Texas Wheat Quota Sparks AAA Backlash In Fort Worth
G E Blewett of the Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Association reports Texas farmers oppose the AAA wheat allotment. He says the plan cuts Texas winter wheat acreage from 5,300,000 to 3,700,000 and would raise flour prices for Texans as mills import grain from other states.
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Fort Worth
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Texas
G. E. Blewett
Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Blewett
Denison Plans Farm Program
The Denison Chamber of Commerce outlines this year's agricultural plan to boost farm to city money. Objectives include more trench silos, continued crop experiments focusing on soybean, sorghum and hegari trials led by Denison High School students, and a state owned jack for breeding, sought from the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Denison
Denison Chamber of Commerce
Elliott McClung
Denison High School
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Four ages of modern man described by British educationalist
London report quotes W. Monk Gibb on childhood youth middle age and old age. Childhood means knowing much but not knowing you know it, youth means knowing nothing but thinking you know all, middle age is slow learning what should have been obvious, and old age is knowing but unable to share it. The piece notes ostrich skins are used for pocketbooks and similar items.
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London
W. Monk Gibbon
Auto Safety Warnings Urge Careful Summer Driving
State police released six summer motoring safety points for tourists urging no hitchhiking to cut roadside crime. Officials note rising Texas travel with gas sales hitting six billion gallons in four months and estimate 400000 out of state cars will enter Texas this year. Key rules urge rest, vehicle checks, not parking on highways, controlled speeds, safe passing, and avoiding hitchhikers.
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Austin
Texas
Safety Department
Sunday School Sex Education Favored by Lutheran Group
New York report by the United Lutheran Synod of New York urges sex instruction in Sunday schools and stricter marriage requirements. It proposes Wasserman blood tests for marriage licenses, psychiatric exams, seminary courses on sexology and psychiatry, clergy education for bridegrooms, and sex instruction for 14 to 16 year olds with parental approval. The four-state area includes New York New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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New York
Committee On Moral and Social Welfare
United Lutheran Synod of New York
Rochester
N. Y
Church of the Reformation
Wasserman
New York Synod
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Safety First Red Lantern Gag In Minnesota Tale
Dr James N Crawford recounts a boozy street scene in Bovey Minnesota where a drunk with a red lantern jokes that safety comes first by lighting a street before crossing and plans to restart on the other side. Nearby quips compare age and fuel with a comic bank note anecdote about Mike misplacing college habits.
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James N. Crawford
Bovey
Minnesota
Interest That Only Hippos Should Find Newsworthy
A collection of humor items including a hippo joke about who should care, a misdirected castor oil request, a shipping mix up with Bill inside a box, editorial pencil quip, bride and biscuits, and a joke about a surgeon performing an encore by removing an appendix after a celebrated operation.
Not a Part Only Son Joke
A terse dialogue presents a father with a quip on language. He tells his son that woman is not a single part of speech but encompasses all parts of speech, a witty linguistic aside.
Drunk Man Deceived by Wife’s Tape Ruse
A former drinker quietly returns to bed after patching his injuries with tape. His wife confronts him at dawn about his alleged drunkenness. He denies it, prompting her punchline that reveals the tape on the bathroom mirror.
Pretty Baby Born In Vermont Trailer Comment
A shopper in a modern Mexican department store carries a baby amid cosmetic counters. A saleswoman praises the infant as exceptionally pretty, then learns the child was born in a Vermont trailer. The mother hints at a quirky travel tale with a cryptic remark about counting detours.
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Mexico
Vermont
Howlers From a Teacher's Collection
A teacher presents a selection of humorous misstatements. A synagogue compared to a church, a king crowned at Westminster Abbey with a sepulchre in hand, mentions of many eligible fish in the North Sea, and Henry VII’s turbulent barons receiving a cheque from their king.
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Howlers
Westminster Abbey
North Sea
Henry VII
Boy with black eye clashes over fight
A bystander offers help to a boy with a black eye. The boy retorts that his opponent has two black eyes, implying a more severe tangle and dismissing the stranger’s sympathy. The scene hints at a minor street quarrel and unresolved tension.
Grapefruit A lemon that has been given a chance and took advantage of it
Steam Water gone crazy with the heat. Dimple A lump inside out. Laugh Showing in one spot the way you feel all over. Wind Air in a hurry. Egg A chicken not yet. Excelsior Long sawdust. Loss What you have when you don't have as much as if you had just nothing.
Witness Stand Exposes Kiss Case Farce At Court
A young man is arrested for kissing a girl who testifies that the kiss occurred against her will several times. The girl admits she kissed back during the affray, claiming self defense. A separate gag ends with a caller asking if a fool is at the other end of the line and a witty reply from a female voice.
Teacher and pupil joke about China’s principal cities
A classroom joke features Wilbur Hosley asked to name China’s principal cities. He replies he cannot name them now while noting he once knew them, and the teacher counters that China also knew them.
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Wilbur Hosley
China
Wilbur
Quite Appetizing Ham Advice Sparks Laughing Dinner
A guest spins a recipe plan to soak a ham in rye whisky Jamaica rum port wine and Bourbon over four days. The host laughs at the idea but the punchline lands when the cook jokes a painter would charge two dollars an hour to paint cars, referencing Michaelangelo.
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Virginia
Michaelangelo
Strength During MIDDLE LIFE Cardus for women’s changes
Cardus is promoted as a tonic for women during middle life. It is claimed to increase appetite aid digestion and improve transformation of food into living tissue. The ad asserts it strengthens the whole system during changes of life.
Memories in the Mail Returns to a Distant Palladium
A busy executive at Rockefeller Center finds a 33 year old Malone Palladium among his mail. He reads old masthead items such as Local Briefs and Personal Mention and recalls past constable notes, local names, and a June circus. The piece reflects timeless value of wholesome, everyday activity.
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Rockefeller Center
New York
Manhattan
B. E
Malone Palladium
Constable
Fred Ball
Hiram Stebbins
Lucille
Christian Science Monitor
Passing This Way Poem Plea Ends With Local Ad Hint
A religious poem urges giving bread water joy and faith to others rather than self. The verses express a wish to share strength hope and compassion and conclude with a local plea to spend money in Whitewright.
Like Father Like Son by Oklahoma Odd Fellow
A moral verse condemns parental hypocrisy. A father curses his grown son for folly while admitting his own unclean breath and failures. It urges fathers to set higher example, teaching by conduct, since sons mirror their fathers and the burden of virtue rests on them.
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Oklahoma
Appearance Sake Stalls Friend At Theatre Lobby
A producer of a dud show meets a friend near the theatre before curtain time. He asks to see the show, but the friend declines and plans to walk around. The producer then asks the friend to stand in the lobby between acts.
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