Drouth Threat Looms Over Great Plains March Crisis
Oklahoma City dispatch warns March could spark a Dust Bowl style crisis as drought grips 26 million acres across six states. Officials urge rains and wind control. farmers boost windbreaks, crop rotation, and tilling. Experts compare 1955 to 1937 and fear similar wind erosion if rains fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dust Bowl
Drouth
Harry Culver
Oklahoma City
High Plains
Southwest
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandies
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Sdv
Tom Elder
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Woolward
Oklo
Elder
J. D. Jalson
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Crude Oil Output Sets Daily High
Tulsa report shows crude oil producers reached a record 6 781,150 barrels daily for the week ending with a 14 000 barrel Oklahoma rise. Year-to-date production reached 381 605 850 barrels with gains in Illinois Indiana Kansas Colorado Arkansas Utah and declines in Wyoming North Dakota Montana Michigan Kentucky and New Mexico and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Illnois
Indiana
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Utah
Alabama
Nebraska
Wyoming
North Dakota
Montana
Michigan
Kentucky
Louisiana
New Mexico
House Passes Bill To Raise Salaries
Washington March 2 The House approved a bill to raise congressional salaries to 22 000 a year and provide proportional raises for federal judges attorneys and other officials The measure increases for Vice President Nixon and Speaker Rayburn to 45000 and lifts Supreme Court Justices to 35000 lower court judges to 22500 and higher court judges to 25000 Plus the current 2500 expense account and one paid trip home remain in effect
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
House-Senate
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Sam Rayburn
Supreme Court
Rice Growers Push 5 Percent Allotment Increase
Congressmen from major rice states launched a drive to raise 1955 crop planting allotments by 5 percent to offset hardships from a 28 percent cut order. Led by chairman Clark Thompson, the plan would add about 592000 acres to the 1936 planting total of 1,840,508, allocated by past five-year plantings to counties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cangressmien
Toile Agriculture
Ort Rice
Clark
W. Thompson
D-Tex
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
California
Mississippi
Thompson
Grand Jury Probes Matusow False Testimony in El Paso
A U S grand jury was convened in El Paso to probe Harvey Matusow's sworn statements tied to the Clinton Jencks case. The probe may trigger perjury charges as hearings span about a week starting March 7, with officials studying prior testimony in Washington and New York. Coordenating officials indicate possible concurrent charges in El Paso and hearings on Matusow's earlier testimony before the Texas Industrial Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Federal Grand Jury
U.S
R. £. Thomason
Harvey Matusow
Harvey Willams
Matusow
Clinton Jencks
Tencis
Jencks
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
New York
Congress
Texas
Galveston Official Resigns Over Public Pressure
Galveston acting water works secretary Philip Trost Jr resigns effective March 15 after enduring abuse and insults from the public. He notes a $16,082 shortage was found in the department after his appointment November 1 and requests an audit from then to March 15. Authorities found the shortage before Trost took office, with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Philip Trost Jr
Galveston Water Works Department
Trost
Oaks
Board of Commissioners
Water Works Department
Water Department
Bonham Residents Fight Plan to Close VET Hospital
Bonham Tex March 2 Bonham residents and the Chamber of Commerce oppose the Hoover Commission proposal to close a veterans hospital here. They contend the $5 million facility has always operated at capacity and cite current staff and patient figures to argue continued operation is prudent and economical. They note a local population and hospital demand that would be undermined by elimination.
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Bonham
Tex
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Hoover Commission
Bonham Veterans
West Shunned By Soaking Texas Rains
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report says March rains boosted 1938 crop prospects across much of its district but western Texas and eastern New Mexico remain dry. Subsoil moisture is still inadequate. grain prospects improve in low falling plains. coastal bend vegetables benefited in February. Dust storm risk grows due to poor wheat cover. citrus yields down and lettuce cabbage broccoli output below 1954. Pasture conditions improved in eastern Texas and southern New Mexico, sheep feeding rising, while cattle and calves in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma decline.
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Dallas
11Th
Federal Reserve District
Monthly Business Review
Federal Reserve Bank of
Tihanyareas
Texas
Guilt
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Edwards Plateau
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texans Form Syndicate to Lease 60000 Acres in South Carolina
A Dallas based syndicate led by H c Tony Heldenfels and including Corpus Christi and Houston partners seeks to lease 60 000 acres in Alkin County South Carolina for extensive oil exploration. The group aims to work with state geologists, secure licenses, and begin exploration this summer across land near the Georgia border.
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Dallas
Alkin County
South Carolina
H. c
Tony) Heidenfels
Corpus Christi
Shell
Caliche
South Texas
Burdette Graham
H. A. Mosser
Houston
L. N. Fischer
Heldenfels
Heldenfels Bros
Heldenfeis
Woody Craig
State Line
Augusta
Union Official Refuses To Say About Communist Ties
Denver March 2 Union leader John Clark of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers invoked the Fifth Amendment before a grand jury and a federal judge amid probes into ties with Harvey Matusow and alleged false affidavits. Mine Mill officials accused Donald F Kelley of breaching a pledge by publicizing proceedings as the jury sought records of union letters and payments over the past eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John Clark
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Donald F. Kelley
Clark
Jean Greitenstein
Mine-Mill
Kelley
Judea Breitenstein
Grand Jury
Mine Mill Union
Harvey Matusow
Matnsaw
Mina
Mili
Clinton Jencks
Porn
Tex
Fabri
Jamal
Bavard
Teft-Hardy
Matusow
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Green Mountain
Pices
Yene
U.S. Grand Jury
Fred Sartipan
Tony Kent
George (Geordie) Hormel
Hollywood
George
Geordie) Hormel
Fred Hartman
Hartman
Kent
Hormel
West
Tomorr
Shop Penney's
Cannon
Dacron Blend
Gabardine
Dacron
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