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Brookshire Times

Location

Brookshire, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1950

Page

4

Fashion patterns for all the family in book

Readers are offered a sewing guide with smart ideas for ties, frocks, and easy to make outfits. The book includes a variety of color patterns ready for printing and usage, priced at five cents.

Phyllis Thaxter Warner Bros Balboa Calif John Garfield

Vegetable extracts named for leather sole firming and suppleness

A list of plant based tanning substances used in leather making includes wattle quebracho divi divi sumac gambier mangrove and myrobalans. The notice frames these extracts as a vegetal symphony of ingredients shaping hide textures.

Combs Flays Capital Gains Cut as Tax Relief Skewed

Texas congressman J M Combs harshly criticized the Ways and Means panel for cutting the capital gains tax from 25 to 16 percent, charging that it primarily benefits Wall Street traders and high earners while neglecting 60 million low and moderate income taxpayers. He argued the move would spark rapid stock turnover rather than sound investment and pointed to income thresholds of $15 000 for individuals and $30 000 for couples. The exchange followed debates with Rep Walter Lynch and Rep Robert Kean who defended the measure as a stimulus.

J. M Combs Texas Ways and Means Committee Wall Street Walter Lynch New York Robert W. Kean New Jersey Texan Combs Ia Martin un-American Activities Committee

Letters for Special Delivery and School News Bits

A compilation of letters and items criticizes teachers for not engaging students with vivid, western themed methods, proposing dramatic classroom stunts and references to gun and outlaw lore. It also notes daily mail delivery, lunch break debates, and a Kansas City police rule on political discussion.

Venice Paris Athens Deadwood Dodge City Goldfield Poker Flat Boot Hill Kansas City

Colman Returns to Stage After Retirement Fame

By MeZ Gerhard Onald Colman steps from retirement into a thriving comeback. He stars with Lilian Gish in The White Sister, hosts NBC radio show The Halls of Ivy, and headlines United Artista's Champagne for Caesar. Colman’s career resurgence follows a Tibet injury recovery and a high-spirited film slate.

Onald Colman Lilian Gish NBC United Artista Caesar Colman

Delight in Craft with Plywood Scraps and Offcuts

A brisk note extols using quarter inch plywood and scraps from earlier jobs. It emphasizes resourcefulness and practical reuse of leftover material for new builds or projects.

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