Silicones Boost Car Shine in Minutes with Autobrite Polish
Read about Autobrite, a silicone based car polish promising a mirror like finish in about twenty minutes. The 4 percent silicone solution supposedly cleans, polishes and protects, with a shine lasting six months and easy cold water cleanup. Also notes surplus stock examples cited by Jess Larson before the House Appropriations Committee.
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House Appropriations Committee
Jess Larson
General Services Administrator
Indifferent To Business of Dying Finds Low Cost Funerals Favored
A Texas Tech College survey by W. J. Neal shows 67 percent oppose elaborate funerals or are indifferent, while 33 percent want expensive rites. About half prefer burials costing 350 dollars or less, 64 percent do not require a metal or air tight casket, and 29 percent want a new suit for burial. Divorces favor inexpensive funerals. single men prefer old suits. many respondents accept non exclusive cemetery sections. The results suggest people want better funerals for their families than for themselves.
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Texas Tech College
W. J. Neal
Lubbock
Neal
Notice of Hearing on Cemetery Property Condemnation
County Court of Andrews County Texas scheduled a hearing for July 10 1950 at 10:00 AM. Special commissioners R A Moxley Carl Sealy Claude Neely will assess damages for the condemnation of Lot 11 Block 15 Original Town of Andrews for public cemetery purposes per a May 4 1950 statement.
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Andrews County
Texas
Andrews
W. C. Martin
Court House
Said County
Towit
Diabetes death risk rises when diabetes is found late
State Health Officer Geo. W. Cox announced national studies showing death rates from diabetes are three times higher when the disease is not detected until after complications appear. He urged public education, noting diabetes became a public health problem only after late diagnosis increased mortality.
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Geo. W. Cox
Health Department
Cox
One Application Covers All Smith Doxey Cotton Benefits
H J Matejowsky of Abilene Texas says a single application will extend USDA cotton classing and market news services to all farms in an organized cotton improvement group under the Smith Doxey Act. Deadline August 15 1950. Send to Abilene Texas P O Box 2001.
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H. J. Matejowsky
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Production and Marketing Administration
Matejowsky
USDA
P. O. Box
Abilene
Texas
Diabetes Explained and Mortality in Texas 1949
Dr. Cox notes that early discovery extends life by managing diabetes through insulin injections. He compares 1949 Texas diabetes deaths at 739 to 189 polio deaths, stressing family physicians' role in early detection during routine medical checkups.
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Texas
Cox
Hoover Commission Says $140 Million Could Be Saved
The Hoover Commission reports annual savings of 140 million dollars by modernizing the United States Post Office Department's organization methods and equipment.
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Hoover Commission
U. S. Post Office Department
Oil For Farm research funded at 18 million
An oil company allocates about 18 million dollars for farm related research. The 1950 program focuses on developing new petroleum derived chemicals. Principal effort targets insecticides and fungicides to boost farm productivity.
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One Oil Company
Federal expenditures rise through the 1930s and 1950
Government spending climbed from 34 billion dollars in 1930 to 9.3 billion in 1940 and reached 42 billion by 1950, signaling expanding federal outlays across the decade.
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Francis Cloyd
Charles W. Roberts, Jr
Virginia Lee Brown
Borger
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Dallas
L. A
Virginia
T. A. Brown
R. A. Moxley
Carl Sealy
Claude Neely
Andrews Frozen
Andrews Frozen Food Inc
Seminole Highway
Smith-Doxey
Dupont Paints
NW Ave. G
Andrews, Texas
General Tire and Tube
Chrysler
Miles Motor Company
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