Harvest Festival Preparations under way in Brownfield
Brownfield prepares for the annual Harvest Festival on Oct 31 with Queen selection from high school classes for the first time. Tickets go on sale by October and top contestants receive a $300 wrist watch plus cash prizes. Josh Lee to deliver the main address. H. H. Howze chairs the festival, Burton G. Hackney program chairman, sponsored by the Brownfield Rotary Club.
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Specia
Gene Gunn
Votts
Ing
Hollywood
Mexico City
Josh Lee
U. S
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Administration
H. H. Howze
Quadruplets Ready To Answer Call Of Draft At Beaumont
Beaumont four Perricone brothers Anthony Bernard Carl and Donald all aged 20 prepared to report for draft physicals Tuesday Their mother Phillip Perricone hopes they will not be separated Three of nine sons served in World War I Anthony a bricklayer from Houston comes home weekends Bernard a truck driver Carl a draftsman and Donald an assembly worker weigh less than four pounds at birth on Oct 31 1929 and arrived as their mother prayed for a girl
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Sam
Anthony
Bernard
Carl
Donald Perricone
A. B.C
Phillip Perricone
Anthons
Houston
Donald
New York Daily News Science Writer Dies at 53
Symontowne, longtime New York Daily News science writer and former chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff evaluation board secretariat, died today of a heart ailment. He helped prepare a secret 1946 Bikini tests report for Army Navy and Air Force.
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New York Daily News
New Yor
Symontowne
New York D
Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board
Army
Navy
Air Force
Agent Warns Farmers To Control Insects In Stored Sorghums
Guy Carpenter says farmers must clean bins thoroughly to prevent mixing new grain with old pests. He recommends residual spray for wooden bins and door frames, lists DDT and chlordane emulsions as effective, and urges careful fumigation with carbon tetrachloride blends. Monthly warm weather checks aid refumigation decisions.
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Guy Carpenter
Extension Service
South Plains
Carpenter
Sinatra Wife May Settle Out Of Court
In Santa Monica California on September 9 the case of Nancy Sinatra against Frank Sinatra for separate maintenance was granted a two week continuance. Negotiations toward a settlement are under way according to attorney Gregson Bautzer. Nancy Sinatra has received 2150 dollars monthly support for herself and three children since July and the 11 year marriage ended last February.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Frankieinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Superior
Gregson Bautzer
Sinatra
Khyber Pass Described as Key Route from Afghanistan
The Khyber Pass is stated as the most important pass from Afghanistan into India. Its military significance lies in its role as the gateway to the plains of India.
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Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
India
One Per Cent Drop Shown In Retail Food Prices
Retail food prices fell about one per cent in the last two weeks of August, while wholesale prices rose modestly, signaling potential retail increases. Stores stayed about one per cent higher than pre Korea war levels, with wholesale prices up 0.2 per cent for the week, 9.3 per cent from a year ago, and coffee hitting a postwar high of 56.5 cents per pound.
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Washington
Bureau of Lasties
Astuma Couchers Praise Lueky Discovery MENDACO
Thousands find relief from chronic asthma and coughing with MENDACO 1320 shown to reach lungs through the bloodstream improving breathing. The ad promises better sleep, clearer lungs, and a money back guarantee through physicians and druggists.
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Mendaco
Aco
Secondary Teachers To Meet This Week In Lubbock Schools
Two meetings for Lubbock Public Schools secondary teachers are planned this week. Miss Dorothy Lomax, director of secondary education, says seventh grade teachers meet Monday at 4 p.m. at Carroll Thompson Junior High to view Keep Up With Your Studies and plan its use for orientation. Coordinators meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Senior High conference room, with listed subjects and teachers.
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Lubbock
Dorothy Lomax
Carroll Thompson Junior High
Lomax
Irene Armes
W. C. Watts
Gertrude Watson
Bessie Bullock
Everett Key
Officers Named for Freshman Nursing Class at West Texas Hospital
Mrs. Bernice Smith is elected president of the West Texas Hospital School of Nursing freshman class. Officers include Lois Clements as vice president Jo Healer secretary Deen Smith treasurer and Doris Ferrell reporter. Sponsors are Dr. L R Upshaw and Mrs Kate Jernigan.
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Bernice Smith
West Texas Hospital School of Nursing
Ner
Lois Clements
Jo Healer
Deen Smith
Doris Ferrell
L. R. Upshaw
Kate Jernigan
Citrusmen Back McDonald In Green Fruit Opposition
Weslaco September 9 UP State Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonalds opposition to marketing of green citrus fruit received backing today from the Texas Citrus Commission Jack Drake manager of the commission commended McDonalds order for inspections of fruit before it leaves the valley Drake said the commission is on the verge of a major advertising campaign for Texas oranges and grapefruit The industry naturally wants to be sure the fruit passes the spoon test before it is sold to housewives.
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Weslaco
J. E. McDonald
Texas Citrus Commission
Jack Drake
McDonald
Drake
Mary Read the Bold Pirate of the Spanish Main
Mary Read stands as one of the era’s daring pirates who felled foes with sword and pistol On the eve of execution she was condemned to hang but died in prison leaving a famed notorious legacy.
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Mary Read
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