Conservation Group Meets At Hansen Home
Lower Palo Alto Soil Conservation Group met June 21 at Kurt Hansen residence to discuss soil and water conservation. A technicolor film Pan American Hiway was shown, courtesy of Allis-Chalmers dealer M A Daniel. Discussions covered rain penetration legumes stubble mulch and range grasses with input from Soil Conservation Service and Gillespie County district supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Soil Conservation Service
Kurt Hansen
Herman Maner
Gillespie County
Soil Conservation District
Safe Keeping A House Panel Finds Tax Forms Overstock
An Appropriations Committee study shows the IRS printed 500 million tax forms and 115 million instruction sheets for 47 million taxpayers in one year. Hundreds of millions of out dated forms were stored in a leased building.
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House Appropriations Committee
Federal Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cancer death rate climbs from 1900 to 1950
The death rate from cancer rose from 65 per 100 000 in 1900 to an estimated 140 per 100 000 in 1950.
Political Candidate Announcements for 1950 Primaries and General
The Standard lists candidates for the 1950 Democratic Primary on July 22 and the General Election on November 7. District Attorney SAM CONNALLY seeks re election. State Senator DORSEY B HARDEMANN seeks re election. County officers include HENRY HIRSCH. Sheriff ROBERT LOTH Hugo Klaernere. District Clerk E L Schmidt. County Treasurer Reinhold Tatsch. County Clerk Felix Scherer Joe O Weinheimer. William Bruns. Commissioner Precinct 1 Eugene Kramer Herman Duecker.
Harper Lions Report From District 2 A Convention
Harper Lions Club members heard Floy Bode and C L Brown report on District 2 A Lions Convention in Laredo. A rummage sale netted 50 dollars and new officers for 1950 51 will be installed in July.
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Harper Lions Club
Floy Bode
C. L. Brown
Laredo
Lion Wallace Brown
Holland Walker
Elbert Feller
Helping Hand Club
Harper Helping Hand Club
Harper Cemetery
Harper
Chas. Rogers
Thos. P. Harlan
Arthur Lang
Kathryn
Arthur Jr
Chas, Lang
Howard Bowers
Fredericksburg
Robert Lang
San Antonio
H. B. Birt
Hurley Burns
Jack Minter
Brownfield
Houston
Roy Steitle
Bobbie
Robert B. Green Hospital
M. F. Beetle
Pearl Ruby
Simon Cosper
Oklahoma
Cosper
Fred Bierschwabe
Harry Sheppard
J. C. Stovall
Willow City
Floyd Bierschwale
Segovia
J. C. Mangold
Otho Mangold
Corsicana
Mangold
Paul Pape
O. Buskey
Clarence
Alvin
Edwin Siers
Kerrville
S. S. Stewart
Paul Jones
Ruth
Jack Jones
Breafell
Lometa
W. E. Gipson
A. L. Spellman
Maxie Baumann
Arthur Baumann
M. R. Duderstadt
San Angelo
C. T. Mahler
Primitive Baptist Association
Ingram
J. A. Milam
Edwin Dittmar
J. F Cook
Werner McDougall
Oliver Hopf
Austin
Cancer Society Invests Over 13 Million in Experimental Research
The American Cancer Society reports expenditures exceeding 13 million dollars on research over the last five years. The note mentions a license number on an airplane indicating authorization for experimental use.
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American Cancer Society
Great Dan Patch At 87 Drive-In Sunday Monday
A turn of the century romance film The Great Dan Patch starring Dennis O Keefe Gail Russell Ruth Warrick and Charlotte Greenwood with Henry Hull John Hoyt Arthur Hunnicutt and Clarence Muse in support screens at the 87 Drive In Theatre on Sunday and Monday July 2 3 The Thursday offering is The House Across The Street with Wayne Morris Janis Paige Bruce Bennett Also shown Friday and Saturday June 30 July 1 Ritz Brothers Carrol Bruce Dick Foran Grace MacDonald Johnny Downs William Demarest Sonny Dunham and his orchestra.
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America
Dan Patch
Dennis O’keefe
Gail Russell
Ruth Warrick
Charlotte Greenwood
Henry Hull
John Hoyt
Arthur Hunnicutt
Clarence Muse
Wayne Morris
Janis Paig
Bruce Bennett
Ritz Brothers
Carrol Bruce
Dick Foran
Grace MacDonald
Johnny Downs
William Demarest
Sonny Dunham
Fea
Local girls pass state board exams for nursing
Misses Julia Ann Dietz and Norma Barsch passed their State Board exams with excellent grades and are now Registered Nurses. They are graduates of the Brackenridge School of Nursing in Austin.
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Julia Ann Dietz
Norma Barsch
Dietz and
Barsch
Brackenridge School of Nursing
Austin
Cancer Society funds 285 research grants for cancer causes
The American Cancer Society finances 285 research grants to study cancer causes and seek new cures, supporting scientists across institutions in the pursuit of breakthroughs.
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American Cancer Society
The
Three Faces West set for July drive-in shows
The article lists film nights with Eddie Dew and Smiley Burnett in Raiders of Sunset Pass and on July 4 and 5 John Wayne Sigrid Gurie and Charles Coburn star in Three Faces West. It also notes ten free hobby horses will be given away at the Drive-In on Saturdays starting July 29 and continuing each Saturday.
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Tured
Eddie Dew
Smiley Burnett
John Wayne
Sigrid Gurie
Charles Coburn
Wilke Named Veep by Central Texas Utilities Group
Felix Wilke, Fredericksburg utilities manager, was named vice president of the Central Texas Municipal Utility Conference at its Austin organizational meeting. More than 20 Central Texas towns attended at the Lower Colorado River Authority Auditorium. Garland G. Medders of Burnet was named president.
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Felix Wilke
Fredericksburg
Elee Utilities
Vice Press
Central Texas Municipal Utility Conference
Austin
Central Texas
Colorado River
New Braunfels
Dent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hansen Home
33Rd Judicial District
Sam Connally
San Sabe
Dorsey B. Hardemann
Texas
Henry Hirsch
Robert “Bob” Loth
Hugo Klaerner
E. L. Schmidt
Reinhold Tatsch
Felix Scherer
Milton C. Durst
Joe O. Weinheimer
Justice of the Peace
WM. Bruns
Eugene Kramer
Herman Duecker
Arnold Markwordt
Felix Pfiester
Felix Herber
Harper Lions
J. F. Cook
Lewis Feller
Aloys Schwerman
Topeka
Kan
Yy Tyy
Vile
Gulf Brewing Company
Houston, Texas
Wilke
Veep
Utility
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