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Newspaper

Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1954

Page

3

Joan Bennett Marks 25 Years in Film with New Paramount Project

Hollywood report says Joan Bennett, 25 years in show business, returns to screen in My Three Angels at Paramount. She, a motherly redhaired grandmother, discusses past roles, family, and plans to shoot Mother Sir in Japan with husband Walter.

Joan Bennett Hollywood Humphrey Bog Aldo Ray Peter Ustinov Paramount Studios 20Th Century Fox Walter Anger Jenkings Lang Wangers Ince Miss Bennett Paramount MGM Joan Constance Terry Diane Bennett Melinda Fox Studio Japan Ethel Barrymore

Open house at telephone building to meet Voice With a Smile

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company invites the public to an open house in the telephone building. Attendees can see new dial equipment and electronic exhibits, with guides showing visitors through the building from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Friday. Every 100th attendee will receive a long distance call.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

Temperature Extremes and Local Officials Listing

The report notes the 24 hour high of 100 degrees by noon today with a 4 30 p m observation yesterday and a 72 degree low at 5 30 a m today It also lists a series of local officials including state senator Andy Rogers state representative Elbert Reeves district attorney Allen Harp county judge Leonard King Charles M Barnes and many county officers such as sheriff Paul Griffin and treasurer Mrs B F Hardy among others.

Publication Citation For Divorce Suit In Childress County

Legal notice commands sheriff to publish weekly for four weeks a citation by publication in a Childress County newspaper. It directs J. W. Williams to appear in district court by 10 am on the first Monday after forty two days from July 19 1954 to answer Julia Williams petition for divorce filed April 1954 in case 4056.

State OF Texas Childress Texas J. W. Williams District Court of Childress County Julia Williams

Congress Debates Planting Rules on Diverted Acres

Congress discussion centers on a federal order diverting acres from wheat. Benson enforces cross compliance requiring farmers with over 10 diverted wheat acres to take uniform allotments across all crops. Rep. Harold Cooley seeks to limit Benson authority. vote falls 12 to 9 against the move.

Benson Harold Cooley D-N.c House Agriculture Committee

Market bulletin from Fort Worth on June 24

Wholesale prices steady with light fowl 14c heavy fowl 17c and heavy fryers 24c old roosters 12c Eggs Large grade A 35c medi ums 33c Fowl fryers and eggs demand fair Cattle 1 400 steady to weak slaughter steers and yearlings scarce beef cows 10 13 canners 7 10 shelly canners under 7 bulls 9 14 stocker steer yearlings 13 18 50 Calves 400 weak 12 17 choice 17 50 18 50 cull 7 11 stocker calves 13 18 50 Hogs 200 top 25c lower choice weights 24 50 around 24 25 180 lb 22 325 lb 21 sows 15 19 Sheep 1 200 spring lambs steady to 1 00 lower aged wethers 1 00 higher scarce good and choice lambs 18 cul l and

Fort Worth

Boys First Operators Then Women in Telephone History

The article traces early telephone operations from male boy operators in the 1870s 80s to Emma Nutts the first woman operator in 1879. It notes rough training harsh discipline and long cords on crude boards, then highlights how women eventually became the standard, with about 400 000 employed today.

Telephone Company Charlie

Market Report: Slaughter Sheep and Feeder Prices Noted

Utility springers 8 to 17 dollars. few good slaughter yearlings 10. Cull and utility slaughter yearlings 7 to 9. Utility and good aged wethers 8 to 9. Several slaughter ewes 5.50 down. Good feeders scarce. medium feeder yearlings 9.

Full name of President Cleve land was Stephen Grover Cleve land

The sentence presents the full given name of the U S president, Stephen Grover Cleveland, noting that his full name includes multiple components. The text appears to confirm the traditional full name usage without additional context.

President Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland

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Gallium Mercury Andy Rogers Elbert Reeves Allen Harp Leonard King Charles M. Barnes James L. Cutcher Sheffy Mahan Mark Graham Fred B. Mitchell Paul Griffin Gaylon Smith B. F. Hardy Jeff Hardin Wade Kimbrough Orville K. Smith Frank Douglas Rothwell Ernest) Ham Ft. A Russell George West T. J QRBY Herman King Dave Brummett John Turk Fowler C. T Charlie) Anderson C. A. Mitchell Justice OF the Peace Precinct L. C. Elliott W. H. Krigbaum Edwin Cato Congress Sarah H. Bates Gulfstream Cape Cod St. George Silshan Silk & Rayon Mallinson Pontong Honan Cohama Baku Silk & Rayon St. George Nyladon Nylon & Rayon Salyna Leno the Fabric Shop Gage Food Store Commerce Street Gladivla White Swan Ine Role Slaw Arge Colif Vienna Libby Swanson Morton Itor Pitoe Ota Oda
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