Limestone County to hire home demonstration agent soon
Limestone County will have an HD home demonstration agent within weeks after a county commission meeting set salary terms. Miss Bess Edwards of Stephenville is coordinating with Extension officials in College Station to find a suitable candidate by June or July, with a $125 monthly local salary plus state funds.
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Limestone County
Mexia Daily News
M. H. Brown Jr
Clarence Ferguson
Bess Edwards
Stephenville
Limestone
Edwards
Nan J. Mangold
Menard
Brown
Home Demonstration Club
Ferguson
Miss Edwards
Water Meters Increase 636 In Ten Years
Mexia has 2,151 water meters in service now, up from 1,515 ten years earlier in 1940. The meters are valued at 30,141, reflecting higher costs, with the increase tied to Burt C Blanton's industrial and agricultural survey project.
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Mexia
H. F. Mace
Burt C. Blanton
Dallas
Mace
Navy modernization fund approved by House panel
The House armed services committee approved a 335 million dollar Navy modernization plan including construction of an atomic powered submarine. Navy chief Adm Forrest Sherman said the atomic sub should be ready in three years and 112 new vessels would be built with 30 others converted, including a heavy cruiser to a guided missile launcher at 40 million dollars. Other notes cover security concerns raised by Sen McCarthy and calls to curb gambling, tax cut proposals, and talks on abolishing the electoral college.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Frank M. Karsten
Fl State Department
Joseph McCarthy
Rep
Karsten
Charles W. Tobey
Senate
Frank Costello
Frank Erickson
St. Louis
James J. Carroll
Wars and Means
Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Chilean president seeks Latin aid from democratic world
President Gabriel Gonzales Videla of Chile calls for economic and social assistance for Latin America from the democratic nations. In Spokane Washington Floyd Gerard sneezed so forcefully he broke a rib.
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Lubbock
Gabriel Gonzales Videla
Chile
Latin America
Spokane, Wash
Floyd Gerard
Funeral Services At Kosse Sunday For Fletcher Allen
Funeral services for Fletcher Allen 68 of Kosse were held Sunday at the Kosse Methodist church. A retired Kosse jeweler and optometrist he died Saturday in a Beaumont hospital. he moved to Kosse in 1872 and opened a watch repair shop in 1881. Survived by four sons two daughters eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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KOSSE
Spl
Fletcher Aen
Allen
Beaumont
Mississippi
Dallas
Pau F. Allen
Armend T. Allen
Fort Worth
Thomas R. Allen
Henderson
Herman F. Allen
Groesbeck
Frank Anderson
New York City
W. K. Smith
Mexia DAV Post Reaches Membership Quota Says State Commander
Twenty two delegates and visiting officers attended the Mexia zone meeting of the Disabled American Veterans at the DAV clubroom on North Railroad. Earl Whitley of Dallas praised the Mexia club for progress since organization and announced it has reached its membership quota. The regional DAV meeting will be held in Brownwood May 27 28 with officers to be elected.
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Mexia
Earl Whitley
Dallas
North Railroad Street
Whitley
Hus
Brownwood
DeWitt T. Kirby
Waco
M. H. Nance
Cameron
Sam Palasota
Marlin
Fred C. Bosshard
Joe Hoblinski
H. B. McClellen
Ernest W. Kocian
DAV
VFW
Officers of First Presbyterian Church Listed for 1950 51
The 1950 51 church board names Jack McKenzie as deacon chairman and C C Roberts as treasurer. A long list of deacons, session moderators, clerks, and assistants follows with church leaders for Sunday school religious education and women and men’s groups. Also notes Mrs Charles Alderman choir director and organist Frank Connell. Washington report on Oscar L Chapman urging Italian statehood for national security.
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First Presbyter
Jack McKenzie
C. C. Roberts
W. W. Barnett
C. J. Best
Don Caldwell Sr
T. B. Chatham
Leon Flatt
F. E. Groover
H. E. Hitt
M. O. Kinsey
Ozie Lewis
K. Frank Robinson
D. W. Ross
Warren R. Hall Jr
The
Presbyterian Church
Wright
Carter
McKenzie
Herman Hitt
C. E. Reed
Hitt
Women of the Church
W. J. Wright
M. Q. Kinsey
Ruby Barringer
H. A. McGilvary
Howard Wooton
Edward H. Hudson
E. C. Deane
H. C. McKissick
Charles Alderman
Frank Connell
Mc Ranch
Washington
Secretary of Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
PeeWee Football Duo to Clash in Thursday Spring Game
Mexia PeeWee teams set a final spring grid at Black Cat Field Thursday at 3 pm. The Reds seek an undefeated season after a 7-0 win as Blues aim first victory in a grudge match. Tickets at 23 cents for students and 3 cents for adults. no drugstore sales.
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Mexia
PeeWee
Black Cat Field
Jaycees
Bill Sharp
Gordon Pratt
Ty Bain
Pee Wee Football Committee
Don Caldwell Jr
Thurman Kerr
Blues
Reds
Bi Stone Forecast: Cool Showers Dampen Mexia
After sultry weather Mexia sees cooler temperatures under clouds. A brief heavy thundershower Saturday night dumped a quarter inch of rain in under 15 minutes, flooding streets and briefly knocking out power before restoration. More cool, cloudy weather with occasional showers is forecast tonight and tomorrow.
