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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1950
Page
7
Texas DPS figures show overall crime up 9.9 percent with rural areas rising 10.5 percent in the past year. Cities over 2,500 residents report a 9.8 percent increase, slightly lower than the state average.
The report notes total 91369 crimes in 1949 with 70005 inside cities and 21364 in rural areas. Murder, rape and aggravated assault lead in rural areas while robbery burglary theft and auto theft are higher in cities. Crimes against persons favor rural areas. property crimes favor cities.
Texas cotton production in 1949 neared 6 million bales with 5,859,727 ginned, up from 3,062,828 the prior year. Lubbock County led with 261,495 bales, Cameron County had 218,972, and Hockley County reached 202,088, marking a sharp rise from 1948.
W. T. Hanes superintendent of Cameron schools chaired a 20 member committee in Mineral Wells to evaluate Cameron school administration and staff. Dr. D. D. Jackson head of the education department at Texas Tech directed the evaluation program.
The April 2 Lesson-Sermon for all Christ. Science churches centers on unreality. Key texts include Job 35 13 and I Peter 3 12. Also cited is a line from Science and Health noting ignorance of God is no longer the stepping stone of faith.
Senator LeBlanc announces a new HADACOL ration of two bottles per customer due to 100 percent demand growth over the year. He blames bottlenecks and a 300-strong workforce tracing supply limits while defending the medicine’s costly formula and mineral content as essential.
County Agent J D Moore explains cleaning the brooder house and equipment, proper temperature and ventilation, and using a brooder guard. He advises one square foot per poult, dry litter, and marbles in water and feed to spark eating and drinking.
The guidance urges following manufacturer feeding recommendations and providing plenty of clean water for poults several times daily. It stresses keeping birds warm, maintaining strict sanitation from arrival to market, and avoiding mixing poults with chickens.
Attorney General Price Daniel filed a 127 page brief in the United States Supreme Court arguing Texas may restrict admissions to state schools based on race. The state asks the court to follow a previous decision that segregation is within the constitutional power of the State Legislature without federal intervention.
Representatives from the Social Security Administration Field Office in Austin will be at the Department of Public Welfare in Cameron on Tuesday April 4 at 1 00 p m. Wage earners or survivors seeking information on retirement or survivor benefits under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program should contact the representative then.
March windstorms sweep Central Texas as a Gatesville farmer Ree Smith aged 47 dies when a neighbor barn roof dislodges and strikes him while he unhitched a team. The accident occurred on Charley Jones’s farm 13 miles northwest of Gatesville. Funeral services pending. He leaves a widow and two sons along with several siblings. Gusts reached 50 mph and dust reduced visibility to 1.5 miles. power lines down reported by Texas Power and Light crews.
Mrs. Rosa Kemp Adams goes back to her Houston residence after visiting several days at the Kemp Home on West Main.
Mr and Mrs Dave Rogers of Houston visited over the weekend with their two children at the home of Mrs Sudie Rogers, the couple's mother, in a family gathering noting extended kinship.
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