Balanced Texas farmers aim at diversified crops
Texas A and M Extension director H H Williamson says Texas farmers will allocate about 33 percent of acreage to cotton, 37 percent to feed crops, and 30 percent to hay and soil improvement crops. He notes cotton and wheat as big cash crops with rice, flax promising, and stresses soil conservation amid long hot seasons.
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College Station
Texas
H. H. Williamson
Extension Service of
Texas A. and
M. College
Pungent Paragraphs From Imperial Magazine
The passage notes that busier men attract loafers and warns against taking life too seriously. It cautions that excess outside advice resembles back-seat driving and that emotional spending harms finances. It reflects on aging, global view, haircut prices, and the need for years of work to spark a spontaneous public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Magazine
Misunderstanding at Intersection Involves Traffic Officer
A driver pulled up at a red light, misreading a hand signal from a traffic officer who approached her car. The woman replied she was a school teacher, saying she thought the officer wanted to ask a question and spoke politely to defuse the situation.
Wisconsin guide Verna Neu Bauer cites men as mostly sissies
Verna Neu Bauer, Wisconsin's only licensed woman river guide, says most men are sissies while she pole canoes the dangerous Flambeau River rapids. Despite feminine looks and 115 pound frame, she beats male guides in skill and muscle, recounting an incident where a Milwaukee man fell in and she pulled him from logs. Her father is a forest ranger and she aims to work in wood lands after graduation.
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Wisconsin
Verna Neubauer
Verna
University of Wisconsin
Flambeau River
Milwaukee
Woodlands
May Historic Events Highlighted From 1429 to 1934
A compiled list of notable May events spans centuries from Joan of Arc lifting the siege of Orleans in 1429 to the 1934 Dionne Quintuplets birth in Callander. It includes milestones such as the Empire State Building dedication in 1931, the first cross‑continent non stop flight in 1923, and the sinking of the SS Empress of Ireland in 1914, among many others.
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Empire State Building
N. Y
Catherine the Great of
Russia
Chicago
American Medical Association
Philadelphia
George VI
England
Richard
Rainer
Vancouver
Joan of Arc
Orleans
West Coast
New York
Florence Nightingale
Amercian
S. America
Washington
Congress
Col. Cody
Napoleon
France
Anne Boylen
Christopher Columbus
Valladolid
Spain
California
U. S
Mexico
S. S. Savannah
Atlantic
Captain Kidd
Queen Victoria
Baltimore
Dionne Quintuplets
Callander
Ont
New York City
Hall of Fame
Walt Whitman
Preacher Injures Leg in War Sermon Misstep
In Chattanooga Rev. Herbert Morgan warned against war and held a bayonet aloft to compare it with the gospel. He tripped on a rug and the bayonet pierced his left leg above the knee, sending him to a hospital. The piece also notes the Antarctic as home to the world's worst weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Herbert Morgan
Army of Women Included in British War Plans
War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha said Britain would raise an army of women as part of the wartime rebuilding. He noted recent men’s recruitment records and urged women’s leaders to plan how women could aid during war while stressing they would likely not be sent to trenches.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
War Office
Political Announcements for 1938 Democratic Primaries
The Sun presents candidacies for the 1938 Democratic primaries. Sam Rayburn for Congress in the 4th District. J H Waggoner for Representative Place 1. Sewell R McKinney and Ed Miller for County School Superintendent. J Benton Davis for Sheriff. John C Eyridge P M Porter for Sheriff? Next names include Harold Doss for Public Weigher Precinct 3. Finis Alverson Walter Compton Bennie Ball Tom Brice for Contable. David Croshner Hassler K B Simmons Mark Montgomery for Contable. W A Fain W H Horton for Justice of the Peace. Chas G Nunn for County Judge. W H Hamp Harper for Assessor-Collector.
West Point Vaults to Hold Treasury Silver in June
Treasury to move about two billion dollars in silver to a new West Point warehouse by June first. The Fort Knox style vault holds 2,000,000,000 ounces in 23 cubicles beneath a concrete one-story building. The cryptlike vault, with 12.5 inch master door, will be guarded and windowsless, with trucks allowed direct entry to unload the bullion.
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San Francisco
Denver
Philadelphia
Fort Knox
West Point
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Silver Certificates and guarded vaults described
The text describes flameproof metals for doors with automatic timing, a three foot corridor guarded by watchtowers, and a vault area. It notes ordinary people cannot access the silver, yet millions possess papers titled silver certificates that authorize owning pieces of it.
Auto Deaths Drop 20 Percent in Major Cities
Census Bureau reports a 19.2 percent drop in auto fatalities in 130 U.S. cities from January through April. The tally fell to 2,536 from 3,138 compared with the same period last year, with Cleveland down 30 and Detroit down 57 among others.
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Washington
D. C
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
Buffalo
St. Louis
San Francisco
Not To Be Forgotten On A Mountain Journey
A guide leads a tourist to a mountaintop where the traveler begins jotting notes he calls indelible impressions. The exchange humorously questions the purpose of his notes as he records lasting memories.
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M'Sieu
Leto's Gums Promise Money Back at Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
Advertisement notes the Leto's gum product offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to satisfy. Kirkpatrick Pharmacy is listed as the seller. The copy aims to reassure customers of product efficacy and refund policy.
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Balanced Farm Aim OF Texas Farmers
Attn Toon
The
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Sun
Whitewright
Barbel Dubourg
Paris
Somnorr
North
Wales
Antarctic
Benitez
Sun
Sam Rayburn
Grayson County
J. H
Jim) Waggoner
Sewell R. McKinney
E. A
Ed) Miller
J. Benton Davis
John C. Eyridge
P. M
Porter
Harold Doss
Finis Alverson
Walter W. Compton, Bennie
Ben) Ball
Tom Brice
David Crosher Hassler
K. B. Simmons
Mark Montgomery
For Justice of the Peace
W. A. Fain
W. H. Horton
Fannin County
Chas. G. Nunn
W. H
Hamp) Harper
Leto
General Electric Refrigerator
America
Manning & Meador
Eres Alamo
Historic Shrine OF
Mi Hee
Pane
Toate
Cee
Crockett
San Antonio
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