Panhandle Forecasts and Market Musings from Mont
Letter items discuss drought and wet spells, urging row crops and predicting a big row crop year. Warnings of future war, atomic threats, and market tips favor Shamrock Oil & Gas with caution about inflation. Mentions Texas Company and General Motors as dividend benchmarks and to expect higher stock prices amid hysteria.
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Quaketown
Mont
High Plains
Shamrock Oil & Gas
Texas Company
General Motors
General Electric
West Yellowstone barber chats with ex mayor and townsfolk
In West Yellowstone Dr Hagy notes Old Tack nearly normal as he talks with the village barber about local life. The barber, known for a $1.25 two minute haircut, asks about what to sell and praises the ex mayor as the most pleasant vigorous hand shaker the town has seen.
Missouri man arrested for trout smuggling in park
Park rangers detained a Missouri man with 37 trout in his car, far above the five trout limit. The incident comes amid a string of recent fishing reports and seismic activity near West Yellowstone, with locals noting restlessness and political chatter about a Congressional race.
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Missouri
Reclamation Plans Two Massive Utah Dams
Announcement states the reclamation service will spend 885 million dollars to build two huge dams in Utah. The project aims to develop several million more acres, altering landscape and resources.
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Reclamation Service
Utah
Surplus Food Rots as Soil Erosion Hurls Losses
A reclamation official explains why vast surplus food cannot be consumed. He cites soil erosion washing away land faster than it can be replenished, leaving exhausted farms to support rising production. The conversation highlights the mismatch between increasing yields and deteriorating land quality.
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Ttn
Weather and politics blur on plains and mountains
The writer argues land expansion outweighs current yield, cites western dam pressure and bureaucratic cost, fears river and harbors spending, and notes shifting weather patterns. He laments praise letters and meteorological studies as tiresome while noting global weather ties and Tack’s widening world study.
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Congress
Seaboard States
Bureau
Siberia
United States
Tack
Interior Dept Maintains Ban On Duck Baiting
Washington July 6 The Interior Department stays firm against allowing hunters to bait ducks. Assistant Secretary William E Warne says regulation may see revision but not relaxation. Protests from sportsmen, especially California where nine duck hunters were convicted for shooting in a baited area.
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Washington
Interior Department
California
William E. Warne
Downey
Democrat
Guan Fin Desu
Subtilin Promises Better Tasting Canned Foods
In Baltimore Maryland Dr A A Andersen of the Agriculture Department described subtilin a new microbe killer that improves flavor in canned foods He claimed tests show cut corn canned with subtilin tastes like fresh corn and that an ounce of subtilin per ton of food allows canning with less prolonged cooking preserving flavor while destroying botulinus and other spoilage organisms
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A. A. Andersen
Agriculture Department
Society of American Bacteriologists
Andersen
Brewer Held by Guard in Atlanta Police Probe
Theodore Brewer, a Black man, was held by another man for police investigation in Atlanta. Brewer challenged his guard saying he lacked nerve to shoot. Hospital attendants commented Brewer misjudged human nature.
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Atlanta
Theodore Brewer
Brewer
Names Approved for Tex towns Beech Grove Curtis Jasper County
The US Board on Geographic Names on July 6 approved town names for official maps including Beech Grove in Jasper County Texas Curtis in Jasper County and other resort settlements. The action standardizes place names for federal use across maps and papers.
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Washington
US Board On Geographic Names Today
Texas
Beech Grove
Jasper County
Curtis
Scouts Break Camp Tonight at National Jamboree
Valley Forge Pa July 6 The Boy Scouts end their National Jamboree tonight after 47,000 scouts and leaders begin their homeward exodus. The open air arena hosts a world brotherhood ceremony with Chief Scout Executive Arthur A Schuck. The jamboree ends with Auld Lang Syne as 602 Scouts ride the first special train to the Pacific Northwest. 38,000 travel by train and many others by chartered buses.
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Johnstown
Arthur A. Schuck
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Missionary Conference Speakers at Amarillo Bible Church
J W Comstock missionary to Colombia and Mrs M G Emberton local missionary visitor are the speakers at tonight session of the Amarillo Bible Church missionary conference. The event runs all week with home and foreign mission speakers. Tonight Comstock will show colored motion pictures of his work in Colombia.
