Farmers and ranchers were especially hard hit as prices for cotton and livestock fell sharply Beginning in 1934 and lasting until 1939 the Dust Bowl an ecological disaster of severe wind and drought caused an exodus from Texas and the surrounding plains in which over 500,000 Americans were homeless hungry and jobless. Thousands left the region forever to seek economic opportunities in California For the majority of farmers who remained the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Act was a crash program started in 1933 that in two weeks signed up cotton growers even as agents and committeemen faced poor roads bureaucratic delays inadequate supplies balking mules and language barriers it brought recovery by the mid-1930s raising cotton prices by controls on how much farmers could plant, Rice University located near the Museum District and Texas Medical Center is a private tier-one research university and the most selective institution of higher education in Texas; . North Houston Harmon General Hospital one of the Army's largest opened in Longview in November 1942 with 157 hospital buildings and a capacity of 2,939 beds the facility was designed for the treatment of soldiers with central nervous system syphilis psychiatric disorders tropical illnesses and dermatological diseases At the end of the war the facility was adapted for use as the campus of LeTourneau University. Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board USS Missouri 2 September 1945. Previously a largely rural area East Texas became more urban as workers were recruited for the oil shipbuilding and aircraft industries East Texans made many contributions to the war effort both at home and in the armed forces High schools had patriotic programs as well but so many teachers and older students left for the military or for defense jobs that budgets were cut programs dropped and the curriculum had to be scaled down Hospitals reported a shortage of supplies and medical personnel as many doctors and most of the younger nurses joined the services. As of 2012 Vietnamese were the largest group of Asians in Harris County As of 1995 most Vietnamese Filipinos and Chinese stated that they were Republicans while most Indians and Pakistanis stated that they were Democrats in 2012 Indians and Pakistanis continue to identify as Democrats while Chinese Filipinos and Vietnamese were increasingly identifying as independents or Democrats! In Europe occupation came under two forms in Western Northern and Central Europe (France Norway Denmark the Low Countries and the annexed portions of Czechoslovakia) Germany established economic policies through which it collected roughly 69.5 billion reichmarks (27.8 billion US dollars) by the end of the war; this figure does not include the sizeable plunder of industrial products military equipment raw materials and other goods. Thus the income from occupied nations was over 40 per cent of the income Germany collected from taxation a figure which increased to nearly 40 per cent of total German income as the war went on, Maternal health Houston Texas Business Directory!
. . Hindi 0.23% On June 19 2013 the Astrodome was named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places as well as to its portfolio, 1 Skyscrapers On May 29 2018 the dome received a Texas State Historical Marker from the Texas Historical Commission. The Alley Theatre, Houston's Theater District is ranked second in the country (behind New York City) in the number of theatre seats in a concentrated downtown area with 12,948 seats for live performances and 1,480 movie seats the Theater District is located in the heart of downtown and is home to nine of Houston's performing arts organizations and six performance halls Houston is one of only five cities in the United States with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines: opera (Houston Grand Opera) ballet (Houston Ballet) music (Houston Symphony Orchestra) and theatre (Alley Theatre) the city has visual and performing arts organizations along with a dose of homegrown folk art such as Art Cars. Houston is widely recognized as an important city for contemporary visual arts.[citation needed] the city is a stop for touring companies from Broadway concerts shows and exhibitions for a variety of interests ranging from the nation's largest quilting show to auto boat home and gun shows, 2010 Census Native Americans in East Texas began to settle in villages shortly after 500 BC farming and building the first burial mounds They were influenced by the Mississippian culture which had major sites throughout the Mississippi basin in the Trans-Pecos area populations were influenced by Mogollon culture. The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876 Like many states it explicitly provides for a separation of powers the state's Bill of Rights is much larger than its federal counterpart and has provisions unique to Texas. Taxation Houston is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain biome and its vegetation is classified as temperate grassland Much of the city was built on marshes forested land swamp or prairie all of which can still be seen in surrounding areas. . Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Further information: List of newspapers in Houston List of television stations in Texas List of radio stations in Texas Magazines in Houston and List of films featured in Houston.
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