Pig Iron and Watch Springs on the Farm Economy
A Texas farm column explains how value shifts with processing, from hay to dairy and pork. It cites Greer Creager selling 100 bushels of barley for 300 dollars after pig feed, and weeded acres producing income via cows and milk. Emphasizes finishing animals on farm for profit, balanced rations, and rapid growth in youth.
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Greer Creager
Wilbarger County
Creager
Sudan
Bar Steel
Watch Springs
Willacy County
Texas
How Times Have Changed Story in Amarillo
A nostalgic contrast of farming then and now in West Texas. A Georgia blacksmith recalls stump patches and double shovels as relics while modern farms embrace tractors with beach umbrellas and radios. Mechanical cotton pickers add luxury as a deer park in England spans 4,000 acres.
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Georgia
West Texas
WPA raises pay for workers in thirteen states
The Works Progress Administration ordered monthly pay increases averaging about five dollars for WPA workers in 13 states, mainly in the South, affecting some 500,000 in the lowest wage brackets. WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said the new minimums bring income closer to a basic living standard, with no worker earning less than a dollar a day in any region.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
South
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Hopkins
New York City
New York
Missisippi
50 000 More Beds Needed to Treat U S Tuberculars
Los Angeles. The National Tuberculosis Association urged at least 50,000 more beds in American hospitals and sanatoria to treat tuberculosis patients. A standard of two beds per annual death was proposed, noting only 177 hospitals meet proper equipment needs. Dr A J Lanza blamed dust hazards but cited economic conditions as a key factor.
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Los Angeles
National Tuberculosis Association
America
A. J. Lanza
New York
Visitor Sends Boy to Room 65 for Raincoat
A visitor asks a country hotel boy to check Room 65 for his raincoat behind the door. The boy returns shortly, confirming the coat is there as described, and the visitor hurries to catch his train.
Armys secret gun reaches higher than planes can fly
In secrecy the army unveils a five inch caliber sub stratosphere anti aircraft gun aimed at higher altitudes than modern bombers. It is designed to defend the United States and possessions, with tests pending before production and potential use on new battleships and cruisers under a major navy expansion. The weapon fires at 40 000 feet and over 30 rounds per minute, reflecting urgent wartime prepa rations as bombings abroad intensify.
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Washington
Canton
China
Franco
Continental
United States
Army
Navy
Stratosphere Plans Probe High Altitude Bombing
Analysts say strategic bombing will rise to extreme altitudes as air defenses improve. A "stratosphere" bomber concept seals the fuselage to maintain air pressure and oxygen for crew operation at very high levels, with pilots dropping to targets only when necessary.
Texas to Get New Federal Prison Farm
Washington announces a 14 million dollar PWA grant for construction and modernization of federal penal institutions. New facilities will be built in Indiana Colorado Connecticut Kentucky and Northeast Texas plus upgrades for housing hospitals and cell blocks at existing sites.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Prisons
PWA
Bureau
Indiana
Colorado
Connecticut
Kentucky
Texas
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T. C. Richardson
Breeder-Feeder Association
Bata
Apex
R. A
Bob) Stuart
Railroad Commission
Amarillo
England
Jat Savernake
S. H. Montgomery Agency
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Yokohama
M Smiak Gmusemen
Indus
U. S
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ashburn
Ashburn’s
Whitewright
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