Cotton loan rules clarify 1937 pool payments in 1938
Texas A&M reports explain 1937 CCC cotton loan payments. Farmers may receive price adjustment payments set by the June 30 1938 rate, even if cotton remains unsold. Sale timing dictates payment rate. no payments on equities. maximum 3 cents a pound. If sold before July 1 1938, payment applies to that cotton.
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College Station
Commodity Credit Corporation
George Slaughter
Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee
Texas A. & M. College
AAA
Slaughter
Land Utilization Project Near Bonham Is Started
About 215 men were put to work sowing 3000 acres on a land utilization project near Bonham, joining 150 soil conservation workers. WPA funds of 24000 will cover payroll through June, with 15000 acres transferred to BAE and slated for pasture demonstration under A and M College or other agency. A formal summer opening will feature Rep Sam Rayburn and Texas senators. Wildlife stocking and a planned April inspection by the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission accompany the project as cabins for public use rise along the lakes.
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A. & M. College
Sam _ Rayburn
Texas
Farm Security Administration
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Farm Security
BAE
Trying Them On in the Trenches Boots Tale
An Irish soldier notes a fellow soldiers boots, learns they were stolen from a man he shot. He later returns with boots, claiming the hardest job of his life was killing five men to find boots that fit.
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Foive
One-Ninth Pass Physical Exams For Aviator Cadets
A column from Rusk County News notes that 108 college students underwent physical exams at Dallas Preparatory to pilot training at Randolph Field. Only 12 passed, exactly one in nine, with doubts about whether such a small fraction can complete eight months of training and reach Kelly Field. The piece questions whether modern diets or hygiene are at fault and if colleges can fix these defects.
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Dallas
Randolph Field
Army
Navy
Kelly Field
Rusk County News
Moorish Traces Linger in Portugal's Architecture
Architectural remnants of Moorish influence endure in Portugal as historical structures reveal enduring design, artisanship, and cultural layers across regions. The lingering motifs highlight centuries of interaction between Iberian and North African styles reflected in arches, tilework, and street layouts.
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Portugal
Glove? Peking Observatory’s 1674 celestial globe stands out
The most impressive instrument at the Peking Observatory is the celestial globe built in 1674. This historic device exemplifies early astronomical instrumentation and its enduring legacy in Chinese science.
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Peking Observatory
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