Agricultural notes and farm updates from Central Texas
County and state agricultural details spanning land, cattle, and crop reports. Fuchs plans a barbecue as cattle grow but rainless conditions hinder progress. ACA PMA allocations up, A&M short courses listed. Farm Bureau activity noted. oats failure in Travis County. Austrian winter peas favored for Lee County soils. cotton receipts across Caldwell and Lockhart. San Saba turkey producers and prices amid scarce feed and small production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin American Agricultural
E. J. Fuchs
Austin
Lee County
Noah
Fuchs
Giddings
Brown O. Spivey
Warren D. Moody
ACA
R. A. Fuchs
Brenham
District 11
Texas Farm Bureau
Texas
D. Ray Knox
Alice
Farm Bureau
F. N. Nuse
Travis
Nuse
San Saba Pecan Market Drags On Amid Standstill
San Saba County pecan sales near halt with only 2000 pounds purchased and prices at 10 cents a pound awaiting a government floor. Growers fear a floor of 14 to 15 cents may emerge as buyers report uncertain prices and gathering costs are seen at six to seven cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Hamrick
Austin American
San Saba
San Saba County
Washington
W. A. Burnam
Texas Pecan Growers Association
R. B. Bagley
Texas
Recovery Through Chiropractic Ends Arthritis Pain
A middle aged woman diagnosed with Articular Rheumatism faced nearly helpless mobility. With cane and aid she endured excruciating joint pain until her niece urged chiropractic care. The treatment progressed slowly, but eventually she discarded the cane, regained appetite, improved health, and saw swollen joints become pain free.
Mike Voice Tryouts Called at Texas Radio House
The University of Texas Radio House will audition residents Monday night for fall program spots. Gale Adkins urges mature voices to audition for in front of a microphone. Selected performers join a schedule of about 10 programs weekly across local and statewide networks and enroll in Radio Workshop 01 noncredit course. Appointments by phoning 86691.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio House
University of Texas
Gale Adkins
Austin
Adkins
Last Day Movie Listings Across Theaters
A compact slate lists last day showings at multiple theaters including Paramount with The Babe Ruth Story and Return of the Bad Men, Queen with Valley of the Giants and The Return of Wildfire, and other regional venues showing It Happened Night and Belle Star among titles with scheduled start times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Babe Ruth
William Bendix
Claire
Randolph Scott
Anne Jeffrey
Wayne Morris
Richard Arlen
Sears Foundation Pig Show Contests Highlight Central Texas 4-H
Eight counties produced sixteen 4-H Club boys entering the Sears Foundation pig show. The boar contest winners include Reuben Rother and Bennie Ray Williams, while the gilt contest winner is Bennie Ray Williams. Fat hogs winners feature Joe Fojtik and Merle Rother among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Foundation
Texas
Reuben Rother
McDade
Bastrop County
Allen Goehring
San Marcos
Tommy Novosad
Caldwell
Burleson County
Louis Woelfel
Lincoln
Lee County
Billy Ray Harrell
Adamsville
Lampasas
Paul Valenta
Jarrell
Williamson County
Gaylen Belvin
Bertram County
Stanley Lawrence
Fiskville
Travis County
Neal Douglass
Gilbert Koslan
Manheim
Bennie Ray Williams
Ervin Bamsch
Eugene Seidel
Rosanky
Bastrop
James Hicks
Joe Don Brymer
Joe Fojtik
Merle Rother
William Weiss
Pflugerville
82 Girls Pledged By 5 Sororities At Southwestern
Georgetown Oct 3 Following rush week at Southwestern University 82 girls were pledged by five sororities Delta Delta Delta Phi Mu Zeta Tau Alpha and Delta Zeta. The list names numerous pledges from Houston Galveston Georgetown and other Texas towns with several out of state locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Southwestern University
Alpha Delta Pi
Pat Brighem
Dakota Ann Ehman
Barbara Sneed
Houston
Edith Butler
Jo Ann Evans
Breckenridge
