Bankhead Opposes Cotton Domestic Allotment Plan
Senator John H. Bankhead of Alabama told the Montgomery Rotary Club that growers should avoid a domestic allotment plan and risk losing foreign markets rather than accept a slave-wage cotton system. He warned the November vote on acreage controls could devastate Southern farmers if rejected.
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Birmingham
Ala
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Montgomery
South
Bankhead
America
Plow Inventor’s Birthplace Remains Unknown
A quotation credits the unnamed inventor of the plow with great humanitarian impact, noting that his birth and death places are unknown. The passage contrasts him with warriors whose deeds are recorded with historical precision.
I Will Try Has Performed Wonders
A compact quotation highlights effort over doubt. The speaker notes that attempting tasks yields results, contrasting with the risk of saying I cannot do it. It emphasizes perseverance and initiative as drivers of achievement.
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George P. Burnham
Possible Collins named for Texas Highway Commission chair
From O D a n i e l sources word that Carr P Collins of Dallas could be offered as chairman of the State Highway Commission early next year. Collins may decline citing business duties and a preference for advisory roles rather than a formal post. The appointment would likely go to an East Texas or Southeast Texas figure, replacing John Wood. Separately, reports note British oil firms have recovered seized shipments and Mexico could seize American power plants with little legal penalty, signaling widening international economic tensions.
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Austin
O’daniel
Carr P. Collins
Dallas Insurance and Mineral Water
W. Lee O’daniel
State Highway Commission
Collins
Dallas
Harry Hines
Commission
Highway Commission
John Wood
Texas
Europe
Mexico
France
Belgium
O'Daniel Names Woodul to Lead Texas World Fair Drive
W Lee O'Daniel pushes industrial expansion in Texas by naming Lt Gov Walter Woodul to raise 250000 for Texas exhibits at the New York and San Francisco World Fairs. Gov Allred had created a State Fair Commission which never mobilized and raised little funds. Woodul chosen for his longtime interest in advertising Texas.
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Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Walter Woodul
New York City
San Francisco
Allred
O’daniel
Woodul
Coach Bible's Freshman Challenge Sparks Texas Tale
Texas fans share a humorous football anecdote about coach Dana X. Bible earning $15000 yearly. An initial season interview with a young high school recruit leads to Bible assigning him to the freshman B squad. The hopeful teen dares that he will master the system in weeks or suggest a new one.
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Texas University
Texas
Dana X. Bible
Bible
Flood of Mexican Oil Reaches Houston Port in September and October
Texas Railroad Commission figures show 410,978 barrels imported in September and an estimated 625,000 in October, lifting two month total over one million. Oil contracted to two Houston refiners, mainly for re export to Europe and Japan. Texas oil men note Mexican exports exceed historic royal oil levels, arguing export oil derives largely from expropriated American supply.
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Houston
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Europe
Japan
Texas Oil
Mexico
Roosevelt Backed Plan To Extend Oil Compact Powers
Ernest O. Thompson reports to President Roosevelt that the Interstate Oil Compact should regulate refinery output to curb overproduction and stabilize prices. The President reportedly opposes broader federal regulation, noting the compact cannot enforce price actions and must rely on voluntary state agreements.
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Roosevelt
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Inter-State Oil Compact Commission
Thompson
Hyde Park
Europeans Learned Of Czech Crisis From U S Papers
Abbe Ernest Dimnet arrived in New York aboard the Champain and praised American press freedom as the last bright ray in a darkening world. He said Europeans misunderstood the Czech crisis until American newspapers carried the facts, noting freedom has drawbacks but serves humanity seeking truth.
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New York
Europe
Abbe
Ernest Dimnet
Abbe Dimnet
Quotations on Labor and Self-Reliance by Grenville Kleiser
A concise quotation asserts that rest is as important as effort, and that energetic labor discipline self-denial and self-reliance are essential to success in any field of human endeavor. It emphasizes perseverance and personal responsibility.
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Grenville Kleiser
New Deal Spent and Loaned Over Thirty Three Billion
The National Emergency Council on Wednesday released NEC figures through July 1 1938 showing the New Deal had spent 18 118 000 000 directly and loaned 12 173 000 000 by federal agencies with 1 799 000 000 in FHA insured loans. Relief totaled 7 751 000 000 with WPA at 4 683 000 000 and FER A 3 067 000 000. AAA followed at 2 599 000 000. Other agencies list major outlays with Civil Works ADC CCC and several public works programs. The Farm Credit Administration was the principal government lender.
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Washington
National Emergency Council
New Deal
Federal Housing Administration
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Security Administration
Civil Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bureau of Public Roads
Public Works Administration
Reclamation Service
United States Housing Authority
Public
Major New Deal Agencies Share Wide Dollar Totals
The record lists total expenditures of 5.053 billion dollars with major agency figures. Reconstruction Finance Corporation 3.07B, Commodity Credit Corporation 870M, Farm Security Administration 217M, Home Owners Loan Corporation 3.092B, Public Works Administration 686M, Rural Electrification Administration 60M, Disaster Loan Corporation 6,000,090, Federal Reserve Board 113M. The Federal Housing Administration loaned 611M under Title 1 for modernization and 1.187B under Title 2 for long term home financing.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Security Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Public Works Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Disaster Loan Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Housing Administration
Brannon Sentenced for Slot Machine Breakage in L.A.
Claude R. Brannon, 25, a truck driver from Los Angeles, received 1 to 15 years in San Quentin after admitting he tried to beat a slot machine by breaking it open to retrieve his $12 loss. He said he knew he could not beat the machine but would still gamble.
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Los Angeles
Claude R. Brannon
San Quentin
Brannon
University students pledge exams before marriage
Forty members of the Latin American Club at the University of Texas vow not to marry without thorough physical examinations. R F Voyer of the Texas social hygiene association said the pledges are the first of their kind in the United States as part of a campaign against venereal diseases. Waste from cocoa factories is used in the Netherlands to make fertilizer.
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Austin
University of Texas
R. F. Voyer
Texas Social Hygiene Association
United States
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Wallace
China
Russia
India
Egypt
South America
Virginia Grey
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Caleb Colton
Gomer May
Sherwin-Williams Paint
Whitewright Lumber Co
Fdr
The
Farm Credit Administration
Netherlands
Eveready Prestone
Ford
Sinclair
Prestone
Yeager’s Service Station
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
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