Britain urges population ten raise poultry farming
London reports British agriculture officials believe lessons from the Fourth World Congress will spur a nationwide push to expand poultry and by products exports. Britain imports about £20,000,000 worth of poultry and eggs annually, while domestic output grows but remains hampered by unemployment and losses from disease and poor husbandry. The ministry plans institutes and labs to improve breeds and losses and to mobilize small landholders to meet demand.
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United Press
London
Ministry of Agriculture
Great Britain
Ireland
Denmark
Poland
Greece
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Finland
Sweden
Europe
Germany
Woman Victim of Fatal Gas Blast in Ballinger
BALLINGER Aug 8 Explosion of a container of gasoline in the basement of Mrs Ira L Sims home proved fatal to the wife of a cotton ginner here. She was badly burned when the blast occurred Thursday afternoon.
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United Press
Ballinger
Ira L. Sims
Dancers End Marathon Dance With World Record Win
In Chicago Lincoln Park early the marathon started and ran for weeks until last night when medical staff halted after Ann Gerry of Chicago and Mike Gouvas of Hammond Ind set a new world record with 2 831 hours four minutes and 30 seconds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Southern Cross
North Atlantic
North Side
Ann Gerry
Mike Gouvas
Hammond
Ind
Radio Editor of Houston Post Dies
Lee Woods aged 24, radio editor of the Houston Post Dispatch, died after a monthlong illness. A University of Texas graduate, he previously reported in Galveston before moving to Houston. He is survived by his widow, a son, William Sterling Woods, his parents, Mr and Mrs Lee Woods Sr of Del Rio, a brother John Price Woods of Austin, and sisters Margie and Bessie Woods of Del Rio.
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United Press
Houston
Lee Woods
Houston Post-Dispatch
Woods
University of Texas
Galveston
William Sterling Woods
S8r
del Rio
John Price Woods
Austin
Misses Margie
Bessie Woods
Moody opens attack on Fergusonism in Texas race
In Waco on August 8 Gov. Dan Moody renewed his anti Ferguson platform promising “good government in Texas.” He framed the choice as democracy or dictatorship and charged Ferguson with throttling public will on prohibition and harming schools. Moody contrasted per capita spending and textbook costs with Ferguson years and faced interruptions from a heckler.
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Waco
Texas
Dan Moody
Moody
Ferguson
Fergusons
Mexican Buried in Well Cave Dies in Rescue Effort
In Brenham Texas Seliero Medina age 46 was buried three hours when a well caved in as he cleaned it out rescuers worked to reach him before he died The incident occurred August 8 and authorities reported the failing effort to save him.
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Well Cave In
United Press
Brenham
Tex
Seliero Medina
Abilene Chosen City for West Texas Rebekah Meeting
Abilene was selected as the 1931 convention city for the West Texas 1. 0. 0. F. and Rebekah Association in the closing session of this year's meeting in Sweetwater. A. H. Balch of Abilene was elevated to the presidency.
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United Press
Sweetwater
Abilene
West Texas
Rebekah Association
A. H. Balch
Theater doorman dies after 47 years at Metropolitan
Thomas Jacob Bull, longtime head doorman at the Metropolitan Opera House since its opening, died yesterday in New York. He was renowned for knowing many opera stars and patrons.
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Associated Frees
New York
Thomas Jacob Bull
Metropolitan Opera House
Veteran Publisher Harris Dies in Ottawa at 61
Ralph A. Harris, 61, longtime Ottawa newspaper publisher and Franklin county Republican political leader, died here last night after a heart attack. He had guided local papers and played a key role in regional GOP activities.
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Associated Press
Ottawa
Kas
Ralph A. Harris
Franklin County
Local residents tour California and Amarillo move
Miss Velda Bangs Mrs A T Mec Fain and Mrs Ruth Griffin report a California trip last week and plan a two week southern tour before returning north. Frank E Buckingham returns Sunday from a two week vacation in Tennessee and Kentucky. IG Short, a realtor, spent days in Shamrock on business. Mr and Mrs Jim Speer relocate from Donley County to Amarillo.
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Velda Bangs
A. T. MecFain
Ruth Griffin
California
Frank E. Buckingham
Tennessee
Kentucky
Short
Shamrock
Jim Speer
Donley Couny
Amarillo
Midland Life Insurance staff travel plans and local moves
Notes show Midland Wire Insurance moving headquarters to the north arcade in Amarillo, Midland Life Insurance's J. McMahan and I. G. Baker traveling to Stratford for a week, Miss May Desper vacationing in Colorado with Mrs. Marjorie Self filling in, and personal ties mentioned. A separate item notes Beatrice Ford, 92, killed in a car crash near Coleman. plus historical statistics on American Indian population and global wheat acreage trends.
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The
Midland Wire Insurance Company of
Amarillo
Amarillo Building
Gant Land Company
J. McMahan
I. G. Baker
Midland Life Insurance Company
Stratford
Associated Prem
San Angelo
Beatrice Ford
Nex Coleman
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Dick) Hoffman
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House of Linen
Nurotex
Palm Beach
Sunrags
Poplins
Sport Oxfords
Freeman and Freeman Beddow
Wm. Rogers
Rogers
Ater
Sila
Panhandle
Credis Jewelers
Lipscomb Street
Miss May Desper
Southern States Mortgage Company
Colorado
Marjorie Self
Wichita Falls
Self
H. P. Robinson
United States
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Russia
China
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Rexall Stores
Yee
Mnde
Williams
Roxbury
Bayer
Enders
Eastman Films
Brownies
Kodaks Cine Motion Picture
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