Wheat crop insurance plan 15 set up for harvest 1939
Crop insurance begins with 1939 wheat planting as Texas officials outline details at a national Omaha meeting. County agents and officials will hold a May 16- week series in Plainview Amarillo Seymour Fort Worth Coleman to spread information. Farmers may insure half or three quarters of expected yields with indemnities in wheat or cash. The plan builds wheat reserves via farmer premiums. government covers administration and storage.
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Texas Wheat Belt
Plainview
Amarillo
Seymour
Fort Worth
Coleman
Slaughter
Texas Health Hints May Day Child Health Day Observed
Texas celebrates May Day Child Health Day with statewide events of play games and exhibitions of special ability. The State Department of Health marks a record low maternal mortality rate for the year, signaling healthier mothers and children across the state.
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Texas
State Department of Health
Wheat Acreage Allotments Set For 1938 Payments
Texas wheat acreage allotment of 4,146,240 acres will determine the wheat part of the 1938 AAA payments. Payments depend on each farmer’s yield per acre at 12 cents per bushel, plus adjustments for soil-depleting allotments and other farm-specific allotments. Winter wheat already seeded is not affected. full 1938 payments require staying within total farm allotments. North Dakota leads states with 9,413,355 acres, Oklahoma and Texas follow. Kansas totals top the list with 12,519,879 acres.
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Mississippi
Vermont
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Nebraska
South Dakota
May Day Child Health Day 1939 Hopeful Health Progress
The speaker notes diphtheria and typhoid death rates at historic lows in the state and welcomes the decline while urging ongoing effort. The State Department of Health and all child agencies are asked to unite across counties and communities to advance child health during the coming year and on May Day.
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State Department of Health
Dr. Davis
Allred seeks WPA aid for Texas state building in Austin
Gov James V Allred promised immediate action to obtain WPA funds for a courts building or combined courts and offices in Austin. Legislature had appropriated 200000 for the project if federal money became available, and Allred planned talks with WPA official Walter Koons in Fort Worth. He believed the federal government would pursue a liberal WPA policy.
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Austin
James V. Allred
Walter Koons
WPA
Fort Worth
Allred
Sleep and Brain Stages Revealed by Harvard Study
New York article reports scientists from Harvard Princeton and others mapping sleep in four to five stages. Brain waves shift from alpha to delta patterns with partial activity across regions, challenging the idea of a single moment of sleep onset.
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New York
Hallowell Davis
Harvard University
A. L. Loomis
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
E. Newton Harvey
Princeton
G. Hobart
Teachers report cards for Fairbury seniors
At Fairbury High School parents of seniors filled confidential questionnaires rating teaching and school aspects. Principal A. L. Biehn said most grades were pretty good. Other notes cover Benton Township votes and a cotton shipment story from Richmond.
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Fairbury, Neb
Fairbury High School
A. L. Biehn
Back Seat Driving Carriage of a Furious Argument
A terse cartoon caption depicts a man claiming to have changed his wife’s driving by “stepping bad on the accelerator and drowning at her voice,” implying a humorous domestic squabble about who controls the car.
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Mych
Bulls, color vision, and animal sight explained
A past dialogue with a Connecticut farmer explores whether bulls react to red. A psychologist notes bulls see colors as shades of gray and that color is not the sole trigger. Observations cover dogs, Seeing Eye animals, birds, fish, insects, and their varying color perception and sensory limits.
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Connecticut
Color Vision Across Species At The American Museum
Roy Chapman Andrews, director of the American Museum of Natural History, invites visitors to explore how different animals perceive color. The exhibit promises demonstrations of a room as seen by a dog, a fisherman through a trout’s eyes, and a barnyard through a hen’s gaze.
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American Museum of Natural History
Roy Chapman Andrews
Average pay of movie extras at $17 weekly in 1937
Hollywood reports the average female extra earned 17 dollars a week in 1937, far below top stars who make 10 000 dollars weekly or more. The figure, based on Central Casting data and state Industrial Relations stats, shows extras averaged 898 dollars yearly while Claudette Colbert earned about 356 000 dollars.
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Hollywood
Calif
State Department of Industrial Relations
Central Casting Corporation
Clearing House
Claudette Colbert
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