Cotton allotment upheld as Bulgaria ties broken
U S District Court Judge Matthew McGuire upheld Agriculture Secretary Brannan s 1950 Texas cotton acreage allotments under the 1938 act and amendments. He dismissed a complaint by 10 Texas cotton growers who argued Brannan s formula failed to credit wartime production, a move they said would cost about 100 000 acres of cotton worth 5 000 000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Matthew McGuire
Brannan
Texas
McGuire
Regional Basketball Tournament Set for February 24
Dick Young and Sanford Layfield of Yee High School met with Brenham Lockhart and Lampasas representatives to choose a regional site. Lockhart was selected with first game Cameron versus Lampasas at 1 p.m. and Brenham versus Lockhart at 2 p.m. Winners meet for the regional title that night. losers play for third. Cameron also schedules a Feb 21 practice game against Marlin to close the season.
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Dick Young
Sanford Layfield
Yee High School
Brenham
Lockhart
Lampasas
Cameron
Marlin
Funeral Services for Mrs Miller Thursday
Mrs Laura B Miller 76 died at her Liberty home February 15 1950 after a stroke Survived by husband John Miller of Liberty six children Clyde G W and Clayton Miller Mrs Myrtle Williams and Mrs Clara Mills seventeen grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren Funeral services by Rev Lee Lemons at 3:00 p m February 16 at Liberty church with burial in Liberty cemetery Marek Burns Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura B. Miller
Liberty
Miller
Arkansas
Cameron
John Miller
Clyde Miller
San Angelo
G. W. Miller
Houston
Clayton Miller
Myrtle Williams
Clara Mills
Lee Lemons
First Methodist Church
Liberty Church
Liberty Cemetery
Marek Burns
Hairston Announces Run for County Clerk in July Primary
John W. Hairston former County Treasurer announces candidacy for County Clerk at the July Primary. He plans an active countywide campaign and has begun distributing cards and hitting the hustings ahead of the dogwood blooms. He urges friends to rally to his support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hairston
Hairston
Texas
Senate OKs cigarette tax hike bill in 24 to 5 vote
The senate passed a house approved state cigarette tax increase by 24 to 5, raising the levy one cent per pack to about 8 million dollars annually for the next seven and a half years. Five million goes to state hospitals and special schools, with the bill sent back to the house for minor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Crawford Martin
Rotary Talk on Soil Conservation by A C Spencer
Cameron Rotary Club heard A C Spencer field representative for Friends of the Land discuss soil conservation at the Milam Coffee Shop noon meeting. H B Pressley led the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Spencer
Friends of the Land
Cameron Rotary Club
Milam
H. B. Pressley
Mr. Spencer
Milam U of Texas Reunion to Feature Ernest Sharpe Speaker
Ernest Alonzo Sharpe native of Cameron and UT journalism professor will keynote the Texas Exes annual reunion on March 2 in Cameron. He holds three UT degrees, Greek Phi Beta Kappa honors, and has five years overseas service with the U S Foreign Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Alonzo Sharpe
Cameron
University of Texas
Texas Exes
Milam County
Dorothy Matson
Rockdale
Sharpe
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Delta Chi
Austin Advertising Club
Texas State Teachers Association
U. S. Foreign Service
Lisbon
Naples
Budapest
Margarette Garrison Sharpe
Raymond Sharpe
U S Ban on Atomic Information Reported
Reliable London sources say the United States suspended the exchange of top secret atomic information with Britain after the Klaus Fuchs affair. It was unclear if Canada exchanges are affected. The report suggested the U S may move to develop the hydrogen bomb and keep related data secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Klaus Fuchs
Canada
International
Final Rites for Wilson Killen Sunday
Funeral services for 87 year old Wilson Killen were held at 3 00 p m Sunday February 19 1950 from Green s Funeral Home Chapel by Rev Lee Lemons. Burial followed in Oak Hill Cemetery. Killen died suddenly from a heart attack the previous Saturday. He owned Killen s Food Market and had lived in Cameron 18 years. He was a Navy Air Corps veteran and a First Methodist Church member. Survivors include his widow two sons Jimmy and David his mother Mrs Mabel Killen of Cameron two sisters Mrs Roger Taylor of Port Neches and Mrs Boyd F Ludewig of Tulsa and one brother James Killen of San Marcos. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Killen
Killen
