Vast petition seeks cotton bag use from Cotton Belt farmers
More than 70,000 leading Cotton Belt farmers have signed a petition about 5,883 feet long, to be presented to manufacturers of feed and fertilizer for bags. L. T. Barringer heads the committee collecting signatures from counties to ensure geographic spread across the region.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
L. T. Barringer
Council
Committee
Cotton Council
Barringer
Wounds From Modern Warfare Reported Cleaner
Chicago reports from British and French medical journals say allied wounds are cleaner with fewer infections than in World War I. Northwestern University Dean Irving S. Cutter notes German missiles may sterilize themselves by velocity and heat, but cautions it is early to draw conclusions.
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Chicago
Irving S. Cutter
Northwestern University Medical School
Transaction tax proposal favors Governor O Daniel in Texas
The piece explains Gov. W Lee O Daniel backs a 1.6 percent transaction tax to fund social security like old age pensions. It defines a broad tax base and lists exemptions, while noting opposition concerns over pyramiding costs, newspaper ads, and impact on prices through multiple handlings.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
United States
Housewife Prepares for War and Daily Life Contrasts
A Dallas News poem by Mary Yelvington contrasts a wife’s plan for a loved one headed to war with peaceful domestic scenes including clean sheets good meals and baseball. The passage notes 25,000 embroiderers in Funchal Madeira and that embroidered articles form the island’s chief export trade.
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Mary Yelvington
Dallas News
Funchal
Madeira
Texas Game Department Expands Hatcheries and Stocking
The Texas Game Department announces 71,000 bass were planted in Possum Kingdom as the latest stocked lake. Biologists study food production and species for each lake while hatcheries, using new fertilization methods, aim to reach 10 million fish this season despite losses from late freezes. The executive secretary praised Miss Watkins and County School Superintendent Joe Harris for advancing related coursework.
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Austin
Texas
State Game Department
Game Department
Texas Game Department
Miss Watkins
Joe Harris
Monster 1100 Pound Turtle Brought In Off Texas Coast
Four men hauled in a 1100 pound turtle after it was grazed by a tanker in the Sabine channel. The creature broke the first lasso rope but was injured by the vessel, leading to its capture by the Game Department crew.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Game Department
Sabine Channel
Land boom prospects loom as war spurs prices
Washington says the agriculture department weighs a possible repeat of the World War era land speculation boom of 1914. It notes that WWI sent farm land values up sharply in a decade and cautions that current conflicts may affect farm prices, with adverse factors likely to outweigh gains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Man Catches Triple Fish Inside One Catch
L. D. Flowers of Uvalde reported a sixteen inch bass with a four inch bass in its stomach and a two inch perch inside the smaller fish. Officials note the unlikely chain of catches on a single hook and consider it a possible record.
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L. D. Flowers
Uvalde
Game Department
Conservation education spreads to rural Dallas County students
Dallas County intermediate grades will study state game and fish laws and wildlife conservation under 250 teachers. The program comes as conservation education gains momentum, per Miss Leland Watkins, intermediate supervisor.
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Dallas County
Game Department
Leland Watkins
Sturgeon Found in Texas Lake During Minnow Seining
Rex Ferrell of Dallas caught a 24 inch shovelnose sturgeon while seining for minnows at Eagle Mountain Lake. The 1.5 pound fish surprised biologists who speculated eggs could have been dropped in by a bird carrying fertilized spawn from distant waters.
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Texas
Rex Ferrell
Dallas
Eagle Mountain Lake
State Game Department
Deer Toll Continues Heavy In Gillespie County
The Texas Game Department reports 23 deer killed on highways in Gillespie County during the first four months of this year, reflecting a continued heavy toll on roads.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Texas
Game Department
Gillespie County
Parrot Calls Out Easter Egg Ruse by Zeke
Zeke hides a candy Easter egg in the parrot’s cage and wakes the bird. The parrot reacts with a sharp retort, saying it is a lie, turning the prank into a humorous exchange.
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Zeke
Inflation psychology and land value trends in early 20th century policy
A government department warns inflation psychology could derail farm real estate forecasts. It cites World War era effects on land prices, noting farm real estate rose from 34.8 billion in 1910 to 66.3 billion in 1920, then drifted down to 35.36 billion.
Lower cotton consumption predicted in 1940 41
A University of Texas expert warns 50 percent of world cotton spindles are at war and a 3 000 000 bale blackout in European consumption is forecast for 1940 41. Dr A B Cox cites currency depreciation and England sea control as obstacles and suggests a U S cotton program to protect sales amid shifting trade towards barter with manufactured goods.
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Austin
University of Texas
World Cotton Marts
United States
China
A. B. Cox
Brazil
Germany
England
Bureau of Business Research
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