Export curbs lauded by some experts face mixed reaction
Southern growers and officials voiced varied views on the government’s export limits on cotton as a short crop and market volatility frame the policy. Leaders from Alabama and Georgia urged caution to protect foreign markets, while critics in Congress and the trade warned the plan could hurt farmers and buyers abroad. New York futures fell sharply after the announcement, then partially recovered.
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Frese Cottes
Actan Cotton Manufacuring
Insu| Saints
Canada
Agriculture Department
Easland
Miea
Washington
Raymond Trammell
Eiltaule
Ala
Daniel T. Manet
New Or
J Iang Cotton Exchange
Alabams
Haygood Paterson
Paterson
Secretary of Agriculture
Nap
Hie
Edgar A. G. Bright
New
Paras Cotton Exchange
Swift
Tom Linder
Georgia
Linder
U. S. Coton
United States
Dudley D. Dumas
Memphis
John Bransford
Little Rock
New York
Seminole County Farmers Hear Bureau President
Seminole County farmers will hear H. O. Wingate, Georgia Farm Bureau president, speak at the court house tomorrow at p m on peanut price support and the 1951 farm program. B. F. Davis announced a membership drive with committee chairs named and noted Wingate’s decade of leadership shaping the state’s top farm group.
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Donalsonville
Seminole County
Rete Lomorrow
H. OL. Wingate
Georgia
B. 4
Davis
T Gaiy Wingate
Wingate
State Farm Bureau
American FB Federation
National Cotton Council
National Pea Council
Brannan
L. E. Spooner
George Odom
C. B. Rickman
W. E. Brigham
M. S. Wade Hel
J. G. Lane
M. G. Horny
Earl Barber
Iason Batchelor
Clyde Martin
Eugene Williams
A C. Williams
Bethel Ingram
Ww. HY. McDonald
John Q. Adams
W. C. Greene
Phil Spooner
Albret Rivers
Shep Daniele
Sordan Arline
Blakely FHA Trio Named By Chapter
Three FHA members Matha Jane Rogers Jacqueline Widner and Marilyn Middleton were chosen for the Blakely Trio to represent the School Chapter at the district meeting next Spring. They will perform for 31 civic clubs churches and on radio under guidance of Miss Evelyn DuBose and Mrs Charlie Houston.
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Blakely
FHA
Matha Jane Rogers
Jacqueline Widner
Marilyn Middleton
Evelyn DuBose
Blakely High Coot
Charlie Houston
Blakely FFA Team Competes National Judging Contest
Blakely Union FFA Chapter sends a judging team to the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City for national honors during the National FFA Convention week. Team members Kartell White Jimmy Holman and George Pyle, with Bill Sammons earning the American Farmer degree, attend alongside delegates Bobby King William Ballicom and William Alexander.
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Blakely
Blakely Union
FEA
Kamas — City
FFA
Ganza
Kartell
Jimmy Holman l
George Pyle
Bill Sammons
Bobby King
William Ballicom
William Alexander
Dothan Little Theatre Season Tickets On Sale
Season tickets for Dothan Little Theatre productions are available from Do than Kiwanis Club members who sponsor the 19% 1 season. Three productions are planned The Fires Laura is in rehearsal and will be staged October 26. Tickets are priced at 2.40 each.
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Dothan Littl
Dothan Kiwanis Club
Laura
Junk dealer charged after offbeat chase on horseback
Newark police revived a charge of being a junk dealer on horse after Harold B. Wilder, 47, outdistanced a squad car for five blocks. The report notes prices sagged in the expo field amid confusion over export curb and cotton as a vital war material. Swift praised the Agriculture Department foreseeing, warning of potential civilian and military demands if cotton crop remains short.
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Newark
N. J.ap
Harold B. Wilder
Expo Field
Swift
Agriculture Department
Tlus
Ford widow leaves Edison Institute funds for education
Detroit AP reports Mrs. Henry Ford died at 84 leaving nearly half of her $6.5 million estate to the Edison Institute for education and the remainder to relatives. She donated $4,000 to Edison Institute in 1928 to advance education. The will also provides significant bequests to long-time Ford household staff and two grandchildren, with the rest to great‑grandchildren, all subject to taxation.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Edison Institutonal
S. Med
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Edison Institute
Fords
Edsel Ford
Abs
Walter
Eh Ford
William Clay
Weidthrone
Benson Ford
Worrier
Fort Motor Co
Peace Feelers Foreseen By Clark In Korea War End
General Mark W. Clark, touring training camps, warned that after Korea the United States may hear peace feelers from the enemy but cautioned against complacency. He stressed the need to be ready due to the enemy's disdain for weakness and the higher threat in Europe.
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Clark Columbia
Mark W. Clark
Europe
Clark
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