Railroad rep finds tumbleweed use as fence material
In Big Spring on March 10 W A He reports a Texas and Pacific Railway official explains tumbleweeds, long a nuisance, can be repurposed as fence material. C LaCroix division superintendent L R Stevens roadmaster discuss the use as a load guide for a car. Vegetales note tumbleweeds ranked high among nuisances on the T&P list.
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Big Spring
W.A
C. LaCroix
L. R. Stevens
Texas & Pacific Railway
T&p
Stevens
Youth Who Defied Father Now Famed In Chemical Field
Alfred R. Globus, at 35, became a leading chemist, turning away his father's wish for medicine. He heads two firms, produces titanium powder and a chlorine-based germicide, holds patents, and recently refused a $2 million offer for coe might rights to his chemical.
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New York
Alfred R. Globus
Globus Pilicenig
Coma
Wichemin
Philadelphia
Alfred
Globus
Flomot Rites Set For Motley Pioneer
Funeral services will be held in Flomot at 3 p.m. Sunday for Motley County pioneer Mrs. B. F. Turner 90 of Plainview who died Saturday in Traweek Hospital. The service at Flomot Methodist Church will be led by Rev. R. L. Jameson with Rev. L. D. Cleveland assisting. Burial follows at Flomot Cemetery under Eudy Seale Funeral Home of Matador. Turner born Symanthy Emaline Vaughn November 7 1865 in Cumberland County New York moved to Texas with her parents and married R. F. Turner January 27 1887. The Turners settled in Motley County in 1902 four miles southwest of Flomot. She is survived by four daughters Lizzie Archer John Jones Mrs R M Morris and Roxie Turner a son Luther and 24 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. Pallbearers include Bill Conroe Vernon Harch Lyle Brown Cotton Richards Bill Grimland Jack Ingram Elvin Markham Wesley Hall and C T Boyd.
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Matador
Flomot
Motley County
B. F. Turner
Plainview
Traweek Hospital
Flomot Methodist Church
R. L
Uncle Bob) Jameson
L. D. Cleveland
Eudy-Seale Funeral Home
Flamet
Quitaque Peak
Turner
John Jones
R. M. Morris
Roxie Turner
Luther
Bill Conroe
Vernon Harch
Lyle Brown
Cotton Richards
Bill Grimland
Jack Ingram
Elvin Markham
Wesley Hall
C. T. Boyd
Floating boatel to headline Houston show exhibit
A floating motel known as a boatel will be a featured exhibit at Houston's first annual boat sport and travel show opening March 17. Built by a Guntersville Alabama concern the square-built houseboat sleeps four and costs about $2000. The model targets lake and waterfront resorts and will be shown among about 400 exhibits at the Sam Houston Coliseum March 17-24.
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Houston
Sam Houston Coliseum
Dr Howard B Myers Dies at 55 in Bethesda
Washington economist and statistician Dr Howard B Myers 55 research director for the Committee for Economic Development died Friday at the National Health Institutes in Bethesda Md A native of Knoxville Iowa he taught at the University of Florida and led Illinois Labor Department research He leaves a wife a daughter two sons his mother and four brothers in Kansas Iowa and Connecticut.
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Howard B. Meyers
Washington
Howard B. Myers
Committee For Economic Development
National Health Institutes
Bethesda
Myers
University of Florida
Gainesville
Illnois Department of Labor
Knoxville
Iowa
West Texas Sees New Exploration Prospects
William Waldschmidt outlined promising oil exploration areas at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists meeting in Fort Worth. He cited West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, including the Delaware and Val Verde basins, as targets with additional focus on the Midland Basin edges and northern trench, while Wilbur Knight projected future exploration in south Mississippi and Southwest Alabama.
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Fort Worth
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
West Texas
New Mexico
William Waldschmidt
Midland
The
American Assn of Petroleum Geologists
Wilbur Knight
Union Producing Co
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Alabama
Waldschmidt
Delaware
Val Verde
Delaware Basin
Midland Basin
Midland Oil and Business Review Publishes 196 Pages
Midland Reporter Telegram releases its ninth annual Oil and Business Review a 108 page edition in 10 sections. It highlights ongoing progress in the Permian Basin empire with Midland as its headquarters and announces a 22 story Midland office building as the tallest between Fort Worth and the West Coast.
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Midland
Midland Reporter - Telegram
Oil and Business Review
Fort Worth
Weat Coast
Why The High Price For Meat Middleman Gets Difference
Washington reports on meat pricing explains the gap between what farmers receive for beef and what consumers pay. The marketing margin varies with farm and retail price changes, influenced by processing costs and services, causing periods of wide and narrow margins across 1952 to 1955.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
MacFadden Deauville Hotel To Be Replaced In Miami Beach
The MacFadden Deauville Hotel, a Miami Beach landmark built about 30 years ago and once a gambling casino, will be torn down this year to make way for a luxury hotel and shopping center. Department specialists study how changes in margins costs and services relate to the industry.
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Sheppery Center
Miami Beach
MacFadden - Deauville
Bernarr MacFadden
Woman and Four Children Die as Train Hits Car
An engineer involved in a fatal collision at a crossing caused the death of a woman and four children. Police report the train struck a car, killing all occupants. A separate report notes a man with a gun robbed a Chapman residence of a rocking horse. Irwin Chapman identifies the suspect. Also mentioned is the University of Texas hosting four national professional journals.
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Ocala
Fla
G. W. Haven
Tampa
Seaboard Air Line
Wallace E. Sturgis Jr
Haven
Omaha
Irwin Chapman
Chapman
University of Texas
the American Journal of Psychology
Journal of the Linguistic Society of America
Junior College Journal and Hispanic American Historical Review
Name Change in East Hartford Man Trims Long Name
Eustace Linsley Hawees James George Robinson had his name legally shortened to James J Robinson to avoid the nickname Uses less He explained the change was to spare mispronunciations and keep the name concise.
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East Hartford
Conn
Eustace Linsley Hawees
James George Robinson
James J. Robinson
Eustace
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