Fifty Unions Ready for Labor Day Parade Downtown
More than 50 unions bands and units signed up for the Labor Day Parade. Preparations include floats and equipment with escorts, color guards and dignitaries such as the mayor and labor queen. Participants span railroad trades, building trades, public workers and service clubs.
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American Legion
Sandie
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
Denver
Banta Fe
General Office
Buildin Trades Council
Buffalo Band
Brotherhood Machinists
Plainview
Dumas
Darhart
Western Union
Greyhound Trailways
Maverick Club
Boys Ranch
Farm Prices Fall Five Percent Across August
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Texas farm prices dropped five percent for the month ending August 15. The August 15 index stood at 313 percent of the 1900-14 base, still above the 286 level of August 15, 1947, with lower prices in most field crops meat animals and wool.
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Austin
United States Department of Agriculture
Departments
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Traffic rushing drains city crossings in huge volumes
Major urban street crossings move from four thousand to six thousand vehicles and twenty thousand to forty thousand pedestrians during a single rush period, Britannica notes. The data highlight the heavy load urban networks bear in peak times.
Hidden Kidney Trouble Behind Backaches Revealed
Aged readers and retirees may suffer backaches from kidney fatigue. The article notes many people experience tiredness, poor stamina, and leg pains before discovering kidney issues. Early recognition can bring relief and better sleep.
Draft registration draws many Mexican workers to Texas centers
In Edinburg and Raymondville draft officials report many Mexican workers flocking to registration centers hoping to gain legal status. Officials say most registrants cannot speak English and border patrol will not take action against those registering.
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Amarillo
Texas
United States
Huff
Edinburg
Fiego
Cotton Grande Valley
Fenters
F. L. Rawls
Border Patrol
Taxpayers in Tyler Protest Higher Next Year Taxes
More than 100 Tyler residents filled City Hall for a mass meeting opposing the upcoming year tax assessment. City Tax Collector Tom Crook addressed the crowd as taxpayers pressed the board of equalization on the levy.
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Tyler
Taxpayers
Board of Equalizy
Tom Crook
From City Policy to Tax Hikes and Rappits Reproduction
Residents faced hundreds of phone calls and letters criticizing city actions as tax valuations rose by 35 percent with some assessments surging up to 300 percent. Rappits can produce five to six litters yearly, each with three to 10 young, maturing in about six months.
Trade Winds Name Tied to Winds Path Not Trade
The term trade winds, explained in the 1948 note, derives from an old meaning of trade as path rather than commerce, clarifying the wind’s regular course rather than any trading activity.
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Encyclopedia
Britannica
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