Soil Conservation Boosts Yields Across Major Crops
Government data show farm yields per acre from 1934 to 1943 ran 11.8 percent higher than 1923-32. From 1937 to 1943, yields averaged 21.2 percent above the preconservation decade as AAA efforts expanded. In 1943 and 1942, yields surged to record levels, while total output rose 14.5 percent on 8 percent less land, urging continued conservation into 1944 and beyond.
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Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
U. S
Requisitioning of Tractors Threatened
The WPB warned it may requisition idle tractors for essential civilian needs if voluntary sale rental or contracting does not supply four thousand tractors for mining logging petroleum and farm use. Henry M. Hale said most new tractors go overseas to the armed forces leaving used tractors to meet civilian demand.
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Washington, D. C
WPB
Henry M. Hale
Construction Machinery Division
Hale
Inflationary Clouds Loom Threateningly On Farmers' Horizon
Wartime data from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics signals possible inflationary pressure for farmers. Indicators include high agricultural income and deposits, restricted equipment purchases, rising land prices, land ownership turnover, and higher mortgage debt per acre. Economists urge prudent use of surplus income to avoid inflation, especially when investing in land or other assets.
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Pearl Harbor
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pistol-Packin' Fish Shoots Water at Its Prey Ashore
The archer fish of Southeast Asia uses a tube like mouth to shoot a jet of water at insects resting above water. It sneaks up, fires a tiny water bullet, startling prey to drop into the water where the fish feeds. The Sun invites readers to submit personal news items.
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Southeastern Asia
Safe To Elect Senator Morris
A partisan advertisement argues for Sen G C Morris as a congress candidate. It highlights his commitment to individual liberties, family life, and limited bureaucratic power, citing experience in Texas both as Representative and Senator and claiming strong district connection. It urges voters to elect Morris to Congress.
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Sen
G. C. Morris
Congress
America
Senator Morris
Morris
Texas
I Give You Texas by Boyce House Amusements and carnival spectacle described
A nostalgic sketch of town entertainments including a handcuff artist, a visiting lecturer, lantern slides showing Holy Land scenes, a pri ncessly Oriental dancer and mind reader, and a free fire eater in a local carnival. A balloon ascent thrill ends with a parachute descent as a parachutist lands near Jennie cotton pickers and Uncle Remus aids the frightened crowd.
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Holy Land
Museem of World Curiosities
Africa
Hopes Rise Over Texas Anti Usury Ruling
A Texas jury upheld the anti usury injunction law and found loan sharks guilty under its terms, energizing public resolve to drive them from the state. The report also notes a man with rheumatism unable to run and a local joke about a bright tights acrobat. Also advertised Adding Machine Paper sold at Sun Office for 15¢ per roll.
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Darkey
Texas
Sun Office
Army to Take Over Hot Springs Hotels
Hot Springs Arkansas residents face a predicted crisis as reports say the Army plans to seize the four remaining civilian hotels for convalescent military patients. The Eastman Hotel is already Army controlled leaving the Arlington Park Majestic and Howe as the only resort hotels in civilian hands. Sun Advertising is Economical.
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Hot Springs
Ark
War Department
Army
Eastman
Arlington
Park, Majestic
Howe
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