Farm mechanization cited at Texas cotton conference
The conference drew about 400 attendees who discussed mechanization's progress in Texas agriculture. Speakers noted Texas ranks high in farm equipment investment and income, with West Texas near full mechanization. Host agencies included the National Cotton Council and Texas institutions, with J H Plemons leading the local committee.
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Maany
Texas
West Texas
South Plains
National Cotton Council
Farm Equipment Institute
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cotton Belt
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station System
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Statewide Cotton Committee
Plains Gunners Association
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Texas Technological College
Jack Criswell
Abilene
D. W. Sherrill
Lubbock
Jamie Caviness
Lubbock Cotton Oil Co
J. H. Plemons
Snyderginner
Don L
Jones
Texas Experiment
W. N. Williamson
W. O. Fortenberry
Monroe Ginner
Fortenberry
Monroe
Pioneer Claimed Balancing Education and Service
Longtime Lubbock area educator and public official J. H. Brown, born 1862 in Arkansas, taught in Acuff Canyon and Lubbock schools, served as county judge and superintendent, and pursued farming. He married in 1899 near the emerging Lubbock oil region and remained active in church and cemetery work before his death with survivors in multiple states. Services set for Monday at Broadway Church of Christ.
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Mr. Brown
Brown
Hill County
Old Ad-Ran College
Texas Christian University
Thorp Springs
Acuff
Canyon
Lubbock County
Austin
W. G. Nairn
Lubbock
Arkansas
Liff Sanders
Hickory Plains
Ark
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
Dallas
Broadway Church of Christ
Roosevelt
Idalou
New Deal
Frenship
Cooper and Posey
Cemetery Association
Frank Wheelock
Sanders
M. Norvel Young
J. H. Brown
Clovis, N. M
C. H. Robbins
J. P. Steele
C. E. Donnell
Plainview
George F. Brown
Orville Pollard
George S. Montgomery
A M Nail 79 Dies in Lubbock Medical Center
A M Nail 79 of 1410 Seventeenth Street Lubbock died at 1205 am in Lubbock Memorial hospital after a year long illness. Survived by wife three daughters Mrs Cecil Pray Fort Worth Miss Virginia Nail Mrs Mae Murphy both of Lubbock two sons Earl and Carl of Lubbock and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending.
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A. M. Nail
Seventeenth Street
Lubbock
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Cecil Pray
Fort Worth
Virginia Nail
Mae Murphy
Earl
Carl
HST Campaign Speeches and Welfare Plans Across States
The piece follows Harry S. Truman promoting his opponents while endorsing Revercomb and criticizing Republican strategies. It notes Truman's call for a department of welfare and his remarks at Miami and in West Virginia. Thurmond vows to keep States’ Rights Democrats organized to defend state sovereignty.
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HST
Clarksburg
W. Va
Grafton
Truman
Chapman Bevercomb
West Virginia
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Chicago
Revercomb
Matthew M. Neely
Welfare Department
Dewey
Department of Social Progress
Rennselaer
Ind
Michigan
Department of Welfare
Congress
American Legion
Miami
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Florida
States Rights rally shifts focus to West Texas campaign
The States Rights drive announces Texas dates with Ben Laney of Arkansas switching to support the Thurmond-Wright ticket. Laney will attend the Houston rally then return to campaign for the ticket, citing Arkansas leadership in the Thurmond-Wright effort. Local leaders John Lee Smith and James O. Cade confirm Wright speech plans and radio details forthcoming.
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Old South
West Texas
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Laney
Houston
Wright
Texas
Bob Milner
Avalanche-Journal
Thurmond-Wright
John Lee Smith
James O. Cade
Smith
Cade Long
Driver sought after wreck of 1935 Ford on Lubbock Amarillo road
State patrols search for the driver of a 1935 Ford coach overturned two to three times north of the Lubbock Amarillo underpass. The car lay upright between trees with parts scattered. witnesses say the driver left the scene with minor injuries. Cotton sacks in the car suggest the driver was a cotton picker. Earlier, a 33 year old man was jailed on drunk driving charges after a minor accident on Slaton Highway.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Slaton
End of Beavers Family Names Executed for Local Bond
John T. Brown’s obituary notes his youngest son died in 1933. Beavers wills list executors Bob Johnston J B Johnston Louis Murfee Milton Certoval Furgeson and Louie F M as successors in a local estate matter.
