Lubbock County Farm Outlook Bright Says Agent Sherrill
Lubbock county agent D. W. Sherrill reports the area is in an advanced stage for this time of year with adequate soil moisture and grounds workable. He predicts about 400000 acres planted to cotton, possible all time county record if yields align with past years. Livestock and grazing outlooks are strong. lettuce and cabbage planted. vegetable acreage similar to 1948. Labor supply is good through the Texas Employment Service.
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Lubbock
D. W. Sherrill
Sherrill
Monroe
Texas Employment Service
Lubbock County
Embargo Expanded by Express Company in Labor Dispute
New York March 19 The widened embargo on Railway Express shipments spreads from metropolitan New York to neighboring New Jersey as a contract dispute with AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks halts 10 terminals and 56 stations. The firm sues for 5 million alleging a union slowdown caused 9 000 layoffs and city shutdowns. Pickets spread along the eastern seaboard as sailors' hospital case from Leghorn, Italy, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
New Jersey
Daniel J. Sullivan
Seaboard
Area Census Official Not Hiring Workers
Whiteley, administrative supervisor of the Bureau of Census in Lubbock, said he cannot accept applications now and will announce openings for census helpers between May 1 and May 5 after office space is ready. The 1950 population census will cover 25 counties in the 19th district, while the current business census spans all counties in the district.
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Lubbock
Bureau of Census
Houston
Fort Worth
Whiteley
Scholarships to Aid Future Texas Teachers
The Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers will award 200 scholarships of 200 to 14 future teachers starting next September. Two students from each of the seven state teachers colleges receive the aid. nominations due May 15 and announcements by July 1. Recipients must teach in Texas public schools for each year funded and be Texas residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers Today
Congress
Texas
Egg price support too high says USDA official in Dallas
W. D. Termohlen director of the poultry branch in the Agriculture Department said the federal support price on eggs is too high and housewives will see no big drop in retail prices until it is lowered. He forecast substantial drops in chicken and turkey prices by summer and spoke while en route to College Station to establish a state poultry advisory committee.
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U. S
Dallas
W. D. Termohlen
Termohlen
The
Poul
Try
Department of Agriculture
College Station
Agriculture Department
Mariners Use of Compass Traced to 14th Century Europe
The article notes that the compass began to be employed by European navigators in the 14th century, marking a pivotal development in maritime exploration.
Marriage Concerns Of Low Rank GI Soldiers Draw Army Scrutiny
Army officials told a House subcommittee that peacetime GIs in the four lowest ranks should remain single to avoid family distress and mobility issues. Dahlquist cited prewar moves and Red Cross aid as factors, noting families strain already limited soldiers. Netherlands becomes a major European oil producer with 2.8 million barrels in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom Army
Sig Quist
Armed Services
Dahlquist
Red Cross
Netherlands
Lubbock Jaycees Sponsor Talent Contest Winners Named
The Sun Harbor Jaycees talent contest drew nearly 40 entries with Audrey Sellers winning piano solo first place, Oatus Roberts second in singing, and Wayland Pope third in trombone. About 200 spectators attended. Winners advance to the April 1 area meet at Lamesa High School auditorium for a Horace Heidt show slot.
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Audrey Sellers
Oatus Roberts
Wayland Pope
Lamesa High School
Horace Heidt
Perry Roberts
The
Jaycees
Lubbock
Plainview
Levelland
Abernathy
Floydada
Brownfield
Littlefield
Tahoka
Roberts
Felony Cases Set for Monday in Pardue Court
In G V Pardue 99th District Court at 10 am Monday less than a half dozen felony cases may be called for the announcement of counsel. One case names Pheasue Artha Williams known as Dick Williams who faces murder charges. A second suspect is a Negro charged in the Christmas Eve fatal shooting of Eugene Gentry at 213 Eighteenth Street after an argument about Williams mother.
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G. V. Pardue
99Th District Court
Satur
Pheasue Artha
Dick) Williams
Eugene Gentry
Gentry
Williams
Auto thief nabbed in record time in Spokane
Police caught the thief within about 30 minutes after a truck driver stole a police prowl car. The rapid arrest stemmed from a high priority case as officers recovered the vehicle in Spokane Washington.
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Spokane
Wash
U.P
New illustrated medical book on hemorrhoids and fistulas
An advertisement from McCleary Clinic and Hospital at 1526 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Missouri offers a free 160 page illustrated book about piles fissures and rectal abscesses commonly linked to fistulas. It promotes awareness and symptoms to seek care.
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McCleary Clinic and Hospital
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Prings, Mo
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Express Company
Leghorn
Italy
Area Census
Medical School
Southwestern Medical College
University of Texas At Dallas
Margie Emerson
Evelyn Krause
Parkland Hospital School of Nursing
Medical College
Miss Krause
Southwestern Medical Foundation
University of Texas Medical School
West Texas
Spebsqsa
Sun
Sec
ANRC
Sunter Chamber of Commerce
Inient St. Te
Cook's Spring
Nan
Stair Eads
Paly Base
Rentile
DR. Marbelized &c
LT. Marbelized
WWE U
Pely
EASIL
Xnare
Ee Cook
Cook
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