Krug Outlines Broad Oil Plan At Senate Hearing
Interior Secretary J A Krug outlines national oil strategy before Senate Interior Committee chaired by Senator J C O Mahoney urging expanded supply via conventional and synthetic sources. He calls for curb flaring, better conservation laws, and developing public and submerged lands while warning Congress to act amid possible industrial and state rights opposition.
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Krug
Senate
J. A. Krug
O’mahoney
Sen. O’mahoney
Congress
O’mahoney Unit
Former Sheriff Heads Houston Hotel Police Force
Glenn McCarthy announced Harris County Sheriff Neal Polk would head a 25 man private police force for the Shamrock hotel and McCarthy center in Houston. Polk outlined plans for 15 outside patrols and 10 inside hotel and adjacent buildings with undisclosed salary.
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Houston
U.P
Glenn McCarthy
Harris County
Neal Polk
Shamrock Hotel
McCarthy Center
Polk
Insurance Course at Tech Proves Popular with 63 Enrollments
The Texas Tech charter property casualty underwriter course drew 63 registrations, nearly three times the expected 25. Two classes will run, one for South Plains insurance professionals in the evenings and another daytime group for Tech students. Haskell Taylor leads the department with William H. McKelvy teaching. Tech and Lubbock are the only West Texas locations offering the five year degree.
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Texas Technological College
Charter Property Casualty
Tech Administration
South Plains
Tech
Lubbock
College Business Administration Department
Haskell Taylor
William H. McKelvy
Lubbock and Tech
West Texas
Lubbock Insurance Agents Association
Mexico Observes Anniversary of 1917 Constitution
Mexico City marked the 32nd anniversary of the 1917 constitution with closures of businesses and government offices. Thousands joined mass demonstrations honoring Benito Juarez and the 1857 constitution on Feb 5, linking church power losses to both documents.
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Mexico City
Benito Juarez
Government Party of Revolutionary
Mexico
Philip of Jesus
Japan
Penetration Of Rain Deep, Crop Prospects Bright On South Plains
A weekly crop condition report by County Agent D. W. Sherrill notes four inches of moisture on the South Plains reaching 24 to 36 inches in some areas. Soil saturation is high, wheat prospects improve, and pastures and grazing lands look good. Livestock feed needs rose during icy weather but green pastures are assured. re stocking with cattle and hogs is advised. Diversification returns after years of cash crops, though grain sorghum support prices worry farmers about cotton acreage and feed supplies. Labor surplus is temporary as land work resumes once soils dry.
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South Plains
D. W. Sherrill
Sherrill
Classes Will Resume Monday At Overton
Classes at Overton school on Twenty-ninth and Filmore Avenue will resume Monday morning after last Thursday’s soggy unpaved streets delayed attendance. City and county crews have graded nearby streets and patrons are advised to use specific routes to the two schools to assure access.
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Overton School
Twenty-ninth
Filmore Ave
Overton
Brown
Thirtyfourth
Thirtieth
Taylor, Filmore
Pierce Avenues
Brown School
College Ave
Oklahoma U Sees First Negro Co-Ed Admitted
Oklahoma University at Norman readies to admit Ophelita Eugenia Daniels as the first Negro co-ed in its graduate school of social work. A state attorney general ruling followed a federal order requiring open white colleges to Negroes when state schools lack courses. Daniels joins G. W. McLaurin as the second Black student among 12,000 whites with official sanction at a white college in the state.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
University At
Norman
Ophelita Eugenia Daniels
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