Peggy Churchill
Smithville
Betty Clendenin
Port Arthur
Elaine Forsvall
Betty McCoy
Joan Young
Virginia Garrison
Winona Terry
Lufkin
Jean Ann Giddings
Beaumont
Virginia Spencer
Donna
Jean Pardow
Odessa
Mary Alice Ranfranz
Betty Crump
Uvalde
Betty Brown
Taylor
Oras Beaver
Ruth Munson
West Columbia
Jacqueline Cone
Randolph Field
Delta Zeta
Frances King
Genoa
Amy Mainz
Johnnie Faye Lyons
Frances Foust
Phyllis Reese
Hobbs
New Mexico
Marilyn Helton
Betty Haster
Waco
Beverely Jordan
Junction
Ruth Bell
Temple
Dorothy Matty
Helen Barr
Barbara Nicholson
Martha Ann Phillips
Loretta Davis
Pat Owen
Pine Bluff
Ark
Pat Donnelly
Elgin
Evelyn Deschner
Laredo
Phi Mu
Clara Jo Dyche
Fort Stockton
Eva Jo Williams
Lampasas
Sallie Smoot
Betty Lilly
Elaine Wagner
Elaine Broadwell
Rebecca Dillard
Nancy Cope
Caroline Robertson
Austin
Frances Morgan
Marlin
Ruth Hubbard
Shawnee
Okla
Josephine Roberts
Margaret Winfrey
Hull Dassetta
Betty Gayle Tidwell
Linton
Nancy Roesler
Corpus Christi
Carolyn Behrens
Galveston
Zeta Tau Alpha
Joyce Ann Moore
Navasota
Carol Keeling
Palestine
Ann Deming
Virginia Ruth Bryan
Elaine Herring
Anna Leutwyler
Joan Matthews
Nancy Myers
Sulphur Springs
Phyllis Taylor
Chrystal City
Jonell Cook
Taft
Tommie Ruth Briggs
Paducan
Mary Beth Vineyard
Wharton
Geraldine Luter
San Antonio
Chicago Rail Fair Ends After 76 Day Run
The Chicago Railroad Fair concluded its 76 day run Sunday marking the end of the city wide exposition. The event drew visitors from across the region showcasing rail history and industry highlights at Chicago venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Railroad Fair
Red Charge Purges Four Anglo Mail Workers
Four Post Office technicians in Britain were suspended on charges of Communist associations. Stanley Mayne, general secretary of the Institution of Professional Civil Servants, called it the first purge in the Post Office, which handles Britain’s mails, telephone and telegraph services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Government Post Office Department
Civil Service Union
Stanley Mayne
The
Institution of Professional Civil Servants
Post Office
CIO Longshoremen Willing To Free Cargo on Docks
Los Angeles October 3 union officials of the CIO Longshoremen said they are willing to release all cargoes on docks for local pickup. The statement by L. Thomas, union publicity chairman, cited the crew’s goal to prevent further financial hardship for shipper workers and the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
CIO
L. Thomas
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Reubens
Dave Shanks
H. C. Stewart
PMA
College Station
Texas A&m
Coop
Texas Beekeepers’ Association
Texas Nutrition Conference
Floy Jones
Lillian Martinka
LaVerne Heine
Dorothy Schiller
Gladys Brinkmeyer
Violet Johle
Evelyn Oehrlein
Betty Lou Werchan
Billie Jean Schlickeisen
Ruth Mayer
Inez Zulauf
Marie Ellen Simcik
Theodora Segura
Georgia Janosec
Bernice Moehnke
Llano County
Raymond Winkel
Veterans’ Vocational School
William A. Graeter
Paige
Spivey
Lockhart Gin Company
L.W. Booton
Farmer’s Union Warehouse
Louis Polley
Lockhart Cotton Compress
Caldwell County
W. E. Sawyer
San Saba Produce Company
O. B. Harkey
San Saban
Dallas
Pay Branif
Maico Hearing Aid Company
Maurine Record Shop
Congress Avenue
Maurine’s Record Shop
Austin, Texas
C. E. Walker, D. C
California Boxing Commission
California Boxer’s Fund
Ryan Aircraft
Sordoni Construction Co
Wilkes- Barre
Sordoni
Doctor of
Ropractic
King
England
Duke of Windsor
Chiang Kai-shek
Mohandis Ghandi
Walker Diabetic Clinic
Chiropractic Institution
W. 19Th ST
Clark Gable
Gene Tierney
Veronica Lake
Ritz
George Raft
Wild Bill Hickok
Bruce Cabot
Gene Utry
Yank
John Calvert
Jimmy Wakely
North Austin
Casbah
Yvonne deCarlo
South Austin Drive
Montopolis
Henry
Hatch
Lobby
Littlefield Bidg
Southwestern
Red Charge
Anglo Mail
CIO Stevedore Union
R. K. Shannon
G. W. Shelfer
Optometrists
Zale Jewelers
Congress
Zale
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