Disaster loans open to more farmers in Texas and Arkansas
The Agriculture Department designated 11 Texas counties and four Arkansas counties as disaster areas expanding access to low interest Farmers Home Administration loans. Arkansas had 37 counties previously. damage from 1949 rains boll weevils and October hurricane damage in Texas crops prompted the aid. Most loans will finance 1950 operating expenses repaid from this year's crop proceeds.
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Agriculture Department
Texas
Arkansas
Farmers Home Administration
Orange
Jefferson
Hardin
Liberty
Chambers
Harris
Galveston
Brazoria
Matagorda
Wharton
Forts Revo
Sheppard AFB Declared Permanent Installation
Sheppard Air Force Base at Wichita Falls Texas was officially declared a permanent installation on Thursday. The move enables eligibility for housing aid authorized by Congress and supported by the Federal Housing Authority to assist private interests in building military personnel housing.
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Washington
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Texas
Federal Housing Authority
Cotton Suit Narrows to Two Issues in Texas Quota Case
Ten Texas farmers sue to block the cotton acreage quota program. The case centers on whether Secretary Brannan and agency officials complied with law in setting a 7 637 029 acre Texas allotment and whether county allocations followed legal procedures. A pretrial hearing narrowed disputes to these two points.
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Texas
Charles Brannan
Bolitha James Laws
US District Court
Truett Barber
William Shireman
Corpus
Christi
Fontaine Broun
Washington, D. C
Judge Laws
Coastal Bend
F A Stallings Dies In Texas
F A Stallings 65 longtime Santa Fe Railroad employee died Wednesday in a Big Spring hospital. He served 25 years with the railroad including posts as a special agent in Santa Fe and Clovis New Mexico. The obituary notes his career and service.
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Fent A. Stallings
Santa Fe Railroad
Clovis
N. M
Big Spring
Mengtze Seized by Nationalists Highlight Formosa Action
A Nationalist spokesman announced Mengtze tin mining center in Yunnan was in Nationalist hands and later air strikes were reported. British Hong Kong said the area was seized by either Communists or turncoat Nationalists. The Chennault group reported a missing American official and wounded pilots while missions to resume tin flights continued. The Nationalist Navy claimed sinking over 70 Communist junks amid a blockade on the Red coast aiding freight between Hong Kong and Formosa.
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Yunnan
Mengtze
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Kunming
Chennault
The
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Robert Buck
Stockton
Calif
Jose Jawbert
Harry Cockrell
Charleston
W. Va
William Week
Milwaukee
Harry Davis
Northumberland
England
Davis
Foochow
Red Coast
Son Gary Shows The Ol Groaner Some Competition
Bing Crosby's 16 year old son Gary made his radio debut as a crooner on a transcribed broadcast. His rendition of Dear Hearts and Gentle People drew a ovation and some listeners said he sounded as good as his father. The father son dialogue provided humor as Gary teased Crosby about needing folding money for a date with Barbara Whiting. Crosby's sons have appeared before but this was Gary's first solo guest spot.
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Hearts
Barbara Whiting
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Crosby
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