Washington House Passes Agriculture Appropriation Bill
The House on May 1 approved by voice vote HR 7514 to fund the Agriculture Department for fiscal year ending June 30, 1953. The measure totals 724,585,699 with 724,008,699 for regular activities and 229 million in loan funds for REA and Farmers Home programs. Administrative costs total 20,605,000 and 582,000 for special activities, with regular-activity funding below budget by 24,412,129. House rejects amendments altering soil conservation, forest protection, and production program funds. Texas extension funds may be restored by H.R. 6778 after census losses.
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House
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Budget
Rural Electrifications Administration
Farmers Home Administration
National Forest and Protection and Management
Texas
House Committee On Agriculture
Federal grain storage rules push for clean warehouses
John C White outlines a FDA program that stages two phase inspections of grain storage plants and carloads to assure buyers of clean grain. The plan empowers federal action to halt shipments or seize grain if unsanitary conditions or severe contamination are found, with farmers urged to cooperate and seek guidance from warehouse operators.
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Texas
Federal
Feed & Drug Administration
Food & Drug Administration
F&d
Hearne to Host Eighth Annual Future Farmer Show
The Eighth Annual Hearne Future Farmer Livestock and Poultry Show is set for Friday May 16 at the FFA show grounds on the Hearne High School campus. The event runs 9 AM to 2 PM with exhibits and judging.
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Hearne Future Farmer Livestock and Poultry
FFA
Hearne High School
Carson Visit During Route to Denver
Cmdr. M. V. Carson Jr. stopped briefly Friday to see his parents Mr and Mrs M V Carson while traveling from Houston to Denver Colorado.
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Cmdr
M. V. Carson, Jr
M. V. Carson
Houston
Denver
Colorado
Personal notes from Texas clubs and visitors
Mro and Mrs. Jud Collier and Mrs. R. H. Ballinger attended a paper tea in West Columbia on May 8. They spent Thursday night in Brazoria with the Joe Montgomerys. Rev. and Mrs. Kirby McGuire and Ann and Jane returned from Corsicana Sunday. Hearne Laund erette ad appears. Mrs. A. E. Guderian of Latin visited My. and Mrs. S. T. Osborne, Tommy, and Troy over the weekend. Major Thomas L. Mortis arrived Friday at Bryan from Miami, where he is stationed in the U S Air Force.
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Mro
Jud Collier
R. H. Ballinger
Texas State Federation of Women's Clubs
West Columbia
Brazoria
Joe Montgomerys
May
A. E. Guderian
T. Osborne
Tommy
Troy
Thomas L. Mortis
Bryan
Miami
Florida
U. S. Air Force
Local families host visitors and upcoming military move
Morris and relatives from Hearne Calvert and Bryan visited over the weekend as Morris plans to depart Florida in late May for European service. Clifton Griffiths of Muleshoe stays with Nezzie J. Sisson’s family in Austin and nearby. Jud Collier attended an Educational hearing in Austin Monday. E. M. Stubbs hosts their daughter and grandchildren from Houston. Louis Cheek of Texas City spent the weekend with the Peyton family.
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Morris
R. L. Morris
Hearne
Calvert and
Bryan
Florida
Europe
Jud Collier
Austin
Mrs. Louis Cheek
Texas City
Mrs
J. R. Peyton
Wilson Family Visits Loren Wilson in Temple Hospital
Mr and Mrs John Wilson and Mrs Loren Wilson visited Saturday with Loren Wilson who is a patient in McCloskey hospital in Temple.
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John Wilson
Loren Wilson
McCloskey Hospital
Temple
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Culpepper Hardware and Furniture
Hearne, Texas
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Muleshoe
Nezzie J. Sisson
E. M. Stubbs
Myrsr J. R. Boswell
Linda Ann
Bobby
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Democrat
Fone Star Gas Company
American Gas Association Testing Laboratory
National Fire Protection Association
America
Lone Star Gas Company
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