Farm Ills Confront U. S. Scions
The 75th Congress faces farm ills including crop control legality, soil and drought issues, and a push for new programs. Secretary Wallace considers an all risk crop insurance starting with wheat, with plans to aid tenants and improve landlord tenant relations.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Ers
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Supreme Court
Wallace
Cotton Belt
Corn Belt
Great Plains
Modern American Socialist and Private Property
Frederic J. Haskin argues that modern American socialists do not deny private property but favor public control of major resources and industries to avoid monopoly. The piece contrasts Soviet communism’s evolving practices with Western socialism and notes Russia’s large non communist population under party rule.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Russia
Socialist Party
Karl Marx
Social Democrats
America
Soviet Russia
United States
Communist Party
Federal plan favors returning poor lands to grass and trees
Federal leaders support reestablishing the area’s poor crop lands as natural grass and woodland and consider a broad program of small dams and ponds to conserve scarce water resources.
Christmas Card Stops Runaway Whippet
Mr and Mrs Louis Ilmer of Hiawatha Kansas attached a Christmas card to their whippet collar saying Spank me and send me home The dog ran off the next day but returned soon after Then the inscription was added I did The dog has not run away since
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Hiawatha
Kas
Louis Ilmer
Notice of annual meeting of Winchester bank stockholders
The Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. of Winchester Virginia invites shareholders to the annual meeting at the bank on Loudoun street and Rouss avenue Winchester January 12 1937 at eleven oclock a m for director election and other business to come before the meeting adjournments are possible J H Yost cashier signed at Winchester Virginia with dates 12 11 17 24 31 41
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Winchester
Virginia
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester
Loudoun Street
Rouss Avenue
Farmers and National Bank and Trust CO
J. H. Yost
State Has More Wheat Growing
The fall wheat acreage is 675 000 acres, up 3 percent from 1935 and the largest since 1922 though well below 1 000 000 acres in 1917. Rye sowing reaches 116 000 acres, up about 20 percent as farmers use rye for grazing and early hay while hay scarcity persists. Wheat condition is 85 percent of normal, near the 10 year average, with early sown crops showing strong growth despite November dryness.
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Federal State
Public sale of farm in Frederick County Virginia
Special commissioners announce a public auction of a 70 acre farm with improvements in Shawnee District Frederick County Va. The property adjoins Mason and others and lies about five miles east of Winchester on Opequon Creek. Sale set for January 9 1937 at 12 noon at the Winchester courthouse. Terms require one third cash with balance in two annual installments.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Annie E. Hart
Winchester
Opequon Creek
Mason
Husband
Peyton G. Jefferson
T. Russell Cather
Dunn & Duvall
C. C. Brannon
Winter wheat production outlook for 1937 crop
U S forecasts indicate high abandonment and yields for winter wheat in 1937 due to drought and past weather. Production expected around 600 million bushels, up from 515 million in 1936, with rye sowing rising mainly in the North Central States to meet pasture and hay needs. Rye condition on December 1 stood at 71 percent of normal versus a 10 year average of 85 percent.
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United States
North Central States
Fifty Thousand Dollar Culver Memorial Gift Reported
A 480000 gift to Culver Military Academy in memory of Alexander Fleet supports cultural and educational development. Bertram B Culver and Edna Lambert Culver of St Louis plus their sons establish the fund. Fleet, Virginia-born educator, led Culver from 1896 to 1910 and taught Greek at Missouri.
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Ver, Mo
Culver Military Academy
Alexander Fleet
Virginia
Bertram B. Culver
Edna Lambert Culver
Henry Harrison Culver
St. Louis
Bee Heist Ends With Dead Bees In Troy
Carl Holcomb reported a night robbery of his bee hives in Troy. Bees died defending their honey and left police a clue suggesting the thief may have a puffed face.
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Troy, N
Carl Holcomb
Speeder A Short Short Story
Lee enjoys his fast car despite warnings about danger. A lunch hour chat touches on the World’s Fair debates and a boast about speed. A month later Harris recalls Lee’s crash, hinting at tragedy behind the quick humor and risky driving.
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Lee
Telegraph Pole Crash Not Involving Driver, Says Harris
Mumbled dialogue notes a crash scene with a person claiming someone hit a telegraph pole but was not seriously hurt. Harris confirms Lee was not the driver, sparking disbelief about the incident and the contrary accounts.
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Harris
Lee
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Merry Christmas
John S. Miller & Company
Santa Claus Headquarters
Culver
Baker’s Drug Store
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power Co
Speeder
Ee Rine
Laurens Jones Florist
Yuletide
R. M. Swimley
York
Kenneth Windle
RSS
Health Center
ASCO
Rikers
Bickers Motor Company
Firestone Battery
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Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Stores
Loudoun St
Limon
Voice
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Chevrolet
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Motorola
Ieee
WY la Ail Ee Vulcanizing & Road Service
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Pine Motor CO
Winchester, VA
Brad. & Cecil Sts
H. W. Ebert
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