Old Texan 73-Year-Old Cotton Picker Keeps Going
Lawrence Haberer's patch near Monkeyville hosts 73 year old Lindsey L Carter who still picks cotton. He recalls 30 cent per hundred paid in older days, and notes today’s hand shortage. Carter arrived in Texas in 1886, served as justice of the peace, and holds a lifetime Austin American subscription.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American
Austin
Lindsey L. Carter
Buda
Lawrence Haberer
Monkeyville
Austin-San Antonio Highway
Carter
Lawrence
Texas
Louisiana
Milk and dairy prices expected to rise in fall
The Agriculture Department forecast higher prices for milk and dairy products this fall due to smaller output, though levels will stay below last year's. Retail milk averaged 20.1 cents a quart in 24 cities in early September, with large government purchases totaling about 92 million dollars through mid-September.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Britain
Holland Official Unafraid of War
New York September 25 Dutch foreign minister Dirk A Stikker said he is not afraid of any war in Europe in the near future He warned that the most dangerous Communist situation is in the Far East especially China He left after two weeks in the United States for NATO and UN meetings and favors international control of atomic energy.
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New York
Dirk A. Stikker
Netherlands
Europe
Far East
China
Greek Army Leader Pleased at Situation
Lieutenant General Stylianos Kitrilakis, deputy chief of staff, said the Greek military situation in Greece is very fine after recent victories. He arrived in New York to serve as senior adviser to the Greek delegation at the United Nations General Assembly and credited American aid for the gains.
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New York
Stylianos Kitrilakis
Greece
Kitrilakis
United Nations General Assembly
2 050 Mile Appalachian Trail spans Maine to Georgia
The Appalachian Trail extends 2 050 miles from Maine to Georgia as a public hiking and riding route.
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Maine
Georgia
Expert Opposition to10 Year 88 Million Navajo Hopi Plan
Former Indian Commissioner John Collier urged scrapping a proposed 10 year 88 million rehabilitation bill for the Navajo and Hopi Indians. He warned amendments shifting water rights and limiting Social Security obligations could undermine the tribes and accelerate state control. He spoke as a House Senate joint committee reviews the measure ahead of a Monday House consideration.
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Washington
John Collier
Collier
Institute of Ethnic Affairs
House
Senate
Aurora Borealis Light Display Tied to Solar Activity
The aurora borealis appears in high altitude skies during periods of intense sunspot activity and global magnetic storms, creating colorful light shows across polar regions.
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Earth
Post War Wheat Harvest Seen Higher In Europe
Paris, Sept 25. An Associated Press survey of 14 countries finds a potential postwar peak in Europe’s wheat harvest. Eastern bloc reporting is limited by censorship, while experts say 1949 crops may beat 1948 levels despite dry spells. Potatoes, sugar beets and other crops also show weaker signals, with meat and dairy prospects uncertain due to feed shortages and northern frost.
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Paris
Europe
Soviet Union
Russia
France
Germany
Republicans Rally After Sioux City Farm Meeting
Republicans praised a new spring in Midwest farm voters at a Sioux City conference led by Mundt. They aimed to counter Brannan Plan subsidies and controls while farmers largely backed the Democratic proposal, with some GOP concerns over unbiased discussion and midland factions.
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Washington
Mundt
South Dakota
Sioux City
Congress
Representative Hope
Kansas
House Agriculture Committee
Truman
GOP
Brannan
Labor
Tobin
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Rep
Hope
Aiken
Vermont
Rep. Hope
Midwest
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agreement Reached On Church Building Plan
WARSAW September 25 The Roman Catholic Archbishop Stefan Wyszynski and the Council for Rebuilding Warsaw signed an agreement for rebuilding 30 Warsaw churches. The pact covers procedures and cooperation between civic and ecclesiastical authorities in the reconstruction program. It marks the first such accord since the conflict began between church and state.
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Warsaw
Stefan Wyszynski
Council For Rebuilding
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