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J. W. Comstock
Columbia
South America
M. G. Emberton
Amarillo Bible Church
Comstock
Civil Service Exams Listed for Texas Positions
Civil service examinations announced to fill Laboratory Electronic Mechanic microwave and librarian posts in Texas. Salaries for the electronic mechanic range from 3100 to 3825 annually while librarian positions pay 3100. Applications and details from M Timmons civil service secretary Room 21 post office building.
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Civil Service
Texas
M. Timmons
Post
Livermore to Study at Harvard for Business Degree
St Col. Francis 8. Livermore, director of administrative service at Watertown Arsenal, Mass., has orders to report to Harvard University to study for a bachelor of business administration degree. His wife is Elizabeth Crawford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Crawford, 2118 Buchanan.
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St. Col
Kore an War Fewer Travel Cancellations Reported
New York July 6 A survey of seven steamship lines found only two had cancellations from travelers worried the Korean War would widen into broader conflict. The report notes minimal impact on Europe-bound tourist traffic despite the war.
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New York
Rain Makers May Battle Forest Fires
New York based report to the National Fire Protection Association discusses using rain-making devices to prevent dry lightning fires in forests. Dr. Vincent Schaefer’s cloud seeding with dry ice could alter humidity and temperature to slow fire spread, while helicopters may become flying fire wagons for direct control.
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New York
U.P
A. A. Brown
United States Forest Service
Brown
National Fire Protection Association
Vincent Schaefer
Schenectady
Edward R. Dye
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Governor Urged To Govern Speed
TRENTON Michigan July 6 The village rebukes Governor Williams for a July 4 fast convoy through town at 70 mph. Village president Dr Gordon L Strohm warns future escorts will be slowed to a safe speed for citizens and governor. The governor has yet to comment.
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Trenton
Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Gordon L. Strohm
Dr. Strohm
Strohm
Dallas Hears Rate Hike Request From Southwestern Bell
The Dallas City Council was to receive Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. request for a new hearing on a proposed rate increase of 45.29 percent. A rehearing motion may go to City Utilities Supervisor J. W. Monk for consideration, with a court fight possible if denied. The council had recently allowed a 22.95 percent increase under protest.
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U.P
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
J. W. Monk
DALLAS Dairies Raise Milk Prices Across Several Firms
Three Dallas dairies hike milk prices 10 cents a quart with a fourth planning a rise tomorrow. Tennessee Dairy Metzger's Oak Farms and Bluff View cite dying pastures and higher feed costs as the reason for the increase.
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Dallas Dairies
Tennessee Dairy
Metzger’s
Oak Farms
Bluff View Dairies
Two Snyder Men Die in Accidents
Snyder, July 6. Two Snyder men died yesterday of injuries from highway accidents. R. Miller, 40, was killed when his car overturned while attempting to pass a truck thirteen miles west of Albany. William Herman O'Rear died from injuries after walking into the side of a moving auto on the edge of Snyder.
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Snyder
R. ©. Miller
Albany
William Herman O’rear
Bandit chief Giuliano slain after long Sicilian hunt
CASTELVETRANO Sicily July 6 authorities hunt five surviving henchmen of Salvatore italiано, the elusive Sicilian bandit chief whose seven year criminal career ended in a hail of police fire. Police say the gang killed 102 officers and kidnapped for ransom more than 1 1/2 million dollars. Giuliano, reportedly penniless, was ambushed at a hilltown hideout after a failed attempt to shoot his way free. He wore a diamond ring and a lion-buckled belt and carried a machine gun and a German pistol when killed, with a photo of his mother found in his pocket.
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Castelvetrano
Sicily
Salvatore ‘Italiano
Giuliano
Magician's Trick Easy for Burglar
Milbourne Christopher a famed magician left his Manhattan apartment for the weekend and hid $510 in a Chinese confetti bowl with a secret compartment. On returning, he found the money missing and the apartment appeared undisturbed. Police are investigating.
