Cattle Industry Cutting In on Cotton as Major Cash Crop
Senatoria Mississippi reports a shift from cotton to beef cattle as a major cash crop. Federal data show cotton lands shrinking since 1942 to feed pasture and crop lands, with Mississippi cited as second to Texas in cotton reduction. Cattle advocates argue pasture yields soil fertility, year-round income, and favorable Southern conditions, noting Mississippi's high cattle density and proximity to markets.
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Avalanche-Journal
SUN
Atte Joseph C. Goodwin
Associated Press
Senatoria
Miss
Mississippi
Texas
M. P
Hot) Moore
Senatobia
Circle M Ranch
AAA
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Rand, Sr. founder of Remington Rand, dies at 85
J H Rand Sr a pioneer in the business machine industry and founder of the company that became Remington Rand Inc died at his home in North Falmouth Mass He was 85 yesterday.
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J. H. Rand, SR
North Falmouth
Mass
James Henry Rand
Remington Rand, Inc
Christmas gift drive aids wounded veterans in South Plains
A regional campaign from Lubbock to Temple asks residents to donate gifts or funds for hospitalized soldiers at McCloskey General Hospital. Contributions can be dropped at Hemphill-Wells Co or mailed to the McCloskey Hospital Gift Fund via the American Red Cross. County chairmen of Llano Estacado Camp and Hospital council coordinate county collections.
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Lubbock
South Plains
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Hemphill-Wells Co
McCloskey
McCloskey Hospital
American Red Cross
South Plains Army Airfield
Llano Estacado
Japanese Push Indes Evacuation Narrative
Dutch sources in Washington predict Japan is staging political groundwork for a planned evacuation of the Dutch East Indies. Tokyo hints at promised independence while portraying withdrawal as voluntary, aiming to drive a wedge between Indonesians and the Allied return.
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Washington
Dutch East Indies
Netherlands
Ballyhoo
Adies
Toyo
Koiea
Netherlands Information Bureau
Indies
Heavy Cruiser USS St. Paul Is Launched
The heavy cruiser USS St. Paul, sixth of the Baltimore class and displacing 13,000 tons, was launched at Bethlehem Steel Co. in Quincy Massachusetts. It carries nine 8-inch guns and anti aircraft batteries. It is the second American warship named for Minnesota’s capital.
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Quency
Mass
U.P
St. Paul
Minnesota
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Philadelphia
International Navigation Co
UT Co-eds Outnumber Boys in Fall Enrollment
University of Texas reports 3,666 female students to 3,306 male students for the fall term. The total enrollment adds 422, with 340 more girls than last year, officials said.
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Austin
University of Texas
Tony
Water Purity Assured Here in Lubbock
Negative bacterial test results highlight the high quality of Lubbock drinking water from 18 wells. City chemist Gerald F. Jarvis explains daily checks ensure safety, with chlorination at reservoirs and natural sand filtration. The system meets federal and state standards, though hardness treatment is possible but not yet installed.
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Lubbock
City
Gerald F. Jarvis
City Laboratory
Jarvis
U. S. Public Health Service
State Health Department
Horror Implications Left By Germans
The Polish Soviet extraordinary commission for investigation of German crimes charged today that Majdanek near Lublin had a torture staff including German women who specialized in torturing women prisoners. The commission broadcast from Moscow said the camp held 45,000 prisoners, with 18,000 executions in one day and 1,360,000 bodies burned at the camp. It reported 820,000 pairs of victims' shoes found, many belonging to children.
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London
Majdanek
Lublin
Moscow
Berlin
Chilren
Negro Faces Probe In Frome Murders
Peter Jones, a Black man wanted in Texas for a jail break, was held in Kern County Jail in Bakersfield on possible ties to the 1938 torture slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and daughter Nancy of Berkeley. The women were found murdered during a cross country trip near Van Horn, Texas. Jones waived extradition and will be sent to Texas.
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Frome
Bakersfield
Cal
Peter Jones
Texas
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
Berkeley
Jones
Kern County
John Loustalot
van Horn
Tex
Confessed Murderer Is Found Insane in New Mexico
Ignacio Candelaria who confessed to killing his wife Josefa Candelaria and her adopted son Adolfo Arandi was found insane by a district court after lawyers argued he was bewitched. The ruling came yesterday following the production of evidence.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ignacio Candelaria
Josefa Candelaria
Adolfo Arandi
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