Texas farmers face small changes in 1941 AAA program
Texas officials report only modest adjustments to the 1941 AAA plan. The program keeps a $20 minimum payment with a potential $15 for tree planting, totaling up to $35 for eligible farms. County committees gain latitude to tailor practices, and new provisions allow up to 30 acres of soil-depleting crops in feed-short areas. Cotton new-grower allotments cut to 1 percent of state allotment. no payments for 1941 cotton on those allotments.
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College Station
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
National Conference of Farmer
George Slaughter
Texas Committee
Slaughter
East Texas Makes Watermelon Syrup
F M Lockaby owner of a plant south of Athens announced a new watermelon syrup made from pressed juice of watermelons. The syrup tastes like sorghum and rind preserves, requires ten gallons of juice for one gallon of syrup, and is deep red whether from yellow or red melons. Red meat juice needs a touch of sugar, yellow meat juice is used as is.
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East Texas
Athens
F. M. Lockaby
Dallas News
Workman killed as ditch caves in Leonard project
Lacy Brandon, 30, died Saturday after a ditch collapse at the underpass on highway 78 beneath the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway. He was trapped from the neck down while working on a sewer removal project. A large crew freed him after about an hour but he only breathed a few times post extrication. The sewer work is one of three projects at the underpass.
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Leonard
Lacy Brandon
Highway
Missouri-Kansas and Texas Railway
Brandon
Federal Aid in Grayson County Nine Million in Six Years
A government report shows Grayson County received over 9.35 million dollars in loans and grants from March 4, 1933, to June 30, 1939. The Work Projects Administration led spending with 2.10 million, followed by Public Works 479,628 and other agencies funding relief and modernization programs totaling 576,782 in insured loans and 82,100 in public road allotments.
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Grayson County
Office of Government Reports
Federal Housing Administration
Farm Security Administration
Public Roads Administration
Work Projects Administration
Public Works Administration
Public Buildings Administration
Social Security Board
Department of Agriculture
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civil Works Administration
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Soil Conservation
Farm Credit Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Loan Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Land Bank
Emergency Crop and Feed Agency
Farm Agency Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Tax suggestion may join Dem platform at Mineral Wells
The Democratic platform may include a tax plank to fund pensions and social security. Gov. Lee O'Daniel noted legal limits on endorsing specific legislation but left open a platform favoring levies on natural resources, utilities profits and corporate franchises. He emphasized any bill the Legislature passes as his tax plank. Also mentioned are pensions and education funding while noting the variability of proposed new money sources. An Alaska anecdote about Swan Lake freezing and winter skating closes this item.
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Austin
Lee O’daniel
So and So
Democratic Party
Democrats of
Texas
O’daniel
State Party
Mineral Wells
Debate Echoes Over FDR Influence In Public Forum
A quoted exchange presents two speakers praising and opposing Franklin D. Roosevelt, then hints at a claimed unseen influence guiding the president. The dialogue contrasts loyalty with skepticism about hidden power shaping policy and leadership.
Willkie Denounces F D R Wallace as Misled
Bushville dispatch reports Wendell Willkie accusing Franklin D Roosevelt and Henry Wallace of being misinformed. He says the Republican stance is not appeasement, and argues Roosevelt and Wallace misrepresent the GOP platform and his acceptance speech.
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Bushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Des Moines
Sulfathiazole Seen as Potential Dysentery Weapon
At Henrietta Egleton Hospital for Children physicians report sulfathiazole scoring repeated victories against acute dysentery in children aged one to three. First released for experimental use about a year ago, the drug targeted infections and showed dramatic results in a virulent dysentery case, though officials stop short of declaring it a definitive cure.
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Atlanta
Henrietta Egleton Hospital
Missing golf ball ends Sandy’s playing days
A humorous exchange shows a Scotsman named Sandy giving up golf after losing his ball. The joke hinges on the double meaning of losing a ball and quitting the sport.
Liquor Board Seeks Statutory Reforms for Dry Counties
A joint statement by Texas Liquor Control Board leaders urges amendments to the medicinal permit section of the liquor control act. They argue the present law allows drugstores in dry counties to dispense liquor for medicinal use with minimal safeguards and call for licensing whisky dispensing physicians and stronger enforcement to protect local option rights.
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W. D. Bradfield
D. J. Decherd
Texas Liquor Control Board
Liquor Control Board
Mysterious Santa Donor Gifts Waterbury Institutions
In Waterbury Connecticut a nameless benefactor, calling himself Santa, has donated over 100000 in the past week. Hospitals, churches, and scouts received substantial amounts through bank delivered checks, while the donor remains unidentified and the public and officials seek clues.
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Waterbury
Conn
Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts
John C. Walker
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Leonard Project
Alaska
Swan Lake
Sitka
Franklin D. Roosevelt
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
J. A. May
T. J. Lilley
Sun Office
Haile
Hubam Clover Seed
J. H. Gosnell
Mollie Turner
Frank Coffman
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Tom Barbee
Manning & Meador
Whitewright
Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Finance Company
F W. Creager
Mgr
Willkie
F.D.R
Sandy
Liquor Board
Santa
Whitewright Cooperative Gin Association
Whitewright Cooperative Gun Association
L. E. Alexander
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