Rain Shortages Hit Texas Crops and Weather Delays
Weather data reports widespread rainfall shortages across Texas with average high temperatures around 91 degrees midweek. Record lows and highs varied by location including Paris and Bronson, while multiple towns logged under an inch of precipitation last week, threatening crop prospects and signaling a dry spells pattern across the state.
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U.S
Austin
Henriet
Paris
Bronson
Laredo
Pickets On Duty In Strike At Steelwater Gypsum Plant
In Sweetwater on July 26 pickets are on duty at the Steelwater Gypsum Company plant. The strike, led by a union chairman, continues after negotiations failed to produce a new contract to replace the expired agreement. A 20 cent wage increase was requested, while the company proposed a 12 percent increase in base pay, deemed higher than the union’s offer.
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Sweetwater
United Son
Wheeler
Union Labor Aids Blind Veteran to Build Home
The Building Trades council and union locals pledge help to veteran Greene who, blinded, begins constructing a four room house funded by materials from donors. He has spent about 1 dollar so far and aims for a 4500 dollar value while studying poultry husbandry under the GI Bill. He served in 1943 in New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies with the 106th engineering combat battalion.
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Randolph H. Greene
Greene
Avalanche- Journal
Earl Scudday
C. J. Lightholder
Building Trades Council
Calvin McCrumb
L. W. Banta
Holseman
L. O. Ingley
C. W. Ton
Floydada
Tillie Greene
New Guinea
Dutch East Indies
106Th Engineering
H. E. Gentry
Lightholder
Stassen rejects vice presidential bid in Utah interview
Harold E. Stassen, a Republican presidential candidate, says there is nothing to rumors of him becoming Gov. Dewey's running mate. He reiterates he is a definite candidate for the presidency and not for any other spot.
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Ogden
Utah
Harold E. Stassen
Salt Lake Tribune
West Coast
Stassen
Dewey
United States
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del Rio Cor
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Yder
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Massen
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