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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1951

Page

9

Law Tightens Fruit Grade Rules and Commission Powers

The measure clarifies and tightens fruit grade and size regulations to be shipped and grants the citrus commission authority to hire an attorney. It provides civil penalties for violations. Created two years ago, the commission may levy a processing tax to fund research advertising and market studies. Representatives Kilgore and Murray supported it. approval requires House and Senate.

Commission Joe Kilgore McAller Meuton Murray Harlingen House Senate

Reds Offer Free War Film in Berlin Sector

In Berlin the Communist authorities screened a free war film titled American Atrocities for residents in the Russian sector near Potsdamer Platz on Tuesday night, the event praised as wartime propaganda.

Berlin Potsdamer Platz

Postponed Nurse Board Hearing Set for 2 30 PM

The state house schedule shows a 2 30 PM public hearing on a bill by Rep Zive ly of Temple to create a practical nurse board. The hearing before the House public health committee was moved from Tuesday to Wednesday.

Associated Press Texas Citrus Comission House Committee On Agriculture Vernon Hill Mission Commission Zively Temple House Public Health Committee House Edwin O. Nimitz Orange Game and Fish Committee Crosthwait Dallas James Sewell Blooming Grove C. W. Wood Crockett State Board of Health Highways and Roads Committees W. H. Abingdon Fort Worth W. R. Chambers May Charles Murphy Houston Highway Department

Houston Fat Stock Show Opens With Steer Elimination

Houston opens its Nineteenth Annual Fat Stock Show with 400 fat steers cut from 900 entries to 500 as judges begin sift for grand champion. Schultz Hadley of Point Rock, a 4 H club member, laments as his Hereford steer is eliminated. Governor Shivers, William Boyd, and Glenn McCarthy to lead parade and open the exposition. The event runs through February 11 with high school and underprivileged children programs included.

Houston Pe Land Ag Sappoint Schultz Hadley Point Rock Schultz Nce - Mo Allan Shivers William J Hopalong Cassidy Boyd Glenn McCarthy Texas Sam Houston Coliseum Boyd

Beloit Fire Destroys Edge of Business District Ice Temple

A fire in Beloit Wisconsin damaged a structure described as an ice temple at the edge of the business district. The blaze raised temperatures and slowed efforts to extinguish it as crews battled the flames.

Beloit Wis Beloit Business District

Lost Patrol Survivors Fight 12 Hour Battle on Korea Front

Thirty seven survivors of an American motorized patrol fought for safety after a 12 hour night battle with Chinese forces 18 miles northwest of Wonju. Eight of 45 men were killed or missing as jets and a reinforced rifle company finally broke the siege.

Korea Wonju Billy B. Blizzard St. Joseph John Hinkle Donald Hinkle Philadelphia Manuel Alonzo Rockford Hil Alonzo

House Spins Wheels In Gravel Pit Issue

The House in Fayette County debated a gravel pit lease dispute for over 30 minutes. The State Highway Department claimed a lease and authorized road work, but the House in a jovial mood by voice vote granted the man permission to sue the state.

Fayette County State Highway Department

Colorado Carnations Brighten Up Mansion

Four dozen red carnations were sent to the Governor's Mansion by Governor and Mrs. Dan Thornton of Colorado. The note called carnations a Denver specialty, the carnation capital of the world, and linked their arrival to National Carnation Day observed on Monday.

Dan Thornton Colorado Denver

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