Padding on Texas school rolls reveals fraud risk
Austin reports a Texas census oversight involves 75 000 to 100 000 faux names inflating per capita school funds. John Olsen preuves 154 names in a district roll with 19 35 fraud rate. 7 moved away, 2 phantom, 10 past age 18. Result lowers district entitlement from 3388 to 1562, prompting potential taxpayer impact.
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Austin
Texas
John Olsen
Department of Education
Olsen
Bettie X
King Cotton Moves West
Washington report summarizes a 225 page WPA study showing a westward shift in cotton farming with expansion in the Mississippi delta and Western states, plus declines in Georgia Alabama and South Carolina as producers switch to corn peanuts tobacco and fruits. The delta and Western regions see acreage peaks and subsequent reductions after 1930, while dairy poultry and sheep production rise in Oklahoma Texas and adjacent areas.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Mississippi Delta
Delta
AAA
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Thankful Sheriff Nominee Seeks County Support
In a letter dated August 27, the Democrat voters in the county affirmed the sheriff nominee with an increased percentage since July 23. He pledges an honest campaign, compliance with the law, no deputy chosen yet, and promises a competent, upright force after the November 8 general election.
Savage family attends funeral in Whitewright
Orangeville News reports Mrs. Savage and family attended the funeral Saturday of her uncle Jim Billner of Whitewright. Other relatives and friends visited and stayed with family over the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown and Hershell Wilder.
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John Savage
Joe Reneau
Farms for sale and bar gains in Whitewright property
Far ms for sale with possession offered or rental if unsold in sixty days. Bargains in Whitewright area. Also listings for three mules a mare and two tractors with prices. Manning Meador Hardware. Auto loans offered by Auto Finance Company F W Creager manager Sherman.
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Whitewright
T. E. Barbee
Dapple Gray
Manning & Meador
Hardware Formalls
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
S. Travis St
Sherman
Reneau Family Visits Highlight Weekend in Ector
Reneau and Billie Reneau spent Sunday with relatives including father E. L. Bangs of Ector and Lonnie Wilder. Mrs. Clarence Rhody is reported improving after several weeks of illness.
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Reneau
John Savage
E. L. Bangs
Ector
Clarence Rhody
Billie Reneau
Lonnie Wilder
Hints For The Housewife Tips On Quick Laundry And Care
Tips include air drying to reduce ironing, eye level picture hanging guidance, using pineapple juice and cherry liquid for punch, bicarbonate paste to remove perspiration and scorch marks from white silk, checking gas burners for sediment, and repurposing gift box ribbons as straps for underwear.
Inventions Patent Odd Fishing Lure and Rubber Bath Tub
The latest U S patents include a transparent hollow fish lure that repeats bait use by stuffing bait inside and sealing with a plug. A rubber floating bathtub with an inflatable tubular rim and side perforations lets water flow in as a bather sits inside.
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Washington
By the Nose Teacher Dialogue Quotation
A brief exchange features Sammie asking how iron was discovered and a reply that his father said it was smelt. The fragment hints at a classroom style discussion without broader context or additional details.
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Sammie
Hungry Artist Classroom Banana Fiasco
A school drawing lesson ends in a small boy crying at the teacher’s desk after declaring he swallowed his object a banana becomes the source of a curious incident he explains his act and the class watches with concern
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