Texas Land Prices Rise 12 Percent in 1950 Report
Texas Agriculture officials report a 12 percent rise in 1950 land prices across 24 counties with average prices moving from 344.43 to 39.95 per acre. Transfers increased 20 percent and acreage changing hands 50 percent, aided by Veterans Land Board purchases and Korean war demand. Grand Prairie led gains at 49 percent.
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Texas
Llege Station
iilPi
H. Southern
Joe R.motheras
Texas Experiment Station
Veterans Land Board
Grand Prairie
Rolling Plains
Northcentral
Panndig Wheat
Edward Plateau
High Plains
Trans- Pecos
Jones, Ellis
Nacogdoches
Jones County
Ellis County
Naecogdeches County
Pet Bluejay May Loose His Hamburger Diet
Miss Doana Gibbs 13-year-old Matiapan resident says net per bluejay George may diet if meat prices stay high. George was rescued injured on a street and nursed with rice corn and fresh vegetables. He favors hamburger steak and perches on Gibbs shoulder when indoors.
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Boston
Miss Gibb
Mayor battles bees with squirt gun at home
Rushville Indiana mayor Russell Coons came home to find his dog Stinker fighting a swarm of bees in the dining room. He retrieved a squirt gun of insecticide and sprayed the room, ending the two hour battle with no casualties.
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Rushville
Ind
Russell Coons
Doz Stinker
Stinker
Target Shooting Rocks Too Much For Hogs
In Lincoln Nebraska UP Blue rocks used for target shooting contain coal tar pitch and animal pathologist S W Alford of the University of Nebraska says it causes lesions in hog intestines and degeneration of the liver The result he says is fatal Farmers are urged not to turn hogs into pastures where blue rock shoots have been held In Spokane Washington the Humane Society bought a low pressure chamber to exterminate unclaimed pets The $2000 device reportedly kills quickly and painlessly by reducing oxygen levels to induce unconsciousness and death
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Lincoln, Neb
University of Nebraska Animal Pathologist
S. W. Alford
Alford
Spokane
Wash
Spokane Humane Society
Norman Finch
AFL CIO Stand Together Despite Breakup Of Policy Committee
Washington observers say the AFL and CIO will likely share the same political stance next year despite the United Labor Policy Committee breakup. Both unions seek a president and Congress to repeal Taft Hartley, creating a pro labor atmosphere, with Democrats seen as having the edge in 1952 though Republicans argue union leaders cannot bind rank and file votes.
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John L. Cutter
Washington
AFL
CIO
United Labor Policy Committee
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Taft
New England
187 Traffic Fatalities in Texas During July
The Texas Department of Public Safety reports 187 highway deaths in July, bringing the year to 1269 fatalities. This compares with 4283 deaths by the same point in 1950. The July total included 213 deaths in highway crashes.
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Texas
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Laster
Grange Bridge To Be Ready In Two Months
Orange resident engineer C A Brown said the new four lane Highway 9 bridge across the Sabine River should be completed within two months. Concrete decking has started and a $1,000 contred for dredged fill on the Texas side is in operation. Dredging on the Louisiana approach is nearly finished.
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Orange
U.2
C. A. Brown
Sabine River
Texas
Louisiana
East Hartford Memory Day Feature Promotes Local History
A fragmented notice from East Hartford highlights Philip Sanborn and a memory event. Four or more cruisers are referenced in connection with the occasion, with unclear details about the purpose or schedule.
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Hartford
Philip Sanborn
Boon
Sanborn
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Hunt
TOP Kick Dog Food
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Wholesun
Honor Brand Turnip
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