Goat Raisers Seek Support for Mohair Price Aid
Texas goat raisers urge Congress to add mohair to the long range farm price support program. Ernest L. Williams of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association testified before the House agriculture committee, citing the Angora goat industry’s regional importance and a drop in Angora goats from 4,544,000 in 1941 to 2,700,000 this year. Jake Mayfield and Texas Representatives Fisher and Thornberry supported the effort to lift the mohair market.
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Washington
Texas
Congress
Ernest L. Williams
San Diego
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
House Agriculture Committee
Jake Mayfield
del Rio
Fisher and
Thornberry
Ill Rain Uncovers Hidden $12000 in Traffic Stop
In New York on a rainy Tuesday Patrolman Gilbert Orr found a knotted pink rag in a gutter that concealed an envelope containing $12 000 in hundreds and other bills. No missing money report matched the haul. Police officials pursued the mystery behind the stash.
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New York
Gilbert Orr
Metropolis
Pajamas Replace Hot Dogs in Future Diet Warned
Professor Eugene G. Rochow of Harvard forecast a drastic shift in diet and industry. He predicts meat and eggs vanish due to resource use and proposes synthetic clothes made to be edible, with meals based on digested cellulose from trees. The claim earned him a $1,000 prize from the North Jersey American Chemical Society.
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Newark
N. J
Eugene G. Rochow
Harvard
Rochow
Prof
North Jersey
American Chemical Society
Woman in Critical Condition After Truck Pedestrian Crash
Mrs. Lee Acuff 73 remained in very critical condition Tuesday night at Brackenridge Hospital after a truck pedestrian collision at the Blue Bonnet Lane Fredericksburg Road intersection. Police said she was crossing with her husband nearby. injuries included a fractured skull and deep head lacerations.
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Lee Acuff
Brackenridge Hospital
Acuff
del Curto Road
Blue Bonnet Lane
Fredericksburg
Woman Breaks Hip In Fall In Alley
Mrs. C. P. Peacham, 52, of 2308 Lafayette, fell in an alley and broke her hip. She was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital Tuesday night for treatment.
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C. P. Peacham
Lafayette
Brackenridge Hospital
Roanoke Boy 16 Held in Dana Weaver Death
Lee Scott, 16, an Eagle Scout, was charged with the murder of Dana Lee Weaver, a 16 year old girl, whose body was found battered at Christ Episcopal Church. He was taken from Jefferson High School after an anonymous tip and questioned for seven hours before formal charges.
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Lee Scott
Dana Lee Weaver
S. P. Price
Christ Episcopal Church
Roanoke City
Jefferson High School
Dana Marie
Stuart A. Bruce
Scott
Lyricist Parish Earns Phi Beta Kappa Honor
New York May 10. Mitchell Parish the 48 year old lyric writer known for Star Dust Deep Purple Stars Fell on Alabama and Sophisticated Lady was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at New York University Monday. He is a junior studying English literature and education after pausing his schooling 30 years ago to work in Tin Pan Alley and raise two children.
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New York
Mitchell Parish
Tin Pan Alley
Washington Square
Phi Beta Kappa
New York University
Parish
Alabama
Swan eggs stolen from Mesker Park Zoo nest
European white swans at Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville had six eggs stolen from their nest after a five week incubation. Animal superintendent Bob McGraw found planks across a waterway on Monday, signaling the theft discovered after eggs were to hatch. The pair of swans is valued at about $150.
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Ind
Mesker Park Zoo
Bob McGraw
Big Zoo
McGraw
Captain Latta Lawrence Accuses Wife Of Marital Deception
Captain Harold A. Latta Lawrence claims Mrs. Eilene Diana Latta Lawrence misrepresented her age and marriage history and alleges improper relations with Dr. Frank Hammer. He says she sought money, and accuses her of hiding a Tennessee divorce and large gifts from a married man.
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Washington
Eilene
Diana Latta Lawrence
Navy
Harold A. Latta Lawrence
Frank Hammer
Los Angeles
Dr. Hammer
Tennessee
Latta Lawrence
Annie Gets Your Gun name ban request refused in London
Justice Charles Harman refused Hinges productions bid to bar use of the title Fanny Get Your Fun for a competing musical. Annie Get Your Gun has run in London for about two years with a provincial tour by a second company.
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London
Charles Harman
Hinges Productions, Ltd
Beer Consumption Remains Below Prohibition Benchmarks
The Research Corporation of America reports beer consumption under pre prohibition levels. A national survey finds 88 million barrels brewed last year equal to 184 gallons per person, with 21 gallons per person in 1911 1913 and 1914 and 2.6 gallons per person as a prior figure.
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New York
INS
Research Corporation of America
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