Land Erosion Doom Measured By 625 000 U S Farms
Secretary Henry A Wallace warns that 100 million acres of former cultivated land are ruined by erosion in the United States. He cites dust storms, soil loss, and a high cost to farmers, with a national plan begun in 1933 to control erosion across 35 million acres of public land and 4 million of private land.
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Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
China
Syria
America
United States
National Resources Board
Ohio
Illinois
Maryland
North Carolina
Seaboard
Great Plains
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Soil Erosion Service
Department of Agriculture
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reich molds life from youth to manhood
Berlin reports a concise briefing on Nazi youth development. Ages 6 to 14 join the Youth Group, 14 to 18 become Hitler Youth, after 18 enter a year of Labor Service, then a year or more in the regular army. Upon leaving, members join the SS or SA, rising to veteran-like status.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Cowboy gulps sixty one raw eggs for $3 feat
Rock Springs Wyoming Roy Cochrane of Evanston Wyoming swallowed sixty one raw eggs in twenty minutes to entertain a beer parlor crowd. He followed with a mug of beer and won a three dollar wager.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Roy Cochrane
Evanston
Cost of Raising a Child Weighs Heavily on Parents
In Whitewright a discussion on the financial and social costs of raising children cites an insurance study placing the lifetime cost to 18 at about $6,000. Debaters weigh parental taxation for education against proposals to tax bachelors and old maids, highlighting civic duty and the future citizen.
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Whitewright
Why Bald Eagle Used As National Emblem
The article traces the eagle as a symbol from ancient mythologies and royal standards to its adoption by Rome and Byzantium. It explains the bald eagle’s American emblem status dating to the start of the republic, linking Roman civil liberty ideals and the bird’s esteemed status as a powerful symbol.
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Jove
Mount Olympus
India
Christ
Marius
Hadrian
United States
Contradictions in Life of Americans
A visitor in the United States writes on American life’s contrasts. The piece notes America’s mix of heroism and flaws, science and vanity, wealth and debt, violence and charity, noting leadership, culture, industry, and humor as forces shaping a nation striving to improve amid paradoxes.
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United States
England
America
Jane Adams
Leopold Stokowski
Huey Long
Senate
George W. Norris
Lindbergh
Monroe
Wisconsin
Welfare workers locate woman who never sleeps in Connecticut
North Branford investigators find Mrs. Harry Lounsbury operator of a small home for the aged with three chronic patients and her uncle in residence. She says she has slept few times during two and a half years and describes constant caregiving.
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North Branford
Conn
State Department of Public Welfare
Harry Lounsbury
Lounsbury
For Sale: Filling Station Residence Garage on Y
George Hansard advertises sale of his filling station, residence, garage, and half acre of land on the Y. The brief notice lists the properties and offers contact for interested buyers.
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George Hansard
Automobile Loans Offer Fast Financing In Sherman
If you need money or want to refinance car payments to be smaller, the Auto Finance Company led by F. W. Creager offers any reasonable amount and term. No delay. Bring your license receipt and car for inspection. Save money.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
MGR
S. Travis St
Sherman
FERA Education Funds Aid Texans in March
Emergency education in Texas aided 75,492 persons in March across seven categories including general and literary education. Classes involved 2,618 teachers with salaries of $125,613.49. The student aid program benefited 4,595 college students in 81 Texas colleges costing $64,184.85 for March.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Relief Commission
Belgrade Woman Seeks Seventeenth Husband
A 60 year old widow from Beli Manastir in Yugoslavia has been married sixteen times and now seeks a seventeenth husband. Sophia Nishtchelvitch says she would marry again if a good match appears, having outlived five husbands and left eleven as nuisances or wastrels, hoping for a partner who values her for herself over her money.
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Belgrade
Beli Manastir
Yugoslavia
Sophia Nishtchelvitch
Sophia
Farmersville to Host First Onion Festival in June
Clifford Carpenter, president of the Farmersville Junior Chamber of Commerce, has appointed committees to organize the first annual onion festival set for the first week of June in Farmersville.
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Farmersville
Clifford Carpenter
Silver Queen Near 80 Considers Fifth Marriage
Princess Susanne Bransford Emery Holmes Detrich Engatlicheff, famed as the silver queen of Utah, says she might wed again though nearly 80 and already having four husbands. She is traveling from a Western silver mine to Europe and notes marriage as a great institution with no immediate prospects.
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New York
Utah
Susanne Bransford Emery Holmes
Detrich Engatlicheff
Europe
Household Hints and Garden Notes from Curbside to Shiloh
A mix of home tips and garden ideas covers baking tricks with molasses or brown sugar for browning, ironing board care with fabric slips, cleaning a greasy meat pan, semperi rum hens for rock gardens, and a historical note on Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston wounded at Shiloh with a doctor’s absence cited.
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Albert Sidney Johnston
Shiloh
Color Blindness On Rise Mostly Boys Afflicted
London reports a rise in color blindness with about one in ten boys affected. Dr. James Drever of Edinburgh notes twelve of 120 boys could misread stop and go signals, stressing safety implications for future drivers. Girls show far fewer cases, with transmission mainly via mothers.
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London
James Drever
University of Edinburgh
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