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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1950
Page
9
The Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory rated IDEAL All-Wethr Windows with superior weather-tight performance. They claim 65% less air infiltration than the ASHVE standard for window efficiency, reducing the amount of air exchange considered acceptable.
The All-Wethr Window Unit offers frame sash and screen with balances and weather stripping for quick installs. It is manufactured from fine South material, reduces air infiltration by 65 percent, and is FHA approved for Southwest offices. Units can be painted to match home colors.
A 1877 Texas shipment to England started an industry unknown to many Texans, sent herd of mustangs to train and play polo. The first Texas polo game occurred in 1888 at Fort Sam Houston with officers not on Texas horses. Cecil Smith boosted recognition with a 10 goal rating as Texas became a top polo pony producer, yielding 1,500 to 2,000 animals annually.
On the Masan front in Korea the Army reviews the combat performance of the 24th Infantry Regiment, the United States' oldest Negro fighting unit. Officers privately favor integration with white troops as casualties shrink experienced leadership.
The Agriculture Department reports August weather was largely unfavorable yet overall crop prospects improved or held steady. Corn remains well above year's needs while oats barley flaxseed sorghum hay soybeans potatoes sweet potatoes tobacco sugar beets hops apples pears and grapes show gains. buckwheat dry beans peas peanuts peaches pecans and cotton declined slightly. Frosts and below normal temperatures affected farming from Michigan to Montana and Nebraska.
US Department of Agriculture reports Texas grain sorghums jump to about 121 million bushels for 1950, up from 92.7 million last year, while corn production is forecast around 67.3 million bushels, with flaxseed and oats down and cotton acreage reduced to allow other crops to expand.
In San Antonio on September 11 1944 eight year old Lencho Noriega told his mother he did not want to go to school and then shot himself with a .22 rifle. doctors said the bullet narrowly missed his heart.
Belim September 11 The trial of A B Jones of Franklin on the second of six worthless check indictments was postponed until October 9. Jones had previously faced a second indictment set to begin Monday and is accused of passing 61000 in worthless checks to the now defunct First State Bank of Franklin. He was convicted in April 1949 of one indictment and sentenced to five years in prison.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson secured bipartisan confidence from Senate and House members for a plan to bolster Western Europe's defenses against a Soviet attack. He will present the plan in New York to the Big Three foreign ministers and to NATO allies later in the week. He met behind closed doors with key committees to discuss sending more American troops to Europe and incorporating West Germany into the Allied defense effort.
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