Texas Faces Subversive Unions Probe and Gas Tax Court Watch
Texas officials pressed a probe into Communist links in labor unions led by discloser John Ben Shepperd while the Texas Supreme Court hears a challenge to the gas tax law. Gov Allan Shivers warned the investigation must not target law-abiding union members as witnesses testified. A proposed 80-20 state local funding split and new building costs would raise teacher pay, with schools to report by December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex. Cio
John Ben Shepperd
DPOW
Texas
Toa— Shivers
Commission Council
Shepperd
Commission
U. S
Tpa
U. S. Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas State Teachers Association
State Education
Moostaken Identity on a Moose Calling Trip
Slim Smith recalls two northern hunts with a moose call exposing a mistaken encounter and a real animal. He warns readers about being quick on the trigger and stresses careful aim before shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slim Smith
Slim
Nimrods Get Extra Bonus in First Deer Season
Anderson County officials announce a first deer season celebrating fifty years of legality. Palestine businessmen set a multi category jackpot for hunters with rewards including cash, bonds, merchandise, rifles, camp stoves, clothing and furniture. Early tally shows $3638.50 in prizes plus a landowner prize for biggest deer on his property to spur herd restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Anderson Co
Game & Fish Commission
Palestine
Palestine Packing Plant
Anderson County
Weekend visits span multiple families in Texas towns
Mr and Mrs Clifton Hopf and children from San Antonio visited the Parker home during the weekend. Mr and Mrs J O Stevens dined with Mrs and Mrs G W Duderstadt for Mr Duderstadt birthday. H L Stevens and daughters along with J O Stevens visited the Wedekind home in Hunt. F E Groff and M R Duderstadt hosted guests in San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Hopf
San Antonio
Dennis Parker
J. O. Stevens
G. W. Duderstadt
Mr. Duderstadt
H. L. Stevens
Fred Wedekind
Hunt
F. E. Groff
San Angelo
M. R. Duderstadt
Grazing Best Practices and Local News Update
Pastures ready to graze with rest periods and light stocking to keep about half the grass standing. Native grasses low in phosphorus and protein. supplement with bone meal and cottonseed cake as needed. 1953 ACP deadlines require completed practices by December 31. Community notices include visits, hunts, and social plans.
Texas Young Democrats push toward two faction showdown
Texas Young Democrats remain split as factions clash over charter procedures for a state convention. Bill McKnight of Dallas leads the liberal side, vowing to press ahead with an organization drive while seeking to back the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Women Master Brewers In Ancient Times Found On Clay Tablets
Clay tablets in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art cited in Barley, Hops, and History reveal that women were master brewers in ancient times. The tablets note beer among Noah’s Ark foods and cite Columbus’s 1502 voyage as producing maize beer in Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Christopher Columbus
New World
Central America
America
Plymouth Rock
Library of Congress
Samuel Adams
Israel Putnam
Connecticut
Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District Meets for 1954 Plans
The Upper Llanos Soil Conservation District Supervisors met at the Courthouse with members Clay Holland W C Oliver Hardin Tobin H H Rothmann and Frank Hodges present. They approved conservation plans for the Don Reed Ranch and Mrs Sama Baker Ranch and set rates for a rock gathering machine at 150 per hour with a 5 daily minimum. The group noted concrete irrigation ditch work at the M C Lnake irrigation farm and reminded landowners signup for the 1954 ACP Program runs December 1 to 15 at the Kimble County PMA office before December 16 to qualify. County Handbooks are available at the PMA Office. K R Bluestein seeded in 1950 on the George Allen Gibson Ranch produced a good fall crop, the grass originally sown on diversion dams in a pasture. Bluestem remains the sole grazing grass in the area, with better stands expected as future seedings progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Llanos
M. C. Lnake
Kimble County
PMA
Junction
K. R. Bluestein
George Allen
Gibson Ranch
K. R. Bluestem
Mrs Jack Lee Visits Morris Parents This Week
Mrs. Jack Lee spent the first of the week visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. John S. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robert made a trip to San Antonio Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thornton
Dallas
Clarence Breazeale
Bertram
Jack and
P. F. Jones
Orville Gammenthaler
Charles Allen Fowler
San Antonio
Fred Gammenthaler
Jack Lee
John S. Morris
Mrs
Roy Robert
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State Capitol
Orx
FBI
Port Arthur
Harvey Matusow
Louis IF. Budenz
Fordham University
IBI
Matt Cvetic
Pittsburgh
C. E. Fulgham
Lubbock
L. E. Page
Carthage
American Legion
Walter Buckner
San Marcos
E. G. Rodman Sr
Odessa
Wm. J. Harris
Texas Federation of Labor
Shivers
Joe Marsh
Moostaken
United States Brewers Foundation
H. Welge Lewis
Gecotine
Fredericksburg
T-Bones
LMO
Barthgr
Wight
Nimrods
Clinton” Corvineer
Soil Conservation Service Office
Soil Conservation Service
Gus Wahrmund
Edna Hahne
Stonewall
K. T. R. Penick
Eckert
Joe J. McEntire
The
Mr. McEntire
Texas A&m College
Marine Corps
Walter Jungmann
Albert Lang
Hubert Rahe
Alb. Lang
Walter Parker
Joe
Wm. Keen
Schreiner Jones
Walter Parker, Jr
New Brauanfels
J. P. Polk
Pontotoc
Bert Wisley
Zora Burt
Velma Russel
Max Lange
W. E. Fletcher
Belton Tatsch
E. R. Brown
R. E Peril
Veterans Hospital
Legion
Siswax Lange
Edd Walker
Kelton
Edward Jesse
the Herald
Tidelands Leasing
Tidelands
Agriculture Department
D. B. Wood
Georgetown
Herbert Brownell Jr
Governors Mansion
University of Texas Law School
Thomas Jefferson
Bohemia
William Penn
Bristol
George Washington
New York Public Library
Felix T. Tybor
Palace Theatre
Bidg
Floy Bode
WOOL
Mobil Gas
Mobil Oil
John Deere
Brraushkope Bros ‘Baa
Reueriula
Distributors of
Vredericheburg, Texas
Gulf Service Station
Richard Roeder
Prop
Marper
Gulf Gas & Oils + Tires
Crogs Man We Ft
Nee
M. Ak
Conrad Holekamp
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