Presidential Board Urges River Basin Planning
A presidential commission urged that whole river basins be covered in unified plans for flood control irrigation and power project development. Reporting to President Truman on a year long study the water resources policy commission said patchwork planning wastes resources and recommended a river basin approach to watershed management flood control water supplies navigation hydroelectric power irrigation pollution abatement recreation and wildlife and soil control.
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Washington
Truman
Water Resources Policy Commission
America
Cap Area club to send second notices for $5 dues
The Capital Area Farm and Ranch Club mails second notices to members behind on the $5 annual fee. Checks should be sent to post office box 998, Austin. Cattle buying includes Lometa dairymen H. C. Tombaugh and C. C. Rasmussen bringing 80 or 90 Ayrshires after an auction.
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Dave Shanks
Capital Area Farm and Ranch Club
Austin
NG. H. C. Tombaugh
C. C. Rasmussen
Lometa
Rasmussen's Dairy
Middle West
UN Petition Seeks Nation for Pathan Border Region
Delegates from the Afghanistan Pakistan border area urged the United Nations to create a new nation named Pushtoonistan. The 10 000 square mile region along Pakistan's northwest border has seen recent clashes. About 8 million Pathan tribesmen from Gilgit to Baluchistan worry for regional peace. The conference accused Pakistan of detaining 12 000 Pathans and of atrocities to quell independence efforts.
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New Delhi
India
Afganistan
Pakistan
United Nations
Akistan
Afghanistan
Gilgit
Baluchistan
Asia
Christmas Party At Minerva Club Noted For Carols
The Conoley Home Demonstration Club placed second in numbers to the Bethlehem Club at Minerva during the annual Bethlehem Club Christmas party. Carols and spiritual songs were sung and an one act play Neighbors was performed by Conley Club members. Gifts were exchanged and pie and coffee served. Twenty Conley members attended, listed by name.
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Thorndale
Conoley
Bethlehem Club
Minerva
Conoley Club
Mesdames
Tom Beard
Elmo Baurschlag
Roy Butler
Tony Machado
Bremond Culp Peceme
Mesdames Elmo Baurschlag
R. M. Beard
Guy Ralston
T. F. Locklin
M. Smith
Ella Rae Gibson
E. P. Survant
Alvis Campbell
Orla Butler
Harold Pritchard
Babe Yount
Ulric Beard
R. E. Robertson
W. C. Landrum
Vernon Guthrie
Bremond Culp
Margie Smith
Soviet Magazine Publishes Mao Zedong Article in Translation
Bolshevik magazine in Moscow prints a Sun Jg a Li Mao and article by Chinese Leader Mao Zedong titled On Practice, written 13 years ago and attacking dogmatists in the Chinese Communist Party. The piece marks one of Mao's first translated publications.
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Moscow
Bolshevik
Sunjg
Li Mao
Communist Party
Ceca
Mao
Bulgarian Communists Admit 30000 Illiterate Members
Washington dispatch reports the Bulgarian Communist Party acknowledges about 30 000 of its members cannot read or write after a five year literacy campaign. State Department officials cited Rabotnichesko Dele as the source while The Voice of America relayed the remark that with orders to read there is little desire to learn.
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Washington
Bulgarian Communist Party
Oheh
State Department
Onieias
Rabotnichesko
Voice of America
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J. A. Marshall
Georgetown
Soil Conservation Service
Kallison Ranch
Jimmie Starwater
Austin High School
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Lexington
Lone Star
Taylor
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Travis County
Texas A&m
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FFA Boys
Charles Hood
Aberdeen
NEW Deal
Gettig
Hood
San Angelo
Temple
Houston
Charles Brown
Emery Long
John Snell
Marshall Harbour
Glen Mathis
Bernard Hood
Laurin Hood
Roland Lang
L. East Produce Company
Gustave
Christian Dior
France
Moi
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Ciro
Ness
Doir, Diorama
Caron
Lammes
Texas
C.O.D
U.S.A
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