Texas Farmers Get Medical Insurance
Dallas report on a pioneering Farm Security Administration medical insurance plan in three Texas counties. 480 families enrolled: 200 Limestone, 150 Hamilton, 130 Falls. Sliding annual dues vary by service level and family size. Fees: 8 a year plus 1 per member. 13 plus 1. 21 plus 1. Physicians pleased. operation hoped by January or February. payments monthly. approved by Dallas County Medical Society executive committee.
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Dallas
Farm Security Administration
Texas
Carl Walters
Limestone County
Hamilton County
Falls County
United States
Tom Connally
Walters
Medical Society
FSA
Dallas County Medical Society
Lindbergh urged to return to United States by British magazine
The British magazine Everybody's urged Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to abandon Europe and move back to the United States. Titled Better Go Home Lindy the piece criticized his conduct in Europe and noted Soviet pilots had attacked his remarks on Russia. It claimed no private affairs meddling but said readers would be happier if he went home.
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London
Everybody’s
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
United States
Lindy
Lindbergh
Motorists warned carbon monoxide death season here
Dr. Geo W Cox State Health Officer urges motorists to inspect exhaust systems for leaks as unseasonable warmth gives way to winter. He warns warming a car in a closed garage is a leading cause of CO deaths and notes headaches drowsiness and fatigue may signal leaks. Truck drivers on long trips are especially vulnerable. Carbon monoxide is colorless odorless and tasteless and blocks oxygen in the blood.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Alarm Clock Ear Ticks in Woman’s Ears for 20 Years
Austin story of Agnes Martin whose ears emit regular tick tock sounds like an alarm clock. Doctors found no ordinary symptom. She recalls wartime flu after which the condition began, worsens with damp weather, disturbs morning sleep, and remains a rare affliction with no name.
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Austin
Agnes Martin
Brigham Young and His 56 Children
Salt Lake City report chronicles Brigham Young’s family once totaling 56 children from 19 wives. Only four daughters and four elderly sons survive. Joseph Don Carlos Young, 83, recently died. Remaining survivors include Mabel Y. Sanborn, 75, and Fannie Y. Clayton, 68, with notes on family life and church history.
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Congress
Young
Wheat Prices to Stay Low Forecast Says
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecast that domestic wheat prices likely remain low through the 1930-40 season unless conditions improve. World acreage and average yields suggest a crop near current world consumption, with carryover buildup possible if U.S. plantings exceed 55 million acres. World carryover in July 1939 is projected at about 1.165 billion bushels, the second largest on record.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
United States
Agriculture Department
They Stole The Paving And Saved City 1500
In St Louis Missouri residents on a North St Louis street ripped up wooden paving blocks for stove wood after learning the city planned to remove a block strip. Police intervened but officials noted the work would have cost about 1500 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Tex Austin Assumed Name Revealed by Sister in New Mexico
Mrs. June Leonard of Joplin Missouri said her brother the late John Van Tex Austin famed rodeo promoter who killed himself as blindness neared changed his name from Clarence Van Norstrand for show purposes. Joseph A Darst of St Louis claimed Austin was his boyhood chum whose real name was Van Norstrand.
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Santa FE
N. M
June Leonard
Joplin
John van (Tex) Austin
Clarence van Norstrand
Joseph A. Darst
St. Louis
Austin
van Norstrand
Bryant Targets Abolition Of Capital Punishment
Chairman Bruce Bryant of the Board of Pardons and Paroles warns that repealing the death penalty in Texas would not end capital punishment, arguing it would provoke lynchings and threaten anti lynching legislation as national politics intersect with southern race issues. The Texas governor nominee W Lee O Daniel opposes the death sentence. The remark centers on a East Texas case where two Black men assaulted a couple, highlighting fear of guilt and justice in trials. State Observer Austin reports.
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Bruce Bryant
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Bryant
South
East Texas
Austin
Seek Wedge Jobs Pitkin Counsels Ambitious Youth
Walter B. Pitkin advises youths to seek wedge jobs that place them near top leaders, using a small skill as the tool to crack into bigger opportunities. Mastery of stenography bookkeeping or similar work can lead to advancement, while law, writing, selling or other technical abilities also serve as wedges. Thousands of cattle die from licking fresh paint off farm buildings annually.
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Walter B. Pitkin
Pitkin
Does Your Child Have a Bicycle in Rising Star
Calvin Foster warns Rising Star readers about bicycle safety after a near-miss incident with a child on a shiny bicycle. The piece stresses supervision, traffic law adherence, daylight visibility, and riding on the curb side to reduce danger in busy streets.
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Rising Star
Calvin Foster
Rising Star Record
Princeton youths form League to battle Mars threat
Princeton N J A group of students organized The League for Interplanetary Defense and asked Orson Welles to lead. Donald Mulford of Montclair president of the LID wired Welles to arouse world awareness of the Martian invasion threat following Welles broadcast. Scottish shepherds note sheep respond more to a dark collie than a white one.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
League For Interplanetary Defense
Orson Welles
Donald Mulford
Montclair
LID
Wired Welles
America
Mars
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