Cotton loan rates set by Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department announced 1938 cotton loans at a base rate of 8.30 cents per pound with premiums and discounts by grade and staple length. Loans run to July 31, 1939, for noncooperators at 60 percent of cooperative rates and include a special irrigated schedule for Western states. Corn loan updates raise the rate to 57 cents per bushel and run through Nov. 1, 1939 with four liquidation options.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
AAA
Jefferson Texas A Comeback From a Vanished Port City
Jefferson once Texas second largest city with 30 000 residents and a bustling port faded after Jay Gould warned of ruin and a dammed raft of logs cut its role. Oil discovery revived activity two years ago and locals dream of a waterway to restore glory.
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Texas
Jefferson
Galveston
New Orleans
Arkansas
Louisiana
Jay Gould
Marshall
Women’s feet grow two sizes says chiropodists
Pittsburgh report says women now wear two sizes larger than twenty years ago after pedometer tests. Dr Morris of Audubon New Jersey cites a housewife’s annual 3000 mile walk and a 60 year man’s total 172000 miles. Motor vehicle license taxes yielded 359,783,000 dollars in 1936.
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Pittsburgh
National Association of Chiropodists
Jonas C. Morris
Audubon
N. J
Morris
New Machine Stitches Metal Sheets Using Wire Spool
A novel device threads metal sheets with stitches from a wire spool, automating the joining process and promising faster production. The machine bends and secures the sheet edges, reducing manual labor and enhancing consistency in seams.
Fly-killer scientist targets flies with empusa fungus
New York expert Dr. Bessie Goldstein aims to wipe out flies using empusa, a minute fungus she grows in her laboratory. The fungus feeds on heat, invades the fly, and spreads spores to other insects, potentially altering encounters with light and objects.
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Bessie Goldstein
New York
Invention Aims to Speed Ironing With Flush Rest
A new metal rest is designed to fasten flush to one end of an ironing board, eliminating the labor of lifting flatirons and streamlining the ironing process for users.
Air service between New York and California established
The aviation service connected New York and California in 1929 marking an early expansion of cross country flights. The route linked major urban centers and signaled growing airline networks in the era.
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Air Mai
New York
California
Cripples Get Aid Through Security Act
Texas advances crippled children care under the Social Security Act with Federal partnership. The program, led by the Texas Society for Crippled Children, funds prevention, early discovery, orthopedic and surgical treatment, and education. In 1937, 1,797 children received hospitalization and care.
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Texas
Texas Society For Crippled Children
State Department of Education
State Board of Health
The
Tex
Monkey Shortage as Scientists Use More in Research
Paris reports a monkey shortage as demand climbs for Macaques Rhesus used in research after Dr Harry Platz at the Pasteur Institute isolated the measles germ. Institutes seek more from Guinea. monkeys are treated humanely and not vivisected. An unrelated German inventor showcases a reinforced concrete roof design.
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Paris
France
Voronoff
Paris Pasteur Institute
Harry Platz
Pasteur Institute
Guinea
Platz
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United States
Boyce House
America
Linden
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J. J. Brown
Rehabilitation and Crippled Children Division
State Board For Vocational Education
Germany
J. C. Wilson
Sherman
In 1 Mun, Public Service Company
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