Government feed program deadline and extensions noted
The February 15 cutoff for applications to buy government feed amid a drought may shift if conditions worsen. Kenneth L. Scott says no hardship is intended and approved applications can be delivered by mid April. the program runs through March 31. Rail rate reductions on hay drop February 15, but government transport support continues through March. Counties should act via local and state committees for continuation. A separate note highlights water conservation in Texas and mentions visits to Washington by E. H. Pickering of Medina and Mrs. Tom Dealey of Brownwood for Reserve Officers events.
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Kenneth L. Scott
USDA
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
E. H. Pickering
Medina
Pickering
National Airlines
CAB
Tom Dealey
Brownwood
Capitol City
Texas Department of the Reserve Groups
Plant Texas campaign calls for soil restoration and citizen cooperation
Lone Star Advertising promotes Plant Texas as a 1955 program to restore vegetation and fertility in Texas soil, counter erosion, and curb reckless land use, urging citizens to join the movement and protect natural resources.
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Lone Star Advertising
Texas
Government expansion fuels tax fears over TVA Dixon-Yates
Debate centers on whether Congress should fund a new TVA steam plant if the Dixon-Yates contract is killed and whether private investors or federal tax money will finance future government ventures. Natural gas price control sparks further clash between federal authority and state powers.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon-Yates
Public Power Group
Congress
TVA
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Commission
Republican view on Dixon-Yates contract framed as socialism debate
Washington lawmakers outline the core question as whether a TVA based national policy should extend to perpetual hydro power with federal subsidies, effectively aiding private interests, a move they call unrestrained socialism. They insist the dispute centers on policy expansion rather than presidential or TVA authority or public versus private power.
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Washington
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
TVA
Tenessee River
Dixon-Yates
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Rancher Buys Cottonseed Pellets Amid Rain Gains
Jack Edmiston of a local ranch reports daily cattle feeding with pellets and burning pear. He notes 1.4 inches of rain at his ranch on February 3 and 4 and expects more to help winter weeds and stacking cattle feed. Two buck deer in an East Texas wildlife study remain elusive in a fifty eight acre Siecke State Forest pen near Kibryville. Dan Lay, wildlife biologist, says the heavy woods aid concealment and the deer have adapted to the pen as part of the food habits study.
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Jack Edmiston
Jack
East Texas
Game and Fish Commission
Siecke State Forest
Kibryville
Dees
Dan Lay
Buna
Jaex
Plant Texas movement aims to curb erosion and boost greenery
The Governor endorses a Plant Texas program run by the Texas Department of Agriculture with the Nurserymen's Association to promote soil conservation and planting around homes, schools, churches, and buildings. Homeowners and civic clubs are urged to participate, with guidance from the state agency.
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Texas
Texas’ Movement
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Nurserymen's Association
Austin
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