Peanut Acreage Set At 1 500 000 To 1 600 000
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration sets a national peanut acreage goal from 1.5 to 1.6 million acres covering 89 counties in seven states designated as commercial production areas. Final allotments will be determined later for states counties and farms with a potential 20 cent per hundredweight payment for normal yield. Commercial areas include Oklahoma Bryan County and Texas Atascosa Bexar Comanche Eastland Frio Gillespie La Salle Medina and Wilson counties.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The
AAA
Oklahoma
Bryan County
Texas
Atascosa
Bexar
Comanche
Eastland
Frio
Gillespie
la Salle
Medina
Wilson Counties
Cotton and Peanut Programs Updated for 1938 Initiatives
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced changes to the 1938 tobacco, peanut, and cotton programs. Modifications remove peanut acreage denial rules for some farms, create provisions for new growers, and expand soil conservation payment eligibility to more acres. A third change raises soil-building observation payments on commercial vegetable farms from $1.50 to $3 per acre in specified regions.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Lifetime Reflections From Uncle Bill Kellis On 83rd Birthday
Uncle Bill Kellis editor-owner of The Sterling City News-Record marks 83 and 51 years in Sterling County. He reflects on joys and sorrows, labor as bread, aging joys, and plans to keep writing until the curtain falls. The piece, published in the San Angelo Times, frames life as a staged drama and faith as guide.
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Bill Kellis
Sterling City News-Record
Sterling County
Kellis
Sterling City
Bill
San Angelo
January fire toll in Texas reaches 33 deaths
The Insurance Department reported 33 lives lost in January due to fire in Texas, with property damage totaling 46326,000. Clothing ignited near open flames caused seven deaths, six people perished in burning buildings, and nine children died from burns, marking higher damage than January 1937.
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Austin
Texas
Now Merchant Is Willing to Call It Square
San Jose California clothing merchant Quitman says he is square with the Government and much better off since 1932 after mailing a $7.50 tax payment. An Associated Press story recalling his 1932 note shows he claimed the finance company took his car and the bank took his home, but he now has a new job, home, car, and wife.
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San Jose
Calif
W. W. Quitman
Quitman
Associated Press
Collector of Internal Revenue
Unknown origin fires haunt late night hours this year
Fire officials report numerous fires of unknown origin, mostly occurring between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. The statement contrasts with a note that rubber can be made so tough as to outwear steel.
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Whitewright
Norris
Sterling
Glen Earnheart and
Whitewright Lumber Co
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First National Bank
Southwestern Casket Co
Fort Worth, Texas
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L. LaRoe & Companyerything
Dallas
Saturday Evening Post
Good Housekeeping
National Casket Co
Lamar
Dallas, Texas
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