Poage Seeks Re-Election to Congress
W R Poage urges continued support for reelection citing decades in Texas politics from the state house to the U S Congress. He highlights his rural roots in Waco his early leadership in the Economy Bloc and his rise through the ranks to chairman roles and future ascent on the Agriculture Committee.
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Helen Conger Poage
Waco
Texas
House of Representatives
Brazos River
Washington
Congress
Committee On Agriculture
Poage Defends Record as 11th Texas District Congressman
In a July 1950 public statement Congressman W R Poage details non legislative district services. He cites Camp Hood Fort Hood and other facilities as proof of district gains, plus rural electric lines and soil conservation efforts. He defends farm price support and acreage control while opposing socialism and communism and reiterates commitment to economy and national defense.
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Eleventh
Texas
Camp Hood
McClosky
Bluebonnet
Fort Hood
Leon
Bosque
Army
Great Brazos River
Tidelands
Old Maids Celebrate Fact They Never Married
In Norristown Pennsylvania about 22 women who never married gathered at a local restaurant for a dinner party to declare June 4 as Old Maid's Day nationwide. Marian Richards 54 originated the idea at the Norristown factory where she and other workers are employed.
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Norristown
Marian Richards
Illness at Newton Memorial Hospital Claimed Brashear Family
Friends of J. C. Brashear, Sr. announce he is ill and receiving care at Newton Memorial Hospital.
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J. C. Brashear, Sr
Newton Memorial Hospital
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W. R. Poage
Bill Poage
Eleventh Congressional District
The
Cameron Herald
Truman
11Th
Ana
Turkey
Four-Way
Dynation
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
John Muse Motor Company
North Fannin
BUICK
Cameron, Texas
Kaiser
Kaiser Blade
Woodson Lumber Co
Cook
Texas Power & Light Company
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