Farmers Resist Wheat Draft in Panhandle Amid Tax Fear
Panhandle farmers report acquiescence to the 50 percent forced sale order while expressing resentment over tax implications. Spear man Farm Bureau protests call the measure un American as elevator operators in Floyd Briscoe Swisher and Hale counties note producers selling on the spot and others holding crop against price moves.
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David Rasco
South Plains
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Ramiliitinn
Nau
Farm Bureau
Spearman
United Press
Kansas
Floyd
Briscoe
Swisher
Hale
Briscoe County
Swisher County
Floyd County
Our-County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Carl J. Miller
U. S. Warehouse Act Administration
Employment Figures Reach All-Time High in May
The Census Bureau reports 55,320,000 Americans employed in May, the highest total in history and 570,000 above the July 1943 wartime peak. The figure includes 450,000 workers on strike. Unemployment stands at about 2,310,000, far below earlier reconversion projections. Queen Elizabeth were the first pair of silk stockings ever knit.
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Washington
Census Bureau
John W. Snyder
Elizabeth
Jaycees Preview Push-Button Voting Demonstration
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce members were shown a push-button voting machine by S H Lounsbury of Austin at a luncheon in the Amarillo Hotel. The automatic device costs 1250 dollars and can tabulate votes within a half hour after polls close.
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Amarillo
Lloyd P. Hayes
Meade Graham
Dick Wagner
G. M. Smith, Jr
R. C. Brownlee
Art Monken
Gillis I. Barkhart
Repairman Finds Quickest Way To Locate Gas Leak
Granite Falls Minn June 19 John Mertz smelled gas and called a repair man who found the leak quickly after lighting a match. The fire was put out within minutes causing only minor damage according to Mertz. The article also notes an early piano range of four octaves.
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Granite Falls
Minn
John Mertz
Mertz
Night in Casa Blanca with Marx Brothers at Paramount
The calendar lists Paramount showings through Saturday featuring the Marx Brothers in Night in Casa Blanca. Other attractions include Blondies Lucky Day at state, The Virginian at Capitol, Underground Rustlers at Rialto, Crimson Canary at Texas, What Next Corporal Harcro ve at Victory, The Harvey Girls at Rex, The Lost Week End at Star, Music for Millions at Leon, plus Mayfair Nat Rainbow Gardens Aviatrix venues with live bands each night. Saccharin is noted as sweeter than cane sugar.
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Paramount
Casa Blanc
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Capitol
the Virginian
Joel McCrea
Brian Donlevy
Rialto
Underground Rustlers
The
Range Busters
Texas
Crimson Canary
Noah Beery, Jr
Lois Collier
Victory
Corporal Harcrove
Robert Walker
Keenan Wynn
REX
Judy Garland
STAR
Ray Milland
Jane Wyman
LEON
Margaret O'Brien
Jimmy Durante
June Allyson
Mayfair
Texas Wanderers
NAT
Dick Stevenson
Rainbow Gardens
Sons of Theest
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
Dick Miles
Shreveport
Bob Sylvester
Eloise
Senate Raises Helium Research Fund to 107000
The Senate approved a helium research appropriation of 107000, increasing the House figure of 87000. A conference committee will decide which figure prevails or if a compromise is reached.
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Senate
Department of Interior
House
Daily News
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