Oyster Corp seeks nine and a half percent price rise
Washington reports Oyster Corporation asking the government for a nine and a half percent price increase under the new controls act. A senior price official notes it is the first application under the act. Auto makers reportedly plan about a ten percent rise under the softened controls bill, with prices frozen at 1950 levels plus a three and a half percent boost granted last spring.
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T Washington
Oyster Corporation
Dove Seasons in Texas Announced
Texas sportsmen face an average 1951 dove season with mourning dove hunting cut to 40 days from 45. Afternoon hunting only aims to curb kills and aid enforcement. The interior ruling keeps bag limits at 10 for mourning and white-wing doves, with north zone Sept 1 to Oct 10 and south zone Nov 15 to Dec 24, white-wing days Sept 14 16 18 in select counties.
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Austin
Texas
Game and Fish Commission
Howard Dodgen
Interior Department
Atlantic
Mississippi
Rio Grande Valley
West Texas
Border
Crawford Reassigned After Sanctions Over Misconduct
Brigadier General David Crawford, removed as Detroit Tank Arsenal commander, is assigned to the European area. The Army withheld exact duties, but said orders were mailed. He received a formal reprimand and relief from command for accepting free hospitality from defense contractors and misusing government property.
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Washington
David Crawford
Army
Detroit
Haseen
Crawford
House Armed Services Committee
Rug bought by GI family becomes Korea National Treasure
In Pueblo Colorado Mrs Elverise Giltner recalls a cherished leopard skin rug sent from Korea by her GI son. Customs agents seized the rug as a National Treasure claiming it caused the family a pricey headache. The Giltners say they paid 61 dollars plus postage and only have a receipt and an empty duffel bag to show.
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Pueblo
Colorado
Hugh Giltner
Korea
Sergrast
Claus
Elverise Giltner Vought
Giltner
United States
Giltners
Journeys End in Texas
Two travelers reach the United States for long awaited visits. Mrs Winifred Spears a British divorcee becomes Mrs Williams Griggs wife of a US Air Force sergeant in El Paso. They marry this afternoon in Las Cruces New Mexico. A German girl Edda Termehr aged 17 will spend a year in Amarillo as guest of Mr and Mrs Milburn Lathan to reunite with her family and study at an American college.
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Texas
Winifred Spears
US Air Force
Williams Griggs
Great Britain
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Edda Termehr
Amarillo
Milburn Lathan
Edda
Han
Lathan
United States
Mrs. Lathan
Enlistment Period Extended to Aug 31
A directive to Dallas area recruiting stations extends the enlistment period for men who have completed pre-induction physical examinations to August 31. The announcement notes that many still enlist in the armed forces despite the extended deadline.
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Dallas
Peeler Drug Adds Soda Fountain and Notables
Bonham residents Miss Noble Myers and Mrs Eva Low Porter remain at Peeler Drug with years of service. Miss Frances Garner runs the new soda fountain serving Borden's Ice Cream. Mrs Wynona Moorman becomes paint department manager. Mr W T May and Mrs Gladys May active in local civic groups and church work.
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May
Noble Myers
Eva Low Porter
Wynona Moorman
Peeler Drug
Miss Myers
Porter
Frances Garner
Borden
W. T. May
Gladys May
Bonham
Rotary Club
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Youth Development Council
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Texaco
van Zandt
Virgin
Goldenseal
White Elephant Price
Hunt
China
White Elephant
White
Fifa
Tee
Dove Seasons
Collie
Sue Cottle
City Hall
V. A. Hospital
Lloyd's Drive-Inn
North Center
H. C
Casey” Jones
Randolph Hiway
United Prens
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