Counterfeiting charges against three Amarillo printers
Federal authorities filed counterfeiting charges against Vernon Roland M L Roland and Homer Dale Russell, all in Hereford Texas. They allegedly produced spurious one and ten dollar bills in the Brand shop. Local Longshoremen in Port Arthur refused to unload a cargo of Russian licorice root from a Swedish freighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vernon Roland
M. L. Roland
Homer Dale Russell
Hereford
Tex
International Longshoremen’s Association
Port Arthur
Capt
A. Olson
Selma Thornden
Boston
Mass
Olson
Memorial Stadium Dedication at Commerce Honors 77 World War II Vets
Former Lt. Gov. Walter H. Woodul of Houston dedicates a $300,000 memorial stadium in Commerce Texas to 77 East Texas State Teachers College alumni who died in World War II. The ceremony precedes a football game between East Texas State Lions and North Texas State Eagles in the new 15,000 seat stadium. A bronze plaque lists the 77 honorees in the foyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Woodul
Houston
Commerce
Tex
East Texas State Teachers’ College
East Texas State Lions
North Texas State Eagles
CAB Chair Demands Immediate Civil Air Mobilization Plan
Fort Worth reports CAB chairman Delos W. Rentzel declares an urgent need for a complete mobilization plan for all U S civil air transportation. Rentzel, confirmed days earlier, calls the effort the real urgent thing as American Airlines and Delta Air Lines launch a one stop New Orleans to Los Angeles service via Dallas and Fort Worth, their fourth interchange flight.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Delos W. Rentzel
Fort Worth
CAB
United States Civil Air Transportation
Rentze
Civil Aeronautics Administration
American Airlines
Delta Airlines
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Dallas
Delta
Shivers Named Honorary Chairman of State Event
Governor Allan Shivers was designated honorary chairman of an upcoming state event, aligning his public duties with the program. The move signals support from state leadership for the initiative and its organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Shivers
Texas U Issues Book to Assist in Family Problems
The University of Texas Hogg Foundation for Mental Hygiene publishes Family, Community, and Mental Health a 64 page handbook guiding community leaders in solving family and community issues. Written by Texas workers over two years, the project is joint with the Womans Foundation of New York City and Betty Cobb Dallas artist illustrated the book. Copies from the Hogg Foundation Austin Texas for 50 cents each.
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LeRoy Leatherman
Lon Tinkle
Dallas Morning News
Mr. Leatherman
Dallas Public Library
John Crowe Ransom
Eudora Welty
Allen Tate
Andrew Lytle
Katherine Anne Porter
Texas U
Austin
Tex
University of Texas Hogg Foundation For
Bernice M. Moore
Texas Education Agency
Robert L. Southerland
Hogg Foundation
Texas
University of Texas Hogg Foundation
Womans Foundation of
New York City
Betty Cobb
Dallas
University of Texas, Austin
Popular Cotton Rowden Tops 1950 51 Plantings in District 8 N
The University of Texas Cotton Merchandising Research Laboratory reports Popular Cotton Rowden as the leading variety in Agricultural District 8 N for 1950 51. It accounted for 58 percent of planted acreage, with Mebane and Qualla at 8 percent, Deltapine 7 percent, and Stoneville 5 percent.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
University of Texas Cotton Merchandising Research Laboratory
Stoneville
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Money Makers
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First
Sulphur Springs
Pioneer Village
North Texas
Gilmer-Aikin
L. P. Sturgeon
Gilmer-Aiken
Sturgeon
American
Preston A. Weatherred
Weatherred
United States
Europe
Berlin
General Weatherred
Gatesville Messenger
Joe Fogaley
State Firemen's Training School
City Auditorium
Texan’s
White Rock
New Air Service
Shivers
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