Word: drought
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pleasure to find such a peculiarly clear and understanding discussion of the Navy's war games, nor such sympathetic yet accurate treatment of members of its per sonnel as is contained in the article, mentioned. . . . R. S. PARR Lt. Comdr. U.S.N. (Retired) Cambridge, Md. Panhandle's Drought...
...addition to signing the Stock Exchange Regulation bill and handing one of the pens to Ferdinand Pecora, signing a new Corporate Bankruptcy bill, asking Congress for $525,000,000 for drought relief, signing two Federal crime bills, asking Congress to give Haiti left-over equipment of the U. S. Marines there and planning the wind-up of the session with House & Senate leaders, President Roosevelt went cruising down the Potomac last week on the Sequoia. With him went two baskets crammed full of official papers-each paper a problem. The President was tired, mentally and physically. But there could...
...wheat crop was being abandoned at the rate of 1,000,000 bu. a day, that growers were losing $1,000,000 daily. On the Chicago wheat exchange, wheat rose almost its 5? limit to $1.07. This meant money only for farmers in Texas and Oklahoma, on the drought's fringe, where harvests were abundant and ten days early...
...records, the Chicago Weather Bureau announced that precipitation over 1,000,000 sq. mi. from the Rockies to the Lakes was less than 20% normal. "Worst drought since 1894," said the Lincoln, Neb. Weather Bureau. "Worst in 50 years," retorted Chicago. "There has never been anything like it," cried AAAdministrator Chester Davis. "For intensity, duration and scope, this drought exceeds anything in our knowledge. The ensuing crop failure is likely to be just as drastic...
Relief. Plenty of animals were starving, but as yet few people. That would come later. The great summer drought of 1930 did not deliver its full impact of human misery until the following autumn and winter. Recalling the volunteer assistance which South Dakota gave Arkansas in those terrible times, Editor W. T. Sitlington of the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat called upon the farmers of his State to repay a "mercy debt." Taking the cue, Governor J. Marion Futrell of Arkansas declared : "Gratitude calls upon the people of Arkansas who are able to do so, to show their appreciation...