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Mexia
Mexia Students Set Assembly at LaVega High Friday
Eleven Mexia High students will present an assembly program at LaVega High School Friday. LaVega students recently performed at the local school. Attending Friday will Robbie Lou Shipp Beverly Conn Joanne Nussbaum Bette Bob Manning Reba Bond Derrei Carlile Harvey Vallmark Marilyn Keeling Miriam Jean Williams Joan Ruth Smith and June Barnes.
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Mexia
LaVega School
Mexia High School
LaVega High School
LaVega
Robbie Lou Shipp
Beverly Conn
Joanne Nussbaum
Bette Bob Manning
Reba Bond
Derrei Carlile
Harvey Vallmark
Marilyn Keeling
Miriam Jean Williams
Joan Ruth Smith
June Barnes
Senate Democrats Aim to Cut Marshall Funds
Senate Democrats in Washington announce plans to target Marshall funds for cuts. The move signals potential reductions in allocated spending, stirring debate among lawmakers and analysts about fiscal policy and budget priorities.
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Senate
Labor looks brighter as major strikes near settlement
Chicago report says the 97 day Chrysler strike nears settlement with verbal agreement on major points. Eleven thousand telephone installation workers end their threat of picket lines, preventing a wider CIO walkout affecting 200000 workers. New York building service workers end a four day strike, pay boosts to go to a fact finding board. federal mediators push to avert rail and electrical union actions amid ongoing talks.
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Chrysler
CIO Communications
New York Building Service
Manhattan
AFL
Brotherhood of Firemen
Wagner Electric Company
St. Louis
CIO Union of Electrical Workers
United Press Association
Mexia Daily News
Herman L. Weckier
UAW
Walter Reuther
Long Auto
Senator Attacks Britain France for Red Compromises
In a senate session Senator James P Kem criticized Britain and France for compromising with communism while the foreign air program debate resumed. Secretary Dean Acheson gave a private preview to the foreign relations committee on upcoming Big Three talks and Atlantic pact meetings. In Birmingham Alabama the city jail features an inmate run program with a $489 movie projector and a $99 screen.
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Washington
Britain
France
Senate Today
James P. Kem
Marshal
Senate
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lions Entertain Ladies With Picnic Tomorrow
Mexia Lions invite wives and sweethearts to Ladies Night at the acete Grounds with a picnic supper at 7 o clock. Menu includes barbecue baked beans and ice cream. Entertainment by Mexia High School students Betty Bob Manning and Joanne Nussbaum performing a musical pantomime. The Lions club freak will also perform in a comedy act. Committee members include Arnand Allbright chairman Thurman Kerr Gordon Tyner and M M Jackson.
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Mexia Lions
Mexia High School
Betty Bob
Manning
Joanne Nussbaum
Lions Club
D. F. Smith
Arnand Allbright
Thurman Kerr
Gordon Tyner
M. M. Jackson
Voting Tomorrow in Two States Tests Truman Plans
Voters in Alabama Florida Ohio and Indiana cast ballots for Congress or governor. In Alabama the Democratic executive committee fight could shape the 1952 campaign. Florida features a tight Pepper Smathers senatorial race with clashes over anti Truman policies. Taft runs unopposed in Ohio, while Indiana voters choose congressional nominees.
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Congress
Truman
Alabama
Florida
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Pepper
Smathers
U S Court Rejects Cherokee Claims for Lands Sale
The U S Court of Claims rejected the Cherokee Nation's claim for 6 500 000 dollars in unpaid principal and interest from the sale of Cherokee lands to the government, dating back more than a century.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Claims
Twister Strikes Louisiana Town Injuring Residents
A tornado hit Cloutierville in Natchitoches Parish shortly after noon causing several houses to be destroyed and a school house damaged. State police reported some injuries and an Alexandria hospital dispatched two ambulances to the scene.
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Alexandria
Cloutierville
Louisiana
Natchitoches Parish
High School Politicians Begin Week's Drive for Student Votes
Mexia High School hosts a campaign week with speeches posters and soapbox talks to win student votes. Two candidates Richard Edwards and Thomas Truelove lead the race for president with running mates and campaign managers named.
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Mexia High School
Stalin Views Jet Planes in Moscow Show
In Moscow crowds watched Premier Josef Stalin in Red Square as jet planes and ground weapons performed a display of Soviet might. In Berlin rough clashes erupted as anti Communist demonstrators pelted sector police and thousands gathered in Potsdamerplatz to taunt officers. Western powers mobilized 19,000 police and 9,000 Allied troops amid warnings Moscow would be kept from Berlin by force if necessary.
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Potsdamerplatz
Europe
West Berlin
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Red Square
Stalin
Wetns
Washington
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Comumutrat
Tydings
Ronald Armed Servicee’ Committee
Russia
Dean Acheson
Mosinee
Wis
Ralph Kronewetter
Carl Gewiss
Benjamin Gitlow
Canada
Mexico
United States
Gitlow
Modinee
American Legion Post
Goat Birth Delights County Farm Near Columbus
Quintuplets were born on the Herman Simmons farm west of Columbus to two nanny goats. The event caps a surprising litter on the rural farm as locals note the unusual birth and its rare occurrence in livestock.
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Columbus
Ind
Herman Simmons
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