marquette University
Wiley Padan
Gladys George
Sir Arthur Clare
Oxford
Spencer Racy
NAVY
John Ilbert
Renee Adoree
Leo Say
Spencer Tracy
Arthur Rosenstein
Grace Noll Crowell
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Gov't Securities
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
American Legion
Whitewright
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