O Daniel Names Howard Payne President to Welfare Board
Gov. O Daniel named Dr Tom Taylor president of Howard Payne College Brownwood a Baptist school to join the State Welfare Board replacing Dr M E Sadler who retired due to ill health. The board includes Marvin Leonard of Fort Worth and Frank S Roberts of Breckenridge with Beeman Strong resigning earlier. Dr Taylor long served as Brown County Democratic chairman and is noted as an anti repeal public speaker and former vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
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Marvin Leonard
Fort Worth
Old-Age Assistance Commission
Texas Relief Commission
Child Welfare Division
Board of Control
Dr. Taylor
Brown County
Democratic Party
The
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Farm bankruptcies in Texas ease further in 1939
Agriculture Department reports Texas farm bankruptcies declined to 81 in 1939 from 97 in 1938. Total Texas bankruptcies fell to 392 versus 422 nationwide, while U S farm bankruptcies dropped 21 percent to 1422. The period marks a continuing decline since 1933.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Agriculture Department
Department
Group to Urge Cut in Payment of Farm Benefits
Senator Gillette of Iowa said a Senate agriculture panel will soon back H. R. 3800 to trim farm benefit payments. The House approved bill would cap total yearly payments to one person at 5000 dollars, down from 10000, and reduce any excess over 1000 by 25 percent. The panel may add an amendment shifting proof on landlord sharecropper reductions to the landlord.
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Washington
Gillette
Nem
Iowa
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Prediction of a 1964 Super Drought by Varve Calendar Reading
Halbert P. Gillette, engineer from San Marino, argues a coming drought cycle will dry the Hoover Dam reservoir by about 1989. He bases this on varves or annual sediment layers, matching cycles of 7, 21, 63, 180, 1701 and 5103 years and asserting dry minima align in 1964.
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New York
Halbert P. Gillette
San Marino
Calif
Hoover Dam
Mr. Gillette
Lake Saki
Crimea
Connecticut River
Gillete
Magic Salve for Corns Turns Out to Be Axle Grease
A man faced corporate court after selling a so called magic salve for corns that proved to be axle grease. Officers say a 15 cent can netted a $3.60 profit from gullible buyers. Wyoming records show 5 738 big game killed in 1939 season including deer elk moose and bears.
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Wyoming
Gas leaks ignite fatal blasts across multiple cities
A Pittsburgh woman dies after lighting a failed gas heater amid a strong gas odor. In Berkeley a basement pipe cap, loosened while trying to fix a leak, caused a blast that killed two firefighters and injured many. Newton and Lodi reports describe home explosions from gas leaks injuring residents and bystanders. A Chicago man naps as coffee boils over, ending with an unstated outcome.
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Pittsburgh
Berkeley
Calif
Newton
Mass
Lodi
Chicago
BLACK-DRAUGHT Laxative Promises Gentle Nighttime Relief
A historical advertisement promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT as a morning evacution aid for constipation. It claims gentle action when taken at bedtime and notes 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents, highlighting all vegetable ingredients and economical use.
Fatal Foolishness: Gas Explosions Warned By Experts
An article warns against igniting flames when gas odor lingers, citing cases in Kansas City and New York where flames caused fatal or near fatal blasts. It urges calling the gas company, ventilating thoroughly, and never striking matches until the area is aired out.
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Kansas City
New York
Paul W. Kearney
Brick Used Deliberately in Plaintiff Attack
A defendant testifies that he struck the plaintiff with a brick on purpose, denying any malice aforethought or use of mallets, insisting it was a plain brick like any gentleman would use. The lawyer presses the admission as malice.
New Drug Saves Texas Youth From Blood Poisoning
In Vernon a 9 year old Oklahoma youth recovered from staphylococcus septicemia after a newly discovered drug sulfamethylthiazol was flown from New York for use in a local hospital. The drug had been used only once before in the United States.
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Vernon
United States
Walter Fancher
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Home Best Source Of Fatal Accidents
In 1939 about 32 000 people died from home accidents an increase from 1938. Falls caused most deaths with 17 000 blamed on slippery floors rugs and stairs lacking rails. Texas A and M Extension suggests non slip rugs repairs and a Fix It movement to reduce falls. A new cheaper sensitized paper X ray is noted for physicians.
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College Station
Bernice Claytor
Texas A. and M. Extension Service
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Ohio
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Federal Housing Administration
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William S. Knudsen
Sun Office
Whitewright Lumber Co
Stephens & Bryant Insurance Agency
Nat'l Bank
Luther Gordon
East Texas
L. LaRoe & Co
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