Texas crops face lowest harvest acreage since 1922
USDA reports Texas prepared for harvest on 24.8 million acres, 18 percent below 1949, with per acre yields expected lower amid drought and heavy abandonment of cotton and wheat. Sorghums rise while corn and potatoes decline. flaxseed, rice, and peanuts also drop from prior year.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washoe
USDA
High Plains
Dorie
Hadacol Promises Relief From Vitamin Deficiency Ailments
Mrs. Phyllis Goff of Indianapolis reports improved energy and sleep after using Hadacol containing vitamins B1 B2 iron and niacin. The advertisement touts relief from nervousness insomnia stomach distress and general rundown conditions with a money back guarantee and trial sizes priced at 1.25 and 3.50.
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Phyllis Goff
Park Ave
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hadacol
Midland Stamp Club to Host Saturday Meet
The Midland Stamp Collector's Club will host a meeting Saturday in Midland at West Ward Elementary School 2100 West Missouri. Harry Weiss of Holton Kansas editor of the Weekly Philatelic Gossip will speak presenting a two hour show The Inside Straight on detecting fraudulent stamps. Weiss’s only Texas appearance, the event starts at 8 p.m. and is free of charge.
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Midland
Spoffsor
Harry Weiss
Holton
Kansas
Weiss
West Ward
West Missouri
Texas
Missing plane with 15 aboard found wrecked and burned
The DC-3 carrying 15 members of a missionary party to South America was found in the Perija mountains between Venezuela and Colombia, a charred wreckage without mention of survivors. Mission representatives Robert Shaylor and Carlton Hiller reported locating the craft after sighting it July 6 and reaching the crash site July 9.
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Venezuela
Colombia
Maracaibo
Woman masquerading as man injured in Littlefield concreting accident
Thelma Elizabeth Eaton 20 of Alvin alias Joe L Mooneyhan suffered a left leg amputation after a gear incident at Plains Concrete Conduit in Littlefield. Deputies report she disguised as a man to earn more money for her child and await further investigation into identity and custody.
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Littlefield
Littlefield Hospital
Thelma Elizabeth Eaton
Alvin
Joe L. Mooneyhan
Dock Dyer
Betty Louise Davis
Little Rock
Houston
Miss Davis
Davis
The
Plains Concrete Conduit Company
Dyer
Miss Eaton
Alvin Sunday
Floydada Phone Directory Shows Rapid Subscriber Growth
Floydada, July 15. The local telephone directory reveals the Floydada exchange more than doubled subscribers since 1948. Jan 1, 1948 total 715 stations, Jan 1, 1950 1,376 listings, by June 1, 1950 1,449 with 504 rural listings. Officials expect over 1,500 by year’s end. The directory adds 28 classified yellow pages for the first time.
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Floydada
Crosbyton Sheriff Candidate Uses Airplane Campaign
Crosbyton vet Jim Scott Travis, 26, a three time sheriff candidate, flies a Piper cruiser to drop campaign leaflets over Crosbyton, Ralls and Lorenzo. He seeks Crosby County sheriff in the Democratic primary, promising swift law enforcement while claiming youth and aviation aid would help capture fugitives. D. E. Mitchell backs Travis via the Lorenzo Tribune.
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Jim Scott Travis
Crosby County
Crosbyton
Ralls
Lorenzo
Travis
Fay Addison
Crasbston
Dallas
Roy Hillin
Crosby
Eighth Service Command
Walton Walker
Korea
Violence Is Renewed in 102 Day Texaco Strike
Port Arthur reports a quiet Texaco strike front on July 15 with Texas Rangers observing and state officers arriving yesterday. The 102nd day of the strike passed without renewed violence and speculation swirls around Travis potentially becoming sheriff amid local ties to the Dallas Police Academy and a former commercial pilot background.
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al, Sun
Texaco
Port Arthur
Texas Rangers
Dallas Police Academy
Dallas Police
R. H. Fulton
Travis
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Midland Stamp Collector's Club
Roy Ferguson
Mrs. Veter
Lubbock Co
Lubbock County
EB B. Allen
Glusmobile
Oldsmobile
Hydra-Matic
General Motors
Eale
Lubbock
Tex
Air Transport Command
D. E. Mitchell
Lorenzo Tribune
Mitchell
Hee Addison
Mein-Werner
Texas Avenue
Derwald Stephenson Utaott
Firat
Cagle Bros. Furniture
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