Aid for Poor Farm Families Will Take Time
Secretary Wallace told the Senate committee the rehabilitation of destitute farm families will take years. He outlined two paths, favoring a self-liquidating plan that turns relief into national assets. By Feb 1 1938 the Rural Relief program had plans for 600,000 families and $169 million, with loans repaid and grants issued to about 500,000 families.
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Washington
Ag ®Riculture
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Wallace
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Perils of Rabies Treatment Warned by Health Official
Dallas county health officer Horace E Duncan urged thorough diagnosis before rabies serum injections. He stressed keeping the bite animal alive for observation to avoid paralysis or death from serum, noting tests depend on the animal’s living status.
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Dallas
Horace E. Duncan
Parkland Hospital
Duncan
Dr. Duncan
No race can be won until after a start is made
Motivational ad style line urging decisive action in pursuit of success. It urges selecting a destination, beginning immediately, and taking the first step now rather than delaying. The quote is attributed to selling insurance in tone.
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Bryant
Byron
Toolittle
Lanier
Kilmer
Home as civilization's bulwark, pastor asserts
A Marshall News Messenger retelling attributes Homer M. Price saying the home forms the child’s moral life, not Sunday school or church. He argues the home predates church and Ten Commandments, and prudent homes conserve society and build the nation through daily living and example. Religion is caught, not taught.
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Homer M. Price
Marshall News Messenger
Mathematician Gladys Quits Teaching to Join Chorus
A witty exchange has Edith remarking that Gladys left teaching due to higher pay in showing figures to the big boys, reflecting a humorous take on career shifts between schoolwork and entertainment.
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Gladys
Edith
Ruling on Cotton Loan Explained by Official
Dallas reports that I W Duggan head of the AAA Southern division says Washington has ruled that two cents per pound from the cotton loan may not be paid until the full 1937 and 1938 price adjustment payments are determined. The comptroller general decision limits immediate two cent payments to loaned cotton, affecting 1937 crop recipients and overall payouts.
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Dallas
I. W. Duggan
AAA
Washington
Comptroller General
Duggan
Commodity Credit Corporation
Comptroller
Birth registration urged to prevent legal woes
Dr. Geo W Cox Texas health officer cites cases where births were misregistered causing rights and property problems. He notes an over twenty year mislabeling as illegitimate and a WWI veteran registered as a girl. Law requires five day filing with local registrar, forms supplied by physicians, and copies kept for permanent filing.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Cox
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Sleep Late If You Can Says Psychologist
Dr. Joseph Jastrow argues there is no virtue in early rising. He states in Hygeia that people need enough sleep to start the day right. If sleep is refreshing, no night is long enough for recovery, and the best plan is to sleep in the morning and nap during the day.
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Chicago
Joseph Jastrow
Jastrow
American Medical Association
Poorly Nourished Women They Just Can't Hold Up
An aged nutrition ad urges women to seek proper nourishment and rest, warning a poorly nourished body falters. Cardus is touted for lack of appetite poor digestion and nervous fatigue with decades of use and testimonials. It cautions consulting a physician if no benefit is found.
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Cardus
Within the Capitol Grounds a Dark Secluded Gloom
A feature on a hidden grove near the Capitol in Austin describes a steep concrete path to a hollow below the old land office. The gnarled black trees evoke Poe and poetry, contrasted with famed writers and a local merchant named Bryan Beck in Corpus Christi.
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Austin
Walter Johnson
Dizzy Dean
Capitol
Land Office
Poe
Texas
Bourne Star
Bryan Beck
Corpus Christi
Historic Beaux Arts Office Echoes in Davis Portrait
A fragment from a Texas era piece recalls a Jefferson Davis painting and a San Antonio visit to Beck’s grandfather dated nearly 70 years ago. It notes iconic Corpus Christi beach palms near the Nueces Hotel and a Uvalde barber shop chat with a veteran prospector planning a New Mexico mountain search. The Trans Pecos remark ends with a quip about Frank Dobie and Coronado's Children.
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Jefferson Davis
Beck
San Antonio
Texas
Corpus Christi Beach
Nueces Hotel
New Mexico
Trans- Pecos
Frank Dobie
Thought too Seriously Kathleen Didn't you ever think seriously about getting married
A light exchange between Thought and Frederick on marriage, where Kathleen asks about serious thoughts on wedlock and Frederick replies with a witty retort about never marrying to avoid serious commitment.
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Kathleen
Frederick
Nose Sewn Back After Crash Near Natchitoches
Lt. L. Croom suffered a severely slashed nose in a Sunday car crash twelve miles from Natchitoches. Two nurses rushed to the wreck, found the severed nose, and sewed it back in place. Croom was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Natchitoches
Istam bul rises as Turkey’s sole large city
Istam bul, historically Constantinople, remains Turkey’s only metropolitan center by population and influence, shaping national economy and culture amid modernization efforts and regional shifts. The city hosts institutions, industry, and diplomacy, reflecting its enduring strategic role.
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Yeager
Sinclair
Ford
Yeager’s Service Station
the Home Conserves Society
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
First Nat'l Bank
Boyce House
Turkey
Istambul
Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
K-B Poultry Feeds
Kimbell’s
Kimbell Milling Co
DAMMI
Public Service Company
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