Uncle Sam Sets Sorghum Goal High for Southwest Farmers
PMA official J D Walker told over 200 representatives from PMA, Soil Conservation Service, Farm Home Administration and Extension Service at Old Tascosa that farmers should plant 10 million acres of grain sorghums. He noted sorghums are now a major crop and outlined price supports and market aims while highlighting regional suitability from South Texas to Kansas. Local FHA director Cappleman announced disaster-area declarations aiding next year's crop and loan access, with timely loan checks after approval.
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Daily News
Uncle Sam
J. D. Walker
Grain Branch
The
Production Marketing Administration
Walker
PMA
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Home Administration and
Extension Service
Old Tascosa
Her
College Station
United States
Texas
Kansas
Panhandle
Japan
Germany
Cappleman
FHA
Gough
LCS
Williamson
SCS
Gruver Elevator Co Sells Its First Local Business
Gruver Texas May 2 Special The town’s first business, Gruver Elevator Company, has been sold by founder J J Gruver to Coy Holt Sam Cluck Durwood Cluck and Ralph Bort. The firm will keep operating under the old name. Gruver and his son L H Gruver will focus on ranching interests. The elevator capacity is 550000 bushels with 260000 in concrete bins built two years ago.
Amarillo NFLA Names Directors
W. F. Bennett of Amarillo was re elected to the board of directors of the Amarillo National Farm Loan Association at a meeting yesterday morning in the VFW Hall. Election of a president, vice president and secretary of the board of directors was postponed until next Wednesday because of the inability of one director to attend the meeting. Entertainment included a Q and A on the Federal Land Bank loan directed by Rev Leon Hill. A noon barbecue was the highlight of the event.
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W. F. Bennett
Amarillo
Amarillo National Farm Loan Association
VFW Hall
Federal Land Bank Loan
Leon Hill
Mrs Hamilton Dies in Dalhart at 75
Mrs. W. J. Hamilton, 75, died Tuesday afternoon in Dalhart after living there since 1930. born at Amistad New Mexico she was active in the Methodist Church and survived by her husband four children and a brother. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 30 p m at Pine Street Methodist Church with burial in Memories Park Cemetery.
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Dalhart
W. J. Hamilton
Amistad
Hamiltons
Midwest
Little New Mexico
Hamilton
Methodist Church
Margaret Oglesby
Ethel Selby
Willam J. Hamilton, Jr
Richard Ww. Hamilton
Long Beach
Cal
Ape E. Way
Huntington Park
Debate over MacArthur hearings and Korea policy
A Washington debate centers on General MacArthur testifying before Senate committees in New York amid calls for open hearings. Senators clash over secrecy while Acheson and White House discuss Wedemeyer’s Korea warnings and U N policy, with Wake Island records fueling the dispute.
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MacArthur
Senate
Courtney Whitney
Texas
Capehart
Indiana
Truman
Korea
United Nations
India
Britain
France
Ellender
Louisiana
McFarland
Arizona
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
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Utah
Cain
Washington
Armed Services Committee
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Manchuria
Yalu River
Pyongyang
Red Capital
10Th Corps
Yalu
Formosa
New York Times
Acheson
Wedemeyer
South Korea
Wherry
Nebraska
Bridges
New Hampshire
House
Martin
Massachusetts
House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs
Vinson
Georgia
Armed Services Group
Asia
Congress
White House
State Departments
China
United States
Tian
Defense Department
Mr. Truman
Endsley Rites At Clarendon
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Ella Endsley aged 86 will be held at 3 PM Thursday in First Baptist Church Clarendon with Rev. L A Sartain officiating. Burial in Citizens Cemetery under Murp hy Spicer Funeral Home. Survivors include three sons six daughters 35 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren.
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Clarendon
Mattie Ella Endsley
First Baptist Church
L. A. Sartain
Citizens Cemetery
Murphy-Spicer Funeral Home
G. W. Bradshaw
Seth Swinney
Junior Spier
Clyde Barker
John Heathington
Royce Hall
John A
S. W. Endsley
Horace C. Endsley
Granbury
Mary Sue Riley
May Heathington
Pearl Graham
Fort Worth
Amanda Lawrance
Phoenix
Ariz
Annie Chapman
Ruby Heathington
Mercy petitions push to spare McGee life
Mrs. H. H. Stull of Pampa began a campaign in Amarillo to commute the death sentence of Richard W. McGee for the July 7 1948 murder of Lubbock grocer A. L. Allston. Volunteers plan to circulate petitions and seek veterans group support as McGee, age 25, remains jailed in Lubbock after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
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H. H. Stull
Pampa
Amarillo
Richard W. McGee
Stull
Roy Byrd
West Third
McGee
A. L. Allston
Lubbock
Swisher Bond Issue Approved in County Vote
Complete returns in the county-wide bond election show 821 for the issue and 86 against. Swisher voters favored an $80,000 bond issue to purchase right of way for widening Highway 87 from Lin south to Hale County line, with 282 supporting and 11 opposed in Tulia.
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Tulia
Highway 87
Lin
Hale County Lin
FASTEETH Keeps Dentures Firm and Comfortable
Do your false teeth slip during meals or laughs. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates to hold dentures firmly and comfortably. It has an alkaline formula with no gummy taste and helps control denture odor. Available at any drug store.
Bank Hijacked by Thugs in War Paint
Two youths robbed the Winona National Bank today of about 40 000 to 45 000. Their faces were painted like Indians on the warpath and they were armed with a sawed off rifle. Bank cashier J R Hisey was forced to open the vault as police pursued leads.
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Winona
Wva
Winona National Bank
Jack Robertson
J. R. Hisey
Sur
Lumber Mills Count Exceeds Fifty Thousand Across U S
An estimate indicates more than 50,000 lumber mills operate nationwide in the United States, reflecting broad industrial activity in the wood products sector and regional manufacturing presence.
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United States
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Robin Tibbets
Secretary of Agriculture
St.Joseph Aspirin
Gruver Elevator Company
Abilene
Baylor Watches
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N. Fillmore
M‘davids
Polk
W. Bennett
Amarillo Nfla
Edon
Montana
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Endsley
Mercy
Swisher
Bay Direct From
Texas Employers Insurance
Ass'n Workmen’s Compensation Insurance
Alta Tt Te ‘Casualty Company
10Th and
Harrison Sts
Sally Ann
Taylor
Eagle-Picher
Thomas Paint & Supplies
10Th PA
Arnold B. Bangerter, Jr
Radio Cab Company
Salt Lake City
Conoco Super
Mr. Bangerter
Walt Winters
Westside
Iowa
Melvin L. Beyer
Conoco
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