Harassment Gestapo tactics cited in Rice allotment probe
Rep. Dowdy made public letters alleging USDA agents harassed Texas rice growers and used Gestapo tactics in allotment enforcement. The documents include Mona Craft’s suspension over Brazoria County acreage investigations and Harold Andrew’s claim that agents pressured him to admit selling allotments.
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Washington
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Agriculture Department
Texas
Dowdy
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Mona Craft
Bay City
Harold Andrew
Brookshire
Freeman
Gene Andrew
Katy
Trinity River
Onalaska
Wayne
Harris County Ascs
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Andrew
USDA
ASCS
Gene
Craft
Brazoria County
Brazoria
Farm Tours In Dawson County Slated For Week
About 50 people are expected to participate in two farm tours in Dawson County this week. The first annual 4-H Club tour is Tuesday with calves pigs and lambs demonstrations plus names of participants. The Thursday farm tour features grain sorghums dryland cotton fertilizers irrigated cotton and other demonstrations led by listed exhibitors. Dawson County officials and 4-H leaders organize the events with a focus on agriculture education for youth and adults.
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Dawson County
Andy Bratcher
Jimmy Williams
Chris Hunt
Charlene Kibler
Lynn
Steve Pearce
Philip Vogler
Sears
Harold, Charles
Margaret
Nolen Vogler
Herbert Keane
Randy Bedwell
Lance and
Paul Wade
Ronnie Barron
Mel Hamilton
P. F. King
Harold Hohn
Great Plains
Herbert Green
E. D. Adcock
Ela B. Morrie
Ilack Womack
High Plains Cotton Industry Honored In International Salute
The Cotton Trade Journal publishes a 72 page High Plains supplement, first area-focused section in its 61 year history. It highlights history growth and future goals of the region’s cotton economy with contributions from 26 authorities and features Lubbock’s role as a major cotton hub and the Plains Cotton Growers program.
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VIEWS
George W. Pfeiffenberger
the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Cotton Trade Journal and Agricultural Reporter
Memphis, Tenn
High Plains
The
High Plains Supplement
U. S
Cotton Trade Journal
High Plains of
Texas
Area Development
Hale
Floyd
Lubbock
Crosby County
lInan
Commodity Credit Corp
James 8. Parker
PCG
America
Tech
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Annual Meeting Of PCG Slated Here Thursday
Plains Cotton Growers Inc plans its annual meeting in Municipal Auditorium on Thursday September 6 with new directors to be installed and officers elected. W O Fortenberry PCG president notes speakers P Huber Hanes Hanes Knitting Co and Dr Edwin R Laughlin Institute of Paper Chemistry. A barbecue lunch will follow and attendance is invited for area cotton producers and others interested.
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George W. Pfeiffenberger
PCG
High Plains
J. Wayland Bennett
Department of Agriculture Economics
Texas Tech
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Municipal Auditorium
W. O
Bill
Edwin R. Laughlin
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Appleton
Wis
North Carolina
Hanes Knitting Co
Hanes
Big Area
Institute
Fortenberry
First West Indian Negro Named Administrator in Kingstown
Samuel H. Graham aged 50 was appointed administrator of the British island of Saint Vincent in Kingstown, becoming the first West Indian Negro to hold the island’s top government post.
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Kingstown
Vincent, B.W.I
Samuel H. Graham
Island
District 2 Farm Bureau Policy Training Set at Holiday Inn East
H L Hub King Brownfield district 2 Farm Bureau director will preside at an all day policy development training for county bureau leaders at 10 a m Wednesday at the Holiday Inn East Motor Hotel. About 100 persons expected with Texas Farm Bureau staff from Waco and J D Hill of Lubbock assisting. Local bureaus will hold follow up discussions to produce recommendations for county conventions.
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Farm Bureau
King
Brahmin Denied Certification for Janitor Job in Calcutta
Authorities in Calcutta refused to certify a Brahmin for a janitor position, saying the job was beneath his social station. The decision reflects caste norms influencing employment eligibility in the city.
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Calcutta
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Ag Department
U.S
Dawson
Yourself Dowdy
Department of Agriculture
Andrews
Texas High Plains
Riley
Thrift
Prudence
F.d.1.c
Bale Woocey Pleaight
Ls Dubey
Kentucky
C. A
Oldham
Leaders Round Table of
GNL
South Plains Association of Life Underwriters
Westerner Parents Club
Lubbock High School
Lubbock Agency
Charles H. Alexander
Broadway
O. D. Carlton
Jackie Cargill J. Sam Hale
Sammy Hale
Ed Hembright
David Hobbs W. C., Mauzey
Oldham Cecil Reese
H. D. Woods
Pealan
S. J. Hay
Dallas
Carl C. Weichsel
Ag Is
Super Jets
Braniff
New Westinghouse Electric
Hygeia - Ozarka Water CO
Rka
Freezer
34Th St. Appliance Center
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