Self-Employed Urged to Apply for Social Security Numbers
The Austin Social Security field office urges self employed persons to apply now for a social security account number even though earnings in 1951 are not due until 1952. Those with $400 or more in net earnings must pay 2 14 percent tax on earnings up to 3600, with exemptions for farms and certain professions. A booklet Do You Work For Yourself outlines the law and is available free.
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James B. Marley
Austin Social Security
Austin Social Security Office
Social Security Administration
Austin
Texas
Texas Hosts Large Share of Air Training Command Bases
Almost one third of the Air Training Command's 37 bases are in Texas. The world's largest military training organization maintains 12 Air Force bases in the Lone Star State.
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Air Training Command
Texas
Lone Star State
Tragic Fifty Yule Fires Highlight Fire Safety Week
The National Board of Fire Underwriters urged careful fire prevention this Christmas season after multiple 1950 fires. Noted incidents include six elderly men dying in a Buffalo hotel blaze, a Albany suffocation from a heater, Omaha basement fire with two deaths, Beacon stove explosion killing four children, a Brooklyn watchman burned by an oil can, a four family blaze displacing 25, and a Bronx woman burned while removing a flaming tree.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
Buffalo
N. Y
Albany
Omaha
Beacon
Brooklyn
Bronx
Better Planting Seed Objective Uf Ag Department
The Texas State Department of Agriculture targets improved seed laws and enforcement with help from the Texas Seed Council Texas Seedmen's Association and Texas A M College. The Seed Division unites seed laboratories and certification into one unit testing thousands of samples and standardizing over 28 field crops. About 3 000 farms were inspected this season with fees funding the program.
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Texas State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Texas Seed Council
Texas Seedmen’s Association
Texas A & M College
College Station
Austin
Lubbock
State Seed and Plant Board
Department
Central Motor Co Offers Repair Services For Any Car
Our shop has the necessary equipment and the experienced men who can do a first class job of repairing on any model or make car. Call on us today. All work guaranteed.
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Central Motor CO
Christmas Open House Yule Tradition
The article recalls Christmas open house as a long standing Yule tradition in Saxon halls and the pre Civil War South. Lords and slaves alike joined festive feasts and gift exchanges with a slow burning Yule log symbolizing democracy and universal salvation.
Town Named Santa Claus Indiana Stems From Yuletide Visitor
In 1882 the town now known as Santa Claus Indiana narrowly considered Santa Fe. A mass meeting failed to settle a new name until Santa Claus, visiting in costume, warmed the crowd and inspired the final choice.
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Indiana
Santa Fe
Washington
New Mexico
Santa Claus
Reminder Parents To Demand Toy Safety This Christmas
The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns some Christmas toys may be dangerous. Parents should ensure electrical toys bear a U. S. label from Underwriters Laboratories and supervise play with any fuels or chemicals.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
U. S
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Quality Peanut CO
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