Cameron High School
First Methodist Church
Jimmy
David
Mabel Killen
Cameron
Roger Taylor
Port Neches
Boyd F. Ludewig
Tulsa
Oklahoma
James Killen
San Marcos
Shirley Fox
Nat Wofford
George Peck
Temple
R. L. Terry
George Miller
Harold White
Thelbert Crittenden
Bill Wallace
Cameron Girl Becomes Practice Teacher at Denton High
Miss Patsy Esslinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Esslinger leaves her student role to teach as a practice teacher at Texas State College for Women for several classes weekly this term She is among 75 students from the college practice teaching in Denton Public Schools and at the TSCW Demonstration School The senior teaches history at Denton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Esslinger
Andrew Esslinger
Texas State College For Women
Denton
TSCW
Esslinger
Drunk Driving Cases Filed in Local Court
Claud L. Raney of Alvin pled guilty in open court to driving while intoxicated with a $75 fine and court costs. Joe Grabner of Rockdale was fined for drunk driving and released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud L. Raney
Alvin
Joe Grabner
Rockdale
Mrs. Lester Williams Visits Dallas Friends
Mrs. Lester Williams spent the weekend visiting friends in Dallas, staying with familiar faces and enjoying time in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Williams
Dallas
U S Plans Ten Atomic Submarines Construction Push
An informed source says the United States plans to start building the world’s first atomic powered submarine with a reactor from the Atomic Energy Commission. Talks between the Navy and Electric Boat of Groton Conn advance toward hull construction and possible funding in the 1951 Navy budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy
Electric Boat Corporation
Groton
Conn
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Russia
Last Rites Held For Mrs Coward In Marlow
Mrs Dora Coward 72 of the Marlow Community died at St Edward Hospital after a stroke. She leaves five sons Jim Virgil Morris Montia Jesse and others and five daughters Lou Elsie Pearl L J Boatright and Mrs Hugh Edmondson, plus a sister and numerous grandchildren. Funeral will be Wednesday at 3 p m at Marlow Baptist Church, burial in Marlow Cemetery. Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home of Rockdale in charge. Body to lie in state at home until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Coward
Marlow
St. Edward Hospital
Hugh Edmondson
Olevia
Marshall Mode
Cameron
Marlow Baptist Church
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
Rockdale
Mrs. Wilson Killeen to Continue Operated City Grocery
Mrs. Wilson Killen announces she will continue to operate Killeen's Food Market after the death of her husband William Killeen. The store remains open with the same service standard and plans improvements. She invites existing patrons and new customers to support the grocery in the trade area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Killen
Killeen
Wilson Killeen
Farm Bureau Plans Spring Membership Drive
Farm Bureau Officers Directors and Team Captains meet at Milam Coffee Shop Friday at 7 30 p m to plan the spring membership drive which runs through March 16 and will be followed by an all day picnic and program at Simon George Hall on March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Milam Coffee Shop
Simon-George Hall
Charge of Reds In State Department To Be Probed
Senator Hoey says the Senate's special investigations subcommittee will examine any charges by Senator McCarthy that 57 card carrying Communists work in the State Department. McCarthy plans to present evidence and seek a formal inquiry, with Hoey consulting his staff on jurisdiction and authority. He notes the panel was created mainly to review government expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoey
North Carolina
Senate
Special Investigations
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Final Rites Held for Mrs Reynolds
Mrs Harriett D Reynolds 76 died at her Cameron home February 15 1950 after a three week illness She had lived in Cameron since 1900 widow of Isaac Henry Reynolds Survived by daughter Hattie Braden and son Ben Reynolds both of Cameron and several grandchildren Funeral service by Rev Lee Lemons Friday February 17 at 4 00 p m at the Chapel of Greens Funeral Home Burial in Old City Cemetery arrangements by Greens Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett D. Reynolds
North Crockett Street
Airman Apprentice Alfred T. Price Graduates in Memphis
