Dust storms cause massive crop losses across Plains states
The dust blizzard devastated the Northwestern Panhandle and eastern Colorado with losses running into millions. Officials estimate crop reductions of 15 to 20 percent in Colorado, and 3.5 million acres damaged in Texas panhandle. Wheat totals for Wyoming and New Mexico are forecast lower, while some areas report minor damage.
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Latimer to get full pardon from Gov Fitzgerald
Irving Latimer, a famed Michigan convict confined since 1880s, is nearing a full pardon by Governor Frank Fitzgerald. Convicted of poisoning his mother in Jackson in 1889, Latimer has been allowed freedom to come and go for the past five years despite being a state prisoner.
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Number of Farms in Seventh District Rises 20 Percent
The 1935 Farm Census shows 25 150 farms in Amherst Augusta Bath Clarke Highland Frederick Nelson and the cities of Harrisonburg Winchester Buena Vista Staunton up from 20 765 in 1930 an increase of 4 385 farms over five years Officials Norman D Foster L C Dawson and T T Showalter attribute the rise to subsistence farming returns debt payments and relief programs FERA and VERA The report notes the count includes all land used for farming regardless of tenure Rockingham leads the area with 3 917 farms, Augusta shows the largest increase at 1 200.
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