Connally Wins Fight For Needy Farmers
Senator Tom Connally secured an amendment adopted by the Senate allowing needy farmers facing crop losses to work part time on rural relief projects without entering relief rolls. He said relief funds mainly aid industrial areas, urging farm support to keep farmers on their land during droughts near Colorado and Kansas lines.
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Tom Connally
Senate
Senator Connally
Colorado
Kansas
Congress
Your Own Garden May Be the Worst Tetanus Hazard
Dr Karl Meyer of the Hoover Foundation warns that home gardens using animal fertilizer may raise tetanus risk more than street injuries or rust nails. He says diphtheria and tetanus are common child health threats and advocates combining toxoid immunizations to protect children.
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Cal
Karl Meyer
Hoover Foundation For Medical Research
University of California
American Academy of Pediatrics
United States
Meyer
Three Church Retreats Planned at Woodlake
Denison reports three encampments at Woodlake in June and July. The North Texas Baptist Encampment runs June 27 to July 7 with Dr. F. B. Thorn of Houston as key speaker. The Methodist Christian Endeavor camp lasts July 4 to July 9 guided by Rev. Orbin Turner of Celina. The Church of Christ in Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas holds July 25 to 31 focusing on leadership training recreation and spiritual instruction.
Babson Predicts Prolonged Economic Struggle and Rebuilt Values
Babson Park Massachusetts Roger W Babson a statistician told 74 Babson Institute graduates that opportunities from money are fewer than the class of 1937 and ten years earlier He urged not to marry now accept any job and invest money in a small farm He warned the economic fight will last long until people learn better values and that two plus two does not make five
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Babson Park
Mass
Roger W. Babson
Babson Institute
Babson
Texas Landmark: Porter Museum in Austin at City Shrine
The Porter house in Austin, once William Sydney Porter in his early land office days, is now a museum attracting worldwide visitors. Four Texas friends from the 1890s rose to top state offices, including Morris Sheppard and Pat Neff. Texas granted vast land to railroads before 1892, boosting a billion-dollar bounty and financing the state capitol.
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William Sidney Porter
Henry
General Land Office
Austin
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Pat M. Neff
Walter A. Keeling
Where to Look in the Bible for Daily Guidance
A compact guide lists Scripture passages for common moods and life situations. It cites chapters from Psalms, Isaiah, Job, Luke, Romans, Matthew, John, Corinthians, Hebrews, Ephesians, and Revelation to offer spiritual directions for temptation, crisis, loneliness, finances, travel, healing, fear of death, and major biblical events.
Mishaps Claim 106000 Lives in Past Year
The National Safety Council reports 1937 saw 106000 accidental deaths and 9.9 million injuries, with motor vehicle crashes causing 39500 deaths and $1.7 billion in losses. The era's heat fatalities dropped, while work accidents rose 5 percent to 19500, and children’s traffic deaths fell compared with 1936.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Empire State
Safety Council
Uncle Sam Foreclosed on 80,000 Homes in Five Years
Washington reports the Home Owners' Loan Corporation HOCL has built a 5 year portfolio of about 80,000 dwellings seized by foreclosure. Since 1933 it has loaned over 3 billion dollars to roughly 1 million homeowners. In April 3,253 foreclosures were started, 491 fewer than March, with 30,000 borrowers repaid in full, 750,000 current with satisfactory payments, 115,000 with hopeful payments and 33,000 showing doubtful repayment.
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Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
HOLC
Allred Listens to Campaigns in Governor Race
Governor Allred, from Wichita Falls, will listen to candidates in the governor race this year for the first time since 1932. He said he never listened to talks against him because they made him mad. He recalled hearing Tom Hunter in 14 years, noting Hunter helped prosecute a man.
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Allred
Austin
Tom Hunter
Nanny Explodes Over Gasoline Drink Blamed on Nanny Goat
Carlinville reporters recount Arnold Garlo and Melvin Miller explaining how a pet nanny goat drank gasoline from a dishpan while two tenant farmers cleaned tools. A lighted match sparked the blaze and the nanny goat was fatally burned.
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Carlinville
Arnold Garlo
Melvin Miller
Garlo
Miller
Nanny
Farmers Use Poison Grasshopper Bait To Kill Barnyard Flies
In Scottsbluff Nebraska a farmer’s accidental use of poison grasshopper bait to hang in a barn killed hundreds of flies. County Agent C S Nibler says word spread and many farmers now use the bait for a dual purpose.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
C. S. Nibler
Facts Prove Booth Was Shot to Death
Fort Wayne Indiana reports Dr Louis A Warren of the Lincoln National Life Foundation argues there is no mystery about John Wilkes Booth death. He cites identifying items including a shirt pin with Dan Bryant to J W Booth, a diary, a check to Booth, initials J W B tattooed on his hand, a neck scar, and dental fillings as irrefutable proof the body was Booth’s.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren
Lincoln National Life Foundation
Lincoln
Booth
Dr. Warren
Washington
Shy Stenos Urged to Improve Image for Jobs
DuPont personnel director Harry W. Nock cites a survey of 4000 job losers showing 90 percent failed due to character or personality deficiencies. He urges shy stenographers to join clubs mix with people and become more desirable for modern offices.
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Philadelphia
Harry W. Nock
DuPont Company
Prolific German families to receive 112 million in child bonuses
Prolific German families are set to benefit from a total of 112 million dollars in child bonuses. The program aims to support families with multiple children amid economic concerns, with eligible households applying through the relevant social services offices.
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Bob) Stuart
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