Alfred T. Price, airman apprentice, USN, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Price of Cameron Texas, recently graduated from the Aviation Structural Mechanics School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee. He entered the Naval service April 18 1949 and received recruit training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred T. Price
USN
Alfred Price
Cameron
Texas
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Price
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Mrs Lula Rogers Visits Temple Family Over Weekend
Mrs Lula Rogers and her daughter Florine Hovis visited Rogers's son J C Hovis and his family in Temple and MB Marilyn Kay during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Rogers
Florine Hovis
Local Junior Chamber to Organize Here March 8
A meeting at the Country Club on March 8 at 7 30 p m will organize a Junior Chamber of Commerce in Cameron. Thomas Marshall Weaver will assist, elections for officers will be held, and a supper offered at a reasonable charge. All businessmen are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
George Bowman
James R. Covington to be buried Tuesday
James R. Covington will be laid to rest at 9 30 a m Tuesday February 21 1950 at St Michaels Church Burlington following a Sunday death at St Edward Hospital Cameron. Survivors include his widow Mary Crenan Covington of Burlington son J R Covington Jr and daughters Mary Ellen and Catherine Covington of Houston and sister Miss Ruby Covington of Mexico City. Rosary is at Bartle Crenan home Burlington with Marek Burns Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Covington
O’reagan
St. Michael's Church
Burlington
Covington
St. Edward Hospital
Cameron
Mary Crenan Covington
J. R. Covington, Jr
Mary Ellen Covington
Catherine Covington
Houston
Ruby Covington
Mexico City
Bartle Crenan
Hearne
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
Ann Brock Shows Hereford Calf At San Antonio Fat Stock Show
Ann Brock placed her Hereford calf twelfth in her class at the San Antonio Fat Stock show this week and will sell the calf in the auction sale Wednesday. She credit feeds and showmanship to J D Moore County Agent while noting strong competition and the reserve grand champion from Denver. Ann is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Brock of Cameron and plans to feed two calves with the Milam County 4 H Club for next year’s major shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Brock
San Antonio
Ann
J.D. Moore
Denver Colorado
Denver
Jesse Brock
Cameron
Milam County
United States breaks off ties with Bulgaria in diplomatic crisis
The United States ends relations with communist Bulgaria after a clash at the U S legation in Sofia. Ambassador Heath orders home with Dr Voutov and staff, marking the first formal postwar diplomatic break. Travel ban to Hungary already in effect. consuls ordered out of China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bulgaria
U. S. Legation
Sofia
Amercan
Donald R. Heath
State Department
Peter Voutov
Washington
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
China
Milam County FFA youths win multiple prizes at Houston Fat Stock Show
Four Milam County FFA boys returned from the 1950 Houston Fat Stock Show with several top placements. Wayne Barnes earned multiple awards including first best cock in the Mediterranean class and top White Leghorn pullets. Carl Hill took third on a White Leghorn pullet, Ardell Pagel won second on a single Duroc boar, and Franklin Glaser placed fourth with a Dairy Scramble Jersey heifer. Prize money amount not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milam County
FFA
Houston
Wayne Barnes
Carl Hill
Ardell Pagel
Duroc Barrows
Franklin Glaser
Legislature moves to sex crime laws amid hospital program rush
The Texas Legislature aims to finish the hospital program this week then tackle harsher sex crime penalties. Gov. Shivers plans to submit new measures, including a general bill to legalize past school consolidations and bond elections. Neal Lyons leads Central Dads Club urging action on sex crime law. Rep. Storey and Rep. Kirkpatrick highlight proposed reforms and Gilmer-Aikin tangles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Shivers
Central Dads’ Club of
Dallas
Neal Lyons
Shivers
Cecil Storey
Longview
Ray Kirkpatrick
Trenton
Kirkpatrick
Publisher J. B. White Rebounds At Home After Hospital Stay
J. B. White publisher leaves Newton Memorial Hospital and goes home to rest for three to four weeks. Doctors forbid returning to duties for at least a month and Issued no visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. White
Newton Memorial Hospital
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Milam U
Texes
U.S
Denton High School
U. S
Mrs. Coward
Mrs. Reynolds
Memphis, Tennessee
Hereford
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