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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
3
The new Army Chief of Staff General Malin Craig endorses a superior military air service. He argues the United States lags in military aviation while leading in commercial flight, and warns war risks if airpower remains underdeveloped.
The piece defines propaganda as the act of shaping public opinion and argues both sides view it as vicious or praiseworthy depending on agreement. It traces terminology to the church and asserts propaganda can educate, stressing that honest effort should aim to inform rather than coercively convert.
The article argues motion pictures educate while entertaining, broadening history and world knowledge through diverse films. It cites Dickens and ScarLet Pimpernel adaptations, Henry VIII, travel to Bali and the South Seas, and figures like the President. It warns about propagandists and the need for open motives to avoid danger.
The piece argues that public opinion will intensify before the election, yet democracy relies on sober debate. It rejects alarms of revolution and calls the United States the oldest continuous constitutional government, noting its prosperity and liberty should not be sacrificed to momentary emotions.
Henry Ham, a Moore County farmer, reports terracing on about 40 acres boosted returns by 36 per acre. He seeded without seedbed prep in 1934 and kept terraced land to two cultivations versus four on unterraced land, reducing seedbed prep costs and increasing yield to 250 bundles per acre versus 150 on unrented land, with higher net feed value.
Nineteen beef calves fed by Winters vocational agriculture boys show good gains with ten calves averaging 2.4 pounds daily after 100 days. Three Brown brothers calves gained 800 pounds total at 2.7 pounds daily. Calves sourced from Horne ranch near Valera on feed 100 days, grain mix includes corn meal barley chops milk meal cotton seed meal sweet feed lime stone flour. Sixty three animals fattened for Abilene District Vocational Agriculture Project show, lambs gain rapidly, porkers increase in weight. The F F A chapter plans active Centennial agriculture exhibit with Merle and Gerald Proctor George Brown Cecil Vinson. J M Williams notes high school vocational training benefits farm youths who learn soil conservation pruning, livestock selection, milk testing, ration balancing, and FFA leadership through contests, tours, and banquets.
Texas pastures cover about 76 million acres with emphasis on weed control, contouring for moisture and improved seeding. Lancaster urges management practices, reserves for winter, multiple pastures, and supplementary feeding to profit small farms and safeguard grazing across seasons.
The text notes cars achieve more miles per gallon at average speeds than at high speeds. It advises that when gas is low, rushing to the filling station is not cost effective.
A fragmentary quote from Henry Ford asserts no such thing as overproduction. The text humorously suggests Ford should visit town on a Saturday evening to test the idea by seeking a parking spot. The passage closes with a pun about poverty, dyspepsia, and discomfort.
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