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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
4
The House approved continuing the farm price-support program 383 to 25 and defeated the Pace bill 222 to 152, killing a trial run of the Brannan plan while the Gore substitute passed 353 to 25. The Atlantic pact ratification passed 82 to 13, with few votes to preserve the Aiken law.
Researchers at the University of Toledo in Ohio study unusual aquatic life as part of breeding stock programs. Physiologist Floyd J. Brinley reports creatures including thirty three eyed brown trout and fish with transplanted beating hearts outside their bodies. Some trout fry are kept in oxygen tents to observe heart action.
The SEC reports first quarter 1949 after tax profits at about 2.4 billion dollars, down 16 percent from late 1948 and 18 percent from the prior quarter. Large firms hit hardest with lower returns on equity, while small firms under 250 thousand dollars in assets show a rise to 8.4 percent.
Israel and Syria sign an armistice to keep forces behind frontiers and create demilitarized zones. The ceremony occurs near north Galilee as Lausanne talks proceed. Defenses withdraw to a three and a half mile buffer, preventing grenade range proximity. In Guatemala a military revolt ends after 24 hours. 40 killed, no US casualties.
Janice Harvell, 18, of Carolina Beach, N C, was named queen of the Lions International pageant at the annual convention in Madison Square Garden New York The selection drew comparisons with other nations beauties amid the judges deliberations and final crowning
Lebanon seeks to protect its remaining cedar trees seen as a national emblem. Authorities ban further cutting without permission and require planting 50 new trees per tree felled. A 20 year reforestation plan starts next fall to plant thousands of cedars on cooler slopes.
Two staff members at a Veterans Administration hospital in Northampton Massachusetts report a safety razor designed to deter patient self harm by locking the blade with a key. They say the device could speed shaving and reduce risks for patients prone to self destruction.
The National Association of Building Owners and Managers offers tips for cleaner, safer offices. Remove cuspidors and keep furniture away from walls to protect surfaces and ease cleaning. Lubricate swivel casters on chairs and stands to prevent floor damage. Post notices on cork boards rather than walls and use desk calendars to organize space.
In Corpus Christi Texas the whooping crane began its northward migration from the Aransas Game Refuge heading toward Canada. Twenty eight wild cranes started the journey in tight family groups with most soon airborne, leaving only a few behind in captivity. Remaining birds include a crippled pair and their mate who chose to stay, with two other known survivors in Nebraska and Louisiana. The species remains perilously close to extinction as hunters threaten the annual trek.
The Soviet paper suggests factory chiefs who produce poor goods should wear their own products. A Riga garment factory director would don suits with short breeches, sent to Moscow stores, while a Sarapul phonograph head would listen to his machines for six months.
Benjamin M. Ellis a Boston fire equipment executive claims to be the nation's No 2 spark and has a gong fire alarm on every floor of his Beacon Street home. He says he witnessed 43202 fires since 1901 with total damage near 10 million dollars from Alaska to Florida.
MILWAUKEE The next time Whitey Berghofer practices speech making he will choose a less public place than a downtown street. While his wife shops he rehearsed with arm waving and finger shaking to hear his own speech.
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