Wheat Crop To Be Cut For Four Years
Washington reports plan to hold the nation’s wheat crop in check for four years under the AAA. Referendum shows strong support 179,029 to 28,330. Program allows annual acreage adjustments not to exceed 25 percent of base and includes varying base acreage for rotation and fallow practices.
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Washington
AAA
Congress
Dickinson
Iowa
Capper
Kansas
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Pacific Northwest
Secretary of Agriculture
Claims land damaged by overflow in Sherman
J. H. Dixon a Grayson County farmer sues for 10187.50 damage in Fifty-ninth District Court alleging erosion from waters diverted onto his Pilot Grove creek land by terraces and ditches on neighbor J. L. Scott and others. Dixon puts farm value at 125 per acre and says repeated overflows ruined cultivation.
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Dixon
Banker Turns Sour on Loan Requests in Small Town Tale
Shrimp recalls asking a local banker for a thousand dollars last week. The banker was polite but ultimately refused after a brief hesitation. Sorghum quips about the lender's initial willingness, highlighting a cautious stance toward loans in the community.
Mission conducts marriage market for Chinese maidens
In Hangchow a Hope Mission program pairs destitute Chinese girls with bachelors from varied professions. Of twelve girls in a batch, nine move to kitchen duties while three, deemed the prettiest, hold out. Mission plans another mating season as new graduates arrive, with Li Fang Shiao, 113, presiding at past ceremonies.
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Hangchow
China
Li Fang-Shiao
Hangchow Theatre
Unemployment Drops in March to April Across Sectors
The National Industrial Conference Board reports 9,623,000 unemployed in April, down 129,000 from March, a 1.3 percent decrease, but up 305,000 or 3.3 percent from April 1934. Trade fell 127,000, manufacturing 44,000, transportation 12,000, and other industries 4,000. mining rose 25,000 and personal and domestic service rose 7,000.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Want Ads and Cards of Thanks from The Sun
Want ads list one Deering binder for 35 00 and another for 25 00. Rubber stamps and pads offered. Card of thanks from families express appreciation for kindness, sympathy, and flowers after a death. Signatures include Mrs J A Young and children R M Womack David Ray Womack W B Womack Mrs M L Patton Inez Ray Gladys Ray.
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Manning, Clark & Meador
J. A. Young
R. M. Womack
David Ray Womack
W. B. Womack
M. L. Patton
Inez Ray
Gladys Ray
Oklahoma flood control to build thousands of small lakes
Oklahoma launches a seven million dollar farm pond and community reservoir program led by Governor Marland. The plan seeks five million dollars in FERA funds to build six thousand one to three acre ponds and three hundred large community lakes in seventy seven counties to secure water for stock during dry months.
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Oklahoma City
Panhandle
Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Marland
Flood Control Board
FERA
PWA
Sam Battles
Flood Commission
Washington
William H
Murray
CWA
Battles
Change to Low Heels and Mental Stability Warned
Dr. Emanuel Demeur warned at an Illinois chiropodists meeting that sudden shifts from high to low heels can drive women toward insanity. He cited about six Elgin State cases as example of the risk and urged gradual change.
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Chicago
Emanuel Demeur
Demeur
Illinois Association of Chiropodists and
General Upturn In Farm Realty Values Revealed
The Agriculture Department and the Farm Credit Administration reported a broad rise in farm real estate values for the year ending March 1, with a national index up to 79 from 76 in 1934. Farm credit loans totaled about 3 billion dollars, easing credit strains as farmers used most funds to pay creditors, saving roughly 35 million annually.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Credit Administration
Grouth
Bureau
Henry Ford's vanadium steel breakthrough revealed
C B Ostrander of Ford's Dallas branch recounts how Ford discovered vanadium steel after a 1905 Palm Beach crash. A light yet strong stem led Ford to hire a steel expert from England to produce vanadium steel in Canton Ohio, achieving 170000 pounds tensile strength for versatile car designs.
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Henry Ford
C. B. Ostrander
Dallas
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Palm Beach
Fla
Mr. Ostrander
England
Canton
Ohio
Hospital for insane linked to overnight heel changes
An article notes a hospital for the insane and remarks a physician or official suggested gradual changes for women’s footwear to allow the spinal column to adapt. It mentions a claim from Genuine Engraving at the Sun office.
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Sun Office
Last Stand With Health Exceling On Report Card
A father reads his son’s school report. English weak French fair math fair. The son points to a single line showing Health excellent, prompting a tense moment between parent and child.
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Wise-Adkinson Florists
Greenville, Texas
George Gordon Pope
van Clabhorn
Eastern Iron & Metal Co
Sherman, Texas
W. C. Anderson
Whitewright
McCormick
Red Pace
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J. H. Hollingsworth
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S. Travis St
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