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John T. Brown
Beavers
Bob Johnston
J. B. Johnston
Louis Murfee
Milton Certoval Furgeson
Louie F. M
Jews Gain Ground North of Gaza After Raid
The army reported a motorized column conducted a punitive raid on Iraq El Mashieh, 20 miles northeast of Gaza, pounding a town, killing Egyptian soldiers, destroying a dump and knocking out gun emplacements. Three light tanks were lost before withdrawal as heavy shelling hit Gath and Falujah. UN cease fire orders were issued as UN observers faced gunfire near Jerusalem and a UN car was hit. Israel accused Egypt of continued attacks and sought guarantees from UN staff to allow Negev traffic and cease further assaults on settlements and communications.
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Gaza
Iraq
el Mashieh
Maghal- Hebron
Gath
Iraq el Mashieh
Faluja
United Nations
Haifa
U. S
George W. Miller
William C. Burdett
Jerusalem
Nicholas Andronovitch
Burdett
Negev
Karitya
Tel Aviv
Israel
Soviet Warning on Berlin Police and US Plan Blocked
Soviet authorities discuss possible use of police in occupied Berlin and plan to house officers in barracks due to manpower limits. In UN sessions Katz-Suchy accuses a military clique of blocking Truman’s Berlin peace envoy, while Briuslovia hopes Vishinsky clarifies Moscow’s Berlin stance.
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Berlin
Paul Markgraf
Markgraf
Dena
Paris
United Nations
Truman
Moscow
Juliusz Katz-Suchy
Poland
Marshall
Justice Vinson
Kremlin
Army
Assembly
Social Committee
Security Council
Argentina
Juan A. Bramuglia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Bramusglia
Vishinsky
Teacher Missing Triggers Statewide Galveston Search
A statewide search was under way in Galveston for Jane T. Stevens a 32 year old teacher who disappeared last Tuesday after driving her brother in law to work at a cotton company.
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Galveston
Jane T. Stevens
Weather Key To Cotton Outlook On South Plains
Weather holds the key to the 1948 cotton crop on the South Plains with forecasts showing potential yields from 500 000 to 800 000 bales. Irrigated acres exceed 400 000 and may average about a bale per acre while dry land totals from 1 200 000 to 1 600 000 acres vary in condition.
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South Plains
K. N. Clapp
Anderson-Clayton Co
Houston
Caprock
Juvenile incidents and arrests reported in Lambert area
Juveniles held at Lambert farm on route 4. Theft from a car in 1300 block Main Street involved three pairs of trousers and a woman's suit valued at 60 dollars. George Brown, 55, a Black man with a prior murder sentence, arrested after noon Saturday on an informal charge of operating a saloon. Two other Black men held for investigation into public drinking at Brown's drugstore. Pernell Harper, 21, fined 25 dollars for aggravated assault on his wife Odessa. Judge Pardue refused writ of habeas corpus for Tom Adanandus, 52, Mexican, in a theft case from Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway valued at 4.20. Prosecution and defense details noted. Fifteen women pleaded guilty to vagrancy by prostitution and paid 25 dollar fines after police raids on downtown hotels and a tourist court.
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Pernell Harper
Odessa
G. V. Pardue
99Th District Court
Tom Adanandus
Justice Court
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
C. E. Lynn
Justice of Peace
Lynn
John Steele
S. P. Boling
Argentine Activity To Halt For Peron Speech
Argentina to halt virtually all activity tomorrow as President Juan D. Peron delivers a politically important speech. All theatres restaurants and bakeries close. Only trains and buses for workers to reach Buenos Aires for the demonstration will operate.
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Peron
Buenos Aires
INS
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
McIntire Variety Market Draws 74 Exhibitors in Claude
Clothing Market operates the McIntire Variety store in Claude with 74 exhibitors from major wholesale centers. Space was limited and some displays opened Saturday night. About 3 600 retailers received invitations, 1 100 more than prior markets, urging timely attendance before closing Monday night.