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New York
Milbourne Christopher
Chicago
Manhattan
Carrier Bataan Back in Service
The carrier Bataan, mothballed three years ago, was recommissioned May 13 and left Philadelphia yesterday for Pacific service. Unofficial sources say she will join the Pacific Fleet and operate in anti submarine duties, a Navy confirmation indicated by Washington spokesmen.
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Bataan
High Seas
Pacific
Philadelphia Naval Base
Navy Department
Washington
Navy
USGS Mapping Coverage Grows Over 70 Years
About half the nation has been mapped by the US Geological Survey in the past 70 years but many maps are now out of date and in need of updates. Globe-News Want Ads urge readers to respond for mapping opportunities and related services.
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US Geological Survey
Life in Korea one big party for U S flier
Lt. Harry M. Lister of Topeka Kansas bailed out of a B 26 over the sea and was rescued by South Korean fishermen. Village authorities rough questioned him before realizing he was American and then gave him a hero’s welcome. He described being taken to a police station fed clothed and given American cigarettes and beer, and driven by jeep to Fusan to meet officials. He floated four hours in a Mae West life jacket after his liferaft tangled with his parachute. His wife is Lenora Lapp of Eden Texas and his mother lives in Topeka.
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Harry M. Lister
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Lenora Lapp
Eden
Tex
Austin Wait
Two Movie Moguls Quit Roles In Separate Film Firms
Hollywood July 6 Joseph M. Schenck president of United Artists Theaters and Henry Ginsberg Paramount Studios vice president resign today citing a federal ruling mandating separation of production and exhibition. Schenck founded United Artists in 1925 and says he is quitting. Ginsberg offered no reason.
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Joseph M. Schenck
United Artists Theaters
Henry Ginsberg
Paramount Studios
Schenck
United Artists
Ginsberg
Thirsty Horses To Tank Up Now
NEW YORK July 6 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has used a mobile tank unit to water horses around the city. The device replaces troughs barred by a water conservation rule, offering a roaming system to quench the thirst of hard-working beasts of burden.
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New York
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York City
Baby born from hinny and stallion stirs horse talk
In Rochester Michigan a pony sized hybrid foal, born on the Fourth of July from a palomino stallion and a hinny dam, is described as a yellowish almost 45 pound creature. Veterinarians say it may be the only animal of its kind.
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Rochester, Mich
Arthur Thorne
Thorne
Joe
A Heck of a Note For Met Soprano
Soprano Florence Quartararo of the Metropolitan Opera files for bankruptcy in San Francisco listing $900 in assets mostly clothing and $8,404 in debts. Major creditors are agent Tony Gaudio owed $5,850 and attorney Lorne M. Stanley owed $2,554 from a 1947 lawsuit over a 10 percent income share.
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San Francisco
Florence Quartararo
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Quartararo
Tony Gaudio
Lorne M. Stanley
Gaudio
Hollywood
Hijacker Returns Two Dollars After Robbery in Syracuse
Miss Mary Zeigler was accosted after dark by a holdup man who demanded money. He accepted three $1 bills but said he wanted only $2 and returned one bill before fleeing, police search ongoing in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
Mary Zeigler
Ousted Admiral Denfeld Enters Massachusetts Governor Race
Retired Admiral Louis E. Denfeld announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor. He faces veteran campaigners Arthur W. Coolidge Clarence A. Barnes and Edward W. Rowe in his first political contest. If nominated he would oppose Governor Paul A. Dever in the Democratic bid for a second term. Denfeld retired from the Navy last February after Truman removed him as chief of naval operations amid the unification dispute.
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Boston
Louis E. Denfeld
Massachusetts
Naval Operations
Arthur W. Coolidge
Clarence A. Barnes
Edward W. Rowe
GOP
Nurses Strike Shuts Israeli Hospitals In Tel Aviv
Two thousand nurses staged a 24 hour strike in Israel demanding better working conditions. Doctors performed emergency operations without assistants as hospitals faced staffing shortages across the country.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
North American Corn Output Surges Above 1935-39 Avg
In 1949 Corn production rose above the five year regional average by 14 bushels per acre across North America signaling strong yields. The data compares 1949 results with the 1935 to 1939 period, illustrating notable growth in grain output.
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North America
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