Looking Ahead to Sacrifices in War Effort and Debt
The piece argues citizens must bear civilian sacrifices during wartime, urging fiscal restraint. It warns against borrowing to fund both military and domestic programs, and outlines three strict budget-cut measures to balance the state-of-war finances and prevent economic collapse. It cites Byrd’s proposals and calls for accountability, higher taxes, and reduced government waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Europe
Harry Byrd
Floover Commission
Byrd
Major Soil Conservation Practices Rise Across Western Gulf Region
In 1950 fiscal year ending June 30, farmers and ranchers in Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas applied measures on 6 100 000 acres, a 9 percent rise from 1949, bringing regional total to 28 997 800 acres. Planting of cover crops reached 1 549 300 acres, a 19 percent gain, with grain sorghums and sudan grass boosted by drought relief efforts across Texas and Oklahoma Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft Worth
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Louis P. Mervill
Soil Conservation Service
Western Gulf
Merrill
Oklahoma Plains
Plains
Farm Bureau Auxiliary Founded In Blanco County
A Blanco County group formed the Texas Farm Bureau Federation Auxiliary on August 22 at the P M A Office in the Courthouse. Officers elected were R R Dollahue president Glenn Longlep first vice president E Bergman second vice president Richard Merz secretary treasurer Otto Sultemeier director and Mrs J B Journey reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanco County
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
R. R. Dollahue
Glenn Longlep
E. Bergman
Richard Merz
Otto Sultemeier
Dallas
Stanley Lankford
W. E. Stevenson
Charlie Wolf
Fredericksburg
Bass
Lions Furnish Alamo Camp And Hospital Quota
The Lions Club and Zion's Parish fulfilled Gillespie County’s September quota for the Alamo Camp and Hospital Council delivering to Brooke Army Center on September 12. The aid included 149 dozen homemade cookies and 27 gift prizes plus 23 gift prizes and 303 magazines from the Gillespie Red Cross Chapter. Sunset Motor Lines provided transportation at no cost, with continued service offered by the truck line. Mrs. Robert Blum urged Gillespie volunteers to support the Red Cross effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Lutheran Church
Gillespie
Alamo Camp and Hospital
Life
Reader’s Digest
Quick
Zion’s Parish
Sunset Motor Lines
Henry Klein
Robert Blum
Alamo Camp
Gillespie County
Red Cross
Blum
Pleasant Hill Lady Injured In Fall From Ladder
Mrs Frederick Deike suffered a painful fall from a ladder while washing walls last Monday and has been bed-fast for a week. Neighbors note a continuation of local news and social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Frederick Deike
John Martin
San Antonio
Jessie Holden
Tom Andrews
Keffer Edwards
Johnson City
Edwards
Norma Jean Barnwell
Hidden Enemy Inflation Recipe in Fiscal Policy
Fragmentary historical note blames ruinous fiscal policy for looming tragedies. Next week references a work titled The Hidden Enemy Inflation.
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George S. Benson
Harding College
Searcy
U. S. Air Force
Northrop
Hawthorne
Calif
Western Gulf Region
Rae
Farm Bureau Auxiliary
Opal Ray Gipson
Allen Lagoy
Santa Maria
Korea
Lions
Alamo
S. S. Mauldin
Hill Country Garage and Radio Service
N. Llano
Bill Craig
FE. Schaefer
Schumann - Heil Sales CO
Gillespie County Commission Company
R. R. Stock Pens
Rannier
Hamilton
Lone Star
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