Cotton Farmers Seek Relief Under 1950 Al allotments Act
Farmers and business leaders from six counties in the 13th district met in the Jack County courthouse at Jacksboro on Friday November 25 to press for relief for cotton farmers hit by the new national legislation on 1950 cotton allotments. Counties represented included Cooke Montague Wise Jack Clay and Young. The meeting, organized by the Cooke County citizens and chaired by the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce manager, aimed to coordinate action.
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Jacksboro
Jack County
Cooke
Montague
Wise
Jick
Clay
Young
Cooke County
Gainesville
Texas 4-H Top Ranking Members Earn Chicago Trips
Barbara Dean of Alvarado Lee West of Gainesville and Dorothy Kastner of McDade win 1949 Texas state honors in Home Improvement Tractor Maintenance and Clothing. Each earns an all expenses trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago with scholarships or awards from Sears Roebuck Stanolind and Spool Cotton Educational Bureau.
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Chicago
Texas Club
Barbara Dean
Alvarado
Barbara
Texas
Maggie W. Barry
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Lee Wesf
Gainesville
Lee
St. Mary’s
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
Dorothy Kastner
McDade
Dorothy
Spool Cotton Co. Educational Bureau
Externl College
USDA
Group approves two phase cotton acreage resolution
After two hours of talks with delegates from each county a special committee drew up a two phase resolution. It calls for farmers to plant up to 50 percent of their 1947-48 average cotton acreage not exceeding 40 percent of cropland through a Congressional amendment. If not possible the county PMA committees may allocate the 1950 allotment to willing cotton planters.
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Ed Gossett
PMA
Kentucky Woman Seeks Clothing Trade for Christmas Greenery
A Kentucky letter from Asher requests used clothes and shoes in exchange for Christmas greenery to decorate schools and homes. Ruby Brown describes hardship on a farm near 33 miles from rail, with a hungry baby, a nonworking husband, and little winter clothing. The note asks for donations or a path to a visit, and mentions a local family in need.
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Asher
Kentucky
Farmers resist cotton planting under 1950 crop plan
Murdoch announces resolution to six counties and plans to push stateside action. Delegations from the Jacksboro meeting will meet Congressman Gossett in Wichita Falls on December 5. He warns a 75 to 90 percent cotton acreage cut could bankrupt small Texas farmers if the law remains unamended.
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Murdoch
Jacksboro
Wichita Falls
Ed Gosett
Nmurdoch
Texas
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Russell Cannon
Dallas
Fred Gardner
Bobby and
Bobby
Raborn Motor Co
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Bowtie
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