1949 Travis County 4‑H Dairy winners named
George Spillman of Creedmoor 4-H Club won the Travis County Dairy Contest with a registered dairy heifer. His Jersey cows produced 397 pounds butterfat and 9,490 pounds milk, net profit $672. Emil Spillman, Robert Pfluger also earned prizes with Jersey stock and profits listed. Three short courses will be held in January at Texas A&M College and San Antonio hosts a 1950 livestock exposition in a new coliseum costing about $3 million.
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Daveshanks
Austin American
George Spillman
Creedmoor
Travis County
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Spillman
Emil Spillman
George
Robert L. Pfluger
Pflugerville
Edmund Randig
Ginger Sellstrom
Texas A&m College
Agronomy Department
Industrial Extension Service
Southwestern Ice Manufacturers’ Association
Dairymen’s
Dairy Husbandry Department
San Antonio
Sore Dope
Avis County
Ship Fire Breaks Out Second Time in 3 Days
Fire erupted twice in three days aboard the US Lines cargo ship American Inventor holding Marshall Plan corn bound for Europe. The vessel battled flames 400 miles from New York, limped in, firefighters quelled the first blaze, and a second fire was found hours after returning to the pier.
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New York
INS
US Lines
American Inventor
Uranium Fuel Cost Equals Coal at AAAS Opening
At the AAAS opening meeting in New York the cost of uranium fuel was reported between ten thousand and twenty five thousand dollars per ton, equivalent to coal at about ten dollars per ton. Dr. Dunning discussed Oak Ridge diffusion plants and the shift toward peaceful atomic power with growing output and improved methods.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
John R. Teing
Columbia University
Oak Ridge, Tenn
US Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. Dunning
Hanford
Wash
Niels Bohr
Oak Ridge
Bohr
Dunning
Dallas Police Hold 4 In Daylight Robberies
Dallas police jailed four men Sunday as they probe two daylight robberies at Safe Way stores last week in Dallas. Authorities say the suspects are being held for questioning about the incidents.
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Dallas
Safeway
Gotham Parties Use Water Too
New York City officials reported the water supply fell by 103 million gallons in the 24 hours ending Monday 8 am after two days of gains. Chief Engineer Edward J. Clark said reservoirs were at 34.5 percent capacity, down from prior levels despite Friday rains replenishing them briefly.
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New York
Edward J. Clark
Former Solon to Take Control Board Office
Former Senator R C Lanning of Jacksboro will take the oath next Monday as a member of the State Board of Control, replacing Tom DeBerry of Bogota who served 12 years. Lanning vacates the Board for Hospitals and Special Schools, to be succeeded by J Rutledge Hill of Dallas. Hall Logan and T B Warden remain as holdovers on the board.
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American Capitol
R. C. Lanning
Jacksboro
State Board of Control
Tom DeBerry
Bogota
Lanning
J. Rutledge Hill
Dalla
Austin
Senate Finance Committee
Hall Logan
T. B. Warden
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Umn
Herbert Nauert
Elmore Torn of
Taylor
F. J. Bohls
Rev. Kirt Hartman
W. E. Pfluger
Fkiss
L. East Produce Company
Reubens
Marshall
Europe
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press Science
Gotham
Solon
Scarbrough & Sons
Rayon
Young Austin Shop
A.os
Ayr
Akees
Young
Dorothy Gray
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