Barrymore Jr Debuts as Star in The Sundowners
John Barrymore Jr son of the late star makes his film debut as a trigger happy young Texan in The Sundowners a Technicolor Western opening at Wallace Theatre through Eagle Lion. The 17 year old joins a storied acting family and is coached by veteran advisers Mrs Griffith and Queen Vassar as he steps into cinema.
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Wallace Theatre
Eagle Lion
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Ores Costello
Young Barrymore
Barrymore
Jack Barrymore
Raymond Griffith
Barrymore Sr
Queen Vassar
John Barrymore Jr Shines In The Sundowners On Location
John Barrymore Jr earns praise for an outstanding performance in The Sundowners filmed on location near Amarillo Texas. The cast includes Robert Preston Robert Sterling Chill Willis and Cathy Downs with director George Templeton guiding the production.
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the Sundowners
Amarillo
Texas
John
Barrymore
George Templeton
John Barrymore
Alan LeMay
Robert Preston
Robert Sterling
Chill Willis
Cathy Downs
Market Strong On All Classes Cattle At Sale
Midland Livestock Auction Co. reported a strong, active market across cattle classes at a sale held Thursday, June 15. A total of 1460 head were handled, including 200 Hereford cow and calf pairs from Kenneth Smith of Marfa, selling for 232 to 263 dollars. Prices ranged from 13 to 31 dollars across fat cows, fat calves, yearlings, stocker calves, and heifers, with stocker weights and one lot of 260 calves averaging 410 pounds noted.
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Midland Livestock Auction Co
Kenneth Smith
Marfa
Ingenuity Doubles Service by Duplicated Pumps
A man in a housing development equips trucks with duplicate pumps and meters to serve two homes at once. Each line unloads 57 gallons per minute and each truck serves 80 homes daily, showing how citizen needs spur competition and highlight the oil industry as a servant to the public.
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Manuas
Press Day at 1950 State Fair Honors Media in Fort Worth
The Texas Press Association designates October 7 1950 as official Press Day at the State Fair of Texas in Fort Worth. Over 2 000 media members expected. Expanded programs include South Pacific musical show Ice Cycles of 1951 and a night football game Austin College vs East Texas State College in the Cotton Bowl.
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Texas Press Association
Fort Worth
Charles Yeager
TPA
South Pacific
Austin College
East Texas State College
Yeager
Southwest
Oil Pipelines Cut Costs with Remote Control and Multiple Products
The oil industry develops distribution methods to lower operating costs and consumer prices. Fourteen oil products can travel through one pipeline simultaneously, and the system can be managed from a dispatch board up to 600 miles away.
Stocker cattle prices and family notice from Altus trip
Cattle prices show stocker steer yearlings at 26 to 28.50 dollars and stocker heifer yearlings 25 to 30 dollars while a buyer's total reached an even 30 dollars per hundredweight. William and Sandra Cannon, children of Mrs Benii Cannon, left last week to spend the summer with relatives in Altus Oklahoma.
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Sandra Cannon
Benii Cannon
Altus
Oklahoa
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