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McIntire
Claude
Amarillo
Bob
Yvonne
Jerry
Lubbock
Hilton
Jerry Crook
Chamber of Commerce
Market Association
United States
Crook
Walton
Ernest T. Pope
Fred Hackel
I. A. Stephens
Luther Godwin
Harry Lipshy
A. A. Goldstucker
Joe J. Moise
O. J. Sexton
Brooks and Walton
Norther Brings Cold Blast Across Texas Panhandle
The Associated Press reports a cold air mass from the Pacific Northwest sweeping into Texas, triggering thunderstorms and rain. Temperatures fell sharply from the 80s to the 50s in cities like Bonham and Dallas, with 0.54 to 0.85 inches of rain reported in Fort Worth and Bonham and forecasts of lows in the 40s in North Texas as the front moves toward the Gulf Coast.
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New Mexico
Arkansas
Brownsville
Associated Press
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Dallas
Gulf Coast
Mineral Wells
Amarillo
Panhandle
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Austin
Abilene
Waco
Bonham
Marvin L Holzapfel Dies After Heart Attack in Lubbock
Marvin L Holzapfel 45 of No 10 Westwood Village Northwest Lubbock died of a heart attack about 10 30 am Saturday at Purina Mills where he was employed. He had lived in Lubbock about three years. Funeral and burial plans in Nashville with wife and daughter Elsie Dean, son John Lassiter Holzapfel, and parents J J Holzapfel.
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Marvin L. Holzapfel
Westwood Village
Lubbock
Purina Mills
Sanders Funeral Home
D. W. Robertson
Mr. Holzapfel
Nashville
J. J. Holzapfel
Wiley Dickson
Tom Rigsby
Owen Holzapfel
Market Report From Fort Worth and Kansas City
Wheat and oats prices shown with No 1 hard at 2.39 to 2.42. Cattle and calves led by higher prices across all livestock classes. Kansas City notes mixed cattle moves and hogs rising. New Orleans reports quiet cotton trading with prices steady to mixed and futures action near end of week.
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Fort Worth
Port Worth
Kansas City
USDA
New Mexico
New Orleans
Jly
NEW York Report
New York
Commission House and
Lew Last Dee
At A Glance Stocks and Commodities Note
New York stocks moved narrowly as leaders held steady while bonds saw limited gains in selected rails. Chicago wheat eased with corn following, oats traded lightly, hogs and cattle remained nominally steady.
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New York
Chicago
City expands water sewage drive and paving in growing area
Mayor W H Rodgers says College avenue is part of the state highway system and highway officials favor the project. Drainage problems worsen after heavy rains while utility services still lag in annexed areas. Water and sewer facilities are being extended as materials become available. A 115-block paving program should finish early next summer with 45 blocks by the city and 70 by private contract.
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College Avenue
W. H. Rodgers
Rodgers
Lubbock
Farm fires cost nation 200 million annually
The report states U S farms suffer about 200 million dollars in fire losses each year and the blazes consume timber sufficient to build roughly 25 000 homes.
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U. S
Truman orders reserve program study and staffing
President Truman directs Forrestal to deliver a two month progress report on strengthening civilian and military reserves with an active high ranking officer heading each department's reserve corps. Westover McConnell and Riggs heads named. Congress wary over funding and scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Ross
White House
Ross
Army
Air Force
Forrestal
Joint Armed Forces
Navy
Air Departments
Wendell Westover
John P. McConnell
Air
Ralph S. Riggs
Truman
Gurney
R-S. Dak
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Reserve Officers Association
Marines
National Defense Plans
National Guard
Westover
Senator Wagner Reported Missing From Islip Home
Senator Wagner 71 of New York vanished from his Islip country home around 2 p m. CST. Francis J. Quillinan, his law partner, said the family physician believed the disappearance was caused by a temporary amnesia attack. Wagner, long ill, is the senior U S senator from New York and had shown intermittent political plans.
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Islip
Francis J. Quillinan
Wagner
New York
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