Texas agents hear new farm product uses in College Station
Texas county agents and demonstration agents heard F L Teuton outline new uses for farm products. He described a cotton fabric insect repellent used to package flour and grain and a method to keep home rendered lard fresh by mixing with hydrogenated vegetable shortening. Short staple cotton makes a linen like Common Osnaburg fabric. Officers were elected for the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association.
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College Station
ANS
Texas
F. L. Teuton
Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry
A. P. Bralley
Potter County Agri
Teuton
J. H. McLean
Tennessee Extension Service
Navajos Sue US for Helium Deposit
The Navajo Nation sues the United States for 3.13 million dollars over helium deposits in the Rattlesnake Field on tribal land in New Mexico. Tribal Attorney Norman Littell said the field is the world’s richest, valued at about 3.27 million dollars, with only 147,799 dollars paid since 1945.
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Washington
New Mexico
US Court of Claims
Norman Littell
Littell
Congress
Court of Claims
Communists Seek Help From Neighbors Over Potato Bug
East German Communists proposed a lean form for common defense against the so called potato bug invasion blaming the Americans and looking to neighboring satellite states for aid. They discussed Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Former Senator Seeks Fayette County Legislature Seat
LaGrange June 15. Former State Senator L J Sulak of LaGrange announced his candidacy for representative from Fayette County in the Texas Legislature. The Democratic primary elections will be held in July.
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Lagrange
L. J. Sulak
Fayette County
Texas
Dixiecrats Demand Texas Referendum On States’ Rights
Texas States Rights Democrats in Dallas call the Truman administration hell bent on destroying state sovereignty. They propose a July primary referendum on tidelands ownership and segregation rulings, pressuring Governor Shivers and candidates to back the question.
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Dallas
Texas
National Administration
Executive Committee
Texas States Righters
US Supreme Court
Texas Tidelands
University of Texas
Allan Shivers
Curtis Douglas
Pampa
Supreme Court
Douglas
Hart Willis
Fort Worth
Magdalene Charlton
Tomball
Congress
Bradley
Houston
National States Rights Executive
Lea
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
Mississippi
Marion Church
Lloyd Price
Price
Tidelands
National Socialist Party
Democratic
F. R. Carsow
W. Frank Barlow
E. R. Spencer
Columbus
Two Austin Firms Get State Charters
Capitol Sales Corporation and Auto Cruz Corporation received state charters announced by Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd. Capitol Sales lists M. S. Nicholson Jane M. Nicholson Joe W. Thiele as incorporators with $1 000 capital. Auto Cruz lists E V Robnett Jr Nelson Brown and Paul Bolton with $15 000 capital. Foreign permits were granted for Robert N Campbell Company Inc Delaware manufacturing with Texas offices and Arthur P Bagby as agent. Husky Oil Company Delaware with Texas offices in Austin and Bagby as agent.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Capitol Sales Corporation
Capital Stoc
M. S. Nicholson
Jane M. Nicholson
Joe W. Thiele
Auto Cruz Corporation
E. V Robnett Jr
Nelson Brown
Paul Bolton
Robert N. Cambell Company, Inc
Delaware
Texas
City doubles refuse cover effort at dump
City officials say extra earth moving equipment is now in use at the city dump to keep refuse covered. City Manager Walter Seaholm noted Thursday the sanitation division will improve coverage due to concerns about health hazards and the inadequacy of the incinerator, with a supplemental dump on St Edward's University farm.
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Walter Seaholm
St Edward's University
Seaholm
Field Day Demonstrates Range Practices Near Comfort
More than 400 farmers and ranchers from nine soil conservation districts gathered at the Arthur Blaschke farm near Comfort for a field day on approved range practices. Howard Goss of Temple urged soil saving in schools and warned food shortages by 1970 if methods don’t improve. The tour, led by B W Allred, highlighted Blaschke’s management and the farm’s 330 acres with 65 cultivated.
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Fredericksburg
Arthur Blaschke
Comfort
Hill County Soil Conservation District
Howard Goss
Temple
State Soil Conservation Board
United States
Texas
Goss
B. W. Allred
Fort Worth
Blaschke
Allred
Police Investigate Doctor Bag Theft and 3 Other Thefts
Police report four thefts on Thursday including a doctor’s bag stolen from a car in front of Brackenridge Hospital. Victims include Dr P J Paris and H C Smith, with items ranging from trousers and glasses to tools, building materials, and a guest’s theft at a filling station.
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P. J. Paris
East Eighth Street
Brackenridge Hospital
H. C. Smith
Congress Avenue
J. W. Wofford
Guadalupe Street
Wofford
J. D. Ogden
Fredericksburg Road
German Bonn votes to ban war toys in West Germany
The Christian Democratic Party introduced to parliament a bill to bar the manufacture or sale of warlike toys in West Germany. Tanks warships bombing planes and submarines were popular on toy shelves last winter.
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Bon
Germany
Christian Democratic Party
West Germany
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J. D. Nixon
Central Texas
Texas County Agricultural Agents Association
A. B. Jolly
Dallas County
D. T. Bredthauer
Refugio County
Jean
George H. Davis
Capitol
Conservation
BY William Petmecky
I. R. Hefferman
Kerr County
Hill Country Soil Conservation District
Kendall, Kerr
Blanco
Trousseaux
Mil
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