Gasoline Tax Refunds Require Licensed Dealers Starting Sept 1
Comptroller George Sheppard urged farmers and all refund-eligible gasoline users to verify dealer licensing as new state law changes take effect on Sept 1 1939. Refunds will be paid only for fuel bought from licensed dealers with dealers required to obtain licenses maintain records and issue serially numbered exemption invoices at delivery.
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George Sheppard
Sheppard
Comptroller
Comptroller’s Department
Uncle Sam Will Compel Farmers To Raise Gardens
Texas leaders push a national garden aid plan as 100 farm committee members draft the 1940 farm program in Washington. Proposal includes a $2 family garden allowance and a $2 penalty reduction if no garden is planted, backed by Texas agrarian groups and AAA officials from Texas A&M.
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Sam
College Station
Washington
AAA
Texas State Committee
George Slaughter
Charles Thomas
E. N. Holmgreen
M. College
Federated Club
Texas Agricultural Association
Record wheat supply projected for 1939 40 world market
The Agriculture Department estimated a new world wheat supply record for 1939 40 starting July 1. Prospective world supply about 5.29 billion bushels, roughly 120 million more than the prior year, with production near 4.09 billion and July 1 stocks around 1.2 billion. Despite 0.48 billion less production than last year, an estimated 0.6 billion more old wheat stocks offset much of the drop. The palm tree puts forth a branch every month.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Cleveland
Poultry Science Association
Cotton Export Subsidy Aims to Regain Markets
Washington Secretary Wallace announced a 10 cent a pound bounty for cotton exports and a similar payment on domestically processed cotton goods to restore the United States share of world markets. The program starts July 27 and runs through June 30, 1940, with rate flexibility if needed.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Agriculture Department
What to Expect Rotary Tips
A reflective verse about reciprocity and the rewards of giving. It praises friendliness beauty knowledge gentleness joy and music for those who appreciate them. The poem concludes that you reap what you sow and what you seek you find.
Texas Leads in Applications For Cotton Classing
Texas reports 106 organized cotton improvement groups have applied for free classing of the 1939 crop through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service. Total national applications reach 179 with Arkansas, Mississippi, and Arizona trailing. Samples will be classed free for grade and staple length. deadline September 1.
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College Station
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
E. A. Miller
Texas A. and
M. College Service
Miller
Arkansas
Mississippi
Arizona
P. O
Austin
Dallas
U. S. Court House
el Paso
Farmer's Epitaph Eyeing 60 Miles on 10 Mile Road
An auto accident case centers on the driver’s death and varied testimony. A farmer neighbor, Mr. Swiggert, quips that the man died trying to push the car’s speed to sixty on a ten mile road. His remark frames the fatal drive.
FSA Plan Aims to Aid Texas Farmers at State Conference
Farm Security Administration workers meet in College Station for a state conference July 31 to August 4. Ernest H. Gunn reports 107,500 Texas farm families earn under 500 dollars annually, mostly in home-produced goods, and notes 56,500 small loans have helped buy seeds tools livestock and equipment. Loans are 40 years at 3 percent, secured by first mortgages. repayments often under prior rents. Aimed at expanding tenant farmers’ access to land and increasing county coverage.
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Texas
College Station
Farm Security Administration
Ernest H. Gunn
Grayson County
FSA
Wallace
Congress
God knows I'm hungry says restless child
A four year old spends the day with his aunt. Dinner runs late and the boy asks if God knows everything. The aunt affirms that God knows every little thing. The child replies with quiet conviction that God must know he is hungry.
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Harry
London Visitor and New York Taxi Driver Exchange
A London visitor notes the sky appears clearer in New York while a taxi driver replies that the city has skyscrapers that seem to scrape the sky, highlighting contrasting urban views.
